Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 11,098 reviews, this publication has graded:
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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 |
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Positive: 8,186 out of 11098
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Mixed: 2,838 out of 11098
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Negative: 74 out of 11098
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Flares dazzlingly on initial contact, but dims a little. [Jun 2004, p.92]- Uncut
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No-one would argue this is the equal of his '70s production heyday, but he remains indefatigable in his energies. [Nov 2016, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Sep 23, 2016 -
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There's nothing not to like, but at 13 tracks in just 37 minutes, it's all rather slight. [Nov 2015, p.76]- Uncut
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Has the feel of an artist whose rougher edges have long since been washed away. [Oct 2006, p.119]- Uncut
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Half of these tracks are superfluous, but the other half are mixtape gold. [Sep 2010, p.108]- Uncut
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Go Go... is never less than delightful--at its best like Belle & Sebastian having a stab at Portishead. [Oct 2007, p.99]- Uncut
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There's an unwelcome hint of Florence Welch's swollen emotionalism on "Tomorrow," but the surging pop of "Touch" is more successful. [Apr 2013, p.69]- Uncut
Posted Mar 12, 2013 -
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The second album of their third coming aims for the spontaneity of the early recordings, pushing those buried melodies to the surface. [Jul 2009, p.93]- Uncut
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Regularly a memorable lyric leaps out--but too often the pared-down aesthetic is an excuse to coast. [Aug 2009, p.96]- Uncut
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The blitzkrieg is offset by a vein of black humour, epitomised by Ian Svenonius' hilariously pitiless guest vocal on "Party Line." But as with any military campaign, fatigue eventually sets in. [Aug 2016, p.80]- Uncut
Posted Jul 19, 2016 -
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By The Way presents a band who have mellowed and matured with unusual benefits to their music. [Sep 2002, p.118]- Uncut
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It's a muscular and alluringly saturnine record with a vintage sheen, which occasionally tilts at the Bad Seeds but sounds more like a wracked Richard Hawley. [Dec 2015, p.71]- Uncut
Posted Oct 27, 2015 -
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Too much of this lacks the urgent life of previous outings. [Nov 2011, p.89]- Uncut
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Clearly, appealing quirks can easily become irksome affectations. [Apr 2007, p.94]- Uncut
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If you’re willing to overlook Simon Le Bon’s always peculiar lyrics and occasionally strained singing, 'Red Carpet Massacre' is actually pretty impressive.- Uncut
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It never gets deep. ... It's stupid, daft, and no wonder that when Josh Homme's looking for a night of goofy escapism he goes to see The Chats. [May 2020, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Mar 26, 2020 -
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A lack-Qluster addition to the Roedelius catalogue, perhaps, but fascinating in its own way. [Apr 2016, p.79]- Uncut
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Everything's The Rush plays it safer, eschewing the Cocteaus-esque material and dance-pop for a more route-one, stadium approach, hoofing it up to the big chorus. [July 2008, p.93]- Uncut
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Most of the tracks were written on the piano and jettison guitars for chamber orchestrations. There are Brechtian oom-pah songs, elegant tangos, and two bruise-coloured ballads that might be the best Barat has written. [Nov 2010, p.81]- Uncut
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Oh! Mighty Engine is typically whimsical, low key and surprisingly touching (when you can make out what he is singing). [Oct 2008, p.90]- Uncut
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Though the stadium-EDM elements of "Miracle" are an unwelcome addition and there's a slight clash between two brands of brooding, when Matt Berninger guests on "My Enemy," Chvrches excel at an electro-pop simulacrum that's actually more craftily structured than most of their favourite records of 1982. [Jul 2018, p.26]- Uncut
Posted May 24, 2018 -
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The pulse never rises above a heartbeat, but as the nine songs clock in at 34 minutes, the absence of tempo changes is barely noticed. [Oct 2009, p.112]- Uncut
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Yes, it is formative, but it is never amaturish, and where Grizzly Bear's fully symphonic songs can, at their worst, feel somewhat glutinous, the tracks of Archive 2003-2006 combine a lean feel and try-anything ambition that's well worthy of investigation. [Aug 2010, p.90]- Uncut
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There’s a new sense of maturity, even kindness, starting with “More Power”, a song of odd, regretful sentiments, reputedly addressed to Noel and full of family references. ... Songs mostly remain Frankenstein stitch-ups, though: Jeff Lynne’s softly simulated psychon the Threetles’ “Real Love” seems the production template, when not mixed for terrace power, minus tunes. [Jun 2022, p.26]- Uncut
Posted May 26, 2022 -
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This will make a happy memento of a rollicking show, but set against the invention and distinctive voices elsewhere in folk, it;s rather marking time. [May 2013, p.71]- Uncut
Posted Dec 17, 2013 -
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Those who adored The Make-Up may find the skeletal drum machine thunk of "Stuck In A Box" a little demo quality. But Svenonius' charisma is unflagging, and his commitment to the theme can thrill. [May 2014, p.71]- Uncut
Posted Apr 14, 2014 -
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While a large proportion of these Swords are decidedly blunt blades, a few could have easily found a place on a greatest hits.- Uncut
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Reissued by Matador mere months after its boutique debut, Love Comes Close is shaping up to be the indie-noise synth-pop crossover hit of the year. [Nov 2009, p. 83]- Uncut
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Even when Orbit treads water--which by and large he is with this record--the ripples resonate beautifully. [Mar 2006, p.104]- Uncut
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The album's languid pace and lack of real bite often renders it a little pedestrian. [Dec 2015, p.69]- Uncut
Posted Oct 27, 2015 -
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After a moment of comparative restraint he returns with a double album so spectacularly grandiose you have to wear 3D specs to hear it properly. [Nov 2011, p.91]- Uncut
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The record features contributions from a host of their pals, such as The Orb's Alex Paterson on the blissed-out "Burnt Umber," writer Vivien Goldman on Bizarro Bond-theme "Rhino" and Alabama 3's Aurora Dawn on reggae spiritual "Keep On Moving." [Apr 2020, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Mar 10, 2020 -
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The cod-mystical lyrics to tracks such as "Infinite Sun" and "Mountain Lifter" suggest that embers of the hippy-dippy sitar rockers survive, but a short, Hare Krishna-style sitar and acoustic guitar chant called "Hari Bol (The Sweetest Sweet)" suggests that dear old Crispian has an awareness of his own ridiculousness. [Mar 2016, p.75]- Uncut
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Although the tongue-in-cheek title nods to the familiarity of these new songs, there's no shortage of ideas. [May 2020, p.27]- Uncut
Posted Mar 26, 2020 -
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You could call it happy hardcore, even if there's nothing particularly upbeat about its content. [Feb 2012, p.83]- Uncut
Posted Jan 20, 2012 -
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Still mourning the loss of The Bravery? Look no further. [Feb 2009, p.85]- Uncut
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Semi Detached is stuffed with perverse gear such as acid shanty "Deep In The Mine." [May 2015, p.71]- Uncut
Posted Mar 30, 2015 -
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At 36 minutes, Preliminaires is slight and covers-heavy, but points to a promising new career phase for Iggy as Detroit’s answer to Serge.- Uncut
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Some tracks sail a little too far into MOR but Meiburg takes care to balance these out with more robust moments. [Mar 2010, p.95]- Uncut
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A spirited album that runs the gamut from pop to pop-punk to punk. Not everything works. [Jan 2021, p.23]- Uncut
Posted Dec 2, 2020 -
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It's stylistically impressive, but Worden only connects emotionally when she goes for simplicity. [Nov 2011, p.93]- Uncut
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If it's a little predictable, it's still easy on the ears. [Jul 2007, p.127]- Uncut
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The approach is scattershot, but the pace of his productivity means that you're never far from a great song. [Nov 2008, p.124]- Uncut
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It's almost as if the quieter tracks allow her to relax, while the full band numbers--fleshed out rather over-eagerly by a group containing several Mumfords and a Whale--subdue and constrain her. [Apr 2010, p.101]- Uncut
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These are sighs as much as songs, with Cale's vice rarely wavering into anything more obviously declarative than a half-snarl, half-mumble. [Sep 2015, p.71]- Uncut
Posted Aug 11, 2015 -
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This new album is a bit of a mess at times, though its scope is almost as impressively broad as its top-loaded guestlist. [Dec 2017, p.25]- Uncut
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Having phased out the shoegaze from their sound, Blondes at times struggle to address the dancefloor head-on. [Oct 2013, p.63]- Uncut
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Kweli, whose wordy rhymes can often read better than they flow, sounds nimble and at ease most of the time. [Oct 2007, p.96]- Uncut
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While the arrangements are loaded with clever touches, the LP comes off like an exercise in technique, preventing Price from reaching the transcendent moments she's clearly capable of. [Mar 2016, p.76]- Uncut
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Gahan's lyrical moochings are inevitably less assured without his umbilical cord to [Martin] Gore, at times bordering on moon-in-June banality. [Jun 2003, p.108]- Uncut
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The understated gospel-style fervor and steely determination of "Nothing But The Whole Wide World" with Neko Case stands out. [Jun 2010, p.84]- Uncut
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It's for fans only, but that's where Crush Songs' power lies. [Oct 2014, p.76]- Uncut
Posted Aug 29, 2014 -
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She's at her best on the lachrymose likes of "Close To The Edge" and "Just A Dream," less successful when angling for Grand Ole Opery classicism or-- as on "Un-Break"--flirting with funk-metal pop. [Nov 2012, p.81]- Uncut
Posted Sep 28, 2012 -
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Cumulatively, the brassy blare and breakbeats are like Dayglo plasticine, now merging into an paterfamilias brown ball. [Feb 2018, p.27]- Uncut
Posted Jan 5, 2018 -
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Gonjasufi's nervous energy makes MU.ZZ.LE strangely soothing. [Feb 2012, p.86]- Uncut
Posted Jan 20, 2012 -
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In general, the album's too bare, reserved and repetitive to be easily loved by many. But it is brave, from a man still in motion. [Oct 2005, p.104]- Uncut
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Although its boundary-stretching ambition is cheering, Hidden ultimately struggles to engage. [Oct 2012, p.87]- Uncut
Posted Nov 26, 2012 -
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The overall effect feels arch and a little insubstantial, James Bagshaw's airy vocals adding tot he sense of impermanence. They're best at their most direct. [Apr 2017, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Feb 27, 2017 -
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Elegant backgound music, better live, you suspect. [Dec 2007, p.98]- Uncut
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Moments of sweetness. ... But there are other, less successful experiments. [May 2020, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Mar 26, 2020 -
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There's a punch that saves them [from] drifting into coffee-table politesse. [Feb 2011, p.98]- Uncut
Posted Jan 20, 2012 -
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The sinewy electric guitar lines and occasionally stodgy songs at times stray into the realm of windy stadium-folk, as blandly generic as Smith's name. When it does cut to the heart of the matter, however, Headlong impresses. [Aug 2017, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Jul 6, 2017 -
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While rarely adventurous or surprising, is reassuringly familiar. [Feb 2020, p.27]- Uncut
Posted Jan 8, 2020 -
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Tasteful stuff, for sure, but The Gamble could take a few more risks. [Mar 2016, p.77]- Uncut
Posted Feb 5, 2016 -
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Restriction certainly has its moments, but you have to wade through a lot of dross to find them. [Feb 2015, p.73]- Uncut
Posted Jan 12, 2015 -
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If you’re simply after retro thrills, though, these boozy anthems will provide you with one very happy hour.- Uncut
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At times he tries too hard, but there's much here to commend. [Nov 2002, p.114]- Uncut
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West and his Congo crew hook up with On-U Sound's Adrian Sherwood for a familiar set that marries reggae spirituals to the fortified jungle of the soundsystem. [Aug 2013, p.69]- Uncut
Posted Jul 11, 2013 -
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These 19 tracks feel designed to float in a space between clear genre boundaries, somewhere purposefully undefined. [Nov 2011, p.106]- Uncut
Posted Oct 18, 2011 -
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Rather than producing themselves, they could benefit from a wise head adding a touch of reverb, a sting of echo.- Uncut
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Those who like a little light and humour in their rock--or, indeed, an acknowledgement of the last 25 years of popular music--may find themselves unmoved. [Jan 2015, p.78]- Uncut
Posted Dec 4, 2014 -
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The heavy-lidded atmosphere grows stifling on Warpaint, a codeine fog muddled by synthy tricks from the arsenal of producers Flood & Alan Moulder. [Feb 2014, p.83]- Uncut
Posted Jan 15, 2014 -
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It all sounds like a band working out who they are. [Sep 2011, p.88] [Review of UK release The Future Is Medieval]- Uncut
Posted Mar 6, 2012 -
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Only those with blind faith could love everything here, but dipping in randomly produces gems. [May 2015, p.91]- Uncut
Posted Apr 14, 2015 -
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Striped of the visual element, what remains here is sparkling Nordic synth-pop, uplifting and accessible, but increasingly conventional. [Dec 2014, p.77]- Uncut
Posted Nov 12, 2014 -
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What could be a kitschy nostalgia trip, however, becomes something more thanks to the songs themselves. [Apr 2008, p.94]- Uncut
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It lacks many truly original hooks, but this is a nice updating of Count Five-style psych menace to file with fellow lo-fi '60s revivalists like King Khan and Dum Dum Girls. [May 2011, p.82]- Uncut
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Mr Beast, by Mogwai's normally formidable standards, underwhelms. [Apr 2006, p.96]- Uncut
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It all sounds intensely personal and pleasingly remote. [Nov 2011, p.104]- Uncut
Posted Oct 18, 2011 -
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[The title track's] foreboding gothic folk finds equally despondent bedfellows in the more musically upbeat "Judgement Day" and the bucolic jangle of "Each Manner of Man." [Apr 2021, p.34]- Uncut
Posted Mar 2, 2021 -
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This is a finely polished album, but low on guts, grit or urgency. [Nov 2007, p.129]- Uncut
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Gorillaz' second round-up of offcuts, noodles and sketches still has an excellent strike rate. [Dec 2007, p.84]- Uncut
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Occasional, more straightforwardly anthemic moments approach the mawkishness of Nickelback, but Slipknot remain showmen at heart. [Oct 2008, p.108]- Uncut
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Treading familiar terrain on a succession of tracks that adhere to his comfort zone of mannered electro-pop. [Sep 2022, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2022 -
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There's something awkward about the whole: the album wins attention but doesn't keep it. [Jun 2010, p.95]- Uncut
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Trad ballads, Americana and well-chosen contemporary folk covers mix with smart original compositions sung in a plaintive voice, while his virtuoso finger-piking is augmented by splashes of electric in a style clearly modeled on Richard Thompson. [Oct 2017, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Aug 31, 2017 -
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A fairly straightforward indie offering, covering mid-tempo jangle with layers of guitars, and lyrics about growing up and suburban escape. [Oct 2016, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Sep 2, 2016 -
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A murky return to the denim'n'leather heartlands of 2000's Thirteen Tales. [Oct 2005, p.96]- Uncut
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The LP struggles a little in variation of pace and tone, and the auspicious spark fizzles out somewhat but the end. [Jan 2017, p.24]- Uncut
Posted Nov 22, 2016 -
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You wish Neil and Chris had hooked up with a younger, switched-on, even more sympathetic producer. [Jun 2006, p.110]- Uncut