For 2,073 reviews, this publication has graded:
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4% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.2 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 71
| Highest review score: | Live in Europe 1967: Best of the Bootleg, Vol. 1 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album |
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Positive: 1,595 out of 2073
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Mixed: 443 out of 2073
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Negative: 35 out of 2073
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The results are simultaneously crisp and disorienting, teasing with a familiarity that quickly recedes behind complex second thoughts. [21 Mar 2005]- The New York Times
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Unfortunately, the songs aren't always as good as the sounds, but the best ones are dazzling.- The New York Times
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For all that the Kills owe to P. J. Harvey, they also have angles of their own. [13 Mar 2005]- The New York Times
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Like many of the best indie-pop bands, this one is musically conservative. Rather than chase new forms and sounds, the members are content to perfect the mannered pop song, nodding to forebears and fellow travelers, from Prefab Sprout to the Postal Service. [30 Dec 2004]- The New York Times
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Buoyant, bittersweet songs about lovers who leave without ever quite going away. [14 Mar 2005]- The New York Times
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It is a collection of stark but sly threats and come-ons, nearly as addictive as its predecessor. [3 Mar 2005]- The New York Times
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The music combines the kitchen-sink inclusiveness of psychedelia with the swerves and jolts of the hip-hop era, to approach the ravenous eclecticism of Latin alternative rock. [27 Feb 2005]- The New York Times
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The songs on "In Between Dreams" (Universal) are so light and self-effacing they might scatter in a tropical breeze. [13 Mar 2005]- The New York Times
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Her most down-to-earth album in years, because Ms. Amos has decided she doesn't have to pack every impulse into every song. Sometimes, now, a simple melody and a steady groove are enough. [21 Feb 2005]- The New York Times
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There is nothing but earnestness and obsession in her songs, which risk both clichés and awkwardness as they reach for honesty. [31 Jan 2005]- The New York Times
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It's an intensely private album, full of desolation, leave-takings, recriminations and regrets. [21 Feb 2005]- The New York Times
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Most of the songs are elegiac, and Ms. Faithfull infuses them with desolate memories. [31 Jan 2005]- The New York Times
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Ms. DiFranco is still self-sufficient, but an extra pair of producer's ears gives her some new dimensions. [31 Jan 2005]- The New York Times
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The new album, "Be as You Are", is the most laid-back of Mr. Chesney's career, and one of the most appealing. [24 Jan 2005]- The New York Times
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So this album contains Ashanti's best and most adventurous selection of beats so far. Unfortunately, it also contains the sketchiest and most irritating batch of songs. [13 Dec 2004]- The New York Times
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Everyone's always complaining about how CD's have too much filler, but this one could use a little more: more big-name guests, more novelty songs and, most of all, more slow jams. It's that rare hip-hop album that might have been better if it had sounded more like a mixtape. [13 Dec 2004]- The New York Times
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A clever and sometimes enticing solo debut that doesn't quite add up. [22 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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It's a collection of odds and ends, yet the music can be cathartic and it can be achingly intimate. [29 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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A surprisingly perfunctory disc that never quite justifies its existence. [22 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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Isn't quite as infectious as the last one, "Paid tha Cost to Be tha Bo$$," because the hooks aren't as grabby and the jokes aren't as funny. But there's plenty to love. [22 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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"Encore" is almost willfully uneven: it includes some of the most exhilarating songs Eminem has ever recorded, alongside some of the most inert. [15 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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Individually, the songs are catchy, but as they pile up over the length of the album, it's impossible not to wonder whether the singer's endless complaints didn't drive everyone away. [8 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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The low-fi yet meticulous arrangements only add to the sense of isolation and the poignancy of the songs. [18 Oct 2004]- The New York Times
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Although Mos Def sometimes finds the casual groove he's looking for, this disc is surprisingly dreary and oddly abstract. [1 Nov 2004]- The New York Times
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Like an altar built of barbed wire, scrap metal and broken glass, "Real Gone" hammers ungraceful materials into something like beauty.- The New York Times
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The disc is full of ham-fisted experiments. [11 Oct 2004]- The New York Times
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