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For 18,283 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 63% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 The Marshall Mathers LP
Lowest review score: 20 Graffiti
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15,332 out of 18283
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18283
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18283
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feral Roots
    "Look Away," with its inventive and Eastern-tinged, Led Zeppelin III-inspired acoustic guitar work, the soulful and contemplative title cut, and the breezy, psych-folk-rocker "All Directions," are administered with equal amounts of nuance and backbone, showcasing the band's versatility in both songcraft and execution, a feat made all the more impressive by their predilection for recording live in the studio. That craftsmanship, no doubt bolstered by the group's adherence to a rigorous tour schedule, is the glue that keeps Feral Roots from bursting apart at the seams.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mystery Hour
    Bringing emotional weight and measured playfulness to every song while maintaining a fascinating, cosmic soundscape, it's an album that lingers.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rat's Spit
    Rat's Spit replaces Lines as the strongest chapter of Lynch's musical vision, arranging a vibrant and overflowing world of sounds and ideas so precisely that the songs never feel messy or overcooked.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Almost Free
    FIDLAR strike out in a variety of different directions, landing some new tricks but slamming a lot more. The result is a scattershot collection that just doesn't hang together very well.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Temporal
    With Temporal, Julia Kent continues to craft cerebral yet accessible epics, encompassing a vast spectrum of emotions using a limited set of tools.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Goes West
    Tyler builds on his already sterling reputation as a player and composer, while further establishing himself as a bandleader, on this breezy but neatly sewn collection.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It Won't Be Like This All the Time
    As it acknowledges current hardships and allow the tiniest glimmer of hope for tomorrow, It Won't Be Like This All the Time proves the Twilight Sad are making some of their most vital music more than a decade into their career.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Myth of a Man
    Myth of a Man ultimately feels more like a Danny Lee Blackwell solo project than a Night Beats album, but it's a very good Blackwell solo album--a largely successful creative detour that shows he has more up his sleeve than expected, though fans of his more raucous sessions may be a bit thrown by it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mint
    A front-loaded set song-wise, it maintains an effervescence and living-room danceability that has the potential to charm the masses.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Internationally Unknown
    There's no need to search for deeper meanings or enlightenment on Internationally Unknown. Instead, Cardy and Armstrong invite listeners to let go and enjoy the ride, which is an energetic, wild blast.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Malibu Ken
    Tobacco's production throughout the album isn't quite as lo-fi or dirty-sounding as his solo work, and his presence is clearly felt, but he doesn't overpower Aesop. The two are a fitting match for each other, and their collaboration works as well as fans would expect.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Assume Form
    These 12 songs represent artistic development and a strike at emotional vulnerability from a talent who could have tread well-known territory indefinitely. At times, the changes feel experimental and uneven, but when they connect, the shifting perspectives of Assume Form are refreshing.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Used To Be Pretty
    I Used To Be Pretty is an unexpected triumph from a band far too compelling to be a one-off.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Painted Image
    Mercurial as it is in terms of stylistic influence and intensity, the album feels woven together by a modestly shifting shared palette, and lyrics full of yearning and awareness.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Who Do You Trust?
    All of this works nicely, and reinforces the notion that at over twenty years into their career, Papa Roach are handling maturity pretty well.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Heard It in a Past Life
    While it sometimes feels like Rogers could be even bolder than she is on Heard It in a Past Life, it's a strong debut that shows how well she's growing into her fame as well as all the dimensions of her music.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Love Hates What You Become
    With Love Hates What You Become, Lost Under Heaven hit you in the heart right out of the gate, but then spend the rest of the album building you back up, hammering a crack into reality to let the light in. The album sticks with you even after coming to its crashing end.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Scholars
    The album is an ambitious and adventurous set of music that's every bit as engaged as anything they've ever released, and there's an undertow of discovery that makes their new music an adventure worth a spin or two.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Unseen In Between
    On The Unseen In Between Gunn's guitar is the hub on which his songs turn, but is not their centerpiece. For guitar fans, there's an abundance of fine playing here, but the songwriter's aesthetic shift delivers listeners his most consistent album to date.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    About the Light
    Well-conceived, vibrant, and executed with attitude and aplomb, About the Light is a career standout for Mason.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Outer Peace
    Subtract the handful of tracks that fall into this category [come off like bad imitations of Drake or the Weeknd] and what's left is a fun, very well-crafted EP of uplifting dance music, the best Bear has made yet. Add them back and the record ends up a very mixed, somewhat disappointing bag that takes Toro y Moi to some exciting new places, but also treads familiar ground.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Remind Me Tomorrow
    Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, she plumbs the depths of contentedness, setting her satisfaction to a sound that's nominally dark yet strangely comforting and nourishing. Even if this album doesn't speak to your specific life, it will nevertheless enrich it.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
    From the weariness and wonder in its title to the mix of delicacy and anger in its songs, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? is one of Deerhunter's most haunting and thought-provoking albums.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Phoenix
    Older, wiser, and still passionate, Phoenix is a worthy continuation of Pedro the Lion's legacy with just enough spirit to set it apart from his 2010s solo work.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    De Facto
    De Facto is the work of musicians seeking something sonically and emotionally better and getting very close to the burning, white-hot center of it all. It's a challenging listen at times, but there's never a moment where the effort doesn't feel worth it and the rewards of digging deep into the sounds and songs are many.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tallies
    It doesn't just repeat the past, it mines it for gold while tossing out the dross, a process that works to refine this record until it gleams like a precious gem.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    You Tell Me
    It will be interesting to see if You Tell Me is the start of something long-running or just a one-off. However it turns out, the album works as another argument in favor of the on-going genius of Peter Brewis and as an impressive introduction to the lovely music of Sarah Hayes.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On Reflection
    Somehow, they manage to keep it engaging from start to finish; then again, that should be no surprise from two artists who rarely run out of ideas.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Evil Genius
    Even if it's familiar territory, he remains a master of this particular hip-hop niche, and Evil Genius is a late-era catalog highlight.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    DiCaprio 2
    DiCaprio 2 surpasses everything the rapper offered before it, with his strengths in full focus at a level that can't help but remind of the career peaks of greats that came before him.
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