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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When it stumbles it can dissolve into musical Esperanto. But when the balance is right--as on Everybody's nod to original diversity icons Sly And The Family Stone--Depayse makes for scintillating listening. [Aug 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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Their songwriting doesn't always soar like their Hall of Fame inspirations, but the intense, super-saturated atmosphere is every bit as evocative as that advertised on the neon-lit cover. [Aug 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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Many of the early tracks feel over-packed with ideas, musical styles , thrusts of synth, bongos, spoken word and chemtrails of jazz. Later, though, when he settles into sparser ballad territory, there is a sense of him drawing into focus as an artist. [Aug 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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It's a winningly fluid mix of on-trend beats, intriguing cameos and subtle, Eastern-influenced melodies. [Aug 2019, p.113]- Q Magazine
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Birgy is a rare talent who, a decade into her career, might just be due her moment. [Aug 2019, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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Amid the dominant electronics, the regular injections of big, sonorous basslines, clattering percussion and discordant jazz tones make for a thrilling ride that pulses with energy and adventure. [Aug 2019, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Heightened emotions stop Keepsake's soft-focus textures from slipping into the background. [Aug 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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Welcoming in the wider world as Goldlink's laid-back delivery flows with deceptive ease over Joke Ting's sinuous, tropical R&B, the Afrobeats-like bounce of Zulu Screams and Yard's captivating Caribbean riddim. [Aug 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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Not all of the dream-influenced Gold Past Life is sharp enough around the edges to propel Johnson away from cultdom, but the high-definition poignancy of Drawn Away and the title track's aggressive Bee Gees pastiche show him decisively pushing at the walls. [Aug 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Possibly The Flaming Lips' most upliftingly utopian work since Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. [Aug 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Transcends its hackneyed backstory on account of its sheer quality. [Aug 2019, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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Stellar fifth album is a determined attempt to push back the genre's long-established boundaries, folding in everything from glitchy electronica and lysergic Americana to gnarled pop into their full-frontal noise. [Aug 2019, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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It would be easy for Exiled to come across as a lame pastiche. That it's quite the opposite is testament to the quality of the songs--most notably C.S.A.M.'s anti-imperialism tirade and Brave New Church's attack on facism's resurgence--and the ferocious delivery. [Aug 2019, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2019 -
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It's an excellent album born out of modern dread. He's in his element. [Aug 2019, p.106]- Q Magazine
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There may be a lack of tub-thumping choruses, but he has an unerring ability to craft a warm, welcoming atmosphere. [Jun 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 1, 2019 -
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Not an experience to be rushed, but it makes for quite a trip. [Summer 2019, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 27, 2019 -
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Yet for all the walks-ons, this remains a two-man show that celebrates the MC/producer relationship at the heart of hip-hop--and allows both talents to shine at their brightest levels. [Summer 2019, p.113]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 26, 2019 -
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This cracking 19-track collection, plus extensive 24-page booklet, cherry-picks the area's best club music from the mid-'70s, an exuberant, carnival-esque mishmash of local carimbo and siria styles with big-band brass and frenetic Afro-Latino percussion. [Summer 2019, p.119]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 24, 2019 -
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A record that lurks around the same eerie corners as Dead Can dance, or White Chalk-era PJ Harvey. [Summer 2019, p.112]- Q Magazine
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He's smart to pair Angel Olsen with a beat from the understated end of Queen's playbook, but it doesn't always work with Camila Cabello sounding oddly generic on Find U Again. [Summer 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 17, 2019 -
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A Bath Full of Ecstasy feels like a glorious concentration of Hot Chip's skills. [Summer 2019, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 17, 2019 -
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Destroyer attempts to shoehorn more incongruous elements into an already busy mix. [Summer 2019, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 14, 2019 -
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Quietly, and confidently, Two Door Cinema Club march on. [Summer 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 14, 2019 -
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Scott's energy and enthusiasm burns as brightly as ever. [Summer 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 14, 2019 -
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Transience finally give its long-serving creator the option of stepping off the road and retiring on a high. [Summer 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 14, 2019 -
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Atlanta Millionaires Club radiates a warm Muscle Shoals glow. ... Yet there's the unmistakable shape of '90s R&B and gloopy modern-day hip-hop moving beneath the more classicist surface. [Summer 2019, p.116]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jun 14, 2019