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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Neko Case’s sixth album is typically sumptuous and lusciously heart-rending.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 3, 2013
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Burn is her first album recorded with a full band, though the resultant fuzzily glam swagger doesn’t forsake her wise style, instead coming off like Bill Callahan covering T Rex.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Feb 18, 2014
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Mostly this album succeeds on attrition and attitude, much like ‘Bodak Yellow’ did.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 9, 2018
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The process of letting go has resulted in a record on which an acclaimed voice can explore human emotion with more breadth and depth than ever before.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 6, 2022
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Though Singularity's 62-minutes can get extremely heavy--Hopkins fondly calls its gargantuan centrepiece ‘Everything Connected’ a “massive techno bastard” – it’s still a near-perfect trip, and one that confirms Hopkins’ status as one of the genre’s brightest talents.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 4, 2018
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There’s little hope in ANIMA. Little in the way of joy. It sounds exactly like a record trying to say something about 2019 should sound. ... Fittingly, there’s shades of the 2007 videogame Portal here. A bit of Blade Runner.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jun 26, 2019
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Lurches spectacularly from lounge-jazz to avant-vaudeville and takes a pop at everything in between. [14 Jan 2006, p.34]- New Musical Express (NME)
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An 11-track album that finds them at their most dynamic and urgent.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 13, 2021
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British hip-hop finally got serious--and Loyle Carner is leading the charge.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jan 25, 2017
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This is nuanced, purposeful songwriting from an artist growing in power.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jun 23, 2022
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Playful and sincere, mature but childlike, featherlight and occasionally heavy, this assured record sees Whack pull off a Jenga-like balancing act.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 15, 2024
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In 2021, Low aren’t merely playing rock music gently and slowly: now they’re attempting to rewrite the language of the genre.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Sep 13, 2021
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- Posted Oct 13, 2014
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Thankfully this album doesn’t fall into the trap of posthumous records that feel like they’re shamelessly re-animating a corpse and therefore should have been left on the cutting room floor. Instead, this collection of tender songs finds Cohen at his most calm and reflective.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Nov 19, 2019
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It’s a rare feat for an album to paint a picture that’s broad but intimate at the same time, but Folick has done it here. Her voice, songwriting and ascent are unstoppable; one would do best not to ignore her.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Oct 29, 2018
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‘Don’t Forget Me’ shines in its simplicity, with Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Stephen Sanchez) as the sole collaborator. Here, through a whole-hearted embrace of the folk, country and Western that underscored her upbringing, Rogers’ seems more at home than ever. Yet, ‘Don’t Forget Me’ exists as a meticulously crafted homage to the road trip.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 11, 2024
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So contagious is their enthusiasm, you could start thinking that black-clad nihilism has kept music to itself for way too long.- New Musical Express (NME)
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At times, Negro Swan crosses over from album and into a radio station from a world just outside ours; Dev Hynes has created a fabulous collection of cascading sounds.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Aug 28, 2018
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This is very much a post-Stormzy, post-Skepta, post-Drake-going-roadman album, and an important stepping stone along the path to the UK establishing itself as a bona fide world-beater at beats and rhymes.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 15, 2017
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Sonically, the production is as flawlessly genre-spanning as Lizzo herself: pop at its core, but with constant references to her jazz roots and historical love of twerking.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 18, 2019
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- Posted Jul 22, 2021
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So, business as usual then; SFA have made another enormously enjoyable record, but one that is unlikely to ‘do an Elbow’ and suddenly make them a serious mainstream proposition again.- New Musical Express (NME)
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This music is the electronic, Warp-inspired answer to Brian Wilson's 'Smile.' [31 Jul 2004, p.41]- New Musical Express (NME)
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Whereas Mogwai’s more recent work threatens to make a formula familiar, Fuck Buttons’ fizzling DIY laboratory still has the invention and ingenuity to surprise.- New Musical Express (NME)
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He expertly delivers gang stories with such authenticity that no wonder he’s still loved in his hometown. With ‘Vince Staples’ Kenny Beats has helped Long Beach’s finest release another spectacular record – even if it’s a slow-burn.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jul 8, 2021
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Josef K's candy-striped take on post-punk isolationism sounds both ancient and modern. [18 Nov 2006, p.31]- New Musical Express (NME)
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- Posted Oct 6, 2014
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From the crisp, hip-hop accenting on the drums to the full-bodied bass and vivd synths, Currents is an audiophile’s wet dream.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Jul 2, 2015
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