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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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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Jay Stay Paid
    Jay Stay Paid is a smooth hip hop ride. It is an effort that should be applauded and J-Dilla is a producer whose contributions will be appreciated from years to come. This album is another piece of evidence that testifies to that truth.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Logos
    While his work with Deerhunter remains impressive, Cox allows himself the most freedom while writing as Atlas Sound, and on Logos his risks are all rewarded.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Milk Of Human Kindness
    Kindness sounds like the work of someone given one month to live, as Snaith lays down dozens of musical ideas into an album that will constantly keep you guessing what's next. [May 2005, p.84]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Metals
    Nothing will blow you away here but a good listen taken in total.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gold And Green
    Definitely the earbuds experience of the month. [Oct 2005, p.85]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Engineers
    Beautiful. [Apr 2005, p.108]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anniemal
    Annie explodes with a white-hot teen spirit that shames 99% of what passes for pop in America today. [Jun 2005, p.76]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    St. Elsewhere
    Elsewhere is exactly what you thought it'd be: a daring piece of work from two artists not afraid to take chances that pay off. [May 2006, p.81]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Drums And Guns
    Dependable? Yes. Beautiful? Definitely, yes. [Apr 2007, p.107]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
    Cold and sweet all at once while perched atop a reef of moody Krautrock, Let the Blind Lead has a progression that melts more than it floats.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Less Than Human
    Like attending a bombastic revival of Kraftwerk, Eno and Devo presided over by a Juan Atkins and Derrick May DJ tag team. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.102]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Scissor Sisters
    Rather spectacular. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.126]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Microcastle
    The ’Hunter may not have bagged a 14-point buck this time around, but Microcastle is still good enough to stuff and mount on the wall.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Black Dialogue
    Black Dialogue has finally captured the Perceptionists' on-stage charisma and fraternity. [Apr 2005, p.103]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MM..Food
    As always, Doom steps up and kicks out clever lines with the ease of someone still not bored with their talents. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.93]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Phantom
    Lif's strengths as an MC make his tight narrative focus on the protagonist's plights palpable. [Sep 2002, p.104]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
    A wonderfully dance-ridden companion ot the intelli-disco carved out on 2005's The Sunlandic Twins. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.81]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The Age of Adz
    What Sufjan did in The Age of Adz is so beautiful and rich and complicated; he ended up telling the story of what life is for so many people who just end up turning the gears of the larger machine.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Shining
    The Shining stands as a combination of Dilla's best sides. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.130]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Icky Thump
    Icky Thump is a fearless album, braving a bold bunch of weird rock transformations: slick studio radio glam, southern jukebox boogie, Scottish Highlander mandolin jaunts (!!), stuttering mariachi machismo, comedic skits, etc.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Real Life Is No Cool
    The Norwegian maestro of disco, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, teams up again with Christabelle (also known as Solale), and together they craft a masterful 10-song pop album.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Destroy Rock & Roll
    Each song is perfectly buoyant and bold standing alone or considered on the whole. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.95]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Suckfish
    A definitely worthwhile rocker, but nothing you'll raise an eyebrow at. [Oct 2005, p.76]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A Little Deeper
    It's the album many heads wished Lauryn Hill had come back with instead of that weepy acoustic exercise. [Mar 2003, p.94]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Since We Last Spoke
    With hardly a breakbeat in sight, RJ's sophomore effort plays like an homage to '80s-era easy listening.... An ambitious effort, but a failure all the same. [May 2004, p.86]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tasty
    This is Kelis' big moment, and she more than rises to the occasion. [Feb 2004, p.82]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Sunlandic Twins
    Terse bass and faux-African rhythms that recall [the Talking Heads]. [May 2005, p.93]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Last Romance
    [Their] rain-soaked misery [is] now nicely offset by a simmering rage. [May 2006, p.82]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lucky Shiner
    If IDM is that pudgy guy with the thick glasses who won't shut up about Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Gold Panda is the shy boy in the corner that somehow gets the coolest girl at the party to make him breakfast.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Street Horrrsing
    Using familiarity to its advantage, this duo is smart to refine its palette, making even the most migraine-inducing compositions seem like comforting lullabies.
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