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For 3,871 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Dead Man's Pop [Box Set]
Lowest review score: 10 Wake Up!
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,241 out of 3871
  2. Mixed: 601 out of 3871
  3. Negative: 29 out of 3871
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MADRA
    As a debut, it cements the band as one with a long path ahead of them. As an album, it’s a deeply moving, mesmerizing work with themes that stick with you long after listening.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    People Who Aren't There Anymore
    Future Islands’ fans will find plenty to love with this album, with some of the songs here already instant favourites and others feeling like some of the best, most fully realised of their career thus far.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wall of Eyes
    A record of real depth, ‘Wall Of Eyes’ closes on a sombre note. Distinctive, melodic, and defined, ‘You Know Me’ doesn’t so much pull at the heartstrings as slice right through them, Thom Yorke’s voice dissolving into a mesh of strings. It’s a suitably potent moment to end the record on – poised and suggestive, it becomes a bridge from one phase, to something as yet uncharted.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Saviors
    Had it been trimmed down to ten or eleven tracks, then maybe we’d be talking about one of Green Day’s strongest releases. As it stands, ‘Saviors’ turns out to be a somewhat confident return to form, but one that also fails to build upon the records that inspired it.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    INSANO
    ‘Electrowavebaby’ is fun but doesn’t seem to add to his sound, while ‘Mr Coola’ feels a little dated. At its best, though, ‘Insano’ can be riveting.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    American Dream
    A blockbuster that lives up to the hype, ‘american dream’ is 21 Savage at his most luminescent. In staying true to himself, he’s been able to build something unique – now he’s taking it to the world.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Orquídeas
    Whilst it might not be as immediately stunning as the mix of luscious synth pop and alternate universe James Bond themes on that album [Red Moon In Venus], she still shines on this record, code-switching between English and Romance and beat-switching between sultry R&B and sunny Latin party pop.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Iechyd Da
    ‘Iechyd Da’ is a forward-moving record rooted in love and loss, marking a significant chapter in the musician and producer’s career.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Big Sigh
    A gorgeous album, ‘Big Sigh’ is a winter treat for the long January nights.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Letter to Self
    The human condition and thus society is complex and difficult to navigate but Sprints have not been afraid to express uncertainty and vulnerability. And all the while they have enveloped these themes in the most glorious noise for us all to find comfort and lose ourselves in. Is it possible to have an album of the year contender on only the first week in? Of course it is.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Think Later
    While her debut could in places feel slight, this new record feels lived-in, and true.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pink Friday 2
    Refusing to be hemmed in, it’s a record of real ambition, an example mirroring fan-pleasing tendencies with actual artistic growth. Sometimes the sequels really are better.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    i/o
    ‘i/o’ takes us on a journey… of life and all of its experiences and is set to be one of Peter Gabriel’s greatest solo albums to date.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Abstract Concrete
    The downside to the album is to appreciate it properly you need to play it front to back, no skipping. Whilst paying attention. This isn’t something to play in the background. You need to concentrate on it.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blanket
    Kevin Abstract’s newest studio album continues to assert him as one of the greatest talents of this generation, an individual who eliminates conformity and remains earnest and candid, regardless of the sonic environment he visits.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert [Live]
    It takes a special sort to do such songs justice with a mere acoustic guitar, but Marshall manages it. When things go electric, the ante isn’t upped nearly enough, however, and can’t help but pale compared to the frantic energy of The Hawks and Dylan fighting the audience.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Heaven Knows
    A long time coming, ‘Heaven knows’ is a debut album that was well worth the wait from PinkPantheress, and a sign of a promising career from the singer.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Quarter Life Crisis
    Overall ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ reigns true to Baby Queen’s signature synth-pop sound whilst being let down by lyrical cliches on a couple of the more manufactured upbeat, pop tracks. The album, however, triumphs on the more toned-down tracks showing a new dimension to the alt-pop starlet’s songwriting style.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Acts of Light
    It’s an album to get lost in and to find the pockets of light that punctuate the sublime melodies and dank instrumentation.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I DES
    The 36 minute ambience of ‘Drone In B’ allows space to contemplate all that has come before; and the conclusion is that ‘I DES’ is a celebration of future possibilities, and a truly beautiful listen.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    And Then You Pray for Me
    This is Westside’s last studio album, it seems like he wants to try other avenues and go out on a high, and while it’s not his best work, it’s the defiant idiosyncratic outlook of one of hip-hop’s most iconic upstarts with all the deserved cockiness of someone who never fell off under pressure to cater to a wider audience.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Now and Then [Single]
    Maybe it’s the sentimental Beatle-maniac in us, but ‘Now And Then’ feels like something beautiful, something to cherish.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Twits
    Not every song is as enjoyable as it is intriguing, with moments of too many detours and not enough destinations. However, while ‘The Twits’ feels imperfect, intentionally so, it also feels like the final cliffhanger before a chapter ends in a thrilling novel.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Venom
    Despite the odd lapse in power, ‘Venom’ is a super-charged and dramatic record characteristic of Wargasm’s spirit.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    My Big Day
    The songwriting is easy-going, the risks taken effortlessly; more than 15 years into their time together, Bombay Bicycle Club are still taking chances, and still reaping the rewards.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bolted
    A fascinating return, ‘Bolted’ is often greyscale in tone and shading; rolling back the physicality of ‘Compassion’, it seems to find Forest Swords revelling in a more minimalist, yet also profoundly empathetic space.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bauhaus Staircase
    As faithful as these songs might be to their back catalogue, OMD have never been ones to repeat themselves, and everything here shines with an intense and neon-lit originality.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    History Books
    ‘History Books’ picks up exactly where the band left off, but with a renewed wind in their sails. Big guitars, anthemic singalongs and bruised and bloodied ballads are in no short supply, while Fallon’s existential lyricism reveals a renewed nuance to his songwriting.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chronicles of a Diamond
    A cross-cultural heavenly palette of starry-eyed soul, psychedelic rock, jazz funk and symphonic pop, ‘Chronicles’ is the most expansive expression yet of Black Pumas’ frenetic creativity and limitless vision to date.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    1989 (Taylor's Version)
    Overall, ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ is excellent. The praise the original album received for its composition, songwriting and overall curation is still absolutely worthy, and will hopefully serve as a reminder of how and why Taylor Swift became one of the greatest solo artists of her generation. The tracks from the vault are exquisite and make strong additions to the album as a whole, and it would be surprising if these songs didn’t become immediate chart successes given their likeability and quality.
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