Mixer's Scores
- Music
For 110 reviews, this publication has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Highest review score: | Original Pirate Material | |
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Lowest review score: | Slicker Than Your Average |
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Positive: 85 out of 110
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Mixed: 24 out of 110
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Negative: 1 out of 110
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Channels the voices of Gary Numan and Missing Persons through the mouths of Black Box Recorder and Laurie Anderson. [Jun 2002, p.87]- Mixer
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Erasure transforms each number into something tailor-made for a staged musical. [Jan 2003, p.74]- Mixer
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The album's edgy urban vibe, psychedelia and reggae find the Armada merging all of their varied influences into a collection that pounces with monster grooves and purrs with low-slung downtempo tunes. [Jan 2003, p.72]- Mixer
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Ultimately, Evil Heat is more evocative than innovative, but why rewrite the book when it's already a compelling read. [Dec 2002, p.80]- Mixer
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Anyone interested in thoughtful, moody downtempo instrumentals will definitely enjoy this. [Dec 2002, p.76]- Mixer
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Undoubtedly the toughest music yet from the six-member crew, Phrenology may also be their best work, characterized by a powerful, head-nodding groove that carries through the entire album. [Nov 2002, p.78]- Mixer
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The banal production has been reduced to the average backing track that accompanies every other modern soul singer. [Dec 2002, p.78]- Mixer
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Riding a delicate balance of acid house and electro, Machine Says Yes is as cold as it is hot. [Dec 2002, p.76]- Mixer
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One of the most thought-provoking hip-hop albums in recent years. [Dec 2002, p.75]- Mixer
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The textured ambience is a simple, sumptuous recipe that is not wholly unprecedented, but certainly welcome. [Dec 2002, p.80]- Mixer
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Other than two noteworthy tracks, the first disc is essentially filler. [Jan 2003, p.73]- Mixer
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[A] slick, street-smart album of sassy party tracks and sensitive slow jams. [Jan 2003, p.73]- Mixer
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Some compared Simian's debut to the Beta Band, but this is much more retro, raw and rockin'. [Jan 2003, p.76]- Mixer
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Suicide have rounded the edges on their metal machine music and jettisoned some rubbery retroisms. [Nov 2002, p.77]- Mixer
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[Eminem's] three solo offerings... are the strongest cuts from a very strong album. [Jan 2003, p.84]- Mixer
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The disc comes across like the best B-sides compliation you've never heard. [Nov 2002, p.77]- Mixer
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It's his lyrical earnestness that makes his decidedly British experience so universally appealing. [Nov 2002, p.76]- Mixer
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Admittedly, the album drags in parts, but Out Where is still a success. [Oct 2002, p.88]- Mixer
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What Cruelty Without Beauty lacks in originality it more than makes up for with sheer wit. [Oct 2002, p.81]- Mixer
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Multi-hued melodies flow like lava and threaten to swallow foothills of funk. [Nov 2002, p.78]- Mixer
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The best sex-obsessed album since Prince's Dirty Mind. [Nov 2002, p.78]- Mixer