Spin Cycle's Scores
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For 99 reviews, this publication has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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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: | Sunny Border Blue | |
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Lowest review score: | Song Yet To Be Sung |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 71 out of 99
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Mixed: 23 out of 99
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Negative: 5 out of 99
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Pulling it all together is her beautifully rough voice, which has grown more precise without losing any of its raw, bluesy power.- Spin Cycle
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Track after solid track, "Motherland" is a collection of pure, soulful offerings.- Spin Cycle
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Teetering between darkness and light, Hersh's somersaults have never been more compelling.- Spin Cycle
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The wildly disparate influences and sensibilities mesh to great effect on this stunning album.- Spin Cycle
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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.- Spin Cycle
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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.- Spin Cycle
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"Gold" proves that Ryan Adams is capable of blending a myriad of styles and influences.- Spin Cycle
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Pierce enhances his trademark electro-scapes with rich gospel choruses and grand orchestral flourishes for operatic effect.- Spin Cycle
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It doesn't really break any new ground, but that's not the point. This record is about Dylan cutting loose and celebrating the richness of American music.- Spin Cycle
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The quartet has cooled its eclectic babbling, and "Hot Shots II" whirrs and purrs like a gleeming silver sports car.- Spin Cycle
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A typically bruised and beautiful collection of lovelorn ballads, Raymond Carveresque character studies and darkly romantic confessionals.- Spin Cycle
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Slayer remains an elemental metal band, continuing to surge on something high-grade and uncut.- Spin Cycle
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Much of the Painters’ power stems from Kozelek’s arresting voice, which meets its deep, moody match in the band’s exquisite renderings of rootsy gothic grace.- Spin Cycle
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The most introspective and slow-tempo collection in Björk's catalog, "Vespertine" proves to be a rousing showcase of her captivating vocal talent.- Spin Cycle
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Hype for the Strokes is well deserved--it's hard to imagine a more vital American rock band.- Spin Cycle
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The album's meticulous attention to detail never overshadows Jackson's frisky good mood.- Spin Cycle
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Part torch song, part Broadway, part cabaret, "Poses" is as theatrical as its animated creator is in performance.- Spin Cycle
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"Strange Little Girls" is not a pretty album, but that's the point: the ugliness of male-female relations, which she exposes bit by bit with each cover, is a fact that is--in both pop music and pop culture--all too often ignored.- Spin Cycle
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Their third release has no apparent monster single like "The Way," but the recording as a whole contains a higher number of strong songs. It rocks harder, and the band's previously overpowering influences--most notably Elvis Costello--are now beautifully integrated into a more developed and identifiable sound.- Spin Cycle
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Some of the best music he's created since his release from prison on drug charges nearly six years ago.- Spin Cycle
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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.- Spin Cycle
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The trademark woeful brood is firmly intact. This time around, however, the Scottish duo has taken a slightly more playful approach to its music.- Spin Cycle
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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.- Spin Cycle
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There are moments on this album when you remember Nirvana used to open for J Mascis' old band, Dinosaur Jr. There are many such moments, gloriously ragged snatches of rock.- Spin Cycle
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In contrast to the 6ths' blissed-out "Wasps Nests," which included indie credibles Lou Barlow and Georgia Hubley, "Hyacinths" mines cabaret territory.- Spin Cycle
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Burnside's singing is the strongest it's been in years, hitting aching falsettos in "Bad Luck City" and then, on the title track, letting his voice get as dark and gritty as the silt of the Mississippi River.- Spin Cycle
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