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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reviews
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Cantaloupe Island, for instance, hit the target, even if it's no match for the Herbie Hancock original. But with more cabaret material such as Me And My Shadow's louche duet with Sarah Silverman, you really wish you'd been there first time around. [Jan 2019, p.109]- Q Magazine
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More Than and We Both Know's saturnine piano chords offer a novel contrast to crisp synth-pop such as Somebody Who, where their talent for alluring yet artless arrangements really comes into its own. [Nov 2013, p.102]- Q Magazine
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While a creditable effort, it's unlikely to be a record that drags their heads too far above the parapet. [Jan 2016, p.114]- Q Magazine
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As an act of Catharsis, Storm Damage was clearly an important one for the singer, even if ultimately it yields mixed results. [Apr 2020, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Rizzle Kicks are a pop prospect with a winning charm you just can't teach. [Dec. 2011 p. 137]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 15, 2011 -
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Battered by love yet ever hopeful, and with a fetching drawl to match, her story songs might occupy familar alt-country terrain, but surrounding herself with some top LA session men helps give Asking For Flowers that extra bit of class. [May 2008, p.130]- Q Magazine
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Foward Russia! drop the post punk sound and art-school posing in favour of an emo reinvention.... It works best when they don't overcook it. [May 2008, p.134]- Q Magazine
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Something... is sumptuously produced art-rock, heavily influenced by Sonic Youth and Dinosaur, Jr., but presented with a fresh-faced optimism. [Sep 2008, p.141- Q Magazine
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MU.ZZ.LE is more crackly, lo-fi trip-hop, like something beamed in from another planet. [Feb 2012, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Five years in, they've still to learn that less can sometimes be more. [Jun 2016, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Too often, when Janet needs Jam & Lewis to "gimme a beat," they don't. [Dec 2015, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 27, 2015 -
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This raw, unsettling album's backstory, rendered through protesting guitars, is what gives it its defiant edge. [Nov 2013, p.102]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 11, 2013 -
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A little more thematic variation would be welcome, but there are worse soundtracks to the chaos of the new decade. [Apr 2020, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Monuments is an enjoyably straightforward rock album. [Jan 2015, p.128]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 8, 2014 -
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Anyone able to go to sleep without checking the wardrobe for monsters is unlikely to find much of interest here. [Dec. 2011 p. 137]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 15, 2011 -
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Though wildly hit and miss, Keep Your Dream, is never more fun than when going completely over the top. [Feb 2012, p.110]- Q Magazine
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The end result is 10 songs that switch direction with ear-pricking regularity and generally avoid the sub-Oasis ladrock you might have expected Ifans to churn out. [Oct 2008, p.143]- Q Magazine
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For a band who sing so often about matters of the heart and emotional connection, much of Trouble Will Find Me sounds oddly on autopilot. [Jun 2013, p.106]- Q Magazine
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It's fun for sure but perhaps not quite the game-changer everyone--or, at least, the band themselves--was hoping for. [Jul 2014, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Desperation proves that only modest mellowing has taken place in the interim. [Aug 2013, p.103]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 10, 2013 -
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A collection of delicate, woozy and otherworldly electronics. [Sep 2013, p.99]- Q Magazine
Posted Aug 20, 2013 -
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As rock, soul and funk steep together, the overriding sense is that Kravitz would prefer to be the leering loverman than the seer. [Oct 2011, p.124]- Q Magazine
Posted Sep 21, 2011 -
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If there's one gripe, it's that the quality control becomes a little more relaxed as For The Company progresses. [Dec 2015, p.110]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 27, 2015 -
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Sometimes the results a re a bit too wilfully weird. ... When his songs are sturdier though, Blau is an intriguing figure. [Jan 2018, p.106]- Q Magazine
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The attitude's still present and correct, but there's also a nagging, Pixies-like surf melodies of Drive and the serrated riffs of Springfield Cannonball. [Jan 2015, p.122]- Q Magazine
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He's less convincing when he rocks, but he understands both depth and beauty. [Mar 2015, p.104]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 6, 2015 -
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Tennessee Pusher pushes their envelope further still. [Oct 2008, p.149]- Q Magazine