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For 823 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 An End Has A Start
Lowest review score: 0 D12 World
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 569 out of 823
  2. Mixed: 198 out of 823
  3. Negative: 56 out of 823
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Sound Of Silver
    'Sound Of Silver' is the album of the year.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Broken Social Scene
    Like The Polyphonic Spree stripped of all their faux compound dwelling arse wittery, this is an unambiguous shot of serotonin straight to your head and heart.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Original Pirate Material
    2002's first REAL classic.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    See You Next Tuesday
    'See You Next Tuesday' is so good it should be the soundtrack to a smash hit Broadway musical.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Real Gone
    In ‘Real Gone’s fearsome complexity of rhythm, lyric and device, Tom Waits appropriates like a shoplifter without much time, and creates something entirely his own. A new music.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Think Tank
    'Think Tank' is an extraordinary record that pushes boundaries and sets new standards.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Meltdown
    Great pop from a great band.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A Healthy Distrust
    He doesn't plunder, he interweaves - stuff gets thoroughly snake-charmed into his densely-packed music.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Miss Machine
    Giant mutant rats are running about the place with gasmasks and guns. Their eyeballs are electric red, firing lightning bolts of acid, spit and shit and blowing up the place and the furniture.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Let It Come Down
    It's a huge album, a beautiful album, a witty album, and above all, a Spiritualized album, through and through. If you like Spiritualized albums, you will love 'Let It Come Down'. If you don't, it may be time for a rethink.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Frances The Mute
    Miraculously the lyrics never sound like the pompous shite they undoubtedly are. They fit the music and make the whole picture even more laughably and absurdly brilliant.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Gemstones
    There's a confidence and a swagger that wasn't there before, Green uncapping the band who can convert his quirky sketches into clever, swinging masterpieces.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Under A Billion Suns
    A fabulous record.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Real New Fall L.P. (Formerly Country On The Click)
    This is the sound, throughout, of a remarkable institution doing all the things they do best and sounding as alive as they ever have.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Beatific Visions
    One of the finest albums of the year.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Medulla
    Björk has transcended any pop plinth she may (incorrectly) have been placed upon, to become, probably, our greatest contemporary female vocalist since Diamanda Galas.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Playtime Is Over
    It's about the best a studio grime album can be.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    At War With The Mystics
    While Wayne Coyne has been carving out and presenting to the world the manifestations of his crazy mind for an age now, the possibilities have so often been superior to the finished article. That is certainly not the case here.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Alright, Still
    The pop album of the year.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    His Hands
    Her voice is still like clear honey dripped on freshly baked bread, and almost sounds nourishing.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Grinderman
    There isn't a bad song on this album.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Mr. Beast
    Ten years after they first assaulted us, Mogwai remain as vital as ever.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Drums And Guns
    This is no mere regression into a tried and tested formula for the Duluth trio. Each of these tracks is more than their trademark guitar, bass, drum soundscapes with delicate vocals hovering above the mix.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hate
    'Hate' is gloomy without being self-indulgent, and grand without being pompous.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Smell Of Our Own
    As long as you are open, you will love this album. It will be as important to a lot of people as 'The Queen Is Dead'.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hats Off To The Buskers
    The View are a study of all the essentials of British rock & roll.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    By The Way
    'By The Way' is pretty much 'Californication' part two with a deeper exploration of the nu melodic Peppers, a classic LA record that somehow combines the melodic rush of the Beach Boys and Mamas and Papas and hints at the dark underbelly of the city of angels just like Love did way back in the late sixties.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Strays
    It really is like they've never been away; their glee and enthusiasm can be heard coursing through every bar.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    First Impressions Of Earth
    Turns out what the world was waiting for really was those that saved guitars finally making a record that truly reaped the rewards of their efforts. Is this it? OH GOD YES!
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Further Adventures Of Lord Quas
    What's beyond doubt is the magical blend of the surreal and the fantastical that made 'The Unseen' so memorable is once again in the fullest effect on this showcase of fearlessly skewed production, dense organic vibes and hemp & helium-fuelled raps that make up this smoked-out saunter through the back streets of the cosmo-according-to-Lord Quas.
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