The Independent on Sunday (UK)'s Scores
- Music
For 789 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: | One Day I'm Going To Soar | |
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Lowest review score: | Last Night on Earth |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 495 out of 789
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Mixed: 280 out of 789
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Negative: 14 out of 789
789
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- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted May 13, 2013
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The majority of A (clever title, in the context of Faltskog's history) consists of dignified, age appropriate ballads.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted May 13, 2013
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It happens to be their most cohesive and convincing effort yet.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted May 13, 2013
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This often sounds more like a BBC4 documentary than a pop record. And that's no bad thing.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted May 6, 2013
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Only the more straightforwardly poppy numbers disappoint, with power-ballad manqué “Crescendo” a particular anomaly.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted May 6, 2013
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Post-millennial indie boy-rock has taken a savage beating here. And it may prove the best it’s ever had.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted May 6, 2013
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Drawing on anything from Medieval plainsong to free jazz, she creates an extraordinary sensation of light, air, and space.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 29, 2013
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Most of LTHS consists of thumping soul-pop reminiscent of JoBoxers or high-energy Hives-like garage rock, and even if it errs on the side of sameyness, it's rarely dull.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 29, 2013
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A skittering collage of vocal drum'n'bass, garage, and funky house that parties, in the best way, like it's July 1999.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 29, 2013
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Gruff’s gorgeous voice helps humanise Feltrinelli. Never more so than on “Hoops With Fidel”, which, rather than demonising him and Castro, conveys the ideal of international revolution as a beautiful thing. As beautiful, in fact, as this album.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 29, 2013
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The result wears the weight of its history lightly, with the exception of "The Departed", a solemn tribute to lost Stooges.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 29, 2013
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It's derivative and is a near hybrid of Mew, the Postal Service, M83 and Empire of the Sun, but it's perfectly likeable without ever inspiring outright love.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 22, 2013
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It can be plodding and takes a while to get going, but also occasionally reaches soaring, festival-fields-at-dusk heights.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 22, 2013
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The live stuff is consistently inventive.... Randomness dogs the remixes, but that's standard.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 17, 2013
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It's close to the best of all music I know.... A second CD of later, unreleased material with some genuine gold among the dross.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 15, 2013
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Classy pianos, minor chords and brushed drums back her ever-elegant, half-spoken syllables.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 15, 2013
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- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 15, 2013
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A genuinely empathetic production, then, which does not pull up many trees.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 15, 2013
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- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 15, 2013
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This rocks harder and faster than those fellow Tuareg bluesmen, partly due to the noticeable pop influence of another Malian act, Amadou & Mariam.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 1, 2013
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- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Apr 1, 2013
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"Yes You Do", a 1950s rock'n'roll love song updated for the synth age, is the standout track, but "Bassline" is the most typical.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 28, 2013
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"What's Wrong with America" is the masterpiece, doo-wop and social protest mixed with God-bothering. Someone book them for a festival, quick.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 25, 2013
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- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 25, 2013
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It's testament to his songcraft that it feels all of a piece.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 18, 2013
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Proper, stop-you-in-your-tracks talent with the occasional song to match.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 18, 2013
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- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 18, 2013
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Bloodsports is effortlessly superior to its predecessor A New Morning, and averages out roughly on a level with Head Music (though more consistent in quality).- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 18, 2013
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It may not be as mind blowing as FutureSex. But, frankly, what is?- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 18, 2013
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Give it time and the intensity of the music--the Hagar of the title is Lloyd's great-great grandmother, who was sold into slavery--comes through.- The Independent on Sunday (UK)
- Posted Mar 15, 2013
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