Q Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 8,545 reviews, this publication has graded:
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42% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.7 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 67
| Highest review score: | A Hero's Death | |
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| Lowest review score: | Gemstones |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,112 out of 8545
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Mixed: 4,355 out of 8545
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Negative: 78 out of 8545
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The threadbare production which previously stretched ideas to breaking point has been bolstered, adding a warmth to the jangly 626 Bedford Avenue and cocooning the break-up ballad My Japs in plucked acoustics and distant percussion. [Jun 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
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A complex album that reveals more with each hearing. [Oct 2009, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Comeliness and brutal candour in equal measure. [Jun 2003, p.92]- Q Magazine
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Band Of Skulls may be taking a slow route to the top, but the peak is definitely within view. [May 2014, p.107]- Q Magazine
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Unabashed whimsy merges seamlessly with melodious garage rock. [Jul 2003, p.100]- Q Magazine
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Thanks to digital tweaking, boy does it capture them swinging and the four bonus songs are most welcome too. [Oct 2016, p.115]- Q Magazine
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A compelling new Brit-folk triumph. [Nov 2017, p.115]- Q Magazine
Posted Sep 27, 2017 -
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Alicia Bognanno's diary-like vocals still slide from ingenue-like to raging screams and back again but now her delivery is a little more taut. It makes the bits where she loses control feel very real. [Dec 2017, p.102]- Q Magazine
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Powder Burns could be a sister album to Black Love, [Afghan Whigs'] career high. [Jun 2006, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Another smart and limber record. An astute choice of collaborators plays its part. [Oct 2010, p.116]- Q Magazine
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His world-weary vocals are leavened by his winning way with clinging melody and an overpowering sense of impish, but committed adventure. [Apr 2016, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Touching and thoughtful, these 16 tracks are tended with the same care Clark brought to his beautiful storytelling. [Jun 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Presenting a sound closer to the black-hearted blues of their Brummie idols more than ever before. [Apr 2015, p.97]- Q Magazine
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Their eighth LP brilliantly snaps together everything. [Mar 2014, p.117]- Q Magazine
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This doesn't veer wildly in style from Vile's previous four--he still sounds like a stoned Springsteen singing from the bottom of a well--but his songwriting reaches a mesmeric peak. [May 2013, p.112]- Q Magazine
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If the delivery mechanism is different, the payload is pure Bruce. [Summer 2019, p.106]- Q Magazine
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Nine Types of Lights finds them boldly going forward with their most cheerful, party-centric effort to date. [May 2011, p.123]- Q Magazine
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As synth-rock rebirths go, it's highly convincing. [Jun 2003, p.95]- Q Magazine
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As before, it's a heady swirl of rock, soul and hippy lyrics. However, it feels fantastic and, unless the record company is snoring soundly, it's full of hits.- Q Magazine
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The remaining selections cover Newport appearances from all the major phases of his career. [Sep 2015, p.119]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 30, 2015 -
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Exhaustive notations render this essential for enthusiasts. [Oct 2016, p.115]- Q Magazine
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The real highlights are when the orchestra are left to fly, communicating the powerful feeling underpinning a reunion that was clearly as poignant as it was joyful. [Jan 2017, p.104]- Q Magazine
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It's clear where this record's from, but where it's at remains an alluring mystery. [Mar 2017, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 23, 2017