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For 354 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Live In New York City
Lowest review score: 20 Results May Vary
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 272 out of 354
  2. Mixed: 70 out of 354
  3. Negative: 12 out of 354
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Time Bomb
    Buckcherry's overblown rock 'n' roll is exactly the kind of music that can be dressed up by production, almost (but not quite) giving the illusion that something exciting is happening when, in fact, its merely recycling the already recycled.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Me & Mr Johnson
    No matter the song, from the stumbling “Me And The Devil Blues” to the murmuring “Come On In My Kitchen,” Me And Mr. Johnson sounds rehearsed and controlled.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Life For Rent
    Life For Rent breaks no new ground, and while the publicity machine proffers a failed Dido romance as its inspiration, the album retains her debut's style yet without its wonderfully miserable substance.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Up!
    As a vocalist, she remains somewhat faceless.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Chapter II
    Lose the skits and a couple of ballads Ashanti may never be ready for, and her summery second outing delivers on the limited promise of her first.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    More
    Glossy, electronic, and at times quite infectious, the record extends Vitamin C's bubbly reign.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Rising
    Anyone hoping that this reunion with his old band would mean Springsteen's found his focus and was ready to rededicate himself to the freewheelin' spunk of his "classic" period will surely be disappointed with The Rising.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Reanimation
    The remixes are extremely liberal, cutting and pasting with little regard for the originals in question.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Datsuns
    Nothing terribly original here, but they do manage to kick out the jams with fervor and the kind of enthusiasm that only wavers when carpel-tunnel or rheumatism sets in.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Devil's Night
    When they go for the chill of classic Eminem cuts like "Kim," they come up short.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cookie: The Anthropological Mix Tape
    Meshell's best when making the political personal--as she does on the blistering, explicit ballad "Trust"--instead of the other way around.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sumday
    The album may not improve on 2001's Sophtware Slump, but its pleasures lie in accepting reasonable underachievement, and knowing that speed kills.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    All For You
    The album, produced by her longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, doesn't drift from their if-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it formula that supplies Janet with dreamy, radio friendly R&B/pop to balance the record's angst and lust.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Private Press
    Accomplished and occasionally great as this album is, Endtroducing still casts the biggest shadow on it of all.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Shock'n Y'All
    While, lyrically, Keith's material aims for the lowest common denominator, even songs like the shameless arena-rock ballad "American Soldier," are a pleasant change from Nashville's typical assembly line product.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    X.O. Experience
    Yet while the familiar spirits-soaked verses of J-Ro and Tash will reassure old fans, it's the music here that should encourage them to set down their cans and bottles and listen.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Revolverlution
    The grooves here prove Chuck D and Flavor Flav can bring the noise of old.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Midnite Vultures
    He's got the beat rate up and lots of faux funk happening.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Kiss Of Death
    Kiss Of Death is certainly an improvement on its predecessor... However, what continues to bar Jada from the inner MC circle populated by Jay-Z, Eminem and even Kanye West is his lack of a broader vision.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Hard Way
    Roughly half these 19 songs burn themselves out on first listen, but the rest are sublime.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Twisted Angel
    Musically speaking, "Damn" is the only real memorable tune in the bunch. Which is exactly the expletive many of her old fans may express when hearing this often over-bombastic effort.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Testify
    Testify is a perfect album for anyone who still treasures Face Value, Hello, I Must Be Going and No Jacket Required.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    13
    If there's a downside, it's that 13 may sound more like a sampler of ideas than a single-minded effort.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Beaucoup Fish
    Few other contemporary electronic acts are quite so savvy in their subtle manipulation of traditional song elements within a cybernetic context.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Keep It Like A Secret
    Built To Spill have made a concise, pop-smart record.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Afrodisiac
    What gives Afrodisiac its allure are the confident club jams that mask B-Rocka’s vocal limitations without overpowering her.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Bounce
    In reality Bounce is the next chapter in an incredibly successful non-descript novel about love won and lost in times of turmoil, with plenty of songs that even a championship soccer team could sing.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mission Accomplished [EP]
    Mission Accomplished finds Tricky still musically intriguing, still lyrically fascinating; but the fix is too short, the message mostly unaccomplished.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Seal IV
    Horn's work is so effective that it takes several listens before you notice how often Seal's songwriting depends on it.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies
    At times, it's clever and/or charming ("Penelope," "Mimi Merlot"), but almost always tedious.
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