Resident Advisor's Scores

  • Music
For 1,108 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Biokinetics [Reissue]
Lowest review score: 36 DĂ©jĂ -Vu
Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 1 out of 1108
1108 music reviews
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's bold, maybe even avant-garde, but from beginning to end it's raucous, barnstorming, chair-dancing fun.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Huxley's pop forays might not be for everyone, but there's plenty on Blurred to appeal to both his underground acolytes and, perhaps, a new crop of fans as well.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rundell and Goddard are still crafting warm, well-balanced tracks, but the parts that reveal their personalities—namely the lyrics--are often awkward and strangely didactic.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Wonder Where We Land pads its vocal tracks with plush instrumentals, morsels of melody that would have been strong points if they weren't so half-baked.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What she's lost in subtlety she's gained in star power, off the back of two years of touring and a slow-burning hit album.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With In A Dream, Maclean and Whang have crafted some of most expertly tuneful music of their career.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The whole album bleeds into one magnificent mess, thanks in part to some incredibly short track times, but also to the nature of the music itself.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Like most Caribou albums, Our Love is a grower.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Amid all this diversity, Abaporu is a remarkably steady work, with Boratto's consistent sound palette and knack for melody running strong throughout.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    With KOCH, Gamble has found a canvas that's just the right size to fit everything on, to hold the whole beautiful thing up at once.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    These are synthetic sounds that have a sense of natural decay built into them, but Prudhomme unleashes them with such carefully built momentum, the music can't help but feel optimistic.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A standout record in an already peerless discography.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Endgame excels when its structures are more orthodox.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Now, in 2014, Vessel has given us one of the year's best electronic music albums, and it's hardly electronic.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Listening to Imagin is like pulling on a old pair of trainers: comfortable, familiar and, ultimately, rather boring.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    It's nice indeed, but it may leave you craving something a little stronger.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For what is essentially a composite of three "live" performances (all produced on a deliberately limited set-up of two modular synths, two sequencers and a mixer), Whorl is surprisingly cohesive.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's a near-perfect EP buried in here somewhere, and an inventive musical personality waiting to burst out, but Moiré's debut album does a better job of showcasing his potential than realizing it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whyte has made an LP that rises and falls gracefully, proving that even his brand of everything-all-the-time dance music has room for nuance and subtlety.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Angels & Devils marks an evolution of the sound that made London Zoo a classic.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LP1
    In the end, LP1 is probably the most singular pop album of the year. It's testament to how emotionally affecting one person's realised vision can be.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As expected, Hyperdub's output retains a pretty sophisticated tone even when it's dealing in pop hooks and party tracks.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Taking touchstones from familiar genres and refiguring them into something completely new, it's like a microcosm of the label as a whole.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The instrumental and production prowess on display is fairly stunning.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's a fascinating mosaic in which every tiny detail lends colour and depth to a work of real, high-minded seriousness.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a powerful formula, and Dall and Ander have basically perfected it here.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A solid diversion from two artists who we know can do better.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Imperfect as it is, International is proof that the group's future is limited only by the force of its wanderlust.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The whole album sounds like it was mastered from a chewed-up old C90--it's post-chillwave music, busy and glitchy, but as relaxing as a soak in a warm bath.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    These songs still aim to elicit an emotion from you, and they're still not particularly subtle. The difference is you don't feel like it's being shoved down your throat.