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.
(0-100 point scale)
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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Entrenched fans will be pleased to have another wing to explore in his ever-expanding mansion of song. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.110]- Paste Magazine
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Things get slightly clunky when the tempo slows and they stretch for drama, but there’s a growing self-awareness here that keeps Rooney within its comfort zone, which, refreshingly, is comforting more often than not.- Paste Magazine
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The songwriting meanders sometimes, but some engaging moments... surface throughout. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.135]- Paste Magazine
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The band gets bogged down far too often with a slow-verse-then-guitar-solo model, making Shots a nice overall listen but not much more.- Paste Magazine
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Thematically, it's stale and preachy, but few capture mechanized emotion like Daft Punk. [Apr/May 2005, p.142]- Paste Magazine
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That’s the case overall for Blazing Gentlemen, which too often comes off like a rote exercise instead of an inspired undertaking.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Dec 17, 2013
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Swings from rapid-fire rockers to acoustic-inspired melodic pieces. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.97]- Paste Magazine
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All but a few tracks could be touted as a single, though in the same breath, it is hard to pick a standout from them, their defining moments tied to a choice on their pedal board.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Jan 23, 2013
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Curve of the Earth isn’t a complete rebound--there are too many fumbles, too many eye-rolls. But in its fits of brilliance, Mystery Jets reclaim their throne as rock’s savviest copycats.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Jan 26, 2016
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Taiga is an attempt at putting what it is that’s personal--vocals and lyrics--in the forefront, which is important, but it’s banished a mood and kind of mystery from everything.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Oct 7, 2014
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Occasionally, their ambitions get the better of them. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.135]- Paste Magazine
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There isn't much to distinguish him from a million other talented but interchangeable coffe-shop-circuit troubadours. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.95]- Paste Magazine
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The playbook is obvious and efficiently executed. [Mar 2007, p.63]- Paste Magazine
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Hello Everything is short on revelations but not quality. [Dec 2006, p.97]- Paste Magazine
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Case... still approximates a Northwestern Patsy Cline with a graduate degree, and while the stories she tells are mournful, her delivery remains buoyant. [Apr/May 2006, p.101]- Paste Magazine
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A record enveloping enough to be therapeutic but vital enough to be inspiring. [Dec 2006, p.89]- Paste Magazine
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Unfortunately, disc two’s cache of amorphous, New Age-y, re-recorded Pixies standards falls flat.- Paste Magazine
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Centipede Hz is not their worst album as some will believe--or as its dense ugliness will first sound--and it may continue to reveal itself over time like TV on the Radio's Nine Types of Light or Spoon's Transference.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Sep 4, 2012
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The album carries a slight-but-distinct theatrical odor. [Apr 2007, p.56]- Paste Magazine
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On The Search... Farrar discovers some genuinely exciting new haunts, and frontloads them conveniently. [Mar 2007, p.62]- Paste Magazine
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Something is a generally enjoyable, but nonetheless generally unremarkable next step for the band.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Jan 24, 2012
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Young uncorks his storied one-two punch, mounting a pair of sweeping, detailed social narratives while ripping away at the guitar strings, laying his psyche bare. Long may he rave.- Paste Magazine
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The band is now displaying an elevated gift for arrangement. [Aug 2006, p.87]- Paste Magazine
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Like much of Thievery Corporation's work, it's enveloping if not terribly galvanizing. [#16, p.138]- Paste Magazine
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This nostalgic psych appeal proves ideal for impulsive summertime road trips. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.128]- Paste Magazine
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Unfortunately, its during these rather naked moments where the album falters, mostly because Duffy’s robust voice often overmatches the music that surrounds it.- Paste Magazine
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A lusher, synthier and all-around grandiose slab of shoegazer emoting and New Age cinematics. [#14, p.120]- Paste Magazine
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It's a moment of stirring calm amid a sea of blaring showiness, and this well-intended mixed bag, despite its lovely surfaces, could have used more of that variety.- Paste Magazine
- Posted Oct 25, 2011
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