For 4,084 reviews, this publication has graded:
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67% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3 points higher than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 76
Highest review score: | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [50th Anniversary Edition Deluxe Version] | |
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Lowest review score: | Songs From Black Mountain |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,648 out of 4084
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Mixed: 400 out of 4084
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Negative: 36 out of 4084
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With no dramatic tension, pathos or even story arc, these songs are little more than piles of slack words from an artist who has confused saying whatever comes to mind with having something to say.- Paste Magazine
- Posted May 11, 2018
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The songs are mostly weird, overly familiar, or simply bland. [Dec 2006, p.89]- Paste Magazine
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Costa’s jazz-tinged neo-folk songs are boyishly engaging for as long as they last, but they drift away without leaving a trace, as he too often settles for merely maintaining a feathery, bittersweet modality, so that the McCartney-esque tunefulness of the title track, the Mungo Jerry-like lilt of 'Miss Magnolia' and the ever-so-slight edginess of 'Cigarette Eyes' stand out by default.- Paste Magazine
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The band simply reiterates earlier ideas less interestingly. [Apr 2007, p.54]- Paste Magazine
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Hopefully next time he'll challenge himself to expand his palette and realize more of his considerable potential. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.138]- Paste Magazine
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With none of the tension or electricity of the music PiL is best-remembered for, This is PiL is a disappointing return.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Jun 6, 2012
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The only satisfying songs here are the two Spanish-language tracks that kick off the album with booty-shaking brilliance. [Dec 2005, p.107]- Paste Magazine
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Phosphene Dream's real achievement is that it takes the band's earlier murderous attitude and makes it impossibly bland.- Paste Magazine
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These songs were already so impeccably performed that Johansson didn’t have very many new places to take them, and although her effort and nerve are commendable, “not as terrible as you thought it would be” just isn’t the same thing as good.- Paste Magazine
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