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For 4,038 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Channel Orange
Lowest review score: 0 Revival
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,752 out of 4038
  2. Mixed: 1,215 out of 4038
  3. Negative: 71 out of 4038
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Coma Ecliptic
    Coma Ecliptic clocks in at over an hour, but most discouraging is the band’s failure to translate the album’s conceptual themes to the listener in that timespan.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    I Aubade
    Perhaps treasures will be revealed when we apply the deep, close attention Perkins requests. But not enough breadcrumbs are strewn along the path to encourage the search.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    In Another Life
    He gets major points for continuing to stand behind his artistic vision and this album will likely satisfy longtime fans, even if it isn’t the breakthrough he has been hinting at for over a decade.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Monsanto Years
    Young long ago figured out how to write rants that engage. The Monsanto Years, listenable but dusty, is no different; it’s music you’ve heard before with a new bad guy as its target.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Teen Men
    As a debut, it’s fitting that Teen Men makes it sound like the quartet is still figuring out the dimensions of the “bedroom” aspect of their bedroom pop, picking out the figurines for the bookshelf and just how fluffy the pillows on the bed should be. It’s also clear, however, that they’ve got good taste and a promising decorating plan.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam [EP]
    Thundercat releases typically detail grand worlds, but The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam relies too heavily on unspecific, cliched lyrical pain.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Pale Horses
    On Pale Horses, they seek a comfortable spot between weighty post-hardcore and artful indie rock introspection, but ultimately sound suppressed.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Pageant Material
    Together, Musgraves and her dream team of co-writers (Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Luke Laird) draw from the well of folksy tales about letting your freak flag fly one too many times.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    City Of Quartz
    The last few tracks are memorable because they’re so strange, but City of Quartz falls short by suffering an overarching identity crisis.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Success
    At its best, KEN Mode grabs handfuls of patches from heavy, pissed off bands and sews them together into a single misanthropic flag. By honing in on a smaller set of influences on Success, the trio are forced to blow up their image to a much larger scale.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Bones
    Lott falters in steering his compositions to a memorable peak, a hindrance that repeats itself on Bones.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dopamine
    early tracks contain all the stuff Jenkins excels at; hell, there’s even a kind of charm to cringe-worthy lines like, “Go ahead, take my heart up/ Roll it up like a joint.” Unfortunately, that charm wears off as the album drifts away from wistful pop rock and Jenkins visits some of his other, less enthralling ghosts.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Fool
    As Weaver confesses to common pitfalls of falling in and out of love, The Fool spins on like a series of diary entries with no end in sight, quite possibly because Weaver has yet to decide how this story ends.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Before This World
    Before This World, though not a particularly remarkable album, reacquaints us with an old friend, one who we wish would visit more often.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Bad Love
    The lack of specificity blunts the potential trauma of Bad Love’s heartbreak, the trauma that its well-apportioned, dramatic music demands.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Cold Hot Plumbs
    Cold Hot Plumbs’ main failing is that it occasionally can feel like a pedestrian experiment in honoring some of Dwyer’s favorite bands that Thee Oh Sees’ psych rock sound was too straightforward to capture.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Helio Sequence
    It’s a reset of the odometer rather than a definitive statement of destination.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Drones
    Drones stumbles when it strays from Muse’s self-created universe and tries to be topical; it’s like watching Superman stuck in the guise of a floundering (albeit well-intentioned) Clark Kent.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Remember My Name
    Remember My Name sounds a lot like a lot of other things.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Beneath the Skin
    Your enjoyment of Of Monsters and Men’s new album may largely hinge on whether you hear their animalistic motifs as gimmicky or as a legitimate narrative vehicle. Regardless, the band has turned in a safe record that doesn’t stray too far from their last offering.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Wild Nights
    At times, Wild Nights can err towards being too cerebral and not visceral enough, especially in the case of ponderous songs like “Got It Bad”.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Gunnera
    Gunnera isn’t a grand statement. It just lets some familiar names expand their expression, free from the shadow of their parent bands.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    All Your Favorite Bands
    It’s a technically sound addition to a well-regarded catalog. But if you’re looking for an album that pushes sonic boundaries, provides new challenges for the artists that created it, or even just sounds fresh, All Your Favorite Bands probably isn’t your best bet.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 42 Critic Score
    Highlights
    While there is nothing abhorrent about Tanlines’ pleasant sophomore effort, it seems their passion was supplanted by force of habit.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses
    Hollywood offers few surprises, leaving listeners with memorable hooks and impressive sonics but little information about the man at the center of it all.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    American Spring
    American Spring shows Anti-Flag can still put up a fight, but they’re not landing punches here as cleanly as they used to.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Monterey
    The understated simplicity of Monterey reflects the duo’s discontent, while the absence of any memorable moment should cause listeners to feel the same.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Desired Effect
    An album that works best when politics and organized religion get the brush off.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Heydays
    At just 30 minutes, Heydays plays it cool, breezy, and quick without much weight to throw around.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Peanut Butter
    Joanna Gruesome rides on raw emotion, whether it stems from anger or victory, but they lose the edge of their retorts.
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