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For 4,075 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: 3,639 out of 4075
  2. Mixed: 400 out of 4075
  3. Negative: 36 out of 4075
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Nothing Is Wrong
    Tay Strathairn's work on the keys shines on just about every song; Wylie Gelber maybe one of the most tasteful bassists ever, and Griffin Goldsmith's percussion is rock steady and incredibly impressive, especially considering his young age. But it is the sum of all these parts that makes Nothing is Wrong something truly special.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rise Again
    Rise Again is an indispensable recording from one of the world's most important living artists.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    David Comes To Life
    Sonically, this is Fucked Up's cleanest album to date.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    It's a Corporate World
    Overall, it's an album full of songs Lloyd Dobler could have played during his window-call, boom-box confession of love.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Sondre Lerche
    No clutter, no retracing of steps, just 10 strong tunes that contrast but live together comfortably. In terms of the total package, it's right up there with Lerche's best work.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Suck It and See
    The album won't blindside you or beat you over the head with anything - but it'll sure leave a mark.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Arabia Mountain
    It's Ronson's dash of throwback style topped with the band's signature wild-child tendencies that make this album an impeccable partnership. It's so perfect of a fit, in fact, that Arabia Mountain not only emerges as the Lips' best-sounding record, but arguably their finest album to date.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Circuital
    After the peaks and valleys reached with the past two records, however, Circuital serves as a reminder that My Morning Jacket is back at the top of its game with an album residing just a tiny notch below its definitive records.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Gloss Drop
    The record stands as a solid collection from a trio of exceptionally talented individuals.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    England Keep My Bones
    Smart young miscreants that have outgrown the Warped Tour but aren't ready for the Ted Leo back catalog could do worse, and acoustic rock fans that want more than somnolent campfire melodies couldn't do much better.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    D
    At this point in the game, all those influences and touchstones have jelled into a sound that's both easily identifiable and quite unique, and though it's still occasionally jarring in its schizophrenia, it's one that manages to be consistent on its own terms.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Ukulele Songs
    Why foist all of this upon a fanbase that's gracefully aging right along with you and is thus a little more malleable than either of you were in your mid-twenties, a little more open-minded, a little more down for whatever? The answer, clearly, is "Why not?"
    • 71 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Codes and Keys
    If Codes and Keys started at track 7 and kept the momentum going, it could be a great record. Instead it's a good one with great moments from a band that's clearly getting better with age.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Brilliant! Tragic!
    Argos' delivery on Brilliant! Tragic! is a necessary and not unwelcome change, a way to keep the songs compelling and unpredictable.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Demolished Thoughts
    Whereas that album [Several Shades of Why] revealed the Dinosaur Jr frontman's surprising musical and lyrical range, Demolished Thoughts only reveals Moore's particular limitations.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Bury Me in My Rings
    Its over-the-top nature proves one thing-Bury Me in My Rings is at its best when Sennett and company stick to their specialty: breezy, sturdy, meticulously crafted pop. More often than not, they do just that.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Roadkill Rising - The Bootleg Collection: 1977-2009
    Despite that odd finale, Roadkill Rising is Pop's best career retrospective to date, and quite possibly the best we can hope for.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Follow Me Down
    Rather than hone the traditional Appalachian discipline, the sensualist singer explores the possibilities of acoustic/roots music--conjuring songscapes, erotic tableau and enough tension to hold listeners transfixed throughout Follow Me Down.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Rome
    Rome does sound like the result of five years of Very Serious Effort, except instead of honing a few rough spots, the hubris-driven tinkering ended up chipping away all the soul from what could have been a jaunty and lively homage to some of the best movie music ever made.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ramble at the Ryman
    On live disc Ramble at the Ryman, with a characteristically exuberant blend of rock, blues, country, and folk, Helm proves himself once again to be one of our most vibrant conservators of traditional Americana.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Give Till It's Gone
    Harper is in top form, crafting songs that succeed lyrically and musically, capturing much of the blues-driven energy of White Lies while mixing in a delicate simplicity that adds a layer of depth to the bluesman's latest effort.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Destroyed
    The album would truly shine overall if it didn't contain too many songs that are less songs and more experiments in sound. That's not to say this is a major problem, but instrumental, orchestral arrangements seem strange when they come 12 songs through a 15-track LP.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    I Am Very Far
    It's Kafka meets Mahler at the hipster club, and it's easily one of the musical highlights of the year.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Inclusions
    It's a surprising and rewarding journey, one best experienced with a good pair of headphones--where the intimacy is at its highest.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Life Fantastic
    Life Fantastic deemphasizes their goof a bit. The record restricts their trademark eclecticism into what is probably their most self-contained album thus far.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Road From Memphis
    Most of The Road from Memphis sounds like the work of a band that's spent years together, rather than a leader and a backup band.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Simple Math
    There are plenty of seeds sewn throughout Simple Math that could likely blossom into Manchester Orchestra's first real breakthrough, but here, we're stuck in the growing pains phase.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Burst Apart
    As it stands Burst Apart is a record of big songs from a band that's good at generating big songs, and we should be relieved that The Antlers can be impressive without an overarching concept behind them.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    No Help Coming
    Déjà vu, ambition, whatever be damned. No help may be coming, but they don't need it in the first place.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Moment Bends
    The record plays like an old mixtape: a few songs you dig, a few you forget, and two or three you can't stop playing, that you can't keep from becoming part of a night the pictures can't do justice, of a packed dance-floor, of a girl you didn't kiss, of a midnight drive.
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