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For 99 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 48% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Sunny Border Blue
Lowest review score: 25 Song Yet To Be Sung
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 99
  3. Negative: 5 out of 99
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alone With Everybody
    Admittedly, he seems to be missing a sparring partner like McCabe and thus, "Alone" often suffers a lack of tension. Still, Ashcroft's unabashed joy is rather contagious.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Faith and Courage
    An infectious record.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quality Control
    The refrains and horn tracks of "Quality Control" are all the ammo you'll need in your next argument about the rejuvenation of hip-hop.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Elephant Shoe
    The trademark woeful brood is firmly intact. This time around, however, the Scottish duo has taken a slightly more playful approach to its music.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Transcendental Blues
    Some of the best music he's created since his release from prison on drug charges nearly six years ago.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Mermaid Avenue Vol. II
    The music that Bragg and Wilco have wrapped around the exquisite 15 sets of Guthrie lyrics is much more mature, cohesive and layered than its predecessor.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    XTRMNTR
    This is a record that will certainly find its way into the clubs and on to "best of" lists as the year goes on.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Figure 8
    Smith's talent lays in his ability, like Tom Waits, to create a surreal landscape populated by crafty guitar and piano work and a haunting, layered voice that climbs cheek to cheek with his instruments to create something unheard of today.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Covers Record
    Not only does Marshall make each of the album's dozen songs her own, but she leaves you straining to recognize the original in what she's marvelously reconfigured.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    NakedSelf
    The wildly disparate influences and sensibilities mesh to great effect on this stunning album.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disco and The Half Way To Discontent
    Here, the sinfully motivating stew results in a record that goes on and on in its repetitive jive, sucking the listener into the blissfully happy world of Hindi-rock.
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