Rock Sound's Scores
- Music
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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It’s nothing revolutionary, but it’s nevertheless a formidable collection of songs by a formidable gathering of musicians.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 6, 2016
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Everything’s here from a band that still pack arenas, whilst there’s enough progression to ensure they’re ahead of their peers.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 6, 2016
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A brief but superb collection, this cements them as one of the most compelling acts in their genre.- Rock Sound
- Posted Oct 6, 2016
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This album is a perfect representation of what this band has and always will be--brave, real, and resolutely striving for something different.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 30, 2016
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- Posted Sep 23, 2016
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Beach Slang’s second full-length does a stellar job of building on frontman James Alex’s knack for storytelling.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 22, 2016
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Intimate, impressive, and ultimately cathartic, Stage Four is well worth your time.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 15, 2016
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While it’s not the career-defining milestone that some were anticipating, this album still offers up enough melancholy mayhem to keep ADTR ahead of the chasing pack.- Rock Sound
- Posted Sep 12, 2016
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While Afraid Of Heights may fail to break any new ground, if you love this band’s idiosyncrasies, there is plenty to enjoy here.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 28, 2016
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Youth Authority is a sun-drenched delight that sees the quintet firmly reconnecting with their roots.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 14, 2016
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All told, this is an almighty beast of a record--yet another in the now bulging Biffy Clyro canon. They’re well and truly settled into a creative groove now, making the improbable seem like a reflex, as easy and instinctive as breathing.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jul 7, 2016
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While achingly sincere rock bands aren’t hard to come by these days, Fatherson have more than enough melodic nous to get listeners invested.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 30, 2016
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Blink-182 have delivered an album that recalls everything that makes this band great and gives it all a fresh twist, the end result is California being amongst the best albums they’ve ever produced.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 30, 2016
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Even if it doesn’t all hit the bullseye, at least they’ve dared to stray from the beaten path.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 24, 2016
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Possessing more jagged edges than a shed full of rusty chainsaws, You Will Never Be One Of Us is 21 minutes of frenzied, guttural hardcore of the highest calibre.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 17, 2016
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- Posted Jun 6, 2016
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Lonely The Brave haven’t just succeeded in proving they were no one trick wonders here, they’ve gone and pulled another rabbit from the hat.- Rock Sound
- Posted Jun 1, 2016
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In Our Bones is a versatile, ballsy take on modern pop-rock, and it’s impossible not to sit back and admire as Chrissy, Dan and Will take another step on the way to superstardom.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 27, 2016
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There may be fewer hooks and a lack of a real fist-in-the-air anthem, but on The Home Inside My Head, these sad boys become men. Gracefully.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 26, 2016
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In short To Be Everywhere... is another triumphant step for a band whose two-decade growth from able but impetuous riff merchants to purveyors of truly ambitious art has been nothing short of inspiring.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 26, 2016
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This cements their position as one of the world’s most exciting, vital bands, and it’s unlikely you’ll hear many (if any) more impactful records in 2016.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 26, 2016
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A sterling second outing shot through with the admirable spirit of never tapping out.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 26, 2016
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This album sets the band on their surest footing for years and proves that Anthony Green and friends can still hang. After all this time away, that’s more than enough.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 19, 2016
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It’s another richly woven tapestry of dark-hearted fare which draws on influences as disparate as The Pet Shop Boys and Ministry with aplomb.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 17, 2016
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This album does ooze quality though and has enough flourishes of originality to keep the quartet moving forward, but perhaps even more importantly for the band, their fans (and us, for that matter), the wait is over.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 13, 2016
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The Shadow Side contains some of the best material the man has been responsible for and proves Mr Biersack is one of the most captivating figures in music today.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 12, 2016
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The resulting sound is one of wistful melancholia, designed for dark rooms, loud headphones and the flickering feeling that while life can be shitty at times, there’s always a chance to find happiness.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 12, 2016
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The dweeb-core champs’ songs might as well come with a ‘kick me’ sign pinned to them, but the depth and quality of Holy Ghost is an exercise in kicking back and refusing to be defeated.- Rock Sound
- Posted May 12, 2016
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This is a worthy follow-up. Its 12 sultry, sumptuous songs see Brennan Greaves and Britty Drake swap turns singing over a wash of fuzzy, forlorn guitars.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 28, 2016
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The Wilderness is the perfect title, too; the album’s nine songs exploring an expansive, evocative range of sounds, grooves, peaks and valleys. Which is to say, this is something really quite special.- Rock Sound
- Posted Apr 7, 2016
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