New Musical Express (NME)'s Scores
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For 6,010 reviews, this publication has graded:
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55% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: | to hell with it [Mixtape] | |
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Lowest review score: | Maroon |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,231 out of 6010
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Mixed: 1,626 out of 6010
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Negative: 153 out of 6010
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‘Everything Harmony’ plays like the next progression from their promising debut, and what stood out about them then is what stands out about them now. With their fourth album, The Lemon Twigs have honed in on their ability to not just lift from the past but transmute what inspires them into something imaginative and new.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 4, 2023
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It’s a record that’ll please newcomers and existing fans alike, but, given the backstory and heart poured into ‘Wait Til I Get Over’, the record existing for Jones feels like a triumph. Whether or not he brings these sounds or elements back to the group is yet to be seen, but this record will shake the walls of Hillaryville and beyond.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 4, 2023
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Personal yet relatable pop music that makes itself heard thanks to its intricacies, ‘& The Charm’ is a remarkable evolution.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted May 2, 2023
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Fans of Maltese’s typically lucid approach may find this impressionism frustrating, but it gradually builds an effective picture of fear. Here, his sense of scale is more nuanced and outward-facing than ever before, and in turn, Maltese’s writing will continue to become all the more captivating for it.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 28, 2023
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This is The National back from their brink and at their absolute best.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 26, 2023
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On ‘All of This Will End’, she lasers in on community, mortality and how where you’ve come from impacts where you’re going all with her indie pop prowess intact. ... A wonderful album.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 25, 2023
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‘That! Feels Good!’ is a maximalist tour de force of glossy pop sounds. A liberating collection that seeks to paint a three-dimensional picture of Ware – as “a lover, a freak and a mother”, as she sings on ‘Pearls’ – this album sees her embrace a Sasha Fierce-like alter ego in a celebration of dancing and female agency.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 25, 2023
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A rich and varied album that courses from atmospheric instrumentals (‘Interlude : Dawn’) to the smooth groove of ‘SDL’, on ‘D-DAY’ Agust D is an unstoppable, thought-provoking force, wrapping up his trilogy in peak form.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 21, 2023
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Here, on their seventh album and two decades down the line, Enter Shikari sound perhaps the most joyful they’ve ever been, and even when they become characteristically philosophical, it still comes from a place of positivity.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 20, 2023
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‘Fuse’, their first album since 1999, is precisely that: the blueprint for any alt-leaning electronic act in the pop space.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 19, 2023
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Eloise’s attempts to gently push her sound outwards are admirable and promising. There’s a disquieting hint of sourness to the distorted layers on ‘Take It Back’, while ‘Vanilla Tobacco’ is peppered with moments of record scratching. They may be far from revolutionary, but the fullness of Eloise’s new vision vibrates in these tender details.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 18, 2023
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‘Multitudes’ was written in part during an experimental and communal set of shows Feist put on through 2021 and 2022 by the same name, and 12 poetic tracks that make up ‘Multitudes’ embody the same inventiveness, intimacy and connection of that limited run of performances in the round.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 13, 2023
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For young fans just now learning the joys of heavy rock – perhaps lured in by the appearance of this band’s 1986 classic ‘Master of Puppets’ on Netflix megahit Stranger Things last year – this new record will be a fitting gateway drug. For everyone else there’s simply the reassuring thrill that, after so many decades on stage, Metallica are still capable of delivering sharp, spiky metal – and sticking it where the sun doesn’t shine.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 13, 2023
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‘FACE’ might not be flawless but even in its missteps it reflects the turbulence of modern life – and especially of the last few years. If Jimin’s mission on this record was to stretch himself creatively and distil that dissonance in these songs, it’s one he’s accomplished.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 12, 2023
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‘Higher Than Heaven’ may not be strictly personal, but it definitely sounds like an album crafted with care, skill and no small amount of flair.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 7, 2023
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Thorny and tangled, this is dance music for drifting home from the club on deserted pavements; the moment of reflection after the euphoria fades.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 5, 2023
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With ‘Stereo Mind Game’, Daughter marks a new era of tending to sorrow instead of dwelling in it, where the band wading into new wider ranges of emotion without leaving behind the rich orchestration and poetic lyricism they’re known for.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 5, 2023
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Some albums devastate you with subtlety, and others bust your lip – Blondshell’s superb debut album is certainly the latter. ... One of the alternative rock albums of the year, and one to treasure tightly for quite some time.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Apr 4, 2023
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At times, ‘In Pieces’ still stands as a fragmented version of the songwriter and producer’s talents.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 31, 2023
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‘A Comforting Notion’ feels urgent and important, brimming with all the promise of the next great cult act.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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The result is some of the most pristine songwriting Bridgers, Dacus and Baker have ever penned. ... This debut is a gorgeous testament to what can happen when you allow yourself to fully be seen.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 27, 2023
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It’s an album brimming with audacious leaps, and they land most of them.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 23, 2023
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‘Memento Mori’ is comfortably their best album this side of the millennium, and, most importantly, a testament to creativity and friendship. The music world is richer for it.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 23, 2023
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There is disappointment that a number of U2’s big-hitters don’t translate well on ‘Stories For Surrender’, but this revision hasn’t been a totally fruitless endeavour: you just have to dig a little bit deeper to find the reimagined material that’s truly worth savouring.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 20, 2023
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It’s an album that could have easily ventured too out-there for the masses to find it palpable, but thanks Tumour’s outsized talent and personality, ‘Praise…’ avoids decadence and proves richly satisfying.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 20, 2023
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‘…Ocean Blvd’ might deal with some major existential questions, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had and cements Del Rey’s status as one of modern music’s most intriguing songwriters.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 20, 2023
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By the end this has the feel of a magnum opus, unrelentingly ambitious with just the right amount of self-indulgence.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 16, 2023
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Like virtually everything else on ‘10,000 gecs’, there’s nothing about the track [ ‘One Million Dollars’] that should work, and yet it not only commands your attention throughout, but demands replay after replay. ... ‘10,000 gecs’ is insanely fun and impressively ambitious.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 15, 2023
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Being able to show so much humanity and versatility so early in her career is highly respectable and if this is a glimpse of the future, Nia Archives looks set to become an unstoppable generational talent.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 14, 2023
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Though the album gets a little messier and more unfocused from this point, ‘Oceans Niagara’ points to a beautifully bright future for the M83 project.- New Musical Express (NME)
- Posted Mar 14, 2023
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