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For 473 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score:
Nocturne
Critic Score 90
Lowest review score:
Pick Me Up, Sort Me Out, Calm Me Down
Critic Score 20
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 349 out of 473
  2. Mixed: 121 out of 473
  3. Negative: 3 out of 473
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    • Metascore: 74
    • Critic Score 80
    The Shape of Things
    The Shape Of Things is another compelling collection of clever electronic pop.
    • Metascore: 89
    • Critic Score 80
    The Hare, the Hound & the Tortoise
    This is an astonishingly good album, and the fact that it's a debut makes its stylistic and thematic consistency, as well as suave swagger, all the more to be recommended.
    • Metascore: 70
    • Critic Score 80
    Acousmatic Sorcery
    You'll either love it or hate it but, ignore the buzz, take it on it's own merits, and you might very well be rewarded.
    • Metascore: 67
    • Critic Score 80
    Our Version of Events
    Ultimately, as beautiful as it is in its more subdued moments, the album feels fully realised when her alternative and mainstream instincts find each other.
    • Metascore: 79
    • Critic Score 80
    Choreography
    Choreography is tailor made alternative pop of the highest degree, with enough ear friendly, sing-a-long melodies to entice even the 'older' generation.
    • Metascore: 70
    • Critic Score 80
    Dear...
    'Dear' has a refreshing simplicity and endearing vulnerability that will gatecrash your soul and render your skip button impervious.
    • Metascore: 74
    • Critic Score 80
    Wonky
    It's further proof that Orbital aren't content to stand still and rest on the laurels that have made them ones to watch at festivals. 'Wonky' as an album is sexy, smart, and filled with all the potential to smash the competition.
    • Metascore: 71
    • Critic Score 80
    Both Lights
    There is a lot to take in here but certainly a lot of fun to be had in the process as well.
    • Metascore: 64
    • Critic Score 80
    Anxiety
    [Anxiety] retains all the best things about her debut while expanding on both her sound and style.
    • Metascore: 83
    • Critic Score 80
    Blunderbuss
    There's no avoiding the fact 'Blunderbuss' is an album for those already long inducted into the church of Jack White.
    • Metascore: 80
    • Critic Score 80
    Nootropics
    Its refined edges, percussion heavy sounds and understated opulence find the band's sonic landscape revitalised.
    • Metascore: 69
    • Critic Score 80
    Neck of the Woods
    The final word sees Neck Of The Woods as a great alternative rock record that will hopefully spur the band onward where 'Swoon' had them treading water.
    • Metascore: 51
    • Critic Score 80
    Body Faucet
    Reptar have pieced emotions together, both euphoric and heartbreaking, to create a debut that, although perhaps too varied in places, is a great starting point for the quartet.
    • Metascore: 69
    • Critic Score 80
    In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
    Back to their scrappy, atonal, lo-fi sound of the band's early days it mightn't be, 'In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull' is still a good album which sees The Cribs exploring new sounds and old – stumbling upon some truly excellent songs in the process.
    • Metascore: 77
    • Critic Score 80
    Standing at the Sky's Edge
    Another triumph.
    • Metascore: 68
    • Critic Score 80
    Long Black Cars
    If this album is your first experience of Wymeswold's favourite songs, it's unlikely you will forget them. If you're a veteran, this is a good reminder of their brilliance.
    • Metascore: 78
    • Critic Score 80
    A Different Ship
    Highly recommended.
    • Metascore: 70
    • Critic Score 80
    Time Team
    'Time Team' is a hugely rewarding album that delivers rich emotional laden electronic music with a human heart and an impressive debut.
    • Metascore: 78
    • Critic Score 80
    Bloom
    A truly astonishing, unique and unchallenged sound.
    • Metascore: 66
    • Critic Score 80
    The Only Place
    Best Coast will never win over the cynics who like their music to sport a more assured style of intelligence and invention, but for those who fell in love with the sunburnt stoner of old, there's plenty more to revel in, here.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 80
    A Joyful Noise
    A great album full of slightly haywire, unpretentious pop music.
    • Metascore: 82
    • Critic Score 80
    Words & Music by Saint Etienne
    There is perhaps no band with a greater appreciation of the sheer joy and thrill of pop music in its purest form than Saint Etienne. 'Words And Music By Saint Etienne' is not only their own unique take on what pop means to them it is also an incredibly fine album.
    • Metascore: 70
    • Critic Score 80
    Presents...Here Come the Bombs
    A very impressive debut. The best thing about it is you get the sense he has only just started.
    • Metascore: 74
    • Critic Score 80
    Valtari
    This is perhaps Sigur Rós' most human-sounding album to date, too. Prepped for intimate nights with loved ones and exhausting journeys back home; it's an album that ditches the dramatic and brings in the calm.
    • Metascore: 71
    • Critic Score 80
    An Awesome Wave
    A complete joy.
    • Metascore: 60
    • Critic Score 80
    All of Us, Together
    A vital, woozy summer repose, nine tracks in the perfect sequence for drifting off on a lazy, languorous May afternoon.
    • Metascore: 68
    • Critic Score 80
    2:54
    '2:54' is the sound of two Fallen Angels back to steal what's left of your soul; it's sultry, it's mischievous, and it's damn near magnificent.
    • Metascore: 64
    • Critic Score 80
    Diver
    A lot of the songs are solid hits in the making.
    • Metascore: 95
    • Critic Score 80
    Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
    This was bold move for Joyce Manor, but one that exemplifies exactly why they're loved.
    • Metascore: 64
    • Critic Score 80
    Forever So
    A wonderful start.
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