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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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    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Baby
    Ecstatic, raucous, spine-tingling and delivered in the only way they know, Baby is a piece of Tribes for their devoted followers to hold onto.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen
    Casiokids received a one million Kroner grant from fellow Nordmenn A-ha for musical potential....A-ha can consider their money well spent.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Flash Flood of Colour
    Disenchantment should always be this spellbinding.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Glowing Mouth
    Glowing Mouth is as emotionally jolting and cosily reassuring as a night in with a David attenborough boxset.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ester
    Ester is very much an individualist work.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy
    Not exactly champion wordsmiths, then, but the ebulliently heart-warming rush of the tunes is reason enough to forgive any clunkers.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Given to the Wild
    Impressively diverse but united by a strain of quintessentially Maccabeean hopeless hopefulness, it's an outpouring of both technical brilliance and affective emotion that thrives in its sheer humanity.
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