New York Magazine (Vulture)'s Scores

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For 158 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 0% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 God's Son
Lowest review score: 10 18
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 96 out of 158
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 158
  3. Negative: 22 out of 158
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Ecleftic 2 Sides II a Book
    True eclectics like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest seek out samples and inspiration -- in jazz, electronic music, even rock -- while Jean merely traffics in superficial gloss.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Art Official Intelligence (Mosaic Thump)
    But despite collaborators as diverse as Chaka Khan, Busta Rhymes, and Mike D of the Beastie Boys, the album sounds more like the result of a raucous block party than of a careful marketing plan.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
    In a larger sense, the shock is that Belle and Sebastian have grown out of their awkward adolescence. And they sound all the more interesting for having done so in full view of their fans.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Marshall Mathers LP
    Aside from the horrifyingly detailed stalker narrative of "Stan" and the homicidal fantasy of "Kim," nothing on Marshall Mathers rises above the level of locker-room insults -- nearly every song seems to feature Eminem's giving someone the finger.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wasp Star (Apple Venus, Pt. 2)
    A romp as vigorous as any since 1982's English Settlement.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Binaural
    A remarkably overt homage to seventies stadium rock?
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Figure 8
    Smith is capable of subtle introspection, but too many of his new songs sound like the self-pitying complaints of an adolescent venting in his diary.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Pieces In A Modern Style
    Intermittently successful...[t]oo often, his faithfulness turns into meticulousness, resulting in an album that's as formally impressive but as snooze-inducingly detailed as a special-effects-addled blockbuster.
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