Rock Sound's Scores
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For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
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67% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.4 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: | That's the Spirit | |
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Lowest review score: | Bright Black Heaven |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 435 out of 497
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Mixed: 60 out of 497
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Negative: 2 out of 497
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What this means is that if you find this band annoying, you'll probably hate them 10 times more after hearing Wonders Of The Younger. For the rest of us, there's no denying that 'Rhythm Of Love' and 'Killer' are guilty pleasures in the making--consider us thoroughly killed with kindness.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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This album does suffer from moments like an indulgent breakdown on ‘River’ and the toothless Brit-rock sentimentality of ‘Home’ but overall, I’m Not Well is full of feeling and an accomplished, homegrown take on an old, familiar formula.- Rock Sound
- Posted Aug 19, 2016
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For those who are not familiar with Monotonix, they're the garage rock band from Israel who are best known for their live sets [...] that leaves this forlorn album reviewer with no visuals nor an earhole full of sweat, instead just 10 songs of crude, cave-art proto-metal and a duty to tell you that actually, Monotonix have a relevance outside of the live context.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 7, 2011
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There are enough special moments and poignant observations here to recommend a peek into the gloom.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 9, 2017
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The Constant does what it says on the, er, CD; constantly good, but with more focus it could have been brilliant.- Rock Sound
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They've not lost their ability to craft subtly alluring, idiosyncratic songs in that time.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jan 26, 2011
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- Posted Apr 10, 2017
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There are enough early anthems included to warrant picking this up, if only as a gateway to their back catalogue.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jan 27, 2012
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Sure, the relative absence of co-frontman Mike Shinoda saps some of the band’s unique character and they get bogged down in sluggish, downcast dirges in the final stretch, but there’s also a sense of liberation running through these 10 tracks; the mark of artists unshackled from their past, stepping into the unknown.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 17, 2017
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Problems arise though when things get overly slow and sad, falling into the trap of alienating coldness. Boucher’s pain is evident for all to hear, but it’s rarely inviting.- Rock Sound
- Posted Mar 15, 2017
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- Posted Nov 28, 2012
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This is the band’s 10th studio album, and it’s chock full of chugging, anthemic rock songs, torn straight from the ’80s airwaves. That’s no bad thing, even if in places, The Trigger Complex does sound lost in time.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 9, 2017
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While this style of Appleseed Cast-esque, classic Deep Elm indie-rock can require a bit more long-term buy-in than noisier, brasher and more immediately gratifying records, the resulting pay-off is rewarding.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 11, 2013
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It’s a challenging and, at times frustrating listen, with great melodies getting lost amongst the feedback--but it begs your attention nonetheless.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 16, 2017
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While the spacious (and slightly dreary) prog textures remain, the lurching riffs of ‘Resurge’ and melodic highs of ‘Ornament’ hit the bullseye; showing how talented these four musicians truly are.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jan 6, 2017
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It doesn’t deviate much from the well-worn blueprint that the band have stuck to throughout their career, but when your music is this deliciously punishing why would you change?- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 5, 2017
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[The production by Danger Mouse] doesn’t make much difference--they still sound exactly the same.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 17, 2016
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Some Kind Of Hate is at its best when it doesn't take itself too seriously.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 1, 2011
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Mattie aims to start conversations, change minds and make a difference, and with a collection of tracks that are as catchy as they are provocative, he’s on his way.- Rock Sound
- Posted Feb 16, 2017
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The way they put together their country-rock is rarely less than tasteful with some nice moments, like the sinuous guitar riff of 'Calamity Song'. Only on 'January Hymn', though, where they capture the stillness and melancholy of winter beautifully, do you forget to check the joinery.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jan 20, 2011
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While the band set themselves up well on songs such as 'I Like Drugs' and 'Just Like Tiger Woods', the record does rely a little too much on no-brainer jokes about girls.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 31, 2011
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Their fizzy keyboards and Bob Mould-y vocals remain intact, but essentially this is conventional indie-rock.- Rock Sound
- Posted Mar 10, 2011
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Furiosity is crass, it’s rowdy, and it’s totally unoriginal but in the best kind of way.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 20, 2013
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- Posted Dec 12, 2011
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It has highlights, certainly, the beautiful ‘The Vampyre Of Time And Memory’ and epic single ‘My God Is The Sun’ being cases in point, but this a largely disappointing return to record for QOTSA.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 7, 2013
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While it doesn’t quite compete with the very best their genre has produced this year, There Used To Be A Place For Us slots comfortably into the folder marked Perfectly Acceptable 2013 Pop-Punk.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 30, 2013
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Half-panicked, half-anthemic ‘Runnin’ Scared’ aside, this is all a little meek, but that’s kind of the idea.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 28, 2014
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Though Makes Me Sick is still a fun listen--complete with some brilliant lyrical put-downs, genuinely touching moments and echoes of past glories--it doesn’t quite capture NFG at their life-affirming best.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 28, 2017
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Overall, it’s a decent summer barbecue soundtrack, but hardly vintage Sublime.- Rock Sound
- Posted Dec 9, 2013
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Reign Of Terror will filter into the middle ground of obscurity amid countless other albums from bands of a similar ilk.- Rock Sound
- Posted Aug 18, 2014
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