Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 11,065 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Highest review score: | Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975 The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 | |
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Lowest review score: | Let Me Introduce My Friends |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8,154 out of 11065
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Mixed: 2,837 out of 11065
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Negative: 74 out of 11065
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Posted Apr 23, 2024 -
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At just 25 minutes, it’s very much a listen-through, though the percussive clattering and ominous synthesiser hum of “Names Make The Name” constitute a standout. [Apr 2024, p.41]- Uncut
Posted Apr 23, 2024 -
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His voice might not be as powerful as it was – “This Ain’t Rock And Roll” sees him push it to the throaty limit –but it still has range, control and versatility, while his phrasing is consistently imaginative. [May 2024, p.30]- Uncut
Posted Apr 19, 2024 -
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On the first LP, the 60-piece Brussels Philharmonic adds top-heavy accompaniment to his melodic playing. .... On the second LP, however, the 11-member Umbria Jazz Orchestra sounds simultaneously nimbler and heavier. [May 2024, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Apr 19, 2024 -
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Supremely inviting, warm and ruefully radiant. .... A crown on a career still going strong. [May 2024, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Apr 19, 2024 -
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The result sits somewhere between Mazzy Star and Broadcast, exploring a liminal space between the more propulsive moments of the album. [Apr 2024, p.41]- Uncut
Posted Apr 18, 2024 -
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A record that is quietly powerful in its delicate yet emotional execution. [May 2024, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Apr 18, 2024 -
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The band's first full-length project with prolific writer-producer dan Carey mostly stays within familiar punk-funk parameters, but is generally an infectiously kinetic, richly detailed, timeless affair. [May 2024, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Apr 17, 2024 -
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A squealing noise-rock juggernaut that balances gruff anthemicism with a certain improvisatory elan. [May 2024, p.38]- Uncut
Posted Apr 17, 2024 -
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This is a fretful and ferocious record, lyrically much preoccupied with things having ended or appearing about to end, but musically much more blaze of glory than any kind of funeral pyre. [May 2024, p.40]- Uncut
Posted Apr 15, 2024 -
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Thematically and musically, this is classic Hawkwind –epic space-rock with science-fiction lyrics –resulting in a double album crammed with songs like “The Tracker” or “Traveller Of Time And Space” that could have been written at any time since 1970 and therefore fit seamlessly into one of rock’s great canons. [May 2024, p.34]- Uncut
Posted Apr 12, 2024 -
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The power of Cotton’s compositions for Engelchen lies in both its clarity, and its lack of affectation. She’s sensitive to the story, conveying it through simplicity. [Apr 2024, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Apr 12, 2024 -
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Not everything hits the target, partly due to strangely sluggish pacing, but impassioned weepies like “Work Today (And Tomorrow)” and the sarcastic, agreeably sloppy “Everybody’s Somebody” showcase an impressive vocal and emotional range. [Apr 2014, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Apr 12, 2024 -
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Resounds with the liberated feeling of an artist who not only has something to say but an audience to say it to. [May 2024, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Apr 12, 2024 -
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Metz's latest combines the Jesus Lizard's Goat-era aggression with PiL's Album-era rigour. [May 2024, p.38]- Uncut
Posted Apr 12, 2024 -
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Yummy can be lyrically awkward as Tim Booth addresses conspiracy theories and digital addition. Often, though, influences brewed via innocent '80s indie and lusty Emo ambience spark arresting hybrids. [Apr 2024, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Apr 11, 2024 -
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Who Will You Believe is the sound of a man who has not only grown into himself, but is finding that, despite dents and losses, he's kind of enjoying life. His trademark country-rock jangle glistens. [Apr 2024, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Apr 11, 2024 -
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Pop-minded producers Dimitri Tikovoi and Dan Grech-Marguerat add a sheen to the Up The Bracket-style clatter, and unexpectedly stately arrangements. [Mar 2024, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Apr 10, 2024 -
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The predominant flavour here is a sort of manic hedonism, but scratch the sequinned surface and you find some witty social commentary and a seam of vulnerability. [May 2024, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Apr 10, 2024 -
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The highlight is "I'll Do Whatever You Want", a gentle nimbus of melody featuring fellow flute convert Andre 3000 and Floating Points' Samuel Shepherd on twinkling Rhodes. [May 2024, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Apr 10, 2024 -
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There are surprises everywhere. While "R&B" and "Nearly Daffodils" are sprightly, irreverent post-punk, the influence of Black Country, Nee Road nd Radiohead are evident on the complex, proggy title track and the diverse, hushed final third of the album. Lily Fontaine's lyrics, to are deep and funny. [Apr 2024, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Apr 9, 2024 -
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The result is a richly produced album of breezy, melodic and infectious indie-rock with hooks galore. [May 2024, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Apr 9, 2024 -
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Characterised by a laid-back, full-band sound, this heartfelt music exudes the warm thrill of catching up and looking back among old friends. [Apr 2024, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Apr 9, 2024 -
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Little Sun is one of his strongest sets in a while, whether he’s lost in the hypnotic reveries of “Bearhead Lake” or finding Michael Hurley-esque playfulness through “Ten Watt”. [Apr 2024, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Apr 8, 2024 -
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Lyrically and vocally, Houck is as witty and insightful as the come, with that cacked voice making everything sound sacred or profound. [Mar 2024, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Apr 8, 2024 -
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El Magnifico finds him much the same bruised piano troubadour, surveying red-blooded romantic scars. [March 2024, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Apr 5, 2024 -
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This is music created with ease, songs that are uncluttered, with no fuss or flash, but plenty of commitment. It's another compelling achievement. [Apr 2024, p.24]- Uncut
Posted Apr 5, 2024 -
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It broadly succeeds because her songs - worked on with R&B guv'nor Jai Paul and her father Pino, a seasoned session player, and siblings Rocco and Giancarla - are elegantly poised. [Apr 2024, p.38]- Uncut
Posted Apr 5, 2024 -
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Beck appears on half the tracks –his deadpan gospel is especially discernible on “Beautiful People (Stay High)” – Noel Gallagher on three songs, and an invigorating hip-hop influence is contributed by Juicy J, Lil Noid and Dan The Automator. The sum of these disparate parts is an album with that infectious quality of sounding like it was a total blast to make. [Apr 2024, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Apr 4, 2024 -
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Love In Constant Spectacle, is by some distance her most satisfying album. Full of surprises and tantalisingly familiar, it’s the sound of Weaver stretching out and drawing from her wealth of experience to fashion a heartfelt, head-spinning account of grief and solace. [Apr 2024, p.28]- Uncut
- Posted Apr 4, 2024
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