The Wire's Scores
- Music
For 2,628 reviews, this publication has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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7% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | SMiLE | |
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Lowest review score: | Amazing Grace |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,177 out of 2628
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Mixed: 431 out of 2628
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Negative: 20 out of 2628
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This can be thrilling, unnerving and just occasionally tiresome. [#245, p.53]- The Wire
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The emphasis this time around is on poppier melodies, but for all its attention to song form, Sonic Nurse feels more like a collection of exercises than a cohesive album. [#244, p.63]- The Wire
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Voyeurs of the disintegration of the human condition will be able to gorge on vicarious thrills to their black heart's content. [#246, p.62]- The Wire
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There probably isn't a track here you won't be hearing in some club, park or block party throughout the summer, so you might as well start now. [#245, p.51]- The Wire
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Laced with a shot of self-doubt that has it coming on almost like an electroclash Exile On Main Street. [#244, p.69]- The Wire
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The best stuff views the world through the sunkissed psychedelic lens of Brazilian psych-troupe Os Mutantes; the lesser material just sounds like lite Brian Wilson. [#243, p.59]- The Wire
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Pleasantly ear friendly and leaves no unpleasant odour or lingering aftertaste. [#243, p.74]- The Wire
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The Kadanes have created a collection of songs of which they can be proud. [#246, p.62]- The Wire
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Kesto could have been improved with some judicious edits; but when they are at the top of their game, these Finns are undeniably great. [#244, p.59]- The Wire
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As a political manifesto, Rawar Style is somewhat vague, yet The Eternals' impulsive, improvising music has anger, zeal and humour in its very DNA. [#245, p.56]- The Wire
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Sadly their rather airless space rock doesn't really lift off beyond a certain Ambient politeness. [#244, p.66]- The Wire
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It's carefully constructed music that makes few demands but rewards close attention. [#244, p.69]- The Wire
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Banhart mixes a relaxed bearing and a tense vocal delivery in a fascinating manner. [#245, p.51]- The Wire
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The album glows white-hot with fury and energy, familiar yet fresh. [#243, p.66]- The Wire
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A dull, clunky, unjustifiably smug AOR rock album: no more, no less. [#243, p.71]- The Wire
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A streamlined combination of motorik rhythms, electronic textures and tuneful choruses. [#242, p.72]- The Wire
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Although there are no new dimensions here,... this still feels like musical fresh mint. [#242, p.67]- The Wire
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There's at once a sense that Venice is weightier and more purposeful than its predecessor. [#243, p.56]- The Wire
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A worthy addition to Byrne's sprawling oeuvre, while never reaching the heights of his greatest work. [#242, p.57]- The Wire
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Ultravisitor feels like another work in progress, another messy, powerful, occasionally remarkable, sometimes infuriating attempt to create a true, detailed, authentically multifaceted musical autobiography. [#241, p.52]- The Wire
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An exciting record crawling with new ideas. [#243, p.74]- The Wire
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Both totally entertaining and instantly accessible to both avant rap devotees and curious passers-by. [#246, p.66]- The Wire
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For the most part it works, weaving a dark atmosphere of foreboding and dread through the songs. [#240, p.68]- The Wire
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If nothing else, these [political] elements give Liberation a darker hue. [#240, p.67]- The Wire
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More choppy and scattered than its predecessor but equally compelling. [#241, p.61]- The Wire