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For 370 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Channel Orange
Lowest review score: 10 Sequel to the Prequel
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 262 out of 370
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 370
  3. Negative: 9 out of 370
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nzca/Lines
    On NZCA/Lines, he achieves his goal [to make 2012 sexy], slipping from slick pop that transforms the mundane into sheer seductiveness ('Okinawa Channels'), to monastic barbershop harmonies ('AM Travel Approach').
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Always
    Jamie Stewart's most preposterously tremulous and knuckle-whiteningly transgressive work.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ghostory
    Ghostory is as potent and decadent as School Of Seven Bells have ever been.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Slideshow Effect
    There's a nagging sense of melancholy throughout that gives these tracks a compelling and slightly haunting quality.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rooms Filled with Light
    Fine, intelligent and, at times, thoroughly heart-warming--but you've got to work for it.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Something Rain
    It's a startling beginning, but it's followed by eight equally mesmerising, if altogether different, songs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Melt
    Its Yeasayer-aping can seem too familiar at times, but on the whole Young Magic's debut is a beguiling brain-burp of a listen.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Young & Old
    With the wind still in their sails, Tennis have smashed another winner.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Put Your Back N 2 It
    Tear-stained and unsettled it may be, but the second chapter of Perfume Genius' flamboyant, disturbing story is uniquely compelling.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    Sounds from Nowheresville
    Altogether, it's an insipid assault of dribbly, sub-Billie Piper pop sludge.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sweet Sour
    Sledgehammer riff-filled rock doesn't need to be clever, but it sure as heck needs to sound like it's driven by full-pelt, carnage-causing energy. And that's where Band Of Skulls' second effort falls short.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Reign of Terror
    When the wrecking ball stops swinging, however, there are moments of emotional weightiness ('Leader Of The Pack') and glimpses of tenderness ('End Of The Line') that give this LP a more human edge.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freedom of Speech
    Social commentary ('Blaze Up A Fire'), emotional nudity ('Elephant') and confessional bravery ('Angel Wings') illuminate a warm, honest album.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon)
    There are moments of weightlessness and beauty here.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blues Funeral
    Though the grappling guitars of 'Riot In My House' wouldn't seem out of place on an MC5 album, Blues Funeral doesn't always kick out the jams.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No One Can Ever Know
    Some way off a breakthrough they may be, but they're still a chilling thrill for those unafraid of the dark.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Plumb
    Forget hidden depths, Plumb exposes every inch of the Brewises' brilliance.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Animal Joy
    A peculiar unwillingness to climax is something that many Shearwater records have suffered with over the years, and Animal Joy is unfortunately no exception.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Attack On Memory
    At just eight songs, doesn't stick around long enough to outstay its welcome.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Born to Die
    Born To Die may ultimately prove too-blinkered a vision to fully appeal to the Sheeran-loving public in the long run, but Lana has certainly proved that she's not just here to play games.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Be Strong
    Be Strong is funny, innovative, uplifting and, most importantly, always fun.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Django Django
    Smart guys, smart record.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Something
    Something's exquisite charms confirm that Chairlift mk.II are a much-improved proposition.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Lion's Roar
    The resulting collection of campfire singalongs proving nothing short of magical.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    E Volo Love
    Prepare to swoon.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    MU.ZZ.LE
    If he'd shown us a little more, MU.ZZ.LE would be altogether more satisfying, but that's just not Gonjasufi's style.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    U&I
    It's largely uninspired and generic dance music, all industrialised dystopia and insouciant dehumanisation, making U&I an often prosaic return.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Form & Control
    Form And Control is a pleasant enough offering, but there's nothing phenomenal on show here.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Area 52
    Mis-steps like the sticky Santana-worship on 'Hanuman' are far less palatable, but when the combinations match up, it proves exactly how impressive this band have become.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    America Give Up
    America Give Up proves them to be far more exciting than a mere second generation rip-off.
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