The Quietus' Scores
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For 2,115 reviews, this publication has graded:
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61% higher than the average critic
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7% same as the average critic
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32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 76
Highest review score: | Gentlemen At 21 [Deluxe Edition] | |
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Lowest review score: | Lulu |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,868 out of 2115
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Mixed: 228 out of 2115
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Negative: 19 out of 2115
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50 Words for Snow is undoubtedly whimsical, but it's played and arranged so exquisitely that even the most po-faced should be able to acknowledge the scale of its achievement.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 21, 2011
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One of Haines' best efforts, Nine And A Half Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling Of The 1970s And Early 80s is an album that does much to encourage the here and now as it does to paint an impression of a time long gone.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 18, 2011
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Ersatz GB still trumps most records released this year as, one suspects, The Fall always will.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 18, 2011
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Under the rule of Worden's powerful vocal these sophisticated compositions provide a gripping, melodramatic exploration of a mindset both childlike and brooding.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 17, 2011
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Simply, we are left with more evidence of a true American original, who was also as important in his own way as Harry Smith or Alan Lomax and other such college-educated curatorial spirits.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 14, 2011
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Welcome to Condale is a refreshingly ambitious, variegated take on the 80s both conceptually and in its execution.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 14, 2011
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It's difficult to say Humor Risk is better than WIT'S END, but it is certainly its perfect counterpart.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 9, 2011
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The key success of Hurry Up is that his canvas has exponentially increased in size.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 7, 2011
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Put simply, nobody else could make music quite like this, no matter which part of the electronic fringe they might call home. Daniel Lopatin is in the zone.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 4, 2011
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A stunning example of the intermingling of bodies, both sonic and artistic.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 3, 2011
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On the whole, though, these songs are at their best when grounded in low region trickery: rumbles, clipping sounds, droplets, shudders, judders and all manner of absorbed low freak-uency eeriness, as exhilaratingly creepy as anything offered up by trip-hop's most skilled practitioners.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 3, 2011
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It is a peculiar little record, but it hangs together very well, and makes a reasonable case for his ability to wring something worthy out of whatever art form he chooses to tackle.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 2, 2011
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They've always been a subtle unit, resisting obvious moments of catharsis in favour of subtle dynamics, but here they manage the trick that Khanate mastered so effectively and create a tension that derives as much from the fear of silence as it does from the threat of noise.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 1, 2011
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- Posted Nov 1, 2011
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From the toughest moments are borne the most compelling work, and, in Evile's case, in crafting an album as assured as Five Serpent's Teeth they surely deserve to sit atop the modern thrash elite.- The Quietus
- Posted Nov 1, 2011
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On the Water is a 'love album', but much more than that--seldom has a long player narrated so fluidly, consummately and lucidly, a journey of self-realization.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 26, 2011
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These songs will do very nicely, thanks, as reassurance that Gallagher can still deliver evocative and memorable tunes.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 26, 2011
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Okay, so it won't be most people's cup of tea, but Gauntlet Hair is a brave and defiantly individual effort.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 24, 2011
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A softer collection of songs, harnessing more sincerity than his last two general-release LPs (as opposed to Orion, which was online-only), Easy Tiger and Cardinology.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 21, 2011
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By shedding much of his fantastical baggage but none of his charm, he has created a nimble, playful little album that ranks among his very best.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 21, 2011
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Coracle is a perfect soundtrack to the hazy, misty-morninged Indian summer we're enjoying. Long may it continue.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 20, 2011
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I found hooks I hadn't noticed while playing it worming through my head days later, and there's no better testimonial to Rustie's managed moreness than that.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 19, 2011
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- Posted Oct 18, 2011
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It is a proper bass album representing all aspects of the current dance music scene through a noble kind of austerity.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 12, 2011
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Nothing here is complex or highbrow, but instead filled with the joy and clarity of understanding and connecting.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 12, 2011
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- Posted Oct 11, 2011
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The Hunter is an example of how to crossover without selling out--something Metallica never learned--and no matter how many copies it sells, this is the mainstream heavy rock album of the year.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 11, 2011
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In Villalobos and Loderbauer's hands, then, the ECM catalogue becomes more than simply a stone set of recorded pieces of music (music as noun) but a further set of tools with which to music (music as verb). Which, although taking Villalobos some distance from his usual club-centric music, remains in spirit with both his and Loderbauer's usual ethos--pushing boundaries, breaking down barriers.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 6, 2011
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It's to the remixers' own credit--and perhaps, also, to the homogenous nature of the source material--that TKOL RMX 1234567 does a fine job of highlighting each producer's own idiosyncracies.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 5, 2011
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The Whole Love is, therefore, just another Wilco album. But it's Wilco at the top of their game, or at least close to it, patrolling territory they've made their own and secure in the knowledge that they belong there.- The Quietus
- Posted Oct 4, 2011
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If the EPs marked the group out as hazy, lo-fi practitioners in the Beach House mould, In Heaven benefits from a general polishing-up on terms of production, but more importantly from a more varied stylistic palette.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 28, 2011
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Conatus seldom reaches the same level of experimentation as Danilova's collaborations with the likes of LA Vampires. But what she proffers instead is far tastier: a deft fine-tuning of the slick and stylish formula of Stridilum II, with the slightly schlockier moments of melodrama eschewed for something more sophisticated.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 27, 2011
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Tinariwen's Tassili may not have the distorted guitars of previous records, but the acoustic recordings suit the contemplative mood and makes for a powerful return to their roots, as the musicians' circumstances, like getting lost in the desert, go in circles.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 26, 2011
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As a general rule on New Brigade, the faster, shorter and more atonal the tracks, the more intriguing the Danes become.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 26, 2011
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Overlook is not her best record, but is an encouraging return to a sensibility marked by deliberation and sensuousness in equal measure.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 26, 2011
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- Posted Sep 26, 2011
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It may just be Anthrax's most consistent material since Among The Living in 1987.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 26, 2011
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Floreat isn't simply a seduction--in the most understated way, it's too intense for that.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 15, 2011
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Crucially, her sense of humour remains intact, sharp and lethal – the sweet laments carried by her increasingly accomplished voice feel often to be one step away from, not laughter exactly, but self-deprecation, or a mordant smile at her own expense.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 14, 2011
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In its explicit references towards woozy psych, soul and even glam, Tripper is better, and marks Johnson as being a songwriter and rock auteur deserving of comparison with the likes of Mercer, Andy Cabic and Jim James.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 14, 2011
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The voices are huskier, the music juicer, the innocence of yore starting to chip away as Paradise sees them explore the dark side of vice and life. They're are all the better for it.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 12, 2011
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It may not be the Rapture many were expecting this year, but this triumphant return to form is pretty glorious nonetheless.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 12, 2011
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Where debut EP Summertime! and the über-hyped eponymous first album's songs had an oddly melancholic joyfulness that captured a number of imaginations back in early 2010, here there's a quiet switch to an oddly uplifting melancholy. On the best songs, that is – too many just sound gloomy and dull.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 12, 2011
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The engagement with dance music and half-improvised feel lends it an irresistible forward momentum, something that picks up pace throughout the album to exhilarating effect; the album's second half in particular creates a disconcerting sensation of constant acceleration, until it finally collapses into its closing throes and falls away.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 8, 2011
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Leave No Trace favours synths over horns – in fact, it's not until about ten minutes in that we get our first taste of brass - and whilst the sound is still impressively full-bodied, without the continuous stream of interwoven saxophone and trumpet solos that made its predecessor such a joyous affair it feels pretty empty in comparison.- The Quietus
- Posted Sep 2, 2011
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Dense, professional, and thoroughly realized, Mirror Traffic will become a lot of people's favorite Malkmus album. He sounds more like Malkmus than ever, and it makes me shiver.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 30, 2011
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It's that mix of astral expensiveness and strict artistry that makes Thundercat's debut LP The Golden Age Of Apocalypse as grand and visionary as its title.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 26, 2011
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The first Shjips album to be recorded in a proper studio, with an engineer, West is Wooden Shjips' fullest exploration of these tensions to date, and sees the band stepping up their game in every aspect.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 23, 2011
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Whilst it may lack the game-changing originality of other big 2011 releases, the record spans half a century of musical history more effectively than any other in recent memory.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 19, 2011
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Where the warm, bright finish on Fondo made it gleam expansively, occasionally here you wish for a little more space in the mix and in the arrangements, if only to allow us to explore Vieux Fara Touré's beautiful songs more freely.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 18, 2011
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From a purely musical perspective, however, it executes that very most rare form of retroism--the type that makes the tired, forgotten and domesticated once again radical.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Its huge, cocaine-pricked melodies remain present and correct throughout, but the tracks themselves are among his best so far.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 10, 2011
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The result is a woozily involving mood piece that encompasses everything from the shimmering heat of daytime ('Lifesized Stuffed Animal', where music box chimes rub up against disoriented square wave bass) to the dead of night, caught in the lairy drunken lurch of 'Kitties'.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 8, 2011
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- Posted Aug 5, 2011
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While the album is by no means a disappointment, one can't help but long for the return of a less inhibited Krug, free of – albeit self-imposed – limitations.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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Life's Rich Pageant rather sweetly gathers the emotions and carries them back to the time.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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One immediately clear difference between Two Way Mirror and previous Crystal Antlers work is the fact the band, led by vocalist and bass player Jonny Bell, have improved immeasurably as musicians.- The Quietus
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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