The Line of Best Fit's Scores
- Music
For 4,086 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: 3,681 out of 4086
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Mixed: 389 out of 4086
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Negative: 16 out of 4086
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On Art Angels, we hear that high art experimentation fall into mainstream territory with only fleeting moments of brilliance.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Nov 13, 2015
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On their new album, they maintain this dive into pop, but with songs that are nothing like as captivating as their back catalogue.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Mar 17, 2023
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- Posted Oct 24, 2022
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On Happier Than Ever the tempo never quite reaches fever pitch; instead, Eilish is content with the tranquillity of tried and tested methods - tentatively pushing boundaries, rather than cranking the distortion up to 10.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Jul 29, 2021
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Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress’ is good enough, by post-rock standards. But it really falls short of the bar that GY!BE set themselves before they took a break from the game.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 9, 2015
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While these tracks aren’t necessarily bad by any set definition, it’s worth looking at them through a critical scope and for grand moments like these that once carried so much weight early in their career, we have to begin asking ourselves just how many times can a group reduplicate their sound before their efforts simply become white noise.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Feb 17, 2021
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God’s Favorite Customer isn’t afforded the opportunity to shine with Tillman’s usual charming spirit--that’s not because the turmoil of heartache is too mundane a subject for the philosophically-minded Tillman to master, but because in order to master it, he needs to do more to whip up his usual reckless innovation.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 22, 2018
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While no wheels have been reinvented, The Show is far from a bad record. If you’ve spent any time trying to imagine what a new Niall album would sound like, you’re probably pretty close.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Jun 8, 2023
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For an album which so clearly sells itself as a capital C concept Album, the narrative is indecipherable; each track dropping a handful of new character names, and the final song seems to give up on it completely. Tillman is a fantastic songwriter, and so some of the new material is gold regardless.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 8, 2022
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The Chronic and 2001 were simply collections of great songs and the order didn't matter much; Compton, conversely, is one giant song presented as a specifically sequenced album. While it succeeds as such--a lush, expensive-sounding art rap song-cycle--it fits the Doctor about as well as a baggy t-shirt. Dre makes great songs, not great albums.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 11, 2015
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Ultimately, while Grey Tickles, Black Pressure should be a career-definiting opus, it just seems unfocussed and uncertain; Grant's barbs aren't as sharp, which means too few of the songs stick like they should.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Oct 9, 2015
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Although the songs are largely solid, there’s a recurring sense of deja vu. ... Being Funny in a Foreign Language sees The 1975 lose touch with the reality they are usually so skilled at reflecting. Ever one to over-intellectualise, Healy is wrapped up in so many repeating layers of fame and meaning and memes and buzzwords that any real meaning is out of reach.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Oct 10, 2022
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While well-refined, the composition of some of the tracks sometimes comes off as slightly formulaic and a little predictable.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Dec 7, 2022
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Time has its highs and its lows. It’s an album that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The lyrics may be tongue-in-cheek, but the craftsmanship of each song is nothing to smirk at.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 16, 2018
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As a whole, Inventions plays nicely as the backdrop of your psychedelic dreams. In pieces, it fares much better and commands more attention.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Oct 30, 2013
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They’re all interesting concepts and ideas that work, but together they create a disjointed and bizarre listen.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 13, 2021
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It’s an album that feels made for technical appreciation, rather than necessarily engaging the listener.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 19, 2019
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Thirstier seems to spin out of control in the name of artistic development. The daring dip into electronic garners mixed results.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Jul 27, 2021
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There is no question that this is a work of devotion, even a work of love, but as a document of raw emotion, it is lacking, it feels overly considered.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 13, 2014
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This is a noisy articulation of pain to be felt once but barely experienced after. It exists to shock with the intention of empathy; unfortunately, empathy takes time and is hardly elicited when all things warped and wicked are at the forefront.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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It may not always live up to its title, but it’s certainly an interesting branch of what will hopefully continue to be a long and fruitful partnership.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Jul 8, 2013
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The 'what if' factor looms large on CHAOS NOW*, but not to the detriment of enjoying the thrilling outsider pop music that Dawson provides both in his overarching messaging and unsteady sound.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Oct 10, 2022
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Palomino is a return to their familiar and comforting poetic and melancholic storytelling powers.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Nov 8, 2022
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- Posted Apr 2, 2018
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If you're a fan of Frusciante's work in the California funk outfit, then there's not much here you'll enjoy, but if you are into electronic, drum and bass then you'll be right at home.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Oct 30, 2020
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The album’s been in gestation for two years, and yet with a few exceptions the ten songs here sound like offcuts. It’s not that Fuse is actually that bad – but it feels like a futile exercise, a series of turns down paths which don’t go anywhere.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 20, 2023
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For the most part The Curse of Love doesn’t offer any of the pop hooks that made early Coral albums so enjoyable.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Nov 13, 2014
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Unfortunately, despite the gravitas, at times it feels a bit like you’re listening to a late-night free jazz jam. When it hits the mark, Rose Golden Doorways rears its head and roars in a concrete wasteland, but there are moments of chin-stroking weirdness that fall flat of the eldritch dread Rochford and co are trying to create.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Mar 18, 2020
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Some of Creeper's tricks may have become repetitive and predictable, but whichever direction they take after the SD&IV cycle, they probably can't go wrong as long as there are plenty of Greenwood's vocal contributions. The interludes create smooth transitions, guitar crescendos build a gorgeous cinematic effect, especially on the EP's centerpiece "America At Night" and the anthemic "One Of Us", which sounds a bit like Green Day.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Jul 30, 2021
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Like the tracks themselves, the album as a whole contains a breadth in the way of sounds and styles, but less so in depth. Confused and trying on more hats than a grandfather at a beachfront souvenir shop, Cautious Clay flickers with interest and leaves without a second thought.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Aug 31, 2023
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