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For 454 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score:
Nzca/Lines
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Lulu
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 355 out of 454
  2. Mixed: 85 out of 454
  3. Negative: 14 out of 454
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    • Metascore: 81
    • Critic Score 30
    Yuck
    I hated this kind of Lemonheads-lite, floral-dressed, clompety-booted, neurotic ninny inanity the first time round, I have absolutely no idea how anyone could be arsed to expend the (admittedly small) effort it takes to produce such a pointless photocopy ... [but] not even I can find it in my bitter heart to hate the Nickelodeon-Dinosaur Jr bounce of "Georgia" or the honey-toned amble of "Suicide Policeman".
    • Metascore: 81
    • Critic Score 30
    Sweet Heart Sweet Light
    Not only does Sweet Heart Sweet Light hit all patented Spiritualized thematic buttons squarely between the eyes – religion, drugs, sickness and redemption – it is also a record that covers everything with a Wyoming sized scoop of full-fat icky sentiment.
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 30
    We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
    There's certainly scant magic here.
    • Metascore: 79
    • Critic Score 30
    The Second Three Years
    The covers portion is entirely without merit, Turner having managed to extract every last atom of enjoyment from every single one of the songs he's chosen.
    • Metascore: 76
    • Critic Score 20
    Confess
    On Confess his tired, joyless music and moribund, hackneyed and hankey lyricism suggests a man whose concept of romanticism would go nicely with a Nairn cracker and dab of quince jelly.
    • Metascore: 74
    • Critic Score 30
    Mature Themes
    Ultimately, this is a celebration, rather than an analysis, of several species of awfulness.
    • Metascore: 72
    • Critic Score 20
    The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
    The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends is a flatulent folly, humming with the sulphurous reek of self-indulgence.
    • Metascore: 68
    • Critic Score 10
    Relapse
    This new material represents not only their most heinous effort to date; it might in fact be among the most appalling things to ever exist, empirically speaking.
    • Metascore: 66
    • Critic Score 10
    The Only Place
    Another eleven baseless mehs that belong nowhere else than on a blog that no one reads.
    • Metascore: 65
    • Critic Score 30
    Mylo Xyloto
    For everything else there's Coldplay: reliable, built to move, and able to run on hot air alone.
    • Metascore: 62
    • Critic Score 30
    Paralytic Stalks
    All too often Paralytic Stalks feels like an attempt to assume the role of indie-pop's Steve Vai by competitively crushing structural formats underfoot until there's nothing left but dusty granules.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Critic Score 30
    Electra Heart
    The problem here isn't Dr Luke smothering Marina's idiosyncracies so much as Marina/Electra herself crafting them into something paper-thin and paper-cut annoying.
    • Metascore: 45
    • Critic Score 0
    Lulu
    Not only is Lulu the worst thing any of the players have been involved in, it's quite possibly a candidate for one of the worst albums ever made.
    • Metascore: 34
    • Critic Score 30
    Famous First Words
    Yet for all their bluster of writing anthems for a new generation and saving guitar music, the reality is little more than a damp squib.