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For 3,119 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 35% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 62% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 Who Kill
Lowest review score: 0 Fireflies
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,689 out of 3119
  2. Mixed: 1,319 out of 3119
  3. Negative: 111 out of 3119
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Magic Numbers
    High, lovely harmonies notwithstanding, a good 15 minutes chopped could've meant the difference between merely being noticed and creating a minor masterpiece of nostalgia-infused pop.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Somebody's Miracle
    If she still manages to retain a major label recording contract after this bomb, that'll be the real miracle.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Live It Out
    Think of Metric as a poppier Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Breeders and think of Live It Out as another step toward indie-pop splendor.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla [EP]
    More difficult to embrace than earlier Grandaddy releases.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Naked Truth
    The preemptively defensive album's biggest problem is that it's surely nowhere near as interesting as its yet-to-be-recorded post-slammer follow-up will be.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Invisible Invasion
    The Invisible Invasion isn't necessarily a bad record, it's just nearly critic-proof, providing all of the evidence for whether or not any given listener will like it entirely by its many points of direct comparison.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Made In China
    A confused, sloppy, childish, conflicted mess.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
    For the most part, what was once electrifying is now stripped of almost all of its energy and novelty.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Grown & Sexy
    It all makes one yearn for the simpler days of mid-'90s R&B.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Understanding
    Even the best tracks bobble like a helium balloon tugging from a child's clenched fist... but not quite forcibly enough to pull free.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Monkey Business
    There's nary an original note on the entire album.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Be
    Each neo-soul nod to the R&B sound of Detroit, immediately post-Holland-Dozier-Holland, sounds more claustrophobic and limited than the last.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    can'tneverdidnothin'
    Scal[es] back the turntable scratches, samples, and hip-hop beats that defined the striking and unique Everybody Got Their Something for more organic-grown productions.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Secret Migration
    Where once we got shivers up our spines from this band's music, now we're just left cold.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Make Believe
    The truth is that any Weezer copycat band could have made this record.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    With Teeth
    While With Teeth satisfies in all the expected ways, not much has changed in Reznor's world.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pretty In Black
    It should be noted that what Pretty In Black lacks in vigor is made up for in variety... now if only they could find a way to fuse the two, maybe The Raveonettes would make an entire album as good as their singles.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Touch
    The influence of Beyoncé's massive hit "Crazy In Love" is all over Amerie's sophomore effort.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Now What
    Doesn't stray far from the formula that brought her moderate success her first time out.
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