Launch.com's Scores
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For 354 reviews, this publication has graded:
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62% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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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: | Live In New York City | |
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Lowest review score: | Results May Vary |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 272 out of 354
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Mixed: 70 out of 354
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Negative: 12 out of 354
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West is at his best the higher the lyrical stakes get, and the more they contradict hip-hop orthodoxy.- Launch.com
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The pair simply revert to the beats and concerns that made them an institution in hip-hop's golden age; except for the occasional cameo (Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss), The Ownerz could have hit the streets a decade ago without raising eyebrows.- Launch.com
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Combining the two discs might have insured an unbeatable follow-up; however, the flawed, fascinating separation reveals what makes this partnership so special.- Launch.com
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Sounds like one long song of wheezing harmonium and heavily echoed, slightly out-of-tune vocals.- Launch.com
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At the risk of once again alienating fans--as well as purists who may consider this treading on sacred ground--Moby has taken another set of disparate influences and "translated" them into a futuristic language that's all his own.- Launch.com
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Hill may get slammed by critics from both sides for delving this far into pop but, not only is her performance more passionate than the majority of pop recordings, it's a direction that seems to fit both musically and emotionally.- Launch.com
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Even when the songs aren't particularly gripping, the breezy hopelessness of the music makes you feel gloriously bad, self-pitying, and just plain worthless.- Launch.com
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Their strongest effort since their strong run in the mid/late-'80s.- Launch.com
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Brilliantly combining Spanish dialogue and hauntingly serene vocals with conga, timbales, accordion, cheesy organ, and funky guitar, Kinky intertwines it all with coiling bass, mad samples, and sexy synthetic grooves.- Launch.com
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It's the addition of producer Steve Jordan's bass guitar (an instrument JSBE has wrongly assumed unnecessary) that makes this a complete listening experience.- Launch.com
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Lost In Space is packed with Mann's seductively droll delivery that spikes up the melody while it goes down hard on love.- Launch.com
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Arling & Cameron continue to cook up a unique and effervescent blend of European electro pop and future/retro lounge exotica all sprinkled with a computer-calculated dose of kitsch.- Launch.com
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Wade through a couple of outtake-sounding openers that consist mainly of mechanical strumming on an acoustic 12-string and Kozelek's duo-toned vocals and you'll be rewarded with some of the his most fully realized songs to date.- Launch.com
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Underworld's grooves pump with less impact now, but they make them work harder and with more diversity.- Launch.com
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Unlike artists who "discover" the idea during songwriting droughts, Ferry is one of the few "rock" singers to embrace (and master) the underrated art of "song stylist."- Launch.com
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The vitality of these ditties is such that you'll be swept up in the excitement without much time or inclination for deep lyrical dissections, or fretting about Rancid's originality.- Launch.com
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One of the best commercial rock albums of the year so far, and the sort of quality work that should dispel any skepticism about Crow's current hyper exposure.- Launch.com
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Not quite jazz, not quite electronica, and not quite indie rock, Tortoise continues to define and evolve their own compelling cosmology.- Launch.com
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The Soft Bulletin is sparse and enchanted, like the band has awoken from a long dream spent spinning in outer space.- Launch.com
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Grace includes lots of atmospheric touches that are two steps beyond country and miles too ethereal to call pop.- Launch.com
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With years of added wisdom and maturity, Silverchair has learned how to do much more.- Launch.com
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Permission To Land is actually good enough to motivate more than a few curious, intrepid listeners to give their dusty old Dokken albums another spin.- Launch.com
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Unlike a lot of mix-and-match groups, the tracks are filled with grooves that are substantive as they are moving.- Launch.com
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