Observer Music Monthly's Scores
- Music
For 581 reviews, this publication has graded:
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64% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: | Hidden | |
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Lowest review score: | This New Day |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 376 out of 581
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Mixed: 195 out of 581
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Negative: 10 out of 581
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While many will no doubt have set the bar of their expectations too high, Jay-Z has pulled out all of the stops on Kingdom Come.- Observer Music Monthly
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Allen has fused together a uniquely acidic brand of pop, and the icing on the cake is that brutally barbed tongue.- Observer Music Monthly
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Ys is an exceptional piece of art in the broadest sense - give it the chance to grow on you.- Observer Music Monthly
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Goldfrapp and Gregory have made an album as hummably lovely as it is knowingly referencing of a certain tradition of neo-psychedelic English whimsy.- Observer Music Monthly
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Its hedonistic groove carries everything before it, and reminds you that 'rock'n'roll' doesn't just signify a sound (and fury), it signifies an attitude towards risk taking.- Observer Music Monthly
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Such an eclectic, ambitious record might be expected to sound disparate, desperate even, but instead it's a set of distinctive, strangely addictive songs.- Observer Music Monthly
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The hipper-than-thou trappings mean people are talking about H&LA, but it is the record itself which is a deft delight.- Observer Music Monthly
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Praise indeed but then these hard-nosed softies are unique and this, make no mistake, is their "Definitely Maybe," the quintessential noise-pop set of the modern age.- Observer Music Monthly
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Drastic Fantastic feels neither brave nor raw; Steve Osborne, working with Tunstall for the second time, has produced an album of flawless pop hits.- Observer Music Monthly
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The Pet Shop Boys' best album in over a decade, sitting neatly between their previous career highpoints of Very and Behaviour.- Observer Music Monthly
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You know, deep down, that the These New Puritans set is the one that you'll be listening to in a decade, enjoying the fact that you can never quite decipher its codes, and probably being amazed at how many more commercially successful records it inspired.- Observer Music Monthly
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This exhaustive project is the most impressive retro-fest of recordings, photographs, video footage and digiti sed memorabilia ever assembled.- Observer Music Monthly
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The Canadian septet are the greatest art rock group since Talking Heads stopped making sense.- Observer Music Monthly
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From production to persona, rhymes to flow, Public Warning is almost flawless.- Observer Music Monthly
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The great thing about this follow-up is the way it builds on that foundation without lapsing into self-consciousness.- Observer Music Monthly
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One of the most surprising and magical records for which Damon Albarn has ever been responsible.- Observer Music Monthly
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An album packed with tuneful songs that would sound great coming out of radio speakers.- Observer Music Monthly
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Virtually every song sounds like a leave-taking, though the overall mood is reflective and restrained, in places almost easy-going.- Observer Music Monthly
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On the evidence of Favourite Worst Nightmare, the Arctic Monkeys are playing at the very top of their and everyone else's game.- Observer Music Monthly
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Even by their own exuberant standards, though, AC's ninth album is a dizzying knees-up that makes most music, indie rock or otherwise, sound both bloodless and pathetically timid.- Observer Music Monthly
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Crucially, Sam's Town sounds like a complete collection, with a far better strike rate than its predecessor.- Observer Music Monthly
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Forget her peers or even ex-Eurythmics - think Dusty or Aretha, albeit of SW2, instead. 19 has been on constant repeat for several weeks now and will be, I suspect, for the rest of the year to come.- Observer Music Monthly
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Once Upon a Time in the West is a well-written, well-recorded, mainstream rock record.- Observer Music Monthly
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The result splendidly combines piety with celebration and musical tradition with creative boldness.- Observer Music Monthly
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An outstanding musical creation... that nods to almost every known genre of American music, and some that have yet to be named.- Observer Music Monthly
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Backed with the gusto of big horns, Young's guitar is once again a thing of wonder on this track, now slashing and burning, now playing transcendent dance riffs.- Observer Music Monthly
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Beautifully sequenced, Jarvis makes the case for albums as opposed to downloads.- Observer Music Monthly
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