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For 5,913 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: 3,629 out of 5913
  2. Mixed: 2,244 out of 5913
  3. Negative: 40 out of 5913
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
    Even tighter and more flamboyant than 2009's Far, [What We Saw From the Cheap Seats] may be her best.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stay Dangerous
    Mustard’s beats here don’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but they serve as hydraulics to YG’s low-riding delivery; on “Too Cocky,” the producer’s minimalist West Coast bounce pairs perfectly with YG’s unexpected and inspired Right Said Fred interpolation.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Seven Autumn Flowers
    With this delicious melancholy, he is nearing perfection.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Cosmic Game
    The Cosmic Game displays much of what we've come to expect from Thievery: lush, down-tempo beats laced with authentic Jamaican and Latin flair.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Seen It All: The Autobiography
    A strong collection full of vintage, uncompromising Atlanta bangers.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Feathers
    Imagine music inspired by the Beatles' "Mother Nature's Son" and the Grateful Dead's "Mountains of the Moon" made with harps, hand drums and murmured vocals. [4 May 2006, p.57]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
    Wrapped in guitars, strings, brass and reverb like a psychedelic Union Jack, he's in full flashback mode.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Surrender
    It seems to reflect what the 28-year-old singer-songwriter is most interested in at this very moment, which appears to be a blend of Nineties alt-rock and turn-of-the-century shopping-mall pop. [Jul - Aug 2022, p.117]
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Save Rock and Roll
    If their comeback suggests delusions of grandeur, they're only picking up where they left off. This is excellent news for Fall Out Boy fans, who will find that time has done little to tame their heroes' over-the-top ambitions.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    G-Sides
    While each of the nine tracks exhibits that Gorillaz irreverence and typically taut sense of rhythm, the standout is the rumbling "Ghost Train."
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    De-Loused In The Comatorium
    Teetering on the brink of indulgence, De-Loused proves just how much art you can pack into steadfastly aggressive songs and still call them punk.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Express Yourself [EP]
    Diplo achieves awesomeness the opposite way on this six-song set.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    VEGA INTL. Night School
    Vega INTL. Night School feels like the work of an artist who's too busy having a good time to worry about the details, even if he knows tomorrow morning might be rough.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lost Themes III: Alive After Death
    The only thing the trio still hasn’t mastered is ending its tunes, which they often cut short like film cues. ... If his intent with the Lost Themes albums was to assert his authority over the copycats who’ve crossed his path in recent years, he has succeeded.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant
    It's a breathtaking, ambitious ride through a carnival of global music too rarely explored.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Almanac
    The band’s neurotically smoldering dream pop plays it cute and creepy--mashing up the doom-whispering Ambien-elegance of Mazzy Star, Fleetwood Mac at their witchiest, Cat Power at her clawiest, murder-tinged country ballads and steamy psychedelic vertigo.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I'll Tell You What!
    Turning footwork into murmuring bass music, a genre pioneer finds a fascinating new atmosphere.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Don't Want To Let You Down [EP]
    The title track and "Pay My Debts" are unusually groove-driven near-pop. But the trumps are familiar folk-rock incandescence.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Starting Over
    It's a cozy-campfire roots record. [Nov 2020, p.71]
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blurred Lines
    Thicke dulled previous LPs with expressions of angst--here, he makes a near-perfect summer record by acting like his life is as perfect as his hair.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Retriever
    Sexsmith has always known how to deliver a gentle melody, but his work has a new gravity on Retriever; it adds up to his best album yet.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Louder Now
    A turbocharged attack spiked with dark, catchy melodies and giant choruses.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dressy Bessy
    Dressy Bessy are happy to sound happy, and nothing can spoil the album's impeccable bubblegum flavor.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sumday
    While the melodies have grown catchier and the arrangements more focused, [Jason] Lytle has leapt into the lyrical big leagues with unassuming songs about entropy and epiphany.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Senior
    This is the rare bedroom record that'll play just as well in the morning. [1 May 2003, p.56]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Live: Everybody's Talkin'
    Derek Trucks, blues shouter (and Trucks' wife) Susan Tedeschi and nine friends cut a path between the improvised and the carefully arranged.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Coexist
    Coexist will not surprise old fans. The xx haven't altered their sound, they've refined it, adding a splash of arena-rock guitar here, a clubby 4/4 thump there.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Spells
    Not all of Spells is as memorable as you'd hope. [19 Apr 2007, p.63]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silver Bell
    Though Silver Bell meanders at times, "Little God" (which might be about the devil) and the vengeful "Sorry and Sad" pit her thoughtful, detailed lyrics and blue, reedy voice against tough Stones-in-the-bayou guitars.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Live in Detroit 1986
    The sound quality isn't ideal, but Fela's bruising music is.
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