BBC collective's Scores
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For 150 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | Panic Prevention | |
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Lowest review score: | The Brave And The Bold |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 117 out of 150
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Mixed: 33 out of 150
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Negative: 0 out of 150
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This is one of those rare albums that makes you wonder how you ever got by without it.- BBC collective
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In Rainbows really does present Radiohead at their most full-blooded and confident.- BBC collective
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An ambitious, filler-free, modernist-sounding beast which laughs in the face of underachievement.- BBC collective
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There are missteps... and the production is sometimes frustratingly muddy, but Neon Bible very nearly delivers on impossible expectations.- BBC collective
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M.I.A. and co-producers, including Switch, straddle more styles than you’d find in most music collections, let alone on the same disc.- BBC collective
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The songs on Comicopera rate amongst his very best--emotionally complex, politically charged but never short of beautiful.- BBC collective
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While their sound might have progressed in an even more bizarre – if sadly less atmospheric – direction, it's still surprising, full of invention and totally unique.- BBC collective
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Bewildered newcomers will soon be entranced, old fans won't be disappointed.- BBC collective
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Upon starting Soft Bulletin--you’re instantly whisked off into the universe the Flaming Lips have created. The musical journey that ensues is nothing short of imaginary genius--simple as.- BBC collective
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At 77 minutes it’s no sprint, but YLT’s mellifluous serpentines are never less than involving.- BBC collective
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[Finn's] smart, poetic, unashamedly adult lyrics... almost guarantee this is the best arena band that’ll never play an arena.- BBC collective
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It’s to her great credit that Newsom (literally) plucks artistic triumph from the jaws of cloying whimsy.- BBC collective
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The result is a folk album so rich and intricate that, in scope, it's comparable to Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks."- BBC collective
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It’s a winning combination, with the Prince’s shambolic charm still intact but lent clarity by the new additions that make this infinitely preferable to previous efforts.- BBC collective
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This is not a bunch of old blokes looking to recapture their youth; rather, Grinderman sounds like a freshly hewn and rudely vigorous chunk of leftfield rock.- BBC collective
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It’s exciting stuff, simple yet deadly effective.- BBC collective
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Turner’s sharp narrative ear is still tuned to the revealing banalities of everyday life, the whole band admirably responsive to emotional nuance.- BBC collective
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The lyrics are often sublime, of course, but there are big, stupid choruses too.- BBC collective
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Love Travels At Illegal Speeds is good stuff that doesn’t drive you round the bend. It doesn’t pack any surprises either.- BBC collective
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Warm and quirky. Pleasantly bizarre. Sophisticated and daft. Herbert at his best.- BBC collective
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Ward’s band kick back with a looser, rockier feel than previously, yet his dusty, wistful voice still inhabits an age all of its own.- BBC collective
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While still lush in its own grimy way, Ruff Draft represents the harsher, more experimental end of Dilla’s palette.- BBC collective
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Not all of Dangerfield's maverick ideas work - he should steer clear of under-accompanied singing for a start - but when they do take off, Guillemots really soar.- BBC collective
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