Rolling Stone's Scores

For 5,906 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:
5906 music reviews
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Karmin can make you hate pop music.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    In venturing to offer something for everyone, Simpson offers nothing for anyone.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Scream veers between drab–sleek and rock–dude soulful; Cornell's yowl never sounds at home.
    • 41 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Chingy is the least interesting part of his own songs.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Backstreet men rarely accelerate beyond a mid-tempo thud. [16 Jun 2005, p.100]
    • Rolling Stone
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    On this South African band's third album, the guitar tones are a teeth-grinding, digitized-sounding nightmare, and a series of I'm-singing-through-a-cell-phone vocal filters can't disguise how played out Morgan's style is.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Sounds a lot like a collection of rejected Foo Fighters tunes. [7 Sep 2006, p.107]
    • Rolling Stone
    • 37 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Third-rate grunge retreads stuffed with overdriven guitars and generic rock-dude melancholia.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    One
    The limp rhythm section and layered guitars expose the rote melodies, ridiculously dull lyrics and cruise-control tempo. [27 Jan 2005, p.60]
    • Rolling Stone
    • 15 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Federline's rhyme flow is the opposite of tight.