Spin's Scores
- Music
For 4,260 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
| Highest review score: | To Pimp A Butterfly | |
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| Lowest review score: | They Were Wrong, So We Drowned |
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Positive: 3,058 out of 4260
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Mixed: 1,147 out of 4260
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Negative: 55 out of 4260
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To divide Hella's mind is to hack their talent in half. [May 2005, p.105]- Spin
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Where 2001's Discovery coyly gene-spliced cock rock and New York garage, Human merely cuts and pastes. [Apr 2005, p.105]- Spin
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Offers modest formal thrills without much depth beneath its glimmering surfaces. [Apr 2005, p.107]- Spin
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Flat... only a few songs flirt with her previous brilliance. [Apr 2005, p.102]- Spin
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Most of Digital's songs seem somewhat suffocated. [Feb 2005, p.85]- Spin
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[Simple Plan is] a band as spiritually distant from Dookie as John Mayaer is from Blind Willie McTell. [Dec 2004, p.124]- Spin
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These reimaginings... unlock some interesting textures suggested by [Black's] still-scratchy vocals. [Dec 2004, p.118]- Spin
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They've de-funned rebellion and turned it into a task. [Oct 2004, p.109]- Spin
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Music as spooky--and ultimately as sterile--as the hospital scrubs and surgical masks they wear onstage. [Sep 2004, p.120]- Spin
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This album would be better without Scott screaming about absolute nonsense. [Sep 2004, p.119]- Spin
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They're Old Schooled enough to ace history, but the science they drop is strictly C+. [Sep 2004, p.120]- Spin
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Big-name cameos... can't disguise the fact that this is one more rote chapter in the infamous Queensbridge duo's twilight. [Oct 2004, p.120]- Spin
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This is a troubling record. There are some stellar moments, but it's mostly just troubling. [Jul 2004, p.105]- Spin
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Unfortunately, the elements that clicked so well on "Giuliani" prove an awkward fit on !!!'s sophomore full-length. [Jul 2004, p.111]- Spin
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She tries to be jokey, warm, even friendly on occasion--but she also sounds awkward. [Jul 2004, p.105]- Spin
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Evidence and Iriscience remain so humorlessly hard they could guard Buckingham Palace. [May 2004, p.108]- Spin
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In their eagerness to show off the range of their toolbox, they stumble. [May 2004, p.101]- Spin
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Morbid.... The beats are never as heavy as the subject matter. [May 2004, p.108]- Spin
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An over-the-top homage to sex whose emotional age equals its bloated number of tracks: 15. [Mar 2004, p.93]- Spin
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Jammed with cheesy effects, weak orchestration, and paper-thin vocals, this is a mix that nobody would dream of Californicating to. [Apr 2004, p.94]- Spin
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Suddenly, these longtime collaborators seem like a mismatch worthy of Blind Date. [Mar 2004, p.95]- Spin
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[Their] big beats lack the sure-shot hooks of their 1997 debut. [Feb 2004, p.104]- Spin
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His avant-electro minimalism can get pretty vacant--to the point where you may not be able to tell it's on. [Jan 2004, p.100]- Spin
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The arrangements are so ponderous, the vowel-masticating vocal languor so excessive, you almost wish he'd go whole hog and cover "Ave Maria." [Nov 2003, p.117]- Spin