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For 1,126 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Lowest review score: 10 This Is Forever
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 856 out of 1126
  2. Mixed: 256 out of 1126
  3. Negative: 14 out of 1126
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Man's Bones
    Is Dead Man's Bones' record necessarily as accomplished as either of the aforementioned? Maybe not. But when one half of your band is splitting his vocations by also brandishing his face onto big studio pieces of celluloid, it's still a mightily impressive debut.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Warm Heart Of Africa
    We're given a deeper record than some may've anticipated -- sonically, for sure--but more so The Very Best's debut stands up higher as document of seamless (and shameless) cultural convergence.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    La Roux
    La Roux’s selft-titled debut doesn’t disappoint, pulling obvious influences from the Human League and Depeche Mode.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yeah Ghost
    While they have been slowly inching in the direction of a purer pop record post-"Simple Things," Binns and Hardaker seem to have finally found their stride.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fool's Gold
    Their sound has life, culture and tiny details that could only be developed from a wide variation of instruments and worldly inspirations.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Young Hearts
    Noisettes have stepped outside their comfort zone and into new musical territory. As a result, they have produced an album that accurately reflects their energy and personality.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Scars
    If you’re wondering what electronic music is missing, look no further: Scars should serve as a reminder (if you needed one) that Basement Jaxx are an essential piece of the puzzle.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Between My Head and the Sky
    Love her or hate her, Between My Head And The Sky isn't terrible. Yoko Ono is still in the game, and if it's possible to find a deeper meaning to lyrics like "Why is [the elephant] so big/ He says because you're small honey," then more power to her.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Truelove's Gutter
    Truelove’s Gutter is a winner for his fans.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Temporary Pleasure
    A couple tracks may become short-lived flings, but for the most part, the pleasure to be had from Temporary Pleasure will not be short-lived.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Milky Ways
    Milky Ways is a simple yet multilayered album that fires on all cylinders.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Everything Goes Wrong
    Everything Goes Wrong is not a brazenly experimental album, nor is it rootless and shifting for cohesion.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    After Robots
    It's a promising thought to know there are musicians this deft and so easily able to push themselves through so many sonic boundaries at once--but in the end, the overt and ultimately, stifling seriousness surrounding it proves to be the largest boundary BLK JKS stand before.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Get Color
    HEALTH will still be written off as noise, but for fans, it sounds like the quartet tapped into its groove.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
    His timing, precision, and craftsmanship in regards to everything having to do with this project has been impeccable. It's not a classic. But it's damn close.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Strange Arrangement
    At worst, A Strange Arrangement has a couple lulls; at best, it’s one of the most enjoyable records of the summer. Highly recommended.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Red
    The guys seem like they want to prove they are not just a regular dance band, and in that way they succeed, even including a spoken word piece about one’s concern of the great unknown ('Fear of Death').
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    He Was King
    Take the jokes for what they are and discover that Felix's style-shifting is refreshing at album length. It may even make He Was Kings the finest full-length effort he's ever created.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    My Guilty Pleasure
    With a handful of good moments, and one standout track, this sophomore effort by one Sally Shapiro and her producer Johan Agebjörn, is mediocre.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Speech Therapy
    Musically, the live instrumentation and golden-era feel to the production make this record an enjoyable listen.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Can't Take It With You
    With its lush layers and shoegaze indie sound, You Can’t Take it With You forecasts clear skies for the guys.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This Is For The White In Your Eye
    Winner of the “Best New Act” award at the Danish Grammys, Choir of Young Believers’ debut is like summer itself--over too soon, but a tremendous joy.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Alien In A Garbage Dump
    The colors of the view, the hill, and the sky blend into one swirling colorful, confusing masterpiece. Just when you begin to think you might reach overload, you land cleanly on the ground, on your feet. You just listened to Alien in a Garbage Dump.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Broken
    Soulsavers continue to challenge themselves and are able to produce a great album musically and lyrically. Overall, the album is cohesive and strong on almost every level.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Solo Electric Bass 1 [Live]
    Even though incredibly complex and insanely technical, this is a very quiet, intimate release. There is a vulnerability in this album that hasn't been seen in previous works.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Bachelor
    The Bachelor is quite a journey with a clear direction and theme. Wolf is going through an inner struggle and seeks to find a resolution.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Braveface
    So who cares if Esser is clearly a product of his environment, right down to the post-Millennial Morrisey pompadour. Put him in line with several decades of British music that will always satisfy the NME reader within.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Destination Tokyo
    The songs have parts that are memorable but your finger is always on the advance button. Overall, pretty good but could use some editing and improvement.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz
    Snow Blindness... is an indecipherable mess of spastic glitches and fuzz.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Love You
    It's the challenge of hearing Amanda claw her way through relentless electro barrages in an effort to deliver her heartfelt lyrics, that makes tracks like 'DJ' or the melancholy 'Leaving You Behind' (which is assisted by Lykke Li's haunting vocals) some of the most unexpectedly personable material to come out of Diplo's party-centric clique.
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