New Musical Express (NME)'s Scores
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For 6,004 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: | to hell with it [Mixtape] | |
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Lowest review score: | Maroon |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,226 out of 6004
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Mixed: 1,625 out of 6004
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Negative: 153 out of 6004
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The Messenger isn’t just a summary of everything worthwhile in contemporary rock music, it’s an insightful and informed dissection of life in 2013 and all the futile iOS updates, cyberstalking conglomerates and financial travesties that clog up the spaces between us. In a world claiming to connect us all, it argues, we’re getting more and more dislocated.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Feb 26, 2013
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‘Asphalt Meadows’ is as assured and stately as you’d expect and hope for from indie veterans now 10 albums and 25 years into their career, but this beaut is as consistent and satisfying as their early-mid ‘00s career peak.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 12, 2022
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A classic, if often over-familiar Cribs album then, but the door is open for the forthcoming Steve Albini-produced ‘punk one’ to be the death-or-glory game-changer.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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Despite its brevity, ‘American Noir’ still feels like a truly significant entry in Creeper’s discography. These songs sound truly timeless, exist outside of trend and genre and are instantly recognisable as the work of their creators.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jul 30, 2021
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Having already redefined garage last time around, he's conjured up an album equal parts R Kelly, Ali G and Terence Trent D' Arby, which will only send him further into the stratosphere.- New Musical Express (NME)
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A record that features some of the band’s most vital and impressive tracks in years.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 14, 2017
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Whether it's 'Tension Remains'' collision of religious chorale and space-age pulse or the jazz-soul cyberpunk of 'Never Defeated', the result is always original.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jul 7, 2014
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‘Never Let Me Go’ is a true renaissance record. It’s no ‘Metal Machine Music’ or ‘Yeezus’, but a record that finds Placebo inspired and ready for a new era, reinventing the rock veterans for the modern age.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 24, 2022
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Like their forebears, these LA beardies get the plaudits for taking raw, honest emotions and richly infusing them into every moment of their music.- New Musical Express (NME)
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Blending philosophy and science with the bloodied, bruised heart of someone who cares about their fellow man, ‘Nothing is True’ offers comfort, reason, familiarity and forward-thinking to give us the soundtrack we need for now.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 17, 2020
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The way they've leapfrogged their contemporaries in terms of ambition and scope is terrifying. Sleigh Bells are, once again, in a league of their own.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Feb 22, 2012
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Putting the fun in grunge since 1988, Mudhoney drink from the familiar well of Iggy on their ninth album with outrageously enjoyable results.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 2, 2013
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There are some total gems on ‘Late Night Feelings’, which are occasionally marred by a handful of sleepy filler tracks. But in general Mark Ronson’s immense talent as both a producer and songwriter shines through. It’s bold, brilliant and genuinely interesting pop music.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jun 21, 2019
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As his musical repertoire has expanded from minimalist folk to occasionally playful pop, so has his tolerance for the foibles of the flesh. 'Dongs Of Sevotion', from its silly title to its intermittent flashes of tenderness and humour, is the proof.- New Musical Express (NME)
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When The Bees hit the target, as on domestic-violence lament 'Angryman; and the glacial funk of 'Sweet Like A Champion' the ghosts of everyone from JJ Cale to Hall & Oates to the Stone Roses enter the room.- New Musical Express (NME)
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‘Ready For The High’ barely sits still for a verse at a time, ducking between buzz-rock, falsetto funk and bits that seem written for the first dance at the marriage of MGMT and Jungle. The rest of the album further delivers: confident funk pop (‘Wildfire’, ‘Worry’) and inventive future disco (‘This Car Drives All By Itself’, ‘People Don’t Change People, Time Does’) are staples, but the palette is wide here, the brushstrokes bold.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jan 14, 2022
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This is a 57-minute flex of every musical muscle in Parker’s body. Crunchy guitars are largely absent, but we’re left with something far more intriguing – a pop record bearing masterful electronic strokes.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Feb 10, 2020
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- Posted Feb 17, 2015
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Yet the easy chemistry between everyone on Amok means that more often than not the record is beautiful.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Feb 26, 2013
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- Posted Feb 22, 2012
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EGOLI is a scattershot and hedonistic diary of the collective’s week-long recording sessions, and each song offers an insight into the vibrant sounds of Johannesburg and the city’s unique twist on house, folk, jazz and beyond. Community and collaboration are a powerful force on this album.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jul 10, 2019
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Dom Ganderton and Ryan Malcolm are a deft hand at bringing colour out of the mundane in their honest, and often nostalgic lyrics.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 13, 2017
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If it sounds close to daft on paper, Merchandise have the ingenuity to make it work, and so it is with this fine album.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 21, 2016
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The result is an album teeming with hooks and melodies butting up against countermelodies, and a crisp, vibrant pop production.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 11, 2015
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This album is a quiet triumph, the understated work of an artist honouring herself and her creativity.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 4, 2018
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It’s an album that tries not to shout ‘old school Franz are back’, even though it unmistakably signals that old school Franz are back.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Aug 27, 2013
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Only a smidgeon less euphoric than ‘EP-1’, EP-2 is another brief broadside that further justifies Pixies’ drip-drip release plan, keeping their ten-year-tour on the road and the intrigue of their new material relentlessly fresh.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jan 16, 2014
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At first it’s completely overwhelming--you’ll be trying to connect the scattered dots on this initially impenetrable listen, and maybe even despairing when it doesn’t all come together. But when the constellations show through, you’ll realise that it’s a product of searingly intelligent design.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 3, 2018
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