For 5,507 reviews, this publication has graded:
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48% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.2 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: | All Born Screaming | |
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Lowest review score: | Unpredictable |
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Negative: 77 out of 5507
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Revolver’s new details tease out deeper meanings in the songs. Now more prominent, the low-lit backing harmonies on Here, There and Everywhere remake the tune as an old-fashioned rock’n’roll love song; the piano bending out of key on I Want to Tell You mirrors the narrator’s insecurity; and McCartney’s booming walking bass on Taxman illuminates the biting, cynical tone of Harrison’s lyrics. ... Revolver still sounds so vibrant.- The Guardian
- Posted Oct 27, 2022
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The supporting cast also includes Anderson .Paak, Pusha T and Killer Mike, all of whom give impressive turns. But Gibbs is the star and, behind the boards, Madlib guides him like a skilled director. The result is an album of unvarnished realities transmuting into cinematic excellence.- The Guardian
- Posted Jun 28, 2019
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In rock, technical brilliance can sometimes impede immediacy, but Code Orange use it to achieve total and thrilling omnipotence. They are a reminder that visionary music never wears a genre tag.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 13, 2020
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The songs on m b v, however, are more melodically complex, intriguing and often pleasing than anything he has written before.- The Guardian
- Posted Feb 6, 2013
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Hunter is glorious and triumphant, a record that succeeds on any terms you try to force upon it.- The Guardian
- Posted Sep 4, 2018
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- Posted May 5, 2023
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Parquet Courts have produced a debut that's both instantly addictive and lastingly rewarding: a smart, snappy concoction of worldly wisdom and garage-rock gratification.- The Guardian
- Posted Jan 14, 2013
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The results pitch beautifully crafted, poignant songs and heartfelt vocals against foggy, ethereal production.- The Guardian
- Posted Dec 14, 2010
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Bird and his 10 collaborators use sound the way the impressionists daubed paint, layering elegiac violin melodies with pattering plucked notes, fuzzy or jangly guitar, clip-clop percussion, clicks and drones to create music that might be straightforwardly folky, brightly poppy or more experimental, but is always vivid and engaging.- The Guardian
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As Suddenly underlines, [his career has] ended up somewhere exciting: in a niche of its own, where electronic auteur meets singer-songwriter, where an innate feel for pop music and the dancefloor co-exists with experimentation.- The Guardian
- Posted Feb 27, 2020
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The most heartening thing about In Rainbows, besides the fact that it may represent the strongest collection of songs Radiohead have assembled for a decade, is that it ventures into new emotional territories.- The Guardian
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London Calling itself stands tall as the band's masterpiece, the showcase for all their musical tastes and inclinations.- The Guardian
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No one makes music like this: the Night Tripper rampages inimitably through swamp blues, voodoo funk and Afrobeat, with his trademark piano.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 29, 2012
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Whether Damn will have the same epochal impact as To Pimp a Butterfly remains to be seen, but either way it sounds like the work of a supremely confident artist at the top of his game.- The Guardian
- Posted Apr 14, 2017
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Franz Ferdinand's album arrives packed not just with fizzing guitars, disco-influenced drums and intriguing shifts in tempo, but also memorable songs, laden with hooklines and startling riffs.- The Guardian
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This is music for the rocky mountaintop that invites the listener to place themselves in the humbling context of a wider cosmos. Following a compass resolutely his own, Air sees Cover ascend to the realm of the similarly spiritual visionary Kamasi Washington.- The Guardian
- Posted May 17, 2022
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Terms like "alt.country" are far too prosaic to contain music which might equally be called post-bebop, spook-folk or ghoulish horror soundtrack.- The Guardian
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This set’s beautiful opener Defiant, Tender Warrior builds a bewitching trance from soft piano wavelets, growling bass accents and snare-pattern whispers before Lloyd’s breathy tenor long-tones and enraptured top-end warbles even begin.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 27, 2024
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The result is an album that sounds as if it was a blast to make and one that’s immensely enjoyable to listen to.- The Guardian
- Posted Aug 3, 2017
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This is music potent and adventurous enough to grip you without you understanding a word of what she’s actually singing.- The Guardian
- Posted Nov 15, 2018
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When Anohni sings about mass graves and drone strikes, it doesn’t feel like a lecture. It can be strangely empowering. For all its bleakness, Hopelessness leaves you feeling anything but.- The Guardian
- Posted May 5, 2016
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It’s intense listening. The seven songs here last barely 30 minutes, but a powerful, concentrated half hour dose is all you need. Certainly – it’s all you need to stake a strong claim to the title of album of the year.- The Guardian
- Posted Oct 19, 2022
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Clarke, McCoy and co have made one of 2018’s most ambitious and urgent albums.- The Guardian
- Posted Jul 13, 2018
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The most original and exciting artist to emerge from dance music in a decade.- The Guardian
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May Your Kindness Remain confirms Andrews’ rise. It’s a brilliant record, proof that old forms can still be timeless.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 23, 2018
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The most emotional songs are bravely straightforward but quite unexpected.... Surely one of the albums of the year.- The Guardian
- Posted Mar 16, 2015
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The most compelling--and important--avant garde record since "Love's Secret Domain" by Coil.- The Guardian
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