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For 1,126 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.3 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 The Golden Age of Apocalypse
Lowest review score: 10 This Is Forever
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 856 out of 1126
  2. Mixed: 256 out of 1126
  3. Negative: 14 out of 1126
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Crownsdown
    While CrownsDown is a damn fine album that comes off as a more mature, refined rendition of Them, only time will tell if Themselves have created their own classic. Still, it should silence the cynics.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love Is Not Pop
    Love Is Not Pop is many things; a comeback of sorts, a refreshing hybrid of exquisite production and emotional intimacy--but most immediately, it stands as an essential mood piece for these crisp air days, light fading early into dark.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Light A Candle
    Light a Candle is a rhythmic and refreshing soundtrack to adventures through tropical and summery locales.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Music For Men
    It stands out as a piece that’s refreshing, bold in musicality, and still defiant as ever--just the way we like our Gossip.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ready For The Weekend
    From the preparation to the club to the dreaded hangover, Weekend takes you all over and in between, and is sure to leave you asking for more.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Love 2
    Love 2 is a pleasurable and satisfactory record, one where every track provides just what’s needed and sets the stage for a new composition to step in and carry the beats to their finale.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Exploding Head
    Exploding Head is a movement deftly capturing atmospheric exuberance.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mind Chaos
    It is rare to come across an album encapsulating various musical stylings and still boasts coherence and a pleasurable pop listening experience. The Portland-based quartet Hockey achieves that balance on its debut studio album, Mind Chaos.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Warm Heart Of Africa
    We're given a deeper record than some may've anticipated -- sonically, for sure--but more so The Very Best's debut stands up higher as document of seamless (and shameless) cultural convergence.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    La Roux
    La Roux’s selft-titled debut doesn’t disappoint, pulling obvious influences from the Human League and Depeche Mode.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yeah Ghost
    While they have been slowly inching in the direction of a purer pop record post-"Simple Things," Binns and Hardaker seem to have finally found their stride.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Young Hearts
    Noisettes have stepped outside their comfort zone and into new musical territory. As a result, they have produced an album that accurately reflects their energy and personality.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Scars
    If you’re wondering what electronic music is missing, look no further: Scars should serve as a reminder (if you needed one) that Basement Jaxx are an essential piece of the puzzle.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Truelove's Gutter
    Truelove’s Gutter is a winner for his fans.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Temporary Pleasure
    A couple tracks may become short-lived flings, but for the most part, the pleasure to be had from Temporary Pleasure will not be short-lived.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Milky Ways
    Milky Ways is a simple yet multilayered album that fires on all cylinders.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Get Color
    HEALTH will still be written off as noise, but for fans, it sounds like the quartet tapped into its groove.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
    His timing, precision, and craftsmanship in regards to everything having to do with this project has been impeccable. It's not a classic. But it's damn close.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Strange Arrangement
    At worst, A Strange Arrangement has a couple lulls; at best, it’s one of the most enjoyable records of the summer. Highly recommended.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Red
    The guys seem like they want to prove they are not just a regular dance band, and in that way they succeed, even including a spoken word piece about one’s concern of the great unknown ('Fear of Death').
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    He Was King
    Take the jokes for what they are and discover that Felix's style-shifting is refreshing at album length. It may even make He Was Kings the finest full-length effort he's ever created.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Speech Therapy
    Musically, the live instrumentation and golden-era feel to the production make this record an enjoyable listen.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Can't Take It With You
    With its lush layers and shoegaze indie sound, You Can’t Take it With You forecasts clear skies for the guys.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This Is For The White In Your Eye
    Winner of the “Best New Act” award at the Danish Grammys, Choir of Young Believers’ debut is like summer itself--over too soon, but a tremendous joy.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Alien In A Garbage Dump
    The colors of the view, the hill, and the sky blend into one swirling colorful, confusing masterpiece. Just when you begin to think you might reach overload, you land cleanly on the ground, on your feet. You just listened to Alien in a Garbage Dump.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Broken
    Soulsavers continue to challenge themselves and are able to produce a great album musically and lyrically. Overall, the album is cohesive and strong on almost every level.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Solo Electric Bass 1 [Live]
    Even though incredibly complex and insanely technical, this is a very quiet, intimate release. There is a vulnerability in this album that hasn't been seen in previous works.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Bachelor
    The Bachelor is quite a journey with a clear direction and theme. Wolf is going through an inner struggle and seeks to find a resolution.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Braveface
    So who cares if Esser is clearly a product of his environment, right down to the post-Millennial Morrisey pompadour. Put him in line with several decades of British music that will always satisfy the NME reader within.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Love You
    It's the challenge of hearing Amanda claw her way through relentless electro barrages in an effort to deliver her heartfelt lyrics, that makes tracks like 'DJ' or the melancholy 'Leaving You Behind' (which is assisted by Lykke Li's haunting vocals) some of the most unexpectedly personable material to come out of Diplo's party-centric clique.
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