Blurt Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 1,384 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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40% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison [Live] | |
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Lowest review score: | Collapse |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 950 out of 1384
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Mixed: 427 out of 1384
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Negative: 7 out of 1384
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While the band may seem more aware of emphatic expression overall, many of the melodies maintain the anthemic perspective that ‘s always been so inherent and inspired.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Dec 18, 2019
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Though not as great as their last few albums of all original songs, Play The Hits is still a fun holdover until the band comes back with another record.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Nov 19, 2019
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There are some songs that sound like they were last minute add-ons (“Alchemy” is so plodding you can almost watch time stand still), but taken as a whole, Fool still finds Jackson playing some of the best pop music out there, immune to fads and current trends.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Apr 11, 2019
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In the best cuts, the dance elements win out over doom-y post-apocalyptics. “AS A.W.O.L.” layers metallic-ringing keyboard notes (like a music box made of tin) over a sinuous, vaguely ominous beat.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 21, 2019
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Probably not the best soundtrack for you Christmas Eve Open House, but destined to be a Holiday classic for Crowell diehards.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 1, 2019
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There are a couple of stumbles here, like on the somber “Easy Love,” but for the most part, Late Riser is crammed with stunning songs strong enough to make you forget what else is going on in the world--at least for 30 minutes or so.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jan 29, 2019
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Not all the songs on Hardly Electronic are as affecting--and some of them are just good bubbly pop fun. There are some misses--the country-ish “Bye Bye Crow” isn’t very good--but most are at least solid and surprisingly fresh, and a few are much better than that.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Sep 4, 2018
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Stokes lacks Barnett’s songwriting diversity, worldliness and clever wordplay; too many of the songs on Future Me Hates Me are interchangeable, built on quiet, jangly verses and fuzz-button sing-along choruses that lament the usual litany of “I” and “me” woes.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Sep 4, 2018
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While there are some great intimate moments (especially the beautiful “Wayward”), ultimately that lack of a more consistent balance between upbeat and slow tempo drags the album down a bit.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Aug 10, 2018
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The one thing missing from Dude, The Obscure, are a few more raucous, upbeat tracks, but that can easily be rectified with a new Diamond Rugs record.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jul 10, 2018
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The band is tight, and the music ebbs and flows as usual; it just doesn’t go anywhere original. I hope the band will be able to right the shjip on their next effort.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jun 20, 2018
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Eric’s new album Construction Time & Demolition is all the title implies, an erratic set of songs that’s decidedly left of center but boasting the ebullience and energy that’s so critical to his motif.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted May 15, 2018
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Though there are still plenty of the Fleet Foxes-meets-Beach Boys elements to much of this new record, it also finds the band branching out with new sounds.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Mar 22, 2018
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Wright relies mostly on covers — she’s only credited with co-writing the final track “All the Way Here”--but her choice of classic material--Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand,” Allen Toussaint’s Southern Nights,” the timeless standard “Stars Fell on Alabama, as well as newer, but equally impressive choices by k.d. lang, Rose Cousins and Ray Charles--testify to her ability to make the material her own.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 26, 2018
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The results come off like the soundtrack to an imaginary video game, one where environmental exploration is more important than staying on task.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 13, 2018
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The disc’s first half is most engrossing, especially the slinky, smouldery swagger of “Lady and Man,” which whips up funk intensity with explosive starts and stops. ... Late album tracks drift and drone, pillow-padded with angelic “oohs” and paced for motionless contemplation.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Feb 5, 2018
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The point of Alright is not to churn out hit singles but to create an experience for its listeners, to create a concept album. Lindstrøm has successfully done so!- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Dec 11, 2017
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There are a few more hooks on this latest release and the production is clearer, but it certainly doesn’t water down the sentiment.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Nov 15, 2017
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Woodland Echoes, his latest solo album, is cohesive and strong and despite being a little more mellow than some of his earlier offerings, would fits nicely alongside his work from the ‘80s and ‘90s.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Oct 27, 2017
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It’s a little regrettable then that his last officially studio album, coming out less than a year after he died, is so overproduced and kitschy.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Oct 16, 2017
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It’s all quite pleasant, nicely played and sung and recorded, but perhaps a little distant. These tunes flow by like sunny afternoons and when they’re done you can’t remember much.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Sep 25, 2017
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This former power pop band currently eschews the pop in favor of the power. Melody is less of an essential, but the sheer verbosity suggests that they’re opting for a stadium-sized sound.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Aug 1, 2017
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L.A. Takedown often errs on the side of too much perfection, but here, a little messed up, it soars.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jul 27, 2017
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Though only seven songs long, at least two--“Mallow T’Ward the River” and “One Can Only Love”--offer multiple movements that provide opportunity to explore more exotic environs.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jul 24, 2017
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Though solid throughout, without hooks like the best ones on Goes Missing, Untouchable suggests the more random approach suits Kelly and his fans better.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jul 5, 2017
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Love Is Love isn’t clear cut, reading at times like the various stages of grief.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jun 8, 2017
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No matter how synthetic and mechanical things get, the stain of cosmic psychedelia never completely fades.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Jun 7, 2017
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The World’s Best American Band is all about cutting loose and having a blast via the method of catchy guitar-based rock & roll tunes--simple, direct and oh so very effective.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted May 1, 2017
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Hoop’s experimental tack often requires repeated listens, but it’s creativity and not mere quirkiness that ultimately leaves alingering afterglow.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Apr 17, 2017
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In the end, Pure Comedy isn’t anything close to the laugh fest the title implies, but it does provoke a deeper reaction regardless.- Blurt Magazine
- Posted Apr 14, 2017
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