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For 4,254 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 To Pimp A Butterfly
Lowest review score: 0 They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,052 out of 4254
  2. Mixed: 1,147 out of 4254
  3. Negative: 55 out of 4254
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Songs From an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile
    It's unfortunate, then, that most of Vol.1 winds up sounding like rejected Aerosmith ballads. Which is to say, epic, overproduced anthems made to accompany Ben Affleck anthropomorphizing animal crackers on Liv Tyler's stomach.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Marshall Mathers LP
    Funny how so much controversy can spring up over an album that is, musically, not all that noteworthy.... what could have been a brilliant statement, instead elevates Eminem to the rarified air of true platinum rappers: ie, those that drop outstanding rhymes over frustratingly mediocre beats.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Communicate
    So, it hurts to say it, but the duo's newest collection, Communicate, isn't that great. And the problem is simple: the flow is screwy.... the album, while not without a few stellar moments, is ultimately a let-down.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
    For the first half of the album, this tested formula works as well as ever.... Moone runs out of flavor, however, when the Apples trade colorful and ebullient for derivative and listless.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Return of Saturn
    Almost every musical style imaginable is crushed into this three-and-a-half minute, something-for-everyone product... But No Doubt's newfound introspection is a tad hard to swallow-
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ecstasy
    Signature oh-so-mellow, mumblin' beat, only this time with just too much remove and far too little energy to make it work.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Gung Ho
    The music, particularly Lenny Kaye's guitars, can be both gritty and lush, but it mainly functions to uplift the words and hold them closer to the ears. The problem here is that Patti's got our attention but her couplets are too often second-rate.
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