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For 169 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 44% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 52% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Neon Bible
Lowest review score: 10 Somebody's Miracle
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 112 out of 169
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 169
  3. Negative: 4 out of 169
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Arular
    This is probably as close as anyone has yet come to achieving the visions of revolutionary global pop once advanced by the Clash and Afrika Bambaataa; it's equally enlightening to urban street kids and university eggheads.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Neon Bible
    A rewarding, resonant album, Neon Bible ranks among the best indie rock recordings of all time.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Funeral
    An energetic and original statement.... Essential.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Elephant
    A masterpiece, regardless of hype.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Nixon
    The album navigates effortlessly from peak to peak.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    ()
    The group's masterpiece.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Z
    This music has the serene lilt of pop and the hope of sentimentality but also the gravity of unconventional responsibility. Rather than roaring, this music sears.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Grand Don't Come For Free
    Skinner seems both edgier and more contemplative.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Living With The Living
    An impassioned, angry and devastating document.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Futureheads
    Phenomenal, with nary a bum track.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Invisible Invasion
    This is The Coral at its best: tight and stimulating, earthy and radiant.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    LCD Soundsystem
    A second disc which recaps some of the prior singles and B-sides resonates wonderfully, and provides a contrast for the new material, which is the same only better, faster and harder.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Melody A.M.
    Wildly experimental and unique, Melody A.M. belongs in the collections of fans of lush keyboard instrumentation, '70s soul, new age and Boards of Canada-style strangeness alike.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is worthy of the attention, as it reveals a band of great ability and confidence brimming with ideas.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Cole's Corner
    The propensities for treacle and brimstone are cut by the realism of his portraits and the certitude in his voice. A Nick Drake-like wonder here, it is sonorous, even-keeled and assured.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
    The production is lush and detailed but the songs are strong enough to withstand all the fuss, making this a most ambitious and accomplished record.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You In Reverse
    You in Reverse is a tremendous record -- engaging, enveloping, engrossing.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ghosts Of The Great Highway
    It's like everything that has always been great about the Red House Painters made a notch or two more exciting in the studio.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Come Feel Me Tremble
    The album is ingeniously constructed; many of the songs play off each other while seeming off the cuff and loose-limbed.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Okemah And The Melody Of Riot
    A stunning return to form.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Original Pirate Material
    [A] blindingly good debut.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Secret Migration
    While at times the album becomes so lightheaded it threatens to evaporate into nothingness, it is yet another dazzling achievement for the band.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In Exile Deo
    The songs on In Exile Deo are her strongest yet.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Back To Me
    An album’s worth of excellent songs performed with gusto.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
    A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure is many things: inevitable, insane and their finest album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tanglewood Numbers
    What may be the most confident and cohesive Silver Jews album yet is shot through with urgency and gravitas, but tempered, of course, with liberal doses of dark humor.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Scarlet's Walk
    A magnificent, epic take on American history and mythology.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Here We Stand
    Throughout, the joyfulness and invention, a marvel of pop craft, make Here We Stand hit the spot.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Sunset Tree
    Cathartic and essential.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
    The instrumental "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" showcases Grohl's acoustic guitar chops, while the piano-driven "Home" provides a lovely ending to an excellent album.
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