The Fly (UK)'s Scores
- Music
For 370 reviews, this publication has graded:
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61% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | Channel Orange | |
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Lowest review score: | Sequel to the Prequel |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 262 out of 370
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Mixed: 99 out of 370
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Negative: 9 out of 370
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Packed with shimmering riffs, synths and loops which sees the Californian mastermind diversify his much-tipped take on 'alternative 80s'.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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The dreamy 'Clone' has a touch of the Cocteau Twins about it, while the title track's polished riffs are pure powerpop. Only occasional moments – the lame guitar lick on 'Breathing Under Water' being one – sound outdated, proving that when it's done well, a little nostalgia doesn't hurt.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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It veers wildly between the divine and the comedic, but this is positively imperious preposterousness.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 22, 2012
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Although it doesn't stray hugely from the meandering blueprint of last year's '936', 'Lucifer' throbs with warmth, occupying a dreamy hinterland beyond Big Youth and Beach House.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 18, 2012
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At times, without the visual aids of the stage production, it whips from cohesive to confusing but, for the most part, 'Dr Dee' is a boundary-pushing triumph.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 18, 2012
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- Posted Jun 12, 2012
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Initially it is exciting – the title track and 'Hips And Lips' pack a visceral punch – however, repeat plays reveal that 'The National Health' offers nothing particularly new.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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They've left easy indie-disco hits behind and are now proving they're some of the most capable songwriters around.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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With frantic whip-crack beats, chirruping synths and a booming 'no messing' baritone, the NYC duo's anti-authority anthems rage against the hypocrisy.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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Constantly exhilarating, it's a sensory obliteration that proves that now, more than ever, APTBS are much more than just noise.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 8, 2012
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Whatever their reference points, Friends always end up sounding like Friends: now but new wavey, cool but catchy, spare but packed with odd sonic squiggles.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 5, 2012
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Ultimately, Endless Flowers is a poppier, prettier record than Crocodiles have managed before.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 4, 2012
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Occasionally there are garish synths nauseating enough to induce a hangover on their own, and it's only then that WHB remind you why nu-rave is a genre best forgotten.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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One Day finds Rowland weary, woozy and nakedly accepting of loneliness and age; a true soul man.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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[WIXIW is] dizzying, discordant and heavily rhythmic, as Andrew, Hemphill and Gross weave found sounds, freaky fragments of melancholy off-kilter melody, spiralling keyboard motifs, flurries of strings and distorted vocals and riffs through electronics that crunch and crack like shattered glass.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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You'll only get a kick out of this record if you think all music made since 1976 is terrible and have absolutely no desire to hear anything new whatsoever.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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Bookended by snippets of crackling fireworks, the aptly-titled 'Celebration Rock' is big on anthems, euphoria and fistpumping rock'n'roll thrills.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted Jun 1, 2012
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'Matilda' is superb, squirmy avant-pop, 'Tessellate' sports a pleasing, stuttering, polyrhythm, whilst 'Breezeblocks' skitters beneath multilayered vocals.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 30, 2012
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- Posted May 30, 2012
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Inconsistency's a little too much the watchword, but there are none more Something For Everyone.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 24, 2012
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This second album is exciting rather than essential, but if it's blown-out ears you want, PS I Love You oblige in style.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 24, 2012
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Occasionally it's beautiful--the acoustic breakdown in 'Thoughts' is unexpectedly sublime--and often beguiling.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 23, 2012
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Moments of cringe-worthiness aside, album two rejoices in TTT's expansive and elaborately emotional ballads.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 22, 2012
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- Posted May 21, 2012
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- Posted May 18, 2012
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'Walk The River' is defiantly sky-punching stuff, chipping away at its own corner of neoclassicism between latter-day Pulp and late-80s Tears For Fears and displaying not only an excess of soaring Dangerfield vocals but also plenty of roaring guitars...and deftly-exploring haunt-pop suss.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 17, 2012
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A witches' broth of soothing vocals, swooshing 90s synths and computer drum beats.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 9, 2012
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Hawley ditches his heavily orchestrated, Indie Orbison Of The North shtick in favour of a sound that's darker, ragged and riff-heavy. It works.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 4, 2012
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A comforting return to the hazy psychedelia and laconic 1960s bohemia of prime BJM, only now with added eastern twinges.- The Fly (UK)
- Posted May 4, 2012
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