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For 2,889 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Lost Wisdom pt. 2
Lowest review score: 0 America's Sweetheart
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,804 out of 2889
  2. Mixed: 961 out of 2889
  3. Negative: 124 out of 2889
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Wakin on a Pretty Daze
    The songs of his that have stood out most are the ones that at least try to meet the listener halfway, the ones that betray the deep-seeded enthusiasm underlying Vile’s laid-back, stoner(-esque — he’s a family guy, now) cool. While such material can still be found on Wakin on a Pretty Daze, locating it is becoming more and more of a chore.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Smoke Ring for My Halo
    For its circuitousness, there's always been a lean, mean backbone to the guy's writing; even his most bored-sounding toss-offs came wrapped in barbed wire. Here, he just kinda sounds bored.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rather Ripped
    Rather Ripped comes off as a collection of good-and-great songs, but it just isn't up there with their best.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's Blitz
    From most bands, half of a great record would be an incredible accomplishment, but we’ve heard so much better from them.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Contra
    Contra isn't really that bad, yet it's also not nearly sturdy enough to maintain the puppy-love, Obama-esque crush many of us have had on them.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Help
    It’s fairer to say that this album fails me because these 12 tracks are simply not interesting enough, especially for a band that was always so visceral and engaging.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Avi Buffalo
    The earth will remain unshattered by this release, but that's okay; there'll be time enough for rocking when we're old.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mien
    While the songs here are not memorable in the buzzer-beating manner of a title shot, no one would prefer a world where all-star matches were missing.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Deep Politics
    The intensity of their work comes from a great deal of poise and restraint, but as is the case with Deep Politics, this tact can also come across as strangely normative.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
    many of these songs see Campos and Maker presenting compelling musical ideas that simply aren’t expanded upon in an equally compelling manner. Still, Mount Kimbie frequently succeed here in capturing inspired, stirring musical ideas.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Civilian
    Even as it limits the album's appeal as much as it does the band's chances of broader success, Wye Oak's stylistic purity is a virtue in itself.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Scale
    If Dani appeared on a few less tracks here, Scale may have been one of the year's finest.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    L'Ami du Peuple
    L’Ami du Peuple is a predominantly rewarding album, despite the occasional misstep and despite its unambitious stylistic orthodoxy.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The BBC Sessions
    Truth is, there’s nothing too striking on The BBC Sessions, save for the closing four tracks.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Atomos
    Atomos is, to my ears, a more uneven offering than the debut, lacking the gem-like balance of its predecessor. The upside is that Atomos is perhaps a more challenging listen, featuring a broader sonic palette that contains more distinct highs and lows, both of mood and of merit.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Kannon
    Ignoring the conceptual background, Kannon only achieves the very cusp of the transportative, magical power of past Sunn O))) albums.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Obliterati
    The first business-as-usual Burma release.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
    Things just go from mad galloping gobbledigook to spongy sentiment.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    You Are There
    I can't shake the feeling that I've heard this sort of epic music before, even from Mono themselves.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
    Its purpose is to cement Underworld as elder statesmen of minor-arena-filling, rather than “floor-filling,” amorphously electronic music. It’s not hip, but it’s not square either.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Shut Up I Am Dreaming
    There are a number of mediocre ideas that are drawn out a bit too long.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tanglewood Numbers
    Ultimately, Tanglewood Numbers is a pretty good record for the Silver Jews and a very good record if you like chimey, talky, uncool indie rock.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bonfires On The Heath
    Bonfires is certainly a step up on its efficient, bloodless predecessor "God Save The Clientele" and stands up no matter what’s next for the band.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Glowing Man
    For a record seeking personal elevation via uncontainable energy, The Glowing Man doesn’t always glow often or energetically enough to help its listeners realize that it’s trying to attain such elevation.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Scissor Sisters
    The songs here are mindless, repetitive, and perfect for the dance floor.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Manafon
    While no one could accuse Sylvian of playing it safe, the exercises that make up Manafon are neither experimental nor aesthetically pleasing enough for me to recommend this album.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Aw C'Mon
    Although I quite like some of the tracks here, overall there just isn't enough here to keep me interested. [combined review of both discs]
    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Return To The Sea
    There are some redeeming qualities, but for every success there are one or two failures.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gorilla Manor
    Letting themselves go with greater frequency would turn what is a pretty record into one that actually breaks ground; it'd be sexier that way.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Thursday
    But by continuing to relentlessly mine the same fundamentally limited descriptions of groupies and Schedule VI narcotics, The Weeknd risks coming off as bored as its debauched narrator.
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