Magnet's Scores
- Music
For 2,325 reviews, this publication has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | Comicopera | |
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Lowest review score: | Sound-Dust |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,874 out of 2325
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Mixed: 380 out of 2325
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Negative: 71 out of 2325
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reviews
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The results are about as bold and memorable as a spent glowstick. [No. 148, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Nov 21, 2017 -
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It's an LP full of computerized, Auto-Tuned dance-pop anthems, perfect to drive the kids at junior prom into a frenzy. [No.90 p.59]- Magnet
Posted Aug 23, 2012 -
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Posted May 10, 2013 -
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Opening slog, "Heaven Is A Gated Community" plods hopelessly beneath its titular destination, setting the pace for a record-long limp. [No. 93, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Dec 4, 2012 -
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Unlike a deadmau5 or Skrillex, Van Dyk can only do his one style, and by the time the album is two-thirds over, you're already ready for him to mix out. [#86, p.59]- Magnet
Posted May 4, 2012 -
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Admittedly, it's hard not to respect Patton's creative adventurousness, but sweet Jesus, the gulf between admiration and enjoyment of one of his projects has never been so wide. [No.89, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Jul 23, 2012 -
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At its worst (most of it), it's layered synth sounds with beats and vocals smacking of a manufactured sexiness, all designed to hide the gaping void where memorable songwriting should be. [No. 93, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Dec 4, 2012 -
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'War Cry," the album's longest track at more than 11 minutes, sums up the band's problem with its blend of barely audible vocals and meandering guitar solos that go from metallic shredding to simple repeated clusters of notes without building much tension or release. [No. 109, p.59]- Magnet
Posted May 19, 2014 -
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Too much of A River, though, doesn't give you enough music to love it. [#68, p.110]- Magnet
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Like a handful of Flinstones Chewables, Velocity is sugary, prehistoric and well-intentioned, but Apples don't make a meal. [#56, p.78]- Magnet
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This laudable open-mindedness [to try anything] may have finally backfired. [No. 122, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Jul 8, 2015 -
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Even as it completely eschews Mohawke's maximalist, hyperkinetic style of old for a newfound soft side, Lantern registers as a limp, populist gesture for how ham-fistedly it attempts to reconcile the two. [No. 122, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Jul 8, 2015 -
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The relationship songs are distressingly generic; she backpedals on her "edgy" (for country) envelope-pushing; and she sings about what's she's not. [No. 122, p.57]- Magnet
Posted Jul 8, 2015 -
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The Monsanto Years is another head-scratcher of an album. [No. 122, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Jul 8, 2015 -
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We're left with a meandering, psychedelic buzz--not a dizzying, mind-expanding head-trip. [#71, p.102]- Magnet
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Magik Markers' simulations are dutiful, but they lack even a hint of the revolutionary spirit, menacing explosiveness, creativity, musicianship, savvy, wit, humor, heart or charm oif their heroes [Sonic Youth]. [Fall 2007, p.101]- Magnet
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Bossy's reformation seems based in penning the dullest platitudes imaginable. [No. 112, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Aug 6, 2014 -
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Last Of Our Kind has heavy and abrasive moments that are heavier and more abrasive than anything in The darkness discography. [No. 121, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Jun 8, 2015