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For 2,396 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.3 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 The Seer
Lowest review score: 10 The Path of Totality
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,774 out of 2396
  2. Mixed: 543 out of 2396
  3. Negative: 79 out of 2396
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quiet the Room
    Skullcrusher’s first album may not present a doormat saying ‘welcome’ in bold letters, but it presents one of the most rewarding sonic experiences of the year for those willing to open its undefined doors.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A Black Mile to the Surface
    Black Mile has already won your heart, and you know that it is going to be one of those albums that stay with you forever; a byproduct of life events coinciding with its release and an uncanny relation to Hull’s lyrics.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE
    This is a lovable but frustrating record-by-committee, seemingly unsure of what it wants to sound like, the band's talent diluted and occasionally even aimless.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Flight Of The Conchords
    Overall, Flight of the Conchords created a well-rounded, original, and entertaining album filled with classic songs from their hit show.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    All That Was East Is West of Me Now
    Every line tends to ring out with a sense of unparalleled, down-to-earth beauty. It's melancholic and often mournful, but thanks to Hansard's ability to spin even the most daunting situations as an opportunity to rise to the challenge, his music has also never sounded this full of both life and meaning.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    More Life [Mixtape]
    It all stacks up as an agreeable (not wonderful, definitely not boring) assortment of thumpers.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sound & Fury
    None of this is as nuanced or beautiful as Sailor’s Guide, but it’s not supposed to be. It’s a momentary pardon from the insanity of daily life. That’s as good of a reason as any to get down and dirty with Sound & Fury – Simpson’s most straightforwardly enjoyable offering to date.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wavering Radiant
    To attempt to rank Wavering Radiant within the Isis discography is to miss this point. Fans of earlier releases will likely be disappointed but if this record proves anything, it's that Isis are a fully-functioning organism, slowly moving towards something not yet known by the listener and perhaps not even the band themselves.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    It's Album Time
    Terje’s cocky, frisky songwriting skills shine, and It’s Album Time easily clears the high bar the producer set for himself through his remixes and EPs.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alegranza
    With Alegranza!, El Guincho takes what could have been a disaster and forms one of the most peculiar, inimitable records of the year.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez
    When Slug is at his most Atmospheric (ie, emotive storytelling), he's at his best, but it really doesn't matter. Nothing here really sticks with you, but it's more or less the Aesop Rock show through and through; hopefully he puts out more in the future.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Invincible Shield
    If Firepower was Judas Priest proving that they’ve still “got it”, Invincible Shield is them making sure no one else will steal their crown. Plenty of veteran classic metal acts are kicking around to this day, but none of them (not even Iron Maiden) still sound as vital, fresh, or vibrant as Judas Priest.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beyond
    Beyond’s main flaws come in a lack of variety.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    The Price of Progress
    From the slowed tempo of the cinematic opener “Grand Junction” to the animated “Sixers”, they’ve crafted some of the most unpredictable and sweeping arrangements yet. This is an odd one, folks. And like much of Finn’s work, I’ll be racking my brain on its many idiosyncrasies for the foreseeable future.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Noble Beast
    With Noble Beast, time stands still for a brief moment until a song eventually hits a certain plateau, but sometimes that plateau can be too distant.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Brill Bruisers
    Brill Bruisers is spread everywhere at once, loud and crass and saturated with color and nearly fit to burst. It won’t make very many memories, but it will create a hell of a lot of good times.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Lux Prima
    What we have here is an album crafted by two high-profile artists that manages to live up to the names involved. It’s somewhat unexpected just how well they mesh, though, crafting songs that don’t sound the part of a first-time collaboration.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Liars
    As it stands, Liars is an appropriately titled, highly worthwhile piece of work that the band and any of its fans should be extremely proud of.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Am Very Far
    I Am Very Far is certainly a more enthralling listen than The Stand Ins was; though it may lack some of the emotional impact of Down the River of Golden Dreams, or especially Black Sheep Boy, the album remains a welcomed addition into the work of a band who commands great quality-control.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Prism
    The important thing to note when it comes to In Prism is that as hiatus records go this is one of the best in the last couple years.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost Songs
    Lost Songs is brash and sincere, a caterwauling beast of chunky guitar chords and drums that never give you a chance to breathe, and in its best moments is as fiery and hot-blooded and rousing as anything off of those earlier albums fans are always pining for.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    So Much (For) Stardust
    The raw energy and occasionally questionable anger of their early years has nicely matured into a confidence and consistency that they've never had before, a diverse set of songs which feels more than the sum of its parts thanks to the band's locked-in chemistry with their longtime producer.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seeds
    Although she is a great poet and lyricist, a little restraint would help in these situations. Seeds is still a great record nonetheless, and shows Muldrow hasn't yet lost focus since Umsindo.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Biophilia
    From the ashes of Volta, an album that occasionally felt like a career-killer, has come an album of startling beauty, furious invention, and inviting, warm atmosphere.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Origins [EP]
    Perhaps it’s too early to mark this out as a game changer, but there’s something undoubtedly visceral here, an untouchable element that tugs ever so bristly at the connection to the depths of music that not even time might seek to mellow it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    City Burials
    Steeped in striking colors but never losing sight of the gloom and grey continuum Katatonia have mastered throughout their discography, City Burials is emotionally arresting, ceaselessly atmospheric, and a milestone release that serenely ebbs and flows across a myriad of intricate, stratified soundscapes.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Ugly Season
    Perfume Genius could easily have made this as a wilfully oblique record; the reality is mercurial, intoxicating and richly creative at every turn, and you now know this. Get out there and get lost in it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    93696
    This is damn good music. Like, legitimately sensational. Some of the best of 2023, actually.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away
    Simply put, No More Stories… is accessible without being overbearingly so, experimental without sounding too abstract and ridiculous, and most importantly, one of the year's most endearing records.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dedicated Side B
    Dedicated Side B is more upbeat, energetic, and memorable than its counterpart, featuring hook-laden verses and explosive choruses that only came through intermittently on what we’ll refer to as Side A. It’s everything Dedicated was and everything that it wasn’t, all rolled into one. These songs don’t feel even the slightest bit unfinished. ... Her very best album to date.
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