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For 370 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Channel Orange
Lowest review score: 10 Sequel to the Prequel
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 262 out of 370
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 370
  3. Negative: 9 out of 370
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Atlas
    This time round, perhaps due to Courtney’s settling down and the addition of Girls keyboardist Matt Kallman, the band sounds fuller and more mature, with a tendency to look forward rather than harking back to the past.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Who Needs Who
    In short, this time, they've nailed it.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sun
    Some of the best material she's ever penned.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Heartbreaking Bravery
    [Once Krug's genius is realized by the world] then riches untold will pile up and allow him to do nothing but make albums like 'Heartbreaking Bravery'.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    California X
    It might be as modern as loincloth, but ‘California X’ is surely a future classic.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Death Dreams
    This second album is exciting rather than essential, but if it's blown-out ears you want, PS I Love You oblige in style.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    II
    Far-out, fascinating, fantastic--just plain F-ing good.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Major
    'Major' is a more refined second effort, but one that still holds true to the band's promise of back-to-back hooks.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Different Ship
    'A Different Ship' is a magnificent return.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Featherbrain
    Both bewitching and berserk, Featherbrain keeps its creator comfortably in the shadows.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    6 Feet Beneath the Moon
    If you wanted a masterpiece, this isn’t it--it’s too long and stoned for that. Rather, it’s an invigorating, assertive and magical collection that’s probably cleverer than you are.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mug Museum
    Psychedelic leanings and Le Bon’s fragile Welsh lilt make Mug Museum a typically unusual listen, but its sincerity shines throughout, finding beauty in the strangest, sometimes saddest of places.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Out of the Game
    It's audaciously hit and miss, inevitably, but 'Out Of The Game' is anything but shy and retiring.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Reign of Terror
    When the wrecking ball stops swinging, however, there are moments of emotional weightiness ('Leader Of The Pack') and glimpses of tenderness ('End Of The Line') that give this LP a more human edge.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love This Giant
    We can only hope they soon renew their collaboration; 'Love This Giant''s too big and clever, and Byrne-Vincent too perfect a pairing, to be a once-in-a-lifetime affair.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Carrier
    The result is a collection of songs that really soar in a way that some previous material hasn’t.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Plumb
    Forget hidden depths, Plumb exposes every inch of the Brewises' brilliance.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bloodstreams
    We know a damn good noise rock debut when we hear one.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    TOY
    If TOY are a gateway drug, you'll be too high to care by the time this one's done.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Contact
    Contact is a collection of catchy pop tunes and an eclectic one at that.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rhine Gold
    Expansive, orchestral and delicate, its beauty [the band's music] is totally deserving of another round of critical acclaim.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Standing at the Sky's Edge
    Hawley ditches his heavily orchestrated, Indie Orbison Of The North shtick in favour of a sound that's darker, ragged and riff-heavy. It works.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Impersonator
    What’s impressive is that, for all its hymnal melodramatics, Impersonator somehow bypasses insufferability.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Give You the Ghost
    It's an album that reels you in, enveloping everything in a black mist, from the slick protestations of 'Dark Star' to the surging intensity of closer 'Leading To Death'.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Clearing
    The Clearing is a subtle, expansive work.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    More Light
    More Light is prosaic, but also proof that when you want to rally a new generation, it’s not Marcus Mumford you want holding the megaphone.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Know What Love Isn't
    As the title makes pretty clear, this is a break up record, weeping with Magnetic Fieldsy candid cynicism about love.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Something
    Something's exquisite charms confirm that Chairlift mk.II are a much-improved proposition.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Shrines
    It's a record that effortlessly juxtaposes chopped up electronics and ghostly effects with James' supersweet voice to create eleven strange but simple pleasures.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seasons of Your Day
    The Californians still play ethereal tunes that could waft on forever.
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