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For 5,917 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 34% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 62% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 Magic
Lowest review score: 0 Know Your Enemy
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,632 out of 5917
  2. Mixed: 2,245 out of 5917
  3. Negative: 40 out of 5917
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cupid Deluxe
    The hooks are stealthy, and the arrangements make even the retro gestures feel fresh. All totaled, Hynes is a triple threat, a total original and a force to be reckoned with.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This Land
    At 17 tracks, This Land feels packed with too many ideas, only some of them landing. At its best, though, the album points to a new way forward for Clark. It’s a crucial stride for an artist who’s long been searching for direction.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dig in Deep
    Raitt is as bold and sharp on Dig In Deep, made with her longtime road band.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Victim of Love
    It's Bradley's voice that seals the deal.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Born On Flag Day
    McCauley sounds no less lonely, staring down abandonment and death in gentle waltzes and country-rock rambles.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cherish the Light Years
    Turns out all that volume was just a distraction; like any self-respecting goth, all Eisold really wants to do is mope.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Civil Wars
    Darker and more intense than their Grammy-winning debut, their second LP solidifies a drama-heavy brand identity reflected in their band name.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Call Me Sylvia
    The band's excellent second record comes off like a drunk's glove compartment of influences.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shangri La
    At times his folkier moments can be a touch too comfy. He's best when he pushes at the confines of his throwback sound.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    My Old, Familiar Friend
    Benson's fourth solo jam is his first since the Raconteurs introduced him to the masses, which means now everybody gets to play catch-up with his skewed acumen for classic power pop in the Seventies AM-gold mode of Wings and ELO.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ready to Die
    [A] robust studio resurrection of his alliance with guitarist James Williamson.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    i
    I doesn't have all of 69 Love Songs' expansiveness and droll humor, but there's no denying the bittersweet charisma of Merritt's pop craftsmanship. [27 May 2004, p.80]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Expectations
    On Expectations, Rexha paints herself as a heroine trapped in an ivory tower of her own making. But her cat-scratching upper register suggests sensitivity more than vengeance.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Freedom
    It's the exhilarating sound of a band that still lives by its own rules.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All About Chemistry
    Chemistry works precisely because of Semisonic's skillful management of cliche, particularly Wilson's ability to elevate ordinary story lines with buoyant melodies.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Early 21st Century Blues
    It all adds up to a concept album about war that screams with a whisper.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sing the Delta
    These artisanal songs of love and doubt wear their homeliness proudly; the effect is like finding a bountiful farm stand in the middle of nowhere.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dove
    It's a comfortable return for a band that didn't worry itself with fitting into a particular pop or rock moment back in the day, and still had enough in common to make meaningful, quality music.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Amygdala
    The root vibe is elegant techno minimalism, but that vibe is augmented with wildly eccentric detailing.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Travelling Like The Light
    Her music floats exhilaratingly outside of time, blending thumping garage-rock rhythms, doo-wop chords, Spectorian girl-group stylings.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Holy Ghost!
    Holy Ghost!, a New York dance-pop duo with barbed hooks and a penchant for dramatics.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    JOSE
    While he doesn’t break new ground on the record, Jose showcases an artist balancing who he is with what we expect, and holding happily in place.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Them Crooked Vultures
    Homme and Grohl are old hands at this kind of thing--see their excellent Zeppelin homages on the Queens' "Songs for the Deaf." But they definitely seem inspired by Jonesy's presence, and he helps them keep it light.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ghost Stories
    Ghost Stories is set somewhere between depression and acceptance: While Martin sprints all the way out to the precipice, Coldplay--still the same four guys who brought you "Yellow" in 2000 and share equal credit on every track--don't slip over the edge.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lenny
    Nothing on Lenny can match "Again," but he gets close sometimes, lumbering with a meatball sense of purpose that's all his own.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mezmerize
    At its reckless best, which is a lot, Mezmerize is thrilling confrontation, a graphic reflection of a nation tearing itself apart in anger, fear and guilt.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Way It Is
    For the most part she rides the album's multiple peaks with a rare mix of street smarts and chops.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Boys And Girls In America
    Fist-pumpable rock with brains, heart and words worth coming back to. [5 Oct 2006, p.69]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    King Animal
    It's that old-time sludge that carries him home.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hummingbird
    There’s an undercurrent of stormy emotionalism that really comes out on the band’s second album.
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