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For 4,080 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 67% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [50th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Version]
Lowest review score: 10 Songs From Black Mountain
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,644 out of 4080
  2. Mixed: 400 out of 4080
  3. Negative: 36 out of 4080
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    My Favourite Faded Fantasy
    While eight years could’ve brought about a jarring change, Rice has returned with eight satisfying, hearty tracks--albeit, nothing too far off his beaten path.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Complètement Fou
    That these tunes are complemented by some of the sexiest pop cooked up yet this year only adds to the heated vibe.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Haerts
    Everything is likable, and that’s the formula for successful pop. But ultimately, this is the kind of polarizing release that will see the indie purists drawing a line in the sand as to what they’re willing to call their own moving forward.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Alix
    It sounds like they’ve fallen into a niche but they’re dead-set on redefining the borders that they’ve set forth for themselves. And that is quite an exciting place for a band to be.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Hold My Home
    Hold My Home is arguably the strongest record--with the most consistent highlights--that the band has yet to deliver, and it bodes well for their future.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Storytone
    Certainly, the most innovative thing about Storytone is its presentation, with each of the album’s 10 songs recorded in acoustic and fully orchestrated versions.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    No One Wants To Be Here and No One Wants To Leave
    Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave is The Twilight Sad’s most demanding album, dragging listeners from burning coals to murky, cold depths.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    RTJ2
    RTJ2 is a fierce release.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Standing in the Breach
    Browne has always led a double life: sensitive singer/songwriter and committed activist. During his 40-year career, there’s been a tug of war between the romantic poet and the surging outcry. On Standing In The Breach, his first album since 2008’s Time The Conqueror, the Southern California soft rock icon seamlessly reconciles the two.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Tough Love
    Where Devotion contained only three or four songs with big, traditional choruses, Tough Love is built on them.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Burnt Offering
    There are still irresistible dance grooves here, but also more segments that are likely to call for headphone introspection. It might even be safer than that out-of-control feeling on Budos Band III.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Lily-O
    Culling lyrics from the public domain and recording with few overdubs or added takes, Amidon and a group of trusted players perform Lily-O with an immense, artistic daring.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Best Day
    What makes The Best Day work is that the songs play to the band’s strengths, especially the interplay between Moore and Sedwards.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sings the Great Diva Classics
    The best tracks on Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics actually come in the form of mashups.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 92 Critic Score
    Phantom Radio
    Left to his own devices without any interference from outside interests, and an astounding album of dark, sultry music like this is what you get in return.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault
    For as much as her acolytes wish they could twirl in chiffon scarves and platforms, few remain as ageless or beyond the clock as Nicks; in that gap ripples the nostalgia that stains these songs.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Hungry Ghosts
    Hungry Ghosts may not be the musical evolution that fans sought after four years, but OK Go’s bold pursuits of creativity in all media remain exciting still.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Otherness
    Bainbridge reaches past the boundaries he set on Change of Mind, making Otherness a rich, varied examination of love and loneliness. But sometimes that sparseness he likes means there’s just too little to grip.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    ...And Star Power
    Whether imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery―and other cliches―as it pertains to this third album in the Foxygen catalog is up for debate. If it’s some secret genius, the jury is still decidedly out. Either way, you’ll want to hear this one for yourself.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Museum of Love
    For all its production merits and accomplishment as a tasteful ‘80s electro throwback, Museum of Love’s downfall is that it’s only nine tracks (and one is a 56-second intro).
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ride Out
    There’s plenty of meat-and-potatoes rock and blues here for you to chow on and wash down with your favorite domestic beer.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Steve Reich: Radio Rewrite
    Like a lot of Reich’s work, the music suggests forward momentum, but with Radio, the movement is in a much more oblong fashion.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Marigolden
    Nuance, detail and careful construction make the songs live and breathe. When all those elements come together, the home in Porterfield’s songs can feel pretty universal.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    V for Vaselines
    As their third album in 25 years, V for Vaselines showcases a surprisingly staid band, but one that occasionally flashes its early brilliance for listeners.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 93 Critic Score
    Wonder Where We Land
    This is an album about vision, movement and manifestation. It’s about removing oneself from the familiar to tap into the brain’s ability to create unprecedented and inspiring art. Success.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Way Out Weather
    Knowing Gunn’s exotic inspirations, Way Out Weather is certainly only a snapshot of where his talents could lead him. Whatever you take away from it, it’s most certainly a step in the right direction.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Taiga
    Taiga is an attempt at putting what it is that’s personal--vocals and lyrics--in the forefront, which is important, but it’s banished a mood and kind of mystery from everything.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rips
    It’s a slim volume to add to the Timony collection--never ambitious but absolutely fun, a record from three women who feel comfortable with each other and just want to play loud.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Everything Will Be Alright in the End
    Weezer’s big “return” is just fine.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Our Love
    Not everyone will be pleased, but those hooked on Swim will be thrilled.
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