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For 1,453 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 4 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 69
Highest review score: 100 Fed
Lowest review score: 0 Encore
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 987 out of 1453
  2. Mixed: 361 out of 1453
  3. Negative: 105 out of 1453
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Natural
    Natural is their prettiest album; in spots it's almost pastoral.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
    Hey Hey is an impressively cohesive collection of pop songs.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ditherer
    As it is, this record goes down really well on its own.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Stage Names
    This album comes in a neat package: well-guarded and wry, artists competently displaying their hard-earned skill. It's all very professional, but no more meaningful than the titular appellations, the smile of a persona.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sojourner
    I don't have the conscience to recommend Sojourner to the uninitiated, but as a document of what Molina acolytes already suffer, it's essential.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    A Place To Bury Strangers
    This is a staggering debut with layers of errant, mystical roars born from man’s relationship between his guitar, a chord, and a speaker.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Fur & Gold
    Fur and Gold is admittedly not as strong and cohesive a record as "Wind in the Wires." At its finest, though, it does show off a rare talent for haunting and evocative songwriting.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Planet Earth
    Planet Earth marks a slight improvement on that one ["3121"], which is progress of a sort, but incremental advances like this almost guarantee that the marketing hoo-hah will get more attention anyway.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Absolute Garbage
    Absolute Garbage makes a fine reminiscence, a gift from a party that was fun for its time but left a nasty hangover.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Con
    The pared-down moments of The Con seem to long for the clusterfuckedness of the album’s meatier tracks, and for the most part, rightly so.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Is Is [EP]
    Is Is is over in eighteen minutes, not one is wasted.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Broken String
    Perhaps the biggest draw of the album--its sheer fragility and unlikeliness, amidst throngs of over-arranged pseudo-chamber indie records.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Emerald City
    The album, like most of Vanderslice’s albums, meanders along like a pleasant afternoon: it is all fair weather and blithe breezes, fairly consistent in both tone and tempo.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Beauty & Crime
    Nothing too dire mars Vega’s compositions, which remain as condensed and detailed as Victorian miniatures.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
    1997's "I Could See the Dude" was abrupt, intriguing, emotive, and obtuse - these have always been within Spoon’s grasp, but rarely have they felt as unified as they do now, a baby’s first word burped up five times.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Cross
    Cross is a big party record with a few exciting beats, as well as one of the few examples of desirable audio clipping.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Time On Earth
    There's a sustained tone to Time on Earth that Finn's rarely mastered, and that alone comes closer than you might have thought possible to making the record an unqualified success.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    The Else
    The Else is their best whole album since, because it’s also the most melodic.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Goodbye
    Goodbye contains both the best and the worst of Schnauss’ output until now.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Super Taranta!
    This is more like their "Give ‘em Enough Rope," a perfectly fine extension of that first energy burst, one that deserved to be milked a bit.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Marry Me
    What Marry Me may lack in innovation, it makes up for in attitude and execution.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Twilight Of The Innocents
    Other than a few cliched song titles and lyrics (this is rock 'n' roll after all), Twilight of the Innocents actually demonstrates a refreshing maturity and breadth; sure it rocks, but never in a clumsy or callous manner.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Easy Tiger
    Easy Tiger sounds like the kind of album Adams could churn out every 18 months for the rest of his life.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    The Mix-Up
    The Mix-Up doesn’t present anything innovative, nor is it any sort of triumphant career coda; it just sounds good.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    My December
    My December isn’t the kind of earth-shattering fuck-you accomplishment that would make this story too good to be true. However, it’s not nearly as bereft of good songs and great moments as some folks would have you believe either.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Desire
    Desire’s successes stem chiefly from Pharoahe’s unimpeachably brilliant rhyme skills.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Astronomy For Dogs
    Astronomy sometimes sounds like a British invasion LP given the remaster and remix treatment: dance-ready, fit for a plush couch and extra-plush headspace, and oddly misfiled in time.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Icky Thump
    I suspect those left cold by Satan will find Icky Thump a welcome reheating.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Golden Pollen
    It takes a couple of good close listens to appreciate Herren’s languid songwriting; a casual listener will likely enjoy listening to only a track or two before turning off.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    It's A Bit Complicated
    The big difference behind the two albums’ superficial sonic similarities lies in the direction of this one’s gaze: panoramic, rather than immediately ahead. Whereas Bang Bang Rock and Roll was drunk, It’s a Bit Complicated is sober enough to think about being drunk.
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