No Ripcord's Scores
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For 2,726 reviews, this publication has graded:
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43% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
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Positive: 1,899 out of 2726
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Mixed: 751 out of 2726
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Negative: 76 out of 2726
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Only a couple of the tracks really resonate, even with repeated spins.- No Ripcord
- Posted Apr 3, 2012
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Talahomi Way is so strongly rooted in a sense of location that it makes little sense in transit on a pair of headphones, where its fine detail is compressed and channelled directly into your ears, and the images painted by the lyrics are forced to compete with your own changing scenery. Music like this needs to inhabit a space, preferably a sunny one.- No Ripcord
- Posted May 11, 2011
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Woodkid has a sound that is unique in the music landscape, and most of the songs on this album are exciting, evocative tracks that play to the most basic of emotions: love, loss and redemption.- No Ripcord
- Posted Apr 2, 2013
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There are glimpses at what Alt-J may attempt in the future if they want to continue collaborating, and few would complain if that’s the case given the high points here, but at present, Reduxer is full of missteps from a band who seemingly can’t help themselves at this point.- No Ripcord
- Posted Oct 18, 2018
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- Posted Jun 18, 2013
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If the past had him outcast and an outsider, Leisure Seizure could be ideally marketed with those label heavyweights like a fabric hook-and-loop fastener.- No Ripcord
- Posted Jun 8, 2011
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The album also crammed full of innovative bleeps and squeaks - if you're familiar with Four Tet you'll know the sort of thing--which add more of a unique selling point which in the end isn't all that necessary, because this is a somewhat dazzling album from some great talents, and it has an abundance of riches.- No Ripcord
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The biggest issue with Songs of Surrender is that U2 often fail to be malleable enough to truly stretch their wings and radically reshape these tracks. They too often, to their detriment, play it safe.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 22, 2023
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It's a fine record on its own terms, but the it's just not possible to circumvent the expectations that come with his dayjob.- No Ripcord
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Ten Kens are hook-savvy, brilliantly subtle at change-ups and they really capture your attention without making your ears bleed.- No Ripcord
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Overstuffed and a little undercooked, Lions suffers from the fact that Hatebreed’s influences aren’t terribly diverse, and many of the short, hard, and fast numbers tend to blend together in a way that won’t appeal to anyone without a working knowledge of the American hardcore canon.- No Ripcord
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It's a cleanly produced album, sure, but it lacks the attitude of the era from where it came, the 1970s.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 21, 2012
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They do rest a bit comfortably on what they do right, circumventing the idea of exploring new territory. This is, of course, a curse and a blessing. In presence or not, Azure Ray's stark simplicity will always remain intact.- No Ripcord
- Posted Dec 13, 2010
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The themes explored throughout the record’s massive 130-minute runtime are remarkably current--for example the Orlando shootings and the Paris attacks--and it’s these moments where the album commands absolute attention. Not even Kozelek can command it entirely for 130 minutes, though.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 20, 2017
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Only three tracks are of sufficient quality to have seen the light of day and it means you can't help but question the motives behind the release of such an inessential collection.- No Ripcord
- Posted Dec 22, 2011
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Fike doesn't make much of an effort to flesh out any of his genre-fluid ideas. Instead, he's content with writing half-written bouncy hip-pop anthems (Cancel Me) and tryhard "indie" jams (Double Negative) in hopes of charming everything and everyone.- No Ripcord
- Posted Aug 25, 2020
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Despite many good songs on this album, you will definitely get a sense that Depeche Mode is in a holding pattern.- No Ripcord
- Posted Apr 23, 2013
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The rest of the record, for all its flash, leaves us in some bland middle ground- lacking the impact and craft of great pop music, but too fleeting in its appeal to work as anything else.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 18, 2016
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Light Asylum works best if approached as a work of fantastic campness; after all, this would explain the whip-cracking sound effects on IPC.- No Ripcord
- Posted May 3, 2012
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On the new one, the drums still thunder and the space rock vibe is intact, but something is missing--and I’m not sure that something is Ben Curtis.- No Ripcord
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Considering the nine other songs on this album mix lazy production with unfocused rapping, The Return of Mr. Zone Six is a largely forgettable album.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 29, 2011
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here's no escaping the fact that although Mazes are quite capable of a good tune, there's often very little to separate one track from the next.- No Ripcord
- Posted Aug 17, 2011
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With the exception of the more melodious tracks coming in pairs and slightly hindering the flow of an otherwise excellent album, Specter at the Feast is a very good effort from BRMC, and an example of the continued revitalization that started sometime around Leah Shapiro’s arrival to the band in 2008.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 25, 2013
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Wait For Me hugs the middle of the road with such caution, it’s strenuous to either love or hate.- No Ripcord
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Abyss isn't a failure--their audacity to upend themselves, contriving each and every step of the way with an expansive sound that masks away the more attention-grabbing arrangements is worthy. Props to them for sounding like everyone else and no one else at the same time.- No Ripcord
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They are only a few steps away from making a truly great record, because they certainly aren't lacking in talent, they just need an identity to give it a purpose.- No Ripcord
- Posted Jan 29, 2013
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The only problem (and I don't even know if its a problem) is that every track registers as an epic of some sort, so much so that the album itself registers as a pleasurable, cathartic blur rather than a cohesive statement itself.- No Ripcord
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A miserable buffet of rock ‘n’ roll cliches, from saccharine ballads to off-color glam to bland MTV rock. It’s essentially homeopathic rock muzak.- No Ripcord
- Posted Jan 20, 2023
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When an album's main faults are that its too upbeat and lyrically too ambitious, it really is one that deserves to be talked about.- No Ripcord
- Posted Feb 2, 2011
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