Pretty Much Amazing's Scores

  • Music
For 761 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 59% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 The Life Of Pablo
Lowest review score: 0 Xscape
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 23 out of 761
761 music reviews
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    To fully enjoy Bonito Graduation, view it through its own inquisitive outlook, and to not be daunted by the fact some of it won’t be understandable to you.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Nobody’s asking Kings of Leon to reinvent the wheel here, but they could at least make their hubcaps a bit flashier.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Though this cache of innovations is often depleted, when utilized correctly they wield enough ingenuity to distinguish Nilsson from the rest of the pack.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    This is a darker, more direct take from a band that sees in pop music a place to distill their ideas.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Yes Lawd! cuts a deep groove and doesn’t let up for nearly an hour of R&B/hip-hop bliss.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It’s not breaking news that reunion music isn’t a revelation, but this album seems worse than the merely dull crop of new Owen material.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Joanne still represents a striking course correction for Lady Gaga. By abandoning the dance club for the dive bar, she may have tossed aside her status as a pop star once and for all. But Gaga has emerged as something better and truer.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Impressively condensed to under an hour, Cashmere’s thrilling tale of two MCs stands as a worthy achievement indeed. Musically, it holds up in the same way actual cashmere holds heat: better than most.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Three is perhaps Phantogram’s most incisive record yet, sustaining a very solid and concrete idea of what kind of pop it wants to promote.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Overall, no risks are taken: all of the lyrics want to be mantras but end up as little nothings instead; practically all of the songs reveal their hands way before their often too-long song lengths; they mistake reverb as a songwriting tool.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Ruminations is ultimately a lamenting, low-key record. It’s sobering but never elevates higher than just a sparse collection of gloomy acoustic songs. It took just two days to finish and, for better or worse, that makes a lot of sense.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Overall, there is an unfortunate, unintended fatigue that permeates the rest of this album, likely due to the reliance of syncopated guitars to carry most of these songs.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    They’re neither particularly evocative nor pleasant to listen to, meaning they fail at being ambient music in all respects but slipping into the background.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    By scaling back from the overambitious sentiments of albums since 21st Century Breakdown and returning to the simple yet effective power chord structure of earlier Green Day, the trio manages to make Revolution Radio both personal and timely for a country going through the same sense of dislocation they themselves have all too recently experienced.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Though at times it rages, it also rebukes division and seeks dialogue. In the same way black art is enriched by its complicated history, A Seat at the Table shines due to Knowles’ unwavering commitment to her own complexity, both musically and personally.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    As a mixtape, I understand why Campaign sounds so derivative, but still I wish Griffin had pushed a bit further in terms of musical experimentation.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    The record may be about repeating, but Jaar has yet to repeat himself.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    RR7349 proves that Stranger Things was no fluke. Survive are clearly still in the process of perfecting their “analog equipment meets digital-age songwriting” sound, but for the first time in their career, I think they’ve come close to achieving that perfect harmony.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    This is an excellent and refreshingly tense album.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Blood Bitch commits the ultimate crime of all so-called concept albums: there is undeniable effort in the subject and story it was supposed to tell, but little magic in the execution.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    What makes The Healing Component most compelling lies in the confidence behind its explorations, Jenkins probing various subjects and, oftentimes, coming to less formal conclusions and more open-ended questions.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Not since Kid A has an album so superb pushed away and pulled closer its audience, simultaneously and with such aplomb.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Even in ending on a starkly depressing note, Heads Up is a strong, evocative record that solidifies Warpaint as one of the genre’s most creative and entertaining.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The production is superb, crisp drums that pop, keys that sparkle and tones that you recognize from Rostam’s other production. ... When Hamilton and Rostam record together they use the same voice.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A widely varied and ultimately satisfying record.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    AIM
    So, bottom line, you’ve got a few pieces of trash, a couple of sketches whose mileage varies on how well you dig their hooks, and plenty of fantastic stuff that ranks with M.I.A.’s best work, and M.I.A.’s best work is fascinating and damned fun.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Catchy as anything choruses, short track times, tight and sparse rhythms make this a record I wish came out when I was in high school. If the record does have a fault, is that it colors inside the lines.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sunlit Youth does feel more indebted to contemporary indie bands like Young the Giant or Phoenix than their previous records, but it’s also a fascinating snapshot of the band during an inevitable transitional phase.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 91 Critic Score
    Truthfully, every song is a goodie, except “Sense”, which is a minute of breathing room which won’t kill you to listen to.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Both Doris and The Sun’s Tirade are filled with sleepy beats, are overly long, and while Earl Sweatshirt sounded mechanical and detached through most of that album, Isaiah Rashad has yet to really develop his persona/presence.