Magnet's Scores
- Music
For 2,325 reviews, this publication has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | Comicopera | |
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Lowest review score: | Sound-Dust |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,874 out of 2325
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Mixed: 380 out of 2325
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Negative: 71 out of 2325
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It's a smooth-sounding work you can easily imagine serving as the soundtrack at your favorite hip urban restaurant or retail establishment. [No. 139, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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At times reminiscent of the Lilys' Better Can't Make Your Life Better, Snowdonia works within formula, but it does so with aplomb. [No. 139, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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The peculiar genius of the Sadies is to find new variations on a sonic model that, by this point, no other band is working with quite as much earned confidence. [No. 139, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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He calls this collection of tunes "California noir," and the album delivers on that promise with songs that explore the deteriorating American dream in all its faded glory. [No. 139, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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The pulse of their motorik grooves feel more mechanical than menacing, and the decision to put '80s-vintage synthetic drums and pomp-rock synths up high in the mix distracts from evil intent. [No. 139, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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With guitar ace Marc Ribot and pedal-steel master Eric Heywood along for the ride, she continues exploring the intersection of hope and heartache. [No. 139, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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The more writerly approach hasn't dulled the duo's riffage one iota, even if this is their most musically expansive and easily their most musically expansive and easily their cleanest-sounding outing yet. [No. 139, p.56]- Magnet
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The production effects on the voice and guitar give the LP an eerie feel that complements Cunningham's tales of quiet masochism. [No. 139, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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With Anything Could Happen, Stinson not only shows that Bash & Pop 2.0 has potential staying power but also that he's worthy of comparisons to his mentor. [No. 139, p.54]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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Basinski has proven remarkably capable at existing far outside of his own legacy, his uncanny ability to wring entire worlds from his famously deep tape archives proving more remarkable with each subsequent release. A Shadow In Time is no exception. [No. 139, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Feb 14, 2017 -
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This latest offering carries an overwhelming feeling of desperation. [No. 139, p.53]- Magnet
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If you're not fanatical about the racket created by unfathomable guitar noise, you'll find songs on Motion Set overly long and veering frequently toward incomprehensible. [No. 138, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Dec 21, 2016 -
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Subtle acoustic bass, quiet drums and occasional strings and piano accents support his strummed acoustic guitar, leaving his quiet, expressive singing at center stage. [No. 138, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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On "Kingfisher," the album's centerpiece, they prove when it's perfectly balanced with a subtle instrumental approach. [No. 138, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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It doesn't add a lot to our understanding of Revival. ... Still, it's cool to discover the unreleased songs, including Johnny Cash "One Piece At A Time" homage "Dry Town" and to be reminded of how great Revival is. [No. 138, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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It may not be what you expect, but it's got the same Dwyer DNA that's always made he band compelling. [No. 138, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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Essential listening for any heavy-music fan ... or youngsters wondering what that whole Seattle fuss was all about. [No. 138, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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As mood music for a particularly rainy series of months, it's a perfectly bummed-out comedown. [No. 138, p.60]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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The songs on Citizen Of Glass feel more solid and lyrically grounded in the known world. [No. 138, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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Superheroes, Ghostvillains & Stuff also shows how the Notwist masterfully blends organic and inorganic textures outside the studio, but it's also a reminder of how adventurous this band can be. [No. 138, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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The nine songs blur together over the 36 minutes, and they offer few surprises once you enter their heavy-handed world. [No. 138, p.58]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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It's jauntier, if still jaundiced, and contains some of Gainsbourg's best compositions. [No. 138, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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Weight is the inexorable comedown: a graceful and timely maturation that might just take a little editing to come through clearly. [No. 138, p.56]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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Dreamless might not be as thunderous as Endless Summer or as hooky as Crimes Of Passion, but it vastly improves on the scattershot Boys. [No. 138, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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What's striking is how her voice, which once epitomized the prototypical fair young maiden, remains just as compellingly austere. [No. 138, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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Hamburg Demonstrations is the most carefully produced and executed music of his career. [No. 138, p.54]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016 -
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Third World Pyramid, like its recent predecessors, is yet another gorgeous, quasi-psychedelic slice of the band's kaleidoscope-eyes popcraft. [No. 138, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Dec 15, 2016