Urb's Scores
- Music
For 1,126 reviews, this publication has graded:
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63% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.3 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
| Highest review score: | The Golden Age of Apocalypse | |
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| Lowest review score: | This Is Forever |
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Positive: 856 out of 1126
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Mixed: 256 out of 1126
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Negative: 14 out of 1126
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Bright Eyes' foray into the digital domain is among the more interesting experiments of this young year. [Mar 2005, p.109]- Urb
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Comes as an especially welcome jolt after their last wishy-washy effort. [Mar 2005, p.110]- Urb
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The tracks... feel more like loose, languid, quiet-loud sketches and fine textures than actual songs. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.96]- Urb
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While the melding of country with hip-hop might seem dubious, from Buck's perspective, they may as well be symbiotic. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.94]- Urb
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It's clever and interesting, but it's hard to escape the feeling that an opportunity to expand and mutate his sound even more went partially wasted. [Apr 2005, p.104]- Urb
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Post-modern pop hasn't sounded this good since the Postal Service. [Dec 2004, p.110]- Urb
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As always, Doom steps up and kicks out clever lines with the ease of someone still not bored with their talents. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.93]- Urb
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An ecelctic mess that will send purists of all stripes screaming bloody murder. You, of course, will love it. [Dec 2004, p.105]- Urb
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The whole act is a gimmick, for sure, and one that wears itself thin awfully quick. [Nov 2004, p.98]- Urb
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Roni really hits home near the end, the last seven tracks making the album purchase (and the wait) more than worth it. [Dec 2004, p.110]- Urb
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Nasty and raw. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.97]- Urb
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His electro sound [cannot] stand out through the chaff of a million imitators over two decades. [Dec 2004, p.118]- Urb
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Explores the previously uncharted territory where shouty alt.rock meets a cappella vocals and skinny-tied new-wave melody. [Nov 2004, p.99]- Urb
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This time, he's truly on some next shit instrumentally and vocally. [Nov 2004, p.98]- Urb
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They rant and roil through aggressive blasts of adrenaline and youth... like their nads are on fire. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.94]- Urb
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He delivers for fans of every persuasion without losing grip on his ghetto past in the least--no easy feat. [Dec 2004, p.112]- Urb
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A lot of these tracks sound like either near-misses or music made to play when your roomate's pissing you off. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.102]- Urb
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There is something uniquely authentic about Mason's music. [Mar 2006, p.114]- Urb
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The big idea of real instruments and real people is a step backwards. [Oct 2004, p.102]- Urb
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Too bad they bring nothing new to the fold. [Dec 2004, p.118]- Urb
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[Heiruspecs] prove that they are definitely more than just Atmosphere's occasional back-up band. [Oct 2004, p.103]- Urb
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But wait, you say you're sick of disingenuous irony? Well so are we, which is why Junior Boys is such an astounding relief, boarding on rapturous in their melancholy. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.125]- Urb
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Much as it is refreshing to find a spotlight being shone on the psyche of a headstrong young woman, This Week suffers from a frustrating consistency of musical tone. [Sep 2004, p.113]- Urb
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A schizophrenic journey into the mind of a man who clearly embraces myriad genres. [Oct 2004, p.103]- Urb
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The Prodigy was never about subtlety, but Howlett is stepping more carefully this time. [Oct 2004, p.104]- Urb