No Ripcord's Scores
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For 2,725 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
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,898 out of 2725
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Mixed: 751 out of 2725
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Negative: 76 out of 2725
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It's a mediocre album, and I'm only being hard on you because I sincerely wanted more. Like a pissy parent, I'm not mad at you... I'm disappointed.- No Ripcord
- Posted Sep 9, 2011
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For most of My Bloody Underground, Newcombe vocalizes like a decaffeinated Kevin Shields, barely audible under the weight of reverb that blankets just about every track.- No Ripcord
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She's still one to watch, but the hype which preceded the release of Who You Are promised much more than what has been delivered.- No Ripcord
- Posted Mar 22, 2011
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This album is a carbon copy of Vampire Weekend, but you know how when Gus Van Sant remade Psycho shot for shot and it was rubbish? It's like that.- No Ripcord
- Posted Aug 1, 2012
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- Posted May 7, 2012
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Backed up by masters of electronica David Guetta, Diplo and Swedish House Mafia’s Sebastian Ingrosso, they all make sure to drop a storm of ugly, trite and utterly soulless EDM breakdowns and dubstep drops whenever they can.- No Ripcord
- Posted Dec 6, 2013
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Conveniently, he’s premeditated every song in #willpower with a bevy of wishy-washy, quotable clichés that are meant to fit the space of 140 characters. Sadly, that's as deep as it gets.- No Ripcord
- Posted Apr 29, 2013
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Owl City is electro-pop's unwanted bastard child, combining all the worst elements of the genre. The production is lazy and unbelievably dull.- No Ripcord
- Posted May 24, 2011
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Conley's diaristic accounts are clumsily direct at times, but in doing so, we also gain insight into his spiritual awakening.- No Ripcord
- Posted Nov 14, 2018
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After half a decade away, If Not Now, When? really does feel like a misstep. Hopefully a little creative control can be wrestled away from Boyd in the future, otherwise a much under-rated band really could be lost forever.- No Ripcord
- Posted Jul 8, 2011
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The album aims for Grohl-esque rock anthems, but falls short mostly due to a lack of melodic gifts; given that, it needs many more musical ideas than it has to keep anybody interested.- No Ripcord
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The album does have one redeeming aspect preventing its plunge into epic echelons of suck, and that's lead single Party Rock Anthem.- No Ripcord
- Posted Jun 22, 2011
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Polished to the point of being nausea-inducing, this album has been packaged to a precise remit: robotic, stadium-rock-lite that follows the tried and tested formula of acoustic quiet bit, drums come in, second verse, chorus, repeat to fade so strictly that you’ll feel like banging your head against a brick wall and/or adding your own beat-box percussion.- No Ripcord
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Up until Lulu, I didn't think it was possible to be both enamored and disgusted at the same time. Mind? Blown.- No Ripcord
- Posted Nov 4, 2011
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There’s barely any turntable work, just vanilla rock that once you’ve heard once you’ve heard it a million times. ... Incubus have un-made themselves.- No Ripcord
- Posted May 17, 2017
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The record sounds phoned in, plain and simple, and its awkward concessions to cliche, its trash heap lyrical conceits, and its dopey production have a cumulative effect that would be insulting if it weren’t so transparently uninspired and uninteresting.- No Ripcord
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For what it is, it may in fact be quite good. But, to her discarded fans, at least, she's given the ultimate finger.- No Ripcord
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This album is an abomination. It's a rancid pile of regurgitated tripe.- No Ripcord
- Posted Aug 9, 2011
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