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For 3,121 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 35% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 62% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Who Kill
Lowest review score: 0 Fireflies
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,691 out of 3121
  2. Mixed: 1,319 out of 3121
  3. Negative: 111 out of 3121
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Color of the Sky
    A Color of the Sky is an enchanting cache of guitar pop with echoes of Talk Talk, Cocteau Twins, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, and Emmylou Harris.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tempest
    This crustily hammy, crowd-pleasing side of Dylan is one of his most satisfying.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Playing Favorites
    Playing Favorites proves that Sheer Mag can show off their softer underbelly just as skillfully as they do their fangs.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Piano & A Microphone 1983
    The first half of Piano & a Microphone 1983 unfolds as a kind of stream-of-consciousness medley. ... The album’s three previously unreleased songs are also of note, even if they’re just rough drafts.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blunderbuss
    Blunderbuss feel satisfying, but not astoundingly progressive. It's a solo debut that can be interpreted in two ways, with White either easing his way into a new template or putting window dressing on the same old ideas.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Love
    It's a dazzling, expansive experience that ranks among the year's best.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Open Your Heart
    Open Your Heart shows off a hugely expanded range of influences and an unerring sense of pacing.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Attack On Memory
    Cloud Nothings have never sounded so sure of their abilities, and with such a stunning step forward in their cohesiveness and vision, it's easier than ever to imagine them becoming a genuinely great rock band.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like Red On A Rose
    What surprises most about Like Red On A Rose is how well this departure suits Jackson.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    case/lang/veirs
    case/lang/veirs flows like a conversation and negotiation between three women who've done the same thing, but in different ways, now learning the world through each other's eyes.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Still Brazy
    Make no mistake--musically and lyrically, this is an expansion.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wildflower
    For those fascinated by the Avalanches's process, as opposed to merely impressed by its most endearing results, Wildflower is a rewarding and challenging listen.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2
    With Hot Sauce Committee, it's advisable to always expect the unexpected.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sour
    Like Eilish and Lorde before her, Rodrigo possesses both a knack for stealthy pop hooks and a vocal control beyond her years. And even if Sour doesn’t quite transcend its myriad influences, it might at least inspire her fans to Google the Piano Man.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skying
    While in some sense these tracks are truer to the band's past than Skying's more formally ambitious cuts, that only convinces me that the Horror's biggest leaps forward are the ones in which they follow other musician's great ideas to new places.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Ghosts of Highway 20
    The Ghosts of Highway 20 is otherwise characterized by its consistency, but what really sets it apart from Williams's previous album is its sense of emotional balance.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rival Dealer [EP]
    Wintry sonic atmospheres, a motley chorus of voices, and a life-affirming message of salvation--intentionally or not, Burial might have just released the best Christmas album of the year.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wrangled
    A brave album from a country singer who's still finding herself, suggests that it's never too late to lift yourself up.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's Almost Dry
    The intricately constructed It’s Almost Dry is still part of a now decades-long roll-out attesting to his bravado—and we’re not complaining.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Eye Contact
    That's not to say Gang Gang Dance has watered down its style; rather than some strategic reach toward mass appeal, Eye Contact represents a pruning of the superfluous.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)
    Badu's spare, pointillist lyrics are almost constantly folded deep within dense, heavy arrangements
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Special Affections
    O'Regan's voice is the centerpiece. Unlike seemingly every other bedroom music maker these days, there's a real power and discernable confidence to his croon.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Wounded Rhymes
    Wounded Rhymes is filled with gorgeously spiteful moments such as these, adding an obstinate wrinkle to the album's already-rich, shadowy mystique.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fear Fun
    These are songs about trying to find onself, realizing how cliché that quest is, and then further realizing that there's no choice but to push through anyway.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mountain Soul II
    It's still a beautifully crafted, expertly performed record (and certainly a standout in what has been a pretty wretched year for country music), but the scope and thoughtfulness that made "Mountain Soul" such a treasure are absent.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Megafaun
    Though they challenge genre convention with their choices of instruments and ambitious arrangements, Megafaun have made careful, spot-on assessments of what actually works within the framework of traditional roots music.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Centralia
    Centralia is the most sophisticated and cultivated Mountains album to date.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Brighter Than Creation's Dark
    As is, it's a sporadically brilliant effort by an exceptional band whose reach still sometimes exceeds their grasp.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Hunter
    As a first stab in the direction of avant-garde pop-metal, The Hunter is pretty damn compelling.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    softscars
    The album’s consistent layer of distortion and commitment to brooding unify the songs and solidify Yeule’s unique, and grim, musical style. With Softscars, Yeule expands, refines, and masters their creative vision.
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