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For 1,831 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 28% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Live in Detroit 1986
Lowest review score: 20 If Not Now, When?
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,531 out of 1831
  2. Mixed: 293 out of 1831
  3. Negative: 7 out of 1831
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
    For sheer frazzled sonics and sci-fi future textures, Heady Fwends can't be beat. Actual songs are few and far between, and anyone looking for heart-stopping melodies will be disappointed. But if you're in the mood for a 70-minute aural assault, listen no further.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Stoned Immaculate
    It's a contented celebration of success with weed as the indisputable toasting substance of choice. The sound is bigger, with more detail, exhibiting more confidence to experiment.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love & Danger
    Love & Danger takes on verbal Picasso forms with the reliable regularity that has made him a cult figure.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Daybreaker
    Daybreaker is a great album. It'll go down as one of Architects' finest works.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ask the Dust
    ess gritty, less grimy, and more digital in its overall sound but no less inventive than its predecessor, Lorn has thrown down another musical challenge that's well worth rising to.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Cherry Thing
    The Cherry Thing is more than just a welcome return – it's an essential album.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Lost Tapes
    With staggering live versions of Spoon and Mushroom to boot, The Lost Tapes turns out to be even rarer than its contents: a collection almost as vital as Can's official album output.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Oceania
    Straddling the line between art and commerce, between arena rock and cult devotion, for the first time in quite a while Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins sound energised and alive.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Synthetica
    It seems that the band still have plenty to say, and the means to say it well.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Believe
    Justin Bieber's new album not only finds him becoming an artist for adults on his own terms, but showcasing impressively distinctive tones and translating an innate charisma across many styles.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do
    It is punchy, vibrant, compelling stuff.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Endless Flowers
    They've produced an album worthy of a closer look.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of Spaceghostpurrp
    If you avoid Mysterious Phonk during the impatient daytime hours, you'll find it impressively dark and uncomfortable.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The National Health
    It's potent stuff.
    • 98 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Graceland [25th Anniversary Edition]
    Forget the boycotts and controversy, and marvel once again at the magic that Simon conjured up on Graceland.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unity Band
    One of Metheny's best releases in recent times.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family
    If you've heard one track, you've heard them all. But there are a few standouts.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Looking 4 Myself
    Ultimately, Looking 4 Myself reveals Usher as lost within the genre pick 'n' mix as he ever was; but inbetween its shortcomings, this seventh album sees him beaming proudly through a new and exciting sound.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Trouble
    An outstanding debut album that's been a long time coming.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Instinct
    One of the essential debuts of the year so far.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
    While The Bravest Man in the Universe may not be quite a masterpiece, it is unquestionably a great achievement in which weaknesses are so few and far between that they barely even register.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In Our Heads
    In Our Heads is a record for all occasions, an album that balances sentiment and soul with an ever-evolving talent for constructing infectious pop hooks.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Kill For Love
    Kill for Love is also one of the finest records to surface this year.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hope in Dirt City
    Dirt City stands little hope of entertaining the masses (again). But its maker has outdone himself, presenting variety with commendable cohesion and experimenting where others might've chased trends for overdue commercial returns.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    By the Horns
    By the Horns misses Angus' gruffer harmonies offsetting Julia's wide-open heart.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Language
    Language is a sturdy and well-produced collection which, given the right exposure, sounds like the sort of thing that could be very large indeed.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Machines That Make Civilization Fun
    What first seemed like an impenetrable puzzle will prove endlessly engrossing.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    That's Why God Made the Radio
    The sterility and cleanliness of [the album's engineering and production] affords these 12 songs all the warmth and personality of a motorway hotel's car park.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    WIXIW
    WIXIW is an unqualified success and, now that LCD are no longer with us, its makers are truly are in a field of their own.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Manifest!
    [Singles] I'm His Girl and Friend Crush both appear here, and though they're highlights, they don't eclipse the rest of this generally impressive debut LP.
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