For 4,084 reviews, this publication has graded:
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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 |
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It's actually a good radio-rock disc, just not the crossover hit Anastasio's been after. [Dec 2005, p.115]- Paste Magazine
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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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It's disappointing to find Gang of Four recycling the past so bluntly, trafficking in a nostalgia industry they should be well above. [Dec 2005, p.122]- Paste Magazine
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The great thing about Weller at this point is that he'll shuffle the deck every other song and often (if not always) come up with a face card. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.103]- Paste Magazine
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Another nice-enough album of sweetly sighing chamber pop that marks yet another incremental step forward. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.109]- Paste Magazine
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Aside from better production values, little has changed about the Scotsmen’s formula.- Paste Magazine
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A collection of introspective songs that's heavy on the flower and hardly wild. [Dec 2005, p.107]- Paste Magazine
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Half the album [is] mired in embarrassing heartland cliches. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.96]- Paste Magazine
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An efficient and insistent hunk of modestly effective dancefloor candy. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.125]- Paste Magazine
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Occasionally, their ambitions get the better of them. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.135]- Paste Magazine
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This diverse album's eerie ambience and astute songwriting more than compensate for its periodic uneventfulness. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.145]- Paste Magazine
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An uneven album that encapsulates much of what's gone flat in the scene he helped ferment, along with the few flourishes that make him a vital creative force.- 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 Outsider consistently grabs at transcendence only to watch it recede. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.110]- Paste Magazine
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There's clarity visible beneath the waterline, sharp lyrics and even some hummable choruses. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.141]- Paste Magazine
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But cliché is not the only thing that mars “Thames” and other tunes... It’s the lethargy of the tempos, the navel-gazing compositional complexity, the empty flashiness of the acoustic-guitar runs and over-enunciated words.- Paste Magazine
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What makes this glossy album more charming than cloying overall is the totally unselfconscious way he throws himself into these showy and technically stunning performances. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.111]- 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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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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Eloquently combines elements of pop, spaced-out electronic rock and even dirty garage. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.121]- Paste Magazine
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Invisible melodies--sometimes too invisible--give shape to songs like wind billowing through curtains. [Oct/Nov 2005, p.143]- Paste Magazine
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Strikes a nice balance between Shakira's more straightforward earlier sound and the bluster of her big crossover hits. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.122]- Paste Magazine
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In a year that has also brought the envelope-pushing production work of Edan’s album Beauty and the Beast, the rehashed soul sometimes comes off limp, too content with itself and its well-worn form to challenge the genre’s status quo.- Paste Magazine
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