For 4,081 reviews, this publication has graded:
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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: 3,645 out of 4081
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Negative: 36 out of 4081
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The songs are mostly weird, overly familiar, or simply bland. [Dec 2006, p.89]- 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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It's on solo turns like "High Days"... that the elder statesman resounds much like... Bob Dylan recently did, stymieing a new generation with his continued craftsmanship. [Dec 2006, p.93]- 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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It's the band's fussiest, most elaborately conceived work to date. [Nov 2006, p.83]- Paste Magazine
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Hitchcock returns to his trademark: arpeggiated guitars swirling around hyperactive basslines with whimsical lyrics cloaked in harmony that turn dark without warning. [Oct 2006, p.76]- Paste Magazine
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Her voice isn't a particularly versatile instrument, but it radiates a certain dignity and keeps the focus on her well-crafted songs. [Nov 2006, p.85]- Paste Magazine
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Unfortunately songs that aren't immediately danceable... tend to dull the excitement. [Dec 2006, p.94]- Paste Magazine
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Ornate but unremarkable headphone listening. [Oct 2006, p.80]- Paste Magazine
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Release Therapy is solid; disappointing only when weighed against Luda's prodigious talent. [Dec 2006, p.89]- Paste Magazine
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The band presently possesses more 'tude than tunes. [Nov 2006, p.81]- Paste Magazine
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A couple songs on Continuum do hint at what Mayer is capable of if he can shed his perfectionist skin and get to the quick of his emotions. [Nov 2006, p.76]- Paste Magazine
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If anything, the vocals provide the most effective dynamism in lifting these tracks out of their banality and providing sporadic moments of layered exaltation – short, shimmering flashes of greatness on an album that’s not especially compelling.- Paste Magazine
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Meadow may amount to less than the sum of its parts, but those parts are often pretty great. [Sep 2006, p.78]- Paste Magazine
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Unlike previous MagCo. releases, it finally feels like the band has achieved a unifying cohesiveness. [Nov 2006, p.79]- Paste Magazine
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Only a tender take on Tom Waits' "(Looking For) The Heart of a Saturday Night" gives Peyroux the glimmer of modernity Perfect World so desperately craves. [Oct 2006, p.80]- Paste Magazine
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This should go down in Mountain Goats lore as "The Quiet Album." [Sep 2006, p.82]- Paste Magazine
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Gone is the orchestral saturation that sometimes bogged down Crooked Fingers, replaced by gnomic acoustic folk that's stark to the point of nudity. [Oct 2006, p.84]- Paste Magazine
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The album carries a slight-but-distinct theatrical odor. [Apr 2007, p.56]- Paste Magazine
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So why is his new album so underwhelming? Because Petty has gotten away from his strength--whipping pop hooks into an emotional frenzy of harmonies--and has focused on his weakness: overly ambitious lyrics.- Paste Magazine
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While One Day is a passable throwback rock recrod, it doesn't rise to the level of a true celebration of the Doll's legacy. [Sep 2006, p.80]- 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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Moorer's most muscularly produced and pointedly written release. [Aug 2006, p.87]- Paste Magazine
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Display[s] a combination of openness and hookiness reminiscent of indie-minded chanteuses from Juliana Hatfield to Nelly Furtado. [Sep 2006, p.76]- Paste Magazine
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Citrus is the crossroads where My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth mingle. [Aug 2006, p.88]- Paste Magazine
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The wonderfully overdramatic Spell inspires imagery of the house band in a borderland casino. [Sep 2006, p.81]- Paste Magazine