Paste Magazine's Scores

For 4,079 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
Score distribution:
4079 music reviews
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This record’s way blander than the sassy hits she played.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Thomas hasn't yet figured out that as long as he mistakes ponderous poetics and platitudes for depth, the surface trappings of his self-serious songs won't matter all that much. [#16, p.125]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 13 Critic Score
    Truly, the four dapper Scotsmen that constitute this group should be ashamed of their tuneless, thoughtless, meaningless new offering, which distorts the proud legacy of a band that once mattered.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 11 Critic Score
    Their spectacularly boring new album has so little dynamic variance that it literally pains the ear.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Earnestly pompous. [Apr/May 2006, p.105]
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