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For 4,085 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: 3,649 out of 4085
  2. Mixed: 400 out of 4085
  3. Negative: 36 out of 4085
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Young & Old
    Songs like "Traveling" and "Robin" attempt to capture the same magic of Cape Dory but feel a bit out of place amongst all the displays of emotional angst elsewhere.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Arrow
    Wennerstrom has said that this is the most cohesive that they have been as a band when recording an album, and the evidence couldn't be more abundant.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Blues Funeral
    As a singer and songwriter, Lanegan's range is so much wider and deeper than anything the vast majority of singer/songwriters can touch, and his fearlessness remains devastatingly affecting.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Barchords
    Jurvanen's restraint can be winning when it's not taken too far.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kisses on the Bottom
    Kisses on the Bottom is a winner from beginning to end.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Libraries
    Lead Lover Stuart McLamb has made a tremendous leap in terms of accessibility, scope and arrangement on Libraries
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Go Fly a Kite
    It's spirited, energetic and competent power-pop.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Tramp
    Though it rarely rises above a whisper, Van Etten's captivating vocals and Dessner's subtle production ensure that Tramp is never remotely sleepy.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Paralytic Stalks
    For all its songwriterly craft, of Montreal's experiments make Paralytic Stalks one of the more compelling efforts in the band's long discography.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon)
    Le Voyage is, given its origins, a small wonder all on its own.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Be the Void
    [Dr. Dog is a] more than capable rock band that puts out reliable, if slightly underwhelming records, and Be The Void doesn't make too strong an argument for the contrary.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Weekends
    Weekends captures the ambivalent mélange of feelings that makes it damn hard to leave the couch after a crushing break-up.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Sing in My Meadow: The Nomad Sessions, Vol. 3
    It's clear that they have been able to hone their sound and perfect not only what listeners have come to love and expect, but also music the band itself wants to hear.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Thunder Thighs
    Dawson's melodic palette's improved, but her stories are mostly told.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    Old Ideas
    In an era of hype and hyperbole where such a word has lost its meaning, Old Ideas is in the truest sense a masterpiece.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Born to Die
    Highly listenable pop songs that defy easy answers. The persona has its moments too.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Form & Control
    Too often, it's elevator-funk, waiting room disco.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    The Church of Rock and Roll
    Like with Foxy's previous efforts, The Church of Rock & Roll shines in its ballsy rejection of modern pop stereotypes, however, the new album slips in its contradictions.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Attack On Memory
    Sometimes something wonderful comes along that won't force you to estimate how "important" it will sound at year's end. Attack on Memory is one of those wonderful things.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Area 52
    The charm of the band's guitar work sometimes gets lost in the middle of C.U.B.A.'s added instrumentation.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Clear Heart Full Eyes
    With his first solo release, Finn hasn't gone too far away from his core aesthetic, but the move is enough to justify his own album.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    La Grande
    It's a voice both genuine and pure, and when she keeps the stylized pitter-patter to a minimum, the effect is downright touching-much like La Grande itself.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Provincial
    Provincial is fully formed-far closer to a Weakerthans album--and with some different collaborators to add some new textures, especially chamber arrangements.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    The Lion's Roar
    The Lion's Roar is a gorgeous record and a spectacular follow-up to their 2010 debut.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Something
    Something is a generally enjoyable, but nonetheless generally unremarkable next step for the band.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    A Different Kind of Fix
    Perhaps its only offending quality is that it's utterly inoffensive; it's likable and overwhelmingly pleasant.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
    10 songs, no filler, that won't necessarily knock you out of your seat, but rather leave you wanting to lean back and stay a while.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Future This
    It demands attention, and it has just enough glitch and grime to remind you that it's not 30 years old.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Cyrk
    As it progresses, CYRK loses some of its musical and descriptive vitality, but Le Bon lingers over these physical depictions, lending her songs a beguiling tactility as well as a strong gravity.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Osaka Ramones
    If you're seeking cool, ironic detachment, best look elsewhere. But if you want to hear fresh blood pumping exuberantly through the veins of these classics, give Osaka Ramones a spin.
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