Under The Radar's Scores

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  • Music
For 5,873 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 40% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 56% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Kid A Mnesia
Lowest review score: 0 Burned Mind
Score distribution:
5873 music reviews
    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    One of the most easily forgettable albums in recent memory. [#7]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Overall, it's refreshing to hear an album so disarmingly free of pretense... but those who like their rock with a little more edge are advised to look elsewhere. [#7]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sometimes fades into the background, but it is interesting background music at that. [#7]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Burma seems to be playing catch-up after all this time away. [#7]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The lack of highs and lows in each song gives the album a repetitive and anti-climactic feel. [#7]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Can't escape the looming juggernaut of Fugazi. [#7]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Elf Power seems to be confined by the pop formula rather than doing much to improve upon it. [#7]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    For all the unchecked tension and messiness that At Crystal Palace goes for, all it hits is a derivative, occasionally exciting sound that's disposable at best and ingratiating at its worst. [#5, p.112]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    How unfortunate that their album has sleep in the title and that's the one thing you'll want to do while listening to it. [#5, p.101]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Not particularly memorable. [#5, p.109]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cool but slight. [#5, p.101]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This bold misstep is evidence that even the greatest bands on the planet occasionally display mortal chinks in the artistic armor. [#5, p.98]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The band seems to have stalled out on the sun drenched idealized California road of love. [#5, p.102]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fans will most likely appreciate the new batch of songs, even if they do little to improve on the standard established by the first album.[#5, p.102]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yoko isn't exactly what fans of the first three albums might be expecting, but it's still a Beulah album. [#5, p.99]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For fans, You Gotta Go... is just different enough from what came before to keep ears interested. For everyone else, this will seem like more of the same. [#5, p.103]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hits a nice stride between toe tapping and stargazing but doesn't rock the boat too far in either direction. [#5, p.114]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The album is plagued by overcooked production, and these are the type of songs--confessional, despairing--that are best served rare. [#5, p.114]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sounds like a flashback to the early eighties that at times is an adjustment to modern-shaped ears. [#5, p.101]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pollard has evolved into college-rock comfort food of little consequence. [#5, p.106]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Shine has a nasty penchant for treading water instead of making any real artistic statement. [#5, p.100]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    His heart-on-a-sleeve earnest emotionalism falls short of being impressive. [#5, p.116]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Their flow and their confidence argue against them being just a novelty act. [#5, p.114]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    If you don't yet know NYC bands like The Witnesses or The Natural History, this album is worth a try. [#5, p.116]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A guilty pleasure. [#5, p.108]
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