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For 8,545 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 A Hero's Death
Lowest review score: 0 Gemstones
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,112 out of 8545
  2. Mixed: 4,355 out of 8545
  3. Negative: 78 out of 8545
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
    The finest alt-country album this side of Gram Parsons. [Jan 2005, p.129]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Next Day
    The Next Day is a loud, thrilling, steamrollingly confident rock and roll album full of noise, energy, and words that--if as cryptic as ever they were--sound like they desperately need to be sung. [Apr 2013, p.92]
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      • Posted Mar 11, 2013
    • 100 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Sticky Fingers [Deluxe Edition]
    The world's finest rock'n'roll combo. [Jul 2015, p.119]
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      • Posted Jul 17, 2015
    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition]
    The bonus material on both albums offer up further evidence that this was the Pumpkins' purple path. [Jan 2012, p.130]
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      • Posted Dec 22, 2011
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
    This is the sound of a superstar in the making. [Nov 2003, p.107]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Want One
    The musical scope is breathtaking. [Dec 2003, p.139]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    When It Falls
    A sublime collection that surpasses its predecessor. [Apr 2004, p.121]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    29
    This is Adams at his most concise and focused. [Jan 2006, p.122]
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    • 97 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Van Lear Rose
    Nothing short of remarkable. [Jun 2004, p.102]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It Still Moves
    Finds their meld of expansive rock, country melodies and myriad other elements scraping truly inspirational heights. [Oct 2003, p.111]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Aerial
    You could lose yourself for days here. [Dec 2005, p.142]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Supernature
    Supernature sounds brilliantly here and now. Less coldly perverse than Black Cherry, it's also a lot of fun. [Sep 2005, p.110]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Feels Like Home
    Far from rehashing her debut, she's made an older and wiser sequel, where the quiet magic of each song gets stronger with every listen. [Mar 2003, p.101]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Black Sheep Boy
    Brave and ambitious. [Jul 2005, p.122]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Life In Slow Motion
    Musically and lyrically, Life In Slow Motion is his strongest collection of songs to date. [Sep 2005, p.108]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    12 Songs
    It may well be his strongest ever collection. [Feb 2006, p.98]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    HoboSapiens
    Deep voiced, disquieting and bristling with intelligence, Hobo Sapiens is a reminder of how intoxicating an artist Cale can be. [Nov 2003, p.107]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Audioslave
    A remarkable record. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Welcome Interstate Managers
    Such moments of wry genius make a very special record. [Oct 2003, p.104]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Magic & Medicine
    All of the elements that make the band great--the Shadowsy guitar solos, James Skelly's Eric Burdon-meets-Jimmy Corkhill croon, the breadth of imagination--are well lubricated, but the songwriting has rocketed. [Aug 2003, p.106]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Love
    Flabbergasting... a genuine revolution in the head. [Dec 2006, p.133]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Since We Last Spoke
    Terrifying, but in a good way. The bar is raised. [Jun 2004, p.105]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    De-Loused In The Comatorium
    An audacious, bold and provocative artistic statement, an album that raises the bar for any rock band who aspire to re-writing the rulebook. [Aug 2003, p.101]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Playing The Angel
    Sounds so sure and committed that it could be the work of a new band. [Nov 2005, p.127]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Minimum-Maximum [Live]
    Cut, copy and paste this definitive record into your world. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Funeral
    It's so out of step with most indie rock it's as if it's been beamed from outer space. [Apr 2005, p.126]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Mezmerize
    Rarely are albums this thrillingly original. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You Forgot It In People
    A leftfield classic. [Oct 2003, p.100]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Gimme Fiction
    It's a bewitching formula. [Jun 2005, p.120]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Be
    Common's best album so far, one that proves hip hop can be both smart and mainstream. [Jul 2005, p.114]
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