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- Music
For 41 reviews, this publication has graded:
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31% higher than the average critic
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0% same as the average critic
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69% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 12.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 60
| Highest review score: | Bow Down To The Exit Sign | |
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| Lowest review score: | Songs From an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 41
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Mixed: 27 out of 41
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Negative: 4 out of 41
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The best tracks here are quite unlike anything else in hip hop. [Jan 2001, p.107]- Select
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Will quite necessarily go Top Five in any sensible end-of-year poll. [July 2000, p.102]- Select
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Big choppy riffs and plaintive vocals recall Pavement in non-quirky mode. [Sep 2000, p.105]- Select
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Like its most obvious forebear, David Bowie's 'Low,' what's not present is as important as what's actually here. The main absentees, then, are choruses, coherent lyrics, crescendos, and guitars.... But, really, what do you want for sounding like Aphex Twin circa 1993? A medal? [Nov. 2000, p.108]- Select
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'Music'... sees Madonna cast as a nu disco diva taking a taxi ride through a world which is definitely hers. Much of it sounds like Daft Punk. It's fun. (Oct 2000, p.100)- Select
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More accesible than ever, but more fallible too, The W is the album that brings the Wu-Tang Clan down to earth. [Jan 2001, p.98]- Select
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Roni Size has abandoned his grooves for a tougher hip-hop-oriented approach. The results are hit and miss... [Nov. 2000, p.122]- Select
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Renegades is Rage's most satisfying record since their debut. [Jan 2001, p.104]- Select
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A work of warm-hearted ambition, embracing ragtime, disco beats, melodic Johnny Marr-isms... and echoes of Bacharach.... A classic debut LP with a lifetime's worth of triumphs and tragedies packed into it. [July 2000, p.112]- Select
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An album that sits together with silken cohesion... (Oct 2000, p.108)- Select
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Like most live LPs, this is ultimately an artefact for fans rather than newcomers, but it's quite some arefact. (Oct 2000, p.112)- Select
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Quality Control' finds them treading water with a set of technically crisp but strangely uptight tracks that neither appeal nor enthrall. [July 2000, p.108]- Select
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It's the violently romantic finale 'New World,' though, that should see doubts finally stifled. Rivalling Massive Attack's 'Teardrop' in its breathtaking loveliness, it's among the best things she's done. (Oct. 2000, p.102)- Select
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The immediate impression of 'Art Official Intelligence' is of one big party. [Sep 2000, p.104]- Select
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ASTH emphasizes the group's commitment to eclecticism. (Oct. 2000, p.102)- Select
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Maybe when they abandon their arrested development and stop convincing themselves the world is aligned specifically for their personal displeasure, they'll arrive at something listenable. [July 2000, p.112]- Select
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In all seriousness, it's often closer to Elton John than The Verve.- Select
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A stinker of an album... a giant leap backwards in combining the overblown punk of 'Vs' with the grunge bluster of 'Ten', minus the tunes. [July 2000, p.107]- Select
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DJ Babu's sample wizardry and scratching are impeccable, as are Rakaa and Evidence's agile rhymes, but their rigorous insistence on old-skool B-boy values leaves little room for risk-taking. [July 2000, p.106]- Select
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With only the occasional flawed moment and the cast list up a definite notch or two from previous 6ths album 'Wasp's Nest,' this is a delicate jewel. (Oct 2000, p.104)- Select
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If some of 'Fold Your Hands' is marred by the curse of songwriting democracy and the faint sound of water being trodden,... at their best, Belle & Sebastian are still utterly unique, still utterly beguiling.- Select
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Numan is now crafting music that sounds identical to his disciples. [Nov 2000, p.118]- Select
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The Mary J. Blige duet '911' and dope ode 'Homegrown' confirm his knack for reggae-inflected hits. [Sep 2000, p.108]- Select
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Bravado and roleplay being the essence of rock, problems only arise when the real Everlast, a Grammy-winning crossover artiste, rears his head. [Nov. 2000, p.116]- Select
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The songs suffer from a lazy approach and the relentless repetition of unengaging chord patterns. [July 2000, p.106]- Select