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For 3,077 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 42% 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: 100 Not to Disappear
Lowest review score: 20 Let It Reign
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,173 out of 3077
  2. Mixed: 891 out of 3077
  3. Negative: 13 out of 3077
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This Ain't the Way You Go Out
    The jazz-imbued one-two of ‘Light As Grass’ and ‘Could You Help Me’ gives the record a rich introduction, while ‘Sail Away’ descends into a heady, dance-tinged mist; by the time the funky gratitude of ‘The Racket’ closes proceedings (“I won’t let you bring me down”), it’s hard not to be in awe of the scale of her growth and transformation in every sense of the word.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ginger
    Their most mature and concise work to date.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Random Access Memories
    Random Access Memories is, for all the DJ-on-camera dancing hype, an album in the proper sense of the word; these aren't thirteen dancefloor ready bangers, it's a grandiose statement of intent.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    We're All Alone In This Together
    Setting such a high bar on your debut can be a poisoned chalice but Dave weathers the storm with his astute penmanship, impeccable musical taste and cool, collected delivery.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Episode
    Ben Gregory has made a record quite mind-boggling in its scope and scale. Written following a stint in a psychiatric hospital, the explosion of ideas present across these eight tracks tally with an overactive brain trying to put itself back together - in the space of the seven-minute ‘deathbed hangover’ alone, moments of beauty and brutality jostle for space.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Natural Disaster
    A rich, multifaceted insight into contradictory nature of growing up and older, this is Bethany’s finest move yet.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Social Lubrication
    ‘Social Lubrication’ sees the trio loosening up and letting go, resulting in a record that’s both a progression, and that shows off wonderfully just what made them so exciting to begin with.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    MAN ON MAN
    It paints a deeply personal portrait of romance and intimacy, underpinned by an ever-present sense of fun, not least on lead single ‘Daddy’ or the piano-led ‘Please Be Friends’.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Michael
    Its most immediate moment may come via the El-P featuring ‘Don’t Let The Devil’, with its musical bombast and Mike as most have heard him until now, but this is a sonically rich record that is likely to reveal yet more on each listen.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Humble As The Sun
    Bob Vylan still have a lot to be furious about, but ‘Humble As The Sun’ is a winning exercise in shifting focus; after all, as the old saying goes, the best revenge is living well.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    AM
    A punch drunk brawler with a heart, it's the pay off to a perfect evolution.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A+E
    Coxon's most accomplished solo album to date.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sorry for the Late Reply
    ‘Sorry For The Late Reply’ is an album that’s taken the playful spark of their debut and refined it into a bolder beast.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Saint Cloud
    ‘Saint Cloud’ is the rousing of a regenerated spirit that chronicles not just the journey but the revelations of love, life and death that comes with it. A very special album indeed.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Conflict Of Interest
    It’s Ghetts’ ability to paint rich scenes and his breadth of unabashed honesty that animates his comeback into a fully-fledged triumph. Although meticulously crafted under Ghetts’ famed perfectionist nature, it’s pure; neither shunning the light or the dark across the 16 tracks. He lets it all show.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Flowers for Vases/descansos
    Powerful, but in an entirely different way to its predecessor, it’s a record which further proves that the strength of Hayley Williams - as a songwriter, a vocalist, a woman - is still awe-inspiring.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    FIDLAR
    With its Ramones-via-The Golden State garage punk, it's brilliantly noisy in all the best places ('White On White', 'Wait For The Man') and yet not afraid to tone down on occasion ('Gimme Something').
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Out Of Heart
    For a record born of fatigue and exhaustion, she imbues a renewing sense of urgency to each bar she delivers.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Beams
    Warm and opening yet still dazzlingly inventive.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Generations
    ‘Generations’’ best trick is in its variety: if Will is undoubtedly a curious, enthusiastic sort, then that curiosity stretches across propulsive, vitriolic riffs (‘Bethlehem’), idiosyncratic, stripped-back synths (‘Hide It Away’), Randy Newman-esque piano send-offs (‘Fine’) and more. What unites the record, however, is an urgent, anxious sense of unrest.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Food for Worms
    ‘Food For Worms’ bulges with high-octane surprise. This is the sound of a band performing at the peak of their powers.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    WE
    It’s clear that these songs have a real and sincere heart, designed to both stir and soothe the soul in one fell swoop.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Violence
    This is an album to intently listen to every single line and every single syllable. There is a strange kind of hope and joy to the album's warmest moments that belie the, at times, dark themes.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Until the Quiet Comes
    Until The Quiet Comes is an album that is celebratory and desolate, dense and sparse, dark and colourful--a trippy, fantastical ride that only he could create a path for.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Once I Was an Eagle
    The narrative drawn by Marling throughout is at times heart-stopping, segues and recurrent motifs creating effortless enjambment.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Doomin' Sun
    All in all, it is as engrossing as it is innocently delightful.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Help Us Stranger
    The beauty of The Raconteurs is in the timeless joy of hearing two world-class songwriters, cut from two very different sides of a similar cloth, come together to make something if not greater, then at least as good as the sum of their considerable parts. And in that sense, Help Us Stranger succeeds, and then some.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Javelin
    If ‘Carrie & Lowell’ is set to remain as Sufjan Stevens’ best, ‘Javelin’ takes a confident stride back into personal territory and certainly gives 2015 a run for its money.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    False Alarm
    Two Door Cinema Club have learnt how to harness their mainstream power while taking creative risks. They pay off almost every time.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Truth Decay
    Where ‘SUCKAPUNCH’ was a bold move to reforge their identity and rejuvenate their dedication for the band, it’s with ‘Truth Decay’ that they seem to have found their sweet spot.
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