Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 11,089 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Highest review score: | Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975 The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 | |
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Lowest review score: | Let Me Introduce My Friends |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8,177 out of 11089
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Mixed: 2,838 out of 11089
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Negative: 74 out of 11089
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If the reggae-metal of "I'm Insecure" is a little club-footed, the charisma of her delivery still wins through. [Oct 2022, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Aug 31, 2022 -
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Treading familiar terrain on a succession of tracks that adhere to his comfort zone of mannered electro-pop. [Sep 2022, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2022 -
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Young Blood is far darker than 2020’s soulful El Dorado. “Blood On The Tracks”, which chugs along behind a swampy, cowbell-accented groove, provides relief from the monolithic heaviness, which becomes enervating on the generic “Hard Working Man”. [Sep 2022, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Aug 24, 2022 -
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Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner’s songs are fragmentary and unpredictable, their springy guitars and elliptical vocals sometimes coalescing into sparkling hooks, at other times deliberately abstruse; think the quirky post-punk of The Raincoats, or a country-folk Deerhoof. [Sep 2022, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Aug 22, 2022 -
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Where earlier material flowed freely, here his fiddly funk and plastic grooves contrive a kind of new-age electro that at times is suave and smooth but rarely settles into anything satisfying; as much as they exude a sense of wellness. [Aug 2022, p.23]- Uncut
Posted Jul 25, 2022 -
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“Build A Fire”, too, is an air-punching anthem, though Torquil Campbell prefers lighter-waving on “To Feel What They Feel”, which, like “If I Never See London Again”, turns to polished ’80s production techniques. They can’t shake their melancholy, however. [Sep 2022, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Jul 22, 2022 -
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Full of hits and misses as it sways back and forth between indie and electro, never quite finding its feet. [Aug 2022, p.30]- Uncut
Posted Jul 7, 2022 -
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You're left wishing these jazz quintet pieces breathed more. [Aug 2022, p.26]- Uncut
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Posted Jun 20, 2022 -
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An album of skippy, infectious, electronics-soaked disco rock. [Jul 2022, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Jun 13, 2022 -
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There’s a new sense of maturity, even kindness, starting with “More Power”, a song of odd, regretful sentiments, reputedly addressed to Noel and full of family references. ... Songs mostly remain Frankenstein stitch-ups, though: Jeff Lynne’s softly simulated psychon the Threetles’ “Real Love” seems the production template, when not mixed for terrace power, minus tunes. [Jun 2022, p.26]- Uncut
Posted May 26, 2022 -
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Vincent Belorgey’s obsession with buffed-up synths and corny lyrics earnestly sung (“Reborn” by Romuald, “Renegade” by Cautious Clay) does pay off, but the air-tight production and endless cascade of saccharine arpeggios – plus a lovesick Sébastien Tellier pining on “Goodbye” – lays on thick the sentimental shtick. [Jul 2022, p.29]- Uncut
Posted May 20, 2022 -
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The constant is Wilson’s fiery vocal, still powerfully passionate well into her seventies. [May 2022, p.36]- Uncut
Posted Apr 29, 2022 -
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“Sex Magik” and “If We Get Caught” offer unashamedly lusty visions punctuated by agreeable glimpses of pop glitter. Otherwise, though, waspish, charismatically delivered lyrics are let down by workaday instrumental backing. [Jun 2022, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Apr 28, 2022 -
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On her 2019 debut album Keepsake, Harriette Pilbeam, who records as Hatchie, showed an inclination to take her shoegaze-infused pop onto the dancefloor. That’s something continued on Giving The World Away. [Jun 2022, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Apr 27, 2022 -
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There’s a sweet sadness to the end-of-relationship duet with Dave Gahan on “Stop Speaking”, but while the melancholy romantic meditations of other tracks can also be initially intriguing, the songs then lack the peaks and troughs to keep you from disengaging. [Jun 2022, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Apr 27, 2022 -
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There are some pretty melodies here, like “Bells”, “Hymn” and “An Intimate Distance”, but there are some tracks where Eno’s melodies are so minimal that they become quite mind-numbingly banal. [May 2022, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Apr 21, 2022 -
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Opens with three tracks that feature his street set-up and have the sparse rawness of Lomax’s 1930s Mississippi Delta recordings. The other eight tracks were recorded in a studio with a full band and bounce and ricochet with the joyous energy of the Bhundu Boys at their most exuberant. [Mar 2022, p.29]- Uncut
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Posted Mar 2, 2022 -
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That unsubtle drive for huge hooks can sometimes be a bit exhausting, but tracks like "New Age Millennial Magic", the groovy "Feel The Change!" and "Demolition Song" come so loaded with good vibes it's hard not to smile. [Mar 2022, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Feb 25, 2022 -
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Subtle this isn't, but ironically, for a band once compared endlessly to Interpol and Editors and their Joy Division-inspired brooding indie, White Lies Have probably shown more versatility and evolution than either on their latest. [Apr 2022, p.36]- Uncut
Posted Feb 24, 2022 -
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"Don't Worry 'Bout What I Do" get quite heavy-metally, while James takes tracks like the wah-wah-infused "This Is Who I Is" in a distinctly Hendrix-inspired direction. [Apr 2022, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Feb 23, 2022 -
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If a few concessions are made to mainstream mores here, it still works on its own idiosyncratic terms. [Mar 2022, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Feb 9, 2022 -
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Amid all this weirdness, the sleek disco banger "The last Dance" stands out like a beacon in a cave, lighting the way towards a more sustainable reinvention. [Feb 2022, p.34]- Uncut
Posted Jan 26, 2022 -
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Her solo works have generally furnished her extraordinary voice with more obviously congruent vehicles, and Age Of Apathy is no exception. [Feb 2022, p.34]- Uncut
Posted Jan 24, 2022 -
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The deviations from the general upbeat mood vary - "Louder" is a clunky if well-meaning protest song, but the melancholy piano-led ballad "Marvelous To Me" is a thing of downbeat beauty. [Mar 2022, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Jan 21, 2022 -
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Too often, though, good-not-great tunes can't quite make up for generic song structures and performances that seem to have lost a certain charismatic shine during the downsizing operation. [Feb 2022, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Jan 21, 2022 -
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Still groovy, but these voyagers might want to plot a new course. [Feb 2022, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Dec 22, 2021 -
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The vocals feel a bit hammily gothic at times but it’s a small complaint compared with the album’s intoxicating density. [Jul 2021, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Dec 22, 2021 -
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It's not always on the right side of cliché but, when it works, it's glorious. [Nov 2021, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Nov 24, 2021