Amazon.com's Scores
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For 468 reviews, this publication has graded:
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73% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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23% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.4 points higher than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 76
Highest review score: | Black Mountain | |
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Lowest review score: | Siberia |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 419 out of 468
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Mixed: 48 out of 468
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Negative: 1 out of 468
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Black Cadillac is darker than its predecessor, but with melodies often more complex and lyrics more stunningly poetic than anything its creator has conjured before, the album is more transforming than depressing, and exquisitely beautiful.- Amazon.com
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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.- Amazon.com
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With Extraordinary Machine, she shatters already sky-high expectations.- Amazon.com
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Turns out those hypothetical comparisons to Sgt. Pepper's weren't so far off the mark.- Amazon.com
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The disc is truly beautiful on the ears, filled with gorgeous dynamics, crisp, discordant playing and impressive production to boot.- Amazon.com
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Zep faithful will welcome the belated release as evidence for enduring loyalty, but younger fans may find its diversity and dynamics even more enlightening.- Amazon.com
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Carpenter reestablishes herself not only as a world-class poet, but as an artist of the first order.- Amazon.com
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Out of Season creates a dreamily sinister otherworld that's both vintage and timeless. [Amazon UK review]- Amazon.com
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Coyne is a shrewd observer of human nature, and an even shrewder songwriter and this album stands as his greatest and most varied work yet.- Amazon.com
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His richest and most consistently satisfying release since the late '80s.- Amazon.com
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Don't expect a derivative mash of smudgy, nostalgia-filching sounds, though, because despite its retro leanings, what's in store somehow crackles with currency.- Amazon.com
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Shock Value is a far-reaching and ambitious disc; a masterpiece, even, in its own way.- Amazon.com
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Say what you will about influences on sleeves, this is pop music at its best: nostalgic and angst-ridden, but ultimately life-affirming. Shout Out Louds have found a winning formula.- Amazon.com
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His unsentimental, voluptuously masculine, spirit-guided magic is captured at its best, for all time, in this magnificent farewell.- Amazon.com
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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.- Amazon.com
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Brilliantly melds the aural imagery of Andrew Hill's '60s Blue Note classic Judgment! with contemporary electronica effects.- Amazon.com
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Van Lear Rose exceeds all expectations, a bold collaboration in which artists from two different musical universes forge a memorable work that neither could have created alone.- Amazon.com
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Truly remarkable... Fans of Fela and the Ethiopiques discs will dig this, as will fans of the Notwist, Prefuse 73 and Aphex Twin.- Amazon.com
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West magically sledgehammers home his opinions on taboo topics over beats that are equally daring.- Amazon.com
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Whether you’re a newcomer to Chasny’s sublime psychedelic folk or were a fan from the get-go and own all the limited editon vinyl, no one could possibly be disappointed with this album.- Amazon.com
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Late Registration can't replicate the novelty of last year's College Dropout, but otherwise, this is an impressively more mature and labored-over album.- Amazon.com
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It takes a few listens to sink in, but Everything is transcendent, shimmering, layered, and smartass emo-pop fully ready for stadium saturation.- Amazon.com
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You're presently reading about what may be the best album of 2007, hands down, by the most under-accorded American musical genius.- Amazon.com
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