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For 2,386 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: 1,766 out of 2386
  2. Mixed: 542 out of 2386
  3. Negative: 78 out of 2386
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Polaris
    Polaris is well-produced (even if the bass is dialed in several clicks too high), decently written, and properly executed for what it is. Critically speaking, however, it takes few musical risks and fails to launch any sort of vocal or instrumental melody, relegating it to a position as the sort of album you could take or leave in an artist's discography.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sweetener
    Grande is adding herself to several distinct sonic palates, putting her own indelible stamp on fundamentally disparate productions while letting them exist in different spaces. It doesn’t sound as free and natural as much of her previous work, but maybe that awkward hollowness is the point.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Vision
    The Vision is a true mixed bag that while offering up a few outstanding gems, disappoints more than it probably should and reveals its maker as far less of a visionary as we all assumed him to be.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Jukebox
    Jukebox isn’t a misstep, but it does seem like a unnecessary lull towards an album that might build on the promise of Jukebox’s best assets, the most important ones being of Chan’s own, warming design.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Super Critical
    To be honest, Super Critical is simply a cute record that shows they are back on track after a few years of less successful experiments.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    color theory
    Chalk Color Theory up as a sophomore slump - a misstep she’s not likely to repeat - and the most aggressively OK album of 2020.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Cool
    Surprisingly, The Cool works as an album despite its many obvious flaws: the pop tracks are as good as anything from his debut, and his attempts to branch out are at least hit and miss, with exciting tracks like ‘Little Weapon’ and ‘Dumb It Down’ breaking the monotony of his soapbox moments.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Station
    That’s the biggest problem with Station: it’s not a bad record, it just tries to be too “gargantuan” for its own good.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Long Road Out Of Eden
    For better or worse, it's the most predictable album of the year.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Breakthrough
    Colbie’s soothing vocals, the warm sound of the music, and the memorable choruses are all well worth listening to this for when the mood for something easy hits you.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Threads
    Even though it can be repetitive at times, it still possesses enough standout moments to keep it from fading into oblivion.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Director's Cut
    If you've heard the albums it's drawing its material from, you've already got all of those secrets figured out. Ultimately, that renders this album as a novelty of sorts, a release that should only have a footnote in the story of her career rather than its own chapter.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Physical World
    At times The Physical World feels like the real deal, at others a pale imitation of a too-distinct aesthetic.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Women As Lovers
    Though I can't say this album has as many of these killer tracks as Xiu Xiu's previous albums, Women as Lovers is a satisfying installment for fans of Xiu Xiu's singular style.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Loveliest Time
    The Loveliest Time is the most B-sideular ‘album’ experience I’ve found in my paws so far this year: its consistency is gaseous, its stylistic hopscotch is even more erratic than that of its sister album, it is a product of the same sessions, and - most importantly - it contains a large chunk of the weakest Carly Rae Jepsen tracks to date.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    My Dear Melancholy, [EP]
    Enjoyment for this sort of album can be derived from two factors: being, your toleration for pandering, and your toleration for complainers. Given the circumstances, I’d advise you simply look past either point and enjoy the music superficially, but if you’re finally sick of The Weeknd’s melancholy, now might be the time to look elsewhere.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This Modern Glitch
    One where the sum of its parts are greater than the whole. Only including ten tracks, This Modern Glitch is as inconsistent as ever, and could actually be hindered by having less bullets to spray around the target.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit
    Architects have made another harmless, inconsequential rock album that’s worth spinning once or twice for curiosity, as there are some decent – dare I say great – moments here.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Culture of Fear
    An ethereal but slightly disappointing album for the masses.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Killer
    While it still sounds fresh it's still wearing the same threads, still talking in the same voice and moving in exactly the same way.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
    The album is harmless fun, and the funky, groovy, hook-dominated tracks are impossible to hate.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hopiumforthemasses
    A bit more focus on expanding the sound, might have created a more encompassing atmosphere at least. So, if you want a handful of new Ministry tunes to head bang to, you can find them here. If not, maybe next time.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    ...So Unknown
    ...So Unknown is a flawed record, but still a worthwhile one to check out. Underneath its misguided bells and whistles lies a grueling trench of hatred and rage, one that demonstrates Jesus Piece’s capability to pulverize their audience with a sort of backwards grace.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's No 666 In Outer Space
    Hella is stuck in the realm of Yowie -- playing with excellent ideas, but too stuck on defining themselves with an all too familiar genre.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Once Upon A Time In The West
    Although it's a little inferior to Stars of CCTV, Once Upon A Time In The West is a good album, make no mistake about that.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Shade Of Poison Trees
    As usual, Dashboard puts out an album with a couple of very good songs, and a bunch of passable filler. Recommended for fans, but still has nothing on what Dashboard used to put out.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Heirs
    There are more than a few signs that the band will find the middle ground between the music that prospers live and the music that shines on record; Heirs is a frustrating reminder that they’re not there yet.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Barbara
    Barbara is pure We Are Scientists, and in the context of the band's discography, it's hopelessly unoriginal but undoubtedly strong, the kind of record that will either have you tearing out your hair in frustration at a band that showed so much promise or singing along in your car to a CD chock-full of superb sing-a-longs.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ghostdini: Wizard Of Poetry
    It's hard not to inflate the rating of a record with some truly incredible joints, yet it's difficult to ignore the two-thirds filler combined with Ghostface's least complicated rhymes in years.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Colour of the Trap
    Kane may have been better served to load up on his under-rated guitar nous, which too fleetingly beguiles on this ultimately promising solo offering.
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