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For 468 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 73% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 23% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 76
Highest review score: 100 Black Mountain
Lowest review score: 30 Siberia
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 419 out of 468
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 468
  3. Negative: 1 out of 468
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pieces of April [Soundtrack]
    Merritt's lyrics remain as sharp and funny ("We belong together/Like sex and violence," he croons on "Heather Heather"), but it's the ever-inventive arrangements--like the offbeat blend of ukulele and harmonium on "One April Day"--that make these gems especially memorable.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shock'n Y'All
    It’s hard to remember that he once wrote well-crafted ballads of romantic infatuation.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dead Man Shake
    Westerberg's not making sensitive statements or trying to write a pop song as good as "Alex Chilton" here. As such, it's the best music he's made in years.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Chutes Too Narrow
    On every tune, Mercer packs more hooks and melodic invention than most bands do on one album. As a whole, it's an even better record than Inverted World.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amorino
    Amorino sounds like a lost soundtrack to some cool French film from the 1960s.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs
    Moments of playful mixing magic are at times followed by baffling inanity.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Out of Season
    Out of Season creates a dreamily sinister otherworld that's both vintage and timeless. [Amazon UK review]
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seven's Travels
    Seven's Travels features some of Ant's most adventurous and assured production.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stumble Into Grace
    She is still in the forefront of genre-transcending artistry.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Long Road
    For fans of Silver Side Up, Nickelback have delivered the goods once more.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Leona Naess
    Less immediately ear-grabbing than the previous disc, this self-titled record nonetheless sinks in deeply after a mere handful of plays.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Soul Sessions
    Worthy of more than novelty status.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Seal IV
    Seal never goes all out in any direction and this coolness, combined with Trevor Horn’s perfectionist production, plants the album inescapably in the realm of adult contemporary (although this is as good as adult contemporary gets).
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reconstruction Site
    An album that's smart at every level.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Wind
    If the lyrics generally lack the literary precision of Zevon’s best work, the songs take on greater weight given the circumstance under which they were recorded.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wooden Leather
    By marrying ambitious rhymes to a series of increasingly hot beats, Nappy Roots have effectively avoided the sophomore jinx.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
    Gil Norton's production has taken the band to new heights, allowing the music to have as much grit, substance, and dynamics as the lyrics.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quebec
    There's something here for everyone, to be sure--but closer to Ween's antic hearts, something to annoy everyone as well.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Phantom Power
    Sure, it's a jumble, but, like the Beatles' White Album, it hangs together.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's All In Your Head
    It's All In Your Head reveals the band that is very much on top of things.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Red Dirt Road
    Everything about this album moves the duo up a level.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Heroes & Villains
    Some of the dreamiest pop to emerge on the U.S. side of the pond in recent years.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Twice
    Twice is a sweet, mercurial foray into lip-quivering American indie-rock infused with the blissful aroma of Creation-style ambience and the woody scent of paisley-clad cosmic country.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Decoration Day
    The album boasts a handful of crowd-pleasing, party-starting cuts.... Yet more common are moments of startling beauty... and heavy doses of recrimination and regret.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bare
    A stylish tour de force.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hail To The Thief
    Like all of the band’s best work, Thief requires more than a few listens to fully appreciate, but those who stick around will be richly rewarded.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    O
    Lush, impossibly mature.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Run To Ruin
    The more Nastasia withdraws into her own world, the more attractive her music becomes.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Soul Journey
    Finds Welch showing more warmth, ease, and openness as both singer and songwriter.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Paper Monsters
    Lyrically autobiographical, songs deal with Gahan's trouble with relationships and intoxicants and, though they lack Gore's sense of drama and perversity, they do have a maudlin charm.
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