Mixer's Scores

  • Music
For 110 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 60% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 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: 90 Original Pirate Material
Lowest review score: 30 Slicker Than Your Average
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 110
  2. Negative: 1 out of 110
110 music reviews
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Maybe the stint scoring music for the acclaimed film The Virgin Suicides helped them segue their too-atmospheric-for-the-room lingerings into something more tangible. [May 2001, p.76]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The sonic equivalent of a stolen gun with its numbers sanded off: sexy, groovy, mysterious, scary. [Apr 2001, p.94]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
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    When US aren't dipping into other musical genres to "keep it fresh," the classic blippy sound shines through on "Love Song" and "Punk Club." [Aug 2001, p.82]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Expertly produced with perfected lyrical skills. [Oct 2001, p.84]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A wobbly collage of sampledelic disco dementia. [Jan 2003, p.73]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sounds more like a greatest hits collection than a singular artistic statement.... Drukqs is unparalleled in its production and undeniable in its brilliance. [Nov 2001, p.73]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Suicide have rounded the edges on their metal machine music and jettisoned some rubbery retroisms. [Nov 2002, p.77]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The cuts resonate with more creativity and originality than most stuff on the shelves. [Apr 2002, p.82]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    One of the year's best drum 'n' bass albums. [Dec 2002, p.74]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    His most refined sound to date. [Jul 2001, p.80]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The album will wear thin on short-attention-spanned listeners who need their dance albums dosed with a bit more variety. [Aug 2002, p.79]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Van Helden gets it spot-on as he manages to take the genre by the scruff of its neck and give it the shakedown that it needs once in awhile. [Oct 2001, p.88]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With its soaring guitars and crashing drums, Tweekend sounds more like a rock album than an electronic album. [Aug 2001, p.77]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fans of Squarepusher's trademark schizophrenic d'n'b beats will enjoy the title cut.... Other tracks completely disintegrate into severe experimentalism, changing from music to art-sound installations. [Oct 2002, p.81]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
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    The most poignant artistic statement of his career. [May 2002, p.70]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An engaging, challenging listen. [Apr 2002, p.77]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Some songs do morph into mere mood pieces... but Charango remains a fine return to form. [AUg 2002, p.80]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A freakazoid musical pastiche. [Oct 2002, p.83]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A work that displays more forward-thinking musical maturity than any diva in her league. May 2002, p.72]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lots of rock stars have proclaimed their kinship for DJ culture, but Perry Farrell's passion seems to be one of the more genuine. [Jul 2001, p.82]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's all ground we've covered before, but Jamiroquai do it so well and with such style that it is still worth a tumble. [Sep 2001, p.86]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A deep, dark and dirty affair. [June 2002, p.88]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The boys are as competent on straightforward dance tracks as they are on Verve-esque pop-rock cuts. [Jul 2002, p.80]
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    David has composed 10 songs that work together as a concept album. But for everyday listening? Well, that's a somewhat different story. [Jun 2002, p.87]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The crunchy guitars that underpinned some of the tracks on X are now up front, giving the whole collection the feel of early Manchester bands like Happy Mondays. [Feb 2002, p.74]
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