The Line of Best Fit's Scores
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For 4,100 reviews, this publication has graded:
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66% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 77
Highest review score: | Am I British Yet? | |
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Lowest review score: | Supermodel |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,693 out of 4100
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Mixed: 391 out of 4100
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Negative: 16 out of 4100
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Most albums would capsize under weight of a colossus like “Defeat”, a seamless combination of disembodied, sweet yet wounded underwater harmonies, drone-fueled introspection and outbreaks of mellow yet exuberant rhythmic mantras (which echo the Grateful Dead at their most joyously lively) that doesn’t waste a second despite its marathon 22-minute duration. However, the rest of Isn’t It Now? lives up to the outsized expectations created by its centrepiece.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 26, 2023
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It combines all of Doja’s past lives with some more heavy-hitting punchlines. It feels like a stark departure from her previous commercial efforts, while still showcasing some clear hits like “Paint The Town Red”, “Gun”, “Go Off”- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 22, 2023
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- Posted Sep 21, 2023
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On The King, Anjimile crafts a masterstroke folk album that binds differences through time for unparalleled emotional clarity.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 18, 2023
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There are some exciting ideas here, but the sophisticated and mature singles like “Spinnin” and “Home To Another One” act as red herrings for an album bogged down by an odd reframing of the past.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 15, 2023
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It contains both her gentlest, most fantastical production and her saddest, most miserable lyrics. The commendable combination, as well as the new musical directions, reestablishes her artistic identity the same way Bury Me at Makeout Creek and Be the Cowboy did.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 13, 2023
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In the end, what we have is a magnificent record, that looks likely to be sunk by the events surrounding it. Whether that happens remains to be seen, but what remains is a harsh disconnect, between the absolute joy of the record, and the crushing disappointment that surrounds it.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 8, 2023
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It’s big, brash, and crystal clear, but open-hearted and often evocative, too. At its best, the blown-up production and direct performances produce real stardust.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 8, 2023
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Only Underworld have truly kept up with the consistency of The Chemical Brothers, and with the scintillating form shown on For That Beautiful Feeling, it’s going to take something really spectacular to catch up.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 8, 2023
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The result is a raw, confessional album more interested in telling Rodrigo’s story than conforming to the standards of popular music.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 7, 2023
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Bewitched is a marked step up in every way. And, because of it, she’s more than the promising young star she was in her early career – she has shown herself to be an established talent.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 7, 2023
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Trip9Love…??? feels just as symbiotic in that way as previous cuts 2018's Devotion and 2021's Colourgrade did, but this time, they’re so emotionally vivid that it’s disquieting to feel like a fly on the wall. Once again, they leave the listener submerged.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 7, 2023
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Blømi leaves solutions for our current problems back in the times where they could have been useful. This can only be music as morphine: a painkiller mixed with transcendental meditation.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 5, 2023
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It is interesting that Barnett’s chosen soundtrack to the movie about her life is much more subdued than the rest of her discography. Where she has previously depended on frank and revealing lyrical turns to convey emotion, she here demonstrates that she can do the same with only her instrument.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 5, 2023
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When you finally reach the level of brilliance you’ve been working toward for so long, The Window is exactly what it sounds like.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 1, 2023
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It’s a short and snappy experience clocking in at under 30 minutes, but the rising tides of sin and crashing waves of liability make Back To The Water Below the most all-encompassing outing of Royal Blood’s career.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 1, 2023
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Essentially, HELLMODE all but confirms the sincerity electrifying the voice of our charming punk hero. With little hope to hold onto, he's still angry, urgent, and prescient as ever.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Sep 1, 2023
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When Neil leads us away cheekily with the macabre “I’ll never grow old in a graveyard”, the confidence sounds resolute. The trio’s abilities were already in cement, but being uninhibited by past musical ventures has become a marvellously fun, snarling beast.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 31, 2023
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These songs are indubitably vigorous and youthful. Moreover, there’s also a fleck of Slowdive's nostalgia and urgency spattered on them, like the golden sky at sunset, whose warm-coloured canvas quickly loses its treasured vibrance to nightly darkness.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 31, 2023
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If anything, Voir Dire is a record that pulls itself apart as it continues, subtly dredging the listener in philosophical bile and pause-the-track one-liners.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 31, 2023
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I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care is not an easy listen. It's a cold lake on a summer's day – not immediately comforting, but if you commit to the activity, you'll be unaware of how long you've been enjoying it. The overarching feeling of optimism keeps the record above water and prevents it from falling into an unenjoyable experience.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 25, 2023
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Cabral and her band have taken what could have been a disaster and turned it into her best work. A stunning, unexpected album from an artist to keep a very close eye on.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 25, 2023
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The collective's return gleams with ambition. Packing the same ferocity and awe of a firework display with ebullient lighter moments shaded with synth flourishes, and rapturously prototypical loud darker ones which apprehend and shake you to the core.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 24, 2023
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It’s a definitive project encapsulating body autonomy, queer love, humour and fury, all the more confidently told by a vocal chameleon whose performance stands out amongst the rich production traversing decaying foliage, fizzling suns and AI leaders.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 24, 2023
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Be Your Own Pet burned out from having too much fuuuuuun, but by playing around with old influences, Mommy shows they're still nothing but a good time.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 23, 2023
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If you want to find a remaster that’s worth your time and money, then Suede is the gem to look into at this very moment.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 21, 2023
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It’s an oddly assured debut, tender and strong at the same time – and its greatest strength is that Rapp is as good of a songwriter as a performer of her own emotions.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 18, 2023
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It’s a fantastic example of how artists can still come to a project with tonnes of contextual flavour that they want to include and not have it overpower the entire dish.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 17, 2023
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Shamir settles into the familiarity of gleaming indie-pop arrangements and sweet starbursts of melody, all while hints of darkness bleed through the margins. While not a startling stylistic reinvention, the album does feel like a rewarding artistic waypoint from an exceedingly consistent singer and songwriter.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 17, 2023
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From the folk twang of “First Time” to the torrential clapping on “Anything But,” this is a Hozier album to the hilt: considered, earnest, and moving.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 17, 2023
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