Billboard's Scores
- Music
For 1,720 reviews, this publication has graded:
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71% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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27% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | The Boxing Mirror | |
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Lowest review score: | Hefty Fine |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,457 out of 1720
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Mixed: 240 out of 1720
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Negative: 23 out of 1720
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When these guys avoid the occasional regrettable extended downshift in tempo, the angular yet danceable set combines a mixture of menace and fun volatile enough to hint that their live shows must be irresistible.- Billboard
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In the end, the group proves that its unflinching lyrics and memorable melodies are well suited for songs about warring lovers and war itself.- Billboard
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The melodic yet dissonant sea of guitar attack Burma brings to the table sounds arguably more relevant today than it did 20 years ago.- Billboard
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While he still relies heavily on old-timey melodies and washes every instrument with classic delay, the set feels more alive than usual.- Billboard
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A guileless, brutal breakup album that can sit with the best of them, set to the sounds of music's finest early rock moments. [17 Mar 2007]- Billboard
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Like debuts from Zero 7 and the Avalanches, Melody A.M. is well-situated to sit pretty in many critics' annual top 10s come December.- Billboard
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[The Bad Plus] aren't exactly reinventing jazz, but they are up to the task of aggressively disdaining genre conventions, in terms of upending arrangements, going with eclectic programming, and revamping their instruments' respective roles.- Billboard
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While her introspection and understated approach bog things down at times, songs like "The Dreaming Road" and "King of Love" are finely crafted and often hauntingly beautiful.- Billboard
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It's the detail and charm listeners have come to expect mixed with these welcome surprises that keep Actor exciting.- Billboard
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The Black Keys play the kind of raw, sensual blues-rock that makes you want to hide your girlfriend and warn your mom.- Billboard
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Thought-provoking and masterful, God's Son finds Nas finally realizing his full potential as an MC.- Billboard
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Sleepy and soulful, Can Our Love . . . is delightfully powerful in an understated way.- Billboard
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Chock-full of glockenspiel, keyboards, hand claps and boy-girl harmonies, Youngster is playful and fun.- Billboard
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Although the album tends to meander at times, with too many similarly arranged tracks clumped together, the individual highlights here are inspired enough to make "The Covers Record" a unique work in its own right.- Billboard
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Live at Shea rather remarkably captures the band conquering the soon-to-be-demolished stadium, turning the cold, sprawling space into a sweaty Brixton club.- Billboard
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Cox followed his muse and ran with it, and what resulted is a collection of music that's as intriguing as its creator.- Billboard
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While that culinary theme and a running subplot consisting entirely of B-movie sound clips threaten to take over the record, Doom's gravelly, off-kilter flow holds the power to bring the gritty, underground hip-hop back into focus.- Billboard
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"The Shining" documents the totality of who Jay Dee was as an artist and performer.- Billboard
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The follow-up to Antony's acclaimed 2005 breakthrough album, "I Am a Bird Now," is perhaps only a less astonishing listen in light of the artist's growing reputation.- Billboard
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"Kid A" immerses listeners in an ocean of unparalleled musical depth. It is, without question, the first truly groundbreaking album of the 21st century.- Billboard
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The appearance of Hood's dad, legendary session man David, gives parts of Murdering Oscar--even within the Southern-rock storm and Hood's charcoal vocals--a sweet, possibly unprecedented sense of tranquility.- Billboard
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The duo's current sonic incarnation favors melody over mayhem, and all the better for it.- Billboard
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