The Fly (UK)'s Scores
- Music
For 370 reviews, this publication has graded:
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61% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | Channel Orange | |
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Lowest review score: | Sequel to the Prequel |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 262 out of 370
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Mixed: 99 out of 370
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Negative: 9 out of 370
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They've left easy indie-disco hits behind and are now proving they're some of the most capable songwriters around.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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- Posted Jun 29, 2012
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- Posted Apr 20, 2012
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The rapid and rabid ‘You’ve Got Me Wonderin’ Now’, replete with wonky recorder, matches the velocity of that record [Light Up Gold], as does the hurtling ‘Descend (The Way)’.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Oct 8, 2013
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- Posted May 21, 2013
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- Posted Apr 27, 2012
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In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull is honest, sweaty and delirious.... Their most exciting album yet.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 4, 2012
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The result is a collection of songs that really soar in a way that some previous material hasn’t.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Aug 27, 2013
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Their minimalist throb is challenging at first, yet allowing the likes of 'Brains' and 'Propagation' to seep in is to be submerged in an invigoratingly ballsy album.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 27, 2012
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As closer ‘Black’ fades out, it’s clear MONEY have made something special and, maybe, even sacred.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Aug 27, 2013
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The record overflows with the tell-tale nuances of a band who have learnt how to translate grandiosity into something more restrained, yet no less forceful.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Sep 14, 2012
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Wonky yet warm, it's an accomplished balancing act from an ever-growing band.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 13, 2012
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One Day finds Rowland weary, woozy and nakedly accepting of loneliness and age; a true soul man.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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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.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 4, 2012
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- Posted May 21, 2012
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- Posted Jun 6, 2013
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[Zoo will piss you off if you think] their Fugaziish formative albums are sacrosanct and that any deviation voids them in the eyes of The Living Christ Our Lord Henry Rollins. Two, you hate loud noises.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Mar 7, 2012
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AlunaGeorge are a pop act at heart, with most of this debut’s songs anchored to a radio-friendly chorus.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Aug 6, 2013
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- Posted Jun 5, 2013
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If this is bedroom pop, it surely stems from the most cluttered yet colourful bedroom imaginable.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 5, 2012
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'Dead Set On Living' also explores such lyrical subjects as being the offspring of a particularly nasty nuclear winter, but does so to a cauldron of riffs and deathly roars stolen straight from the depths of Hell so pant-wettingly exciting, that it's impossible to do anything but scream along.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 13, 2012
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'Tiger Talk' allows YB to earn their stripes as purveyors of plush, 70s-inspired powerpop.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 5, 2012
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- Posted Apr 27, 2012
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This mostly-great follow-up is occasionally waylaid by its determination to make bad instruments sound good.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jul 1, 2013
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One of the most brilliantly chaotic, mesmerising albums you'll hear all year.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 13, 2012
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Guitar work comes across as the strongest feature of 'Spooky Action At A Distance' – tricky arpeggios and impeccably crafted feedback combine to create bleary, Kurt-Vile-esque smokescapes.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Apr 4, 2012
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- Posted Jul 13, 2012
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- Posted Aug 24, 2012
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- Posted Mar 13, 2013
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On An Object, their blissy ambient tinkerings finally feel earned and essential.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Aug 20, 2013
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