NOW Magazine's Scores

  • Music
For 2,812 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 66
Highest review score: 100 The Life Of Pablo
Lowest review score: 20 Testify
Score distribution:
2812 music reviews
    • 45 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Brendan O’Brien, best known for his continuous work with Pearl Jam and Springsteen, takes over from Gavin Brown on Billy’s third s/t offering, and there’s some noticeable dulling of the edges here.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sure, the beats bang like crazy, but the songs are emotionally hollow, thematically one-dimen­sional and conceptually lifeless.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    After years and years of hating every ounce of Maryland's mall-punk icons Good Charlotte, it seems now that the actual trick to enjoying their music on any plausible level is to go into the whole thing with absolutely no expectations. Not even low expectations. Nothing.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    His first album in four years picks up exactly where The Trinity left off: at the centre of the dance floor.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Weirdness does have many of the recognizable sonic and structural traits, but the essential threat of impending doom is missing.