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For 18,280 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: 15,329 out of 18280
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18280
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18280
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sniff More Gritty
    Pursuing their independence has led to some of their most widely appealing songs, and Sniff More Gritty is the musically inventive, emotionally direct, razor-sharp album Du Blonde has always had in them.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Way Out of Easy [Live]
    The Way Out of Easy equals its predecessor, but it also extends the quartet's musical vocabulary and sonic identity. While they may not be able to play ETA any longer, their musical signature and group communication prove they can make magic anywhere.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Road To The Sea
    His brand of wistfulness is appealing, never cloying, with just the right amount of windswept drama and to tickle the heartstrings.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I'm Nice Now
    Their combination of on-point messaging, unyielding intensity, and wall-rattling musical power guarantees their future even as I'm Nice Now goes a long way to positioning them as the most important band of right now.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Off The Fence
    On Off the Fence, Hunter's crew display their richest stylistic and rhythmic varieties to date in songs that stimulate the body and resonate in the heart.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Boxer
    As focused as it is ambitious, Boxeris riveting.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Some Rap Songs
    Simultaneously sad, strange, and warmly nostalgic, Some Rap Songs is excitingly listenable and emotionally connected despite its abstruse approach. The album's triumphs are in its fearless risk taking and the insight it allows into the journey of Earl Sweatshirt's constant creative regeneration.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Mountain
    The emotional backbone of The Mountain, however, pushes that expert musicianship beyond the typically reliable Gorillaz sound and into new territory, adding more heart and humanity than this cartoon crew has ever mustered.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Inspiration Information/Wings of Love
    That quarter-century span should be a tip-off that this is not a lean, coherent, purposeful album, but rather a collection of every listenable thing Otis completed over the course of 25 years, and in that sense, it's pretty good.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Scaring the Hoes
    It's crowded, confusing, ridiculous music, but despite its scary intentions, the album's renegade production and impressive performances make it more exciting than frightening.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Reflection
    Reflection doesn't quite have the shock of the new that For You and I did, but its best moments are still powerful, and it would be impossible to mistake the album for anyone else's perspective.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE
    It's the Long Goodbye is a fiercely beautiful tribute to a life and the love left behind. Like Mount Eerie’s A Crow Looked at Me, it tells the entire story of loss with exceptional honesty.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Candle and the Flame
    The songs are honest, deep, and direct, but never heavy-handed. Mostly, The Candle and the Flame finds Forster taking stock of his long and storied life, and grasping at some of the many moments of love and beauty he experienced along the way.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Good and Green Again
    Listening to Good and Green Again is like visiting a warm little den where the songs of yesteryear spend an easy hour catching up on the news of the present. His is a peculiar gift, but one he's learned how to use to great effect.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Refractory Obdurate
    This is music ripped from one man's heart and soul, and if it sometimes makes you uncomfortable, that means Wovenhand have done their job well.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hyperdub 10.1
    From years six through ten, Hyperdub has remained as reliable and forward-thinking as it was during its first five years.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    White Blood Cells
    It sounds exactly how an underground sensation's breakthrough album should: bigger and tighter than their earlier material, but not so polished that it will scare away longtime fans.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Popular Problems
    Popular Problems reveals that at 80, Cohen not only has plenty left, but is on top of his game.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ravedeath, 1972
    The overall effect of Ravedeath, 1972 is a balance between sheer sonic wooziness and a focused sense of construction; nothing seems wholly random in each song's development even as the feeling can be increasingly disorienting.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In Time
    To say this album is a return to form wouldn't be quite correct. It's an extension of it.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    American Dream
    American Dream isn't just a triumphant comeback, it's another great album by a great band.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Interior Live Oak
    Interior Live Oak is both a little more moving than the wry songwriter's typical output and a little on the long side (among the 16 songs are a handful of six- and seven-minute tracks), although it may be just the thing for a contemplative Sunday afternoon.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Bowie At The Beeb
    This might not necessarily qualify as an archival record filled with unexpected revelations, but it is filled with wonderful music that deepens appreciation of Bowie's first great blast of creativity. Needless to say, any true fan needs it in their collection...
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    All Hands On The Bad One
    Their brightest, most accessible album to date... the band is absolutely brimming with confidence and vitality.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Wind
    The Wind feels less like a grand final statement of Warren Zevon's career than one last walk around the field, with the star nodding to his pals, offering a last look at what he does best, and quietly but firmly leaving listeners convinced that he exits the game with no shame and no regrets.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Lemon Of Pink
    It isn't often that one finds an American artist with such a mastery of collage technique and a desire to incorporate traditional folk instruments and melodies.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
    Once again Cee-Lo has recorded a peerless album, except this time he's recorded one that should connect, or at least deserves to.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    May the Lord Watch
    While this LP might seem like a present custom made for expectant deep-listening fans who have grown with the makers, it's plainly evident that Phonte and Pooh needed to make it for themselves. Like the return from their idolized A Tribe Called Quest, May the Lord Watch strengthens a legacy of an act crucial to hip-hop.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We Will Always Love You
    Yet another emotional roller coaster, this is the Avalanches' longest one yet.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Punk
    Even though Punk might not be the pop explosion that Pink was, it's a well-rounded album that capitalizes on the band's imagination and capacity for experimentation while blending the sounds more organically. Plus, it's more fun than just about anything else going on in the late 2010s and that alone makes the record and the band worth checking out and falling (and staying madly) in love with.
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