Resonance's Scores
- Music
For 33 reviews, this publication has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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6% same as the average critic
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34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.5 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 77
Score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 33
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Mixed: 4 out of 33
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Negative: 1 out of 33
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music reviews
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Critic Score 100
The music sounds lean and direct, focused but exceedingly angry, like the band received a collective kick in the ass from some higher power.... The first masterpiece of the new millennium... [#26, p.46] -
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Critic Score 90
Everything sounds like it's been triggered by hand and mixed on the fly, practically improvised yet brilliant in scope. [#32, p.54] -
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Critic Score 80
Contains enough stunned wonder and insular grit to entrance the more hidden nooks of your unconscious for months. [#34, p.64] -
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Critic Score 30
A record that might've been amazing if the band had only bothered to write some actual songs. [#28, p. 62] -
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Critic Score 90
The voices of Euros and Megan Childs are a breath of mountain-fresh air, while the chamber-meets-country pop summons the spirit of Nick Drake. [#32, p.56] -
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Critic Score 70
A modern testament to what pop savvy, a good record collection and a frustrated libido can accomplish. [#34, p.68] -
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Critic Score 70
The Mendoza Line still can't sing or play very well, but that only adds to their exuberant charm, and makes Lost In Revelry what it is--a smart, fun record. [#34, p.63] -
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Critic Score 90
Handcream is so fresh, so unexpected and so buoyant in its delivery of peaceful revolutionary politics that it should be the party album of the summer. [#34, p.59] -
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Critic Score 90
Showing his trademark deftness at every turn, Mark spins a remarkably cohesive experience out of a large and unique melange of player,s instruments and genres. [#32, p.55] -
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Critic Score 70
Imperial Teen keeps it fresh, and the mostly mid-tempo On flavors its bubblegum pop by adding a sticky, erotic center. [#34, p.60] -
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Critic Score 60
Problem is, the harmonic rapping takes the edge off otherwise hard-hitting tracks. [#28, p.63] -
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Critic Score 80
The Virgin Suicides score comes on like Pink Floyd without the bombast, or Twin Peaks without the awkward goofiness and desktop production. [#26, p.50] -
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Critic Score 60
Savvy listeners won't find anything revolutionary. [#36, p.62] -
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Critic Score 70
Minor missteps aside, Romantica is a very good album of compelling, original verses. [#34, p.68] -
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Critic Score 80
This is some of the most fascinating stuff that these freaks of nature have come up with yet. [#36, p.62] -
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Critic Score 70
Stands up against Of Montreal's legendary fairly tale oddness. [#36, p.58] -
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Critic Score 80
Decidedly more up-tempo [and] noticeably more sardonic than previous efforts. [#36, p.58] -
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Critic Score 80
Through sacrificing a modicum of their dense rhythmic force, Les Savy Fav find new firepower in texture and melody. [#32, p.57] -
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Critic Score 80
Seems the perfect sweet and sour soundtrack for some yet-to-be-made Paul Thomas Anderson film. [#36, p.54] -
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Critic Score 90
It's so immediately pleasing that the new moves in Stairs' repertoire take a while to sink in. [#32, p.57] -
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Critic Score 80
Shifts moods so radically that a single song rockets through a half-century of recorded music. [#32, p.59] -
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Critic Score 70
Quintessential Church, imbued with an ethereal beauty that characterizes the best of their work.... However, nearly every song runs too long. [#34, p.61] -
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Critic Score 60
Esselink's vocals and obtuse lyrics lack any range or variety. [#32, p.57] -
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Critic Score 80
Ivy stays true to the belief that guitar pop can have cool, utopian sounds without bringing in a truckload of keyboards and sequencers. [#32, p.60] -
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Critic Score 90
Their most intricate release to date: a breathtaking tapestry filled with more horns, string flourishes and beguiling melodies than a romantic heart can bear. [#26, p.50] -
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