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For 823 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 An End Has A Start
Lowest review score: 0 D12 World
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 569 out of 823
  2. Mixed: 198 out of 823
  3. Negative: 56 out of 823
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Last Broadcast
    Most of these songs sound like they're taking down whole walls of your average sonic cathedral and replacing them with huge stained-glass windows with a billion pieces in a hundred thousand colours that sparkle like angel's tears when the sun hits them, like. Yes, it is a bit evangelical. It's reverent.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Geogaddi
    Too much of 'Geogaddi' just rests on the Boards' well established tricks.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Medulla
    Björk has transcended any pop plinth she may (incorrectly) have been placed upon, to become, probably, our greatest contemporary female vocalist since Diamanda Galas.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Indestructible
    Rancid are currently the best and most consistent and most observant rock n roll writers on the planet.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost And Safe
    The Books make the incongruous harmonious, the silly sensitive and the complex easy to understand. 'Lost And Safe' will sweep you up into an aural world where, for once, beauty and humour co-exist.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blood Money
    Songs that shamble along in the gutter but can still bite your ankles if pushed.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Crane Wife
    There are enough pinnacles of musical achievement married with subtle storytelling to justify the scale of this album.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Pretty Toney Album
    Fourteen listens deep, this is still getting better. All but a rap classic. You know, Kanye's good, but really, fuck that. Ghost for president.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Beginning Stages Of...
    Your new favourite record.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
    Anyone else tries this, it'll be like being force-fed Sunny Delight by a battalion of pastel-pashmina'd Pokemon on My Little Ponies. In the hands of The Flaming Lips, with their stellar inventiveness and inquisitive sweetness, it's just utterly noble.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    These Were The Earlies
    As a headphone album, 'These Were... The Earlies' is something of a stunner.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yoko
    An epic alt.rock symphony that takes the band’s trademark sun-kissed melodies and brass flourishes and melds them into something altogether darker and achingly beautiful. Unsurprisingly, it’s an approach that more than pays off.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Multiply
    'Multiply' sees the flavours of Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Prince and Sly Stone twisted into 2005 with subtly inventive touches and modern production suss.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    So once you get behind the relatively unobstructive and emotive voice, what you have is the sound of NYC circa '77 pushed through the ramshackle indie filter.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cast Of Thousands
    One of those classy records that will sound good forever, no matter what you do with it.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Smell Of Our Own
    As long as you are open, you will love this album. It will be as important to a lot of people as 'The Queen Is Dead'.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Modern Apprentice
    The whole thing makes for a masterclass in enigma and economy.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Come Get It I Got It
    It sounds oh-so-fashionable, but it isn't simply an instance of über-credible semi-celeb DJ/producer wanking all over his decks and a handful of records no one ever heard of; every single track is not only quality, but accessible.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Royal Society
    Confrontational, clammy, brimming with confidence... ‘Royal Society’ is as majestic as its title implies.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Letting Go
    A quite beautifully realised album.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Food & Liquor
    It's not quite the second coming or even the first for that matter, but 'Food & Liquor' should leave you feeling sated and occasionally elated.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Remote Part
    There is nothing groundbreaking about this LP; it's just classic.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Faking The Books
    The sheer enveloping bliss elicited by hearing the album in one sitting (especially in public – 'Faking The Books' is a headphone masterpiece and no mistake) leaves one wishing it were a whole lot longer than its taut 40-minute duration.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Good News For People Who Love Bad News
    It just feels that amidst his bare and heartfelt explorations of life and the old wooden box wherein we all end up, Brock has learned to dance, learned to allow himself a smile.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shine A Light
    It’s just a shame that after seven plays, it’s still a bit tricky to remember what any of the tunes go like.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Think Tank
    'Think Tank' is an extraordinary record that pushes boundaries and sets new standards.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Bang Bang Rock & Roll
    'Bang Bang Rock & Roll' is as clever as it is funny as it is entertaining. It's the most original independent album in years.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Grinderman
    There isn't a bad song on this album.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You Could Have It So Much Better
    At the end of the day this is a bit more of a grower than the last one, but is easily as good.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Homesongs
    It’s an atmospheric and tender record, and although you have to wait for each line you never lose patience.
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