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For 18,310 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: 15,355 out of 18310
  2. Mixed: 2,929 out of 18310
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18310
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Konkylie
    The swirl of sonic suggestions throughout the album ranges from Laurie Anderson to These New Puritans to Active Child to Planningtorock to Brian Eno and David Byrne's collaborations and much more besides, all tied up and presented as an immediate and incredibly enjoyable art pop album without apology, an increasingly distinct and unique prospect.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Summer Dancing
    It lovingly invokes both the past and the future without fully submitting to either.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
    When the final piano twinkles of the heartbreaking ballad "Última" close the first half, the album shifts to mixtape mode with the flood of additional hits that pack the back end, making Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran a great two-for-one set that is essentially a short new album and a de facto "Greatest Hits 2022-2024."
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Quit +/or Fight
    Both intimate and powerful, Quit +/or Fight is a striking achievement.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Electric Arguments
    There are more twists and turns, more textures, than on any other McCartney album in the last 20 years, and if it's a little messy, so be it: it's better to have Paul letting it all hang out instead of hanging back.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Messthetics
    In short, the Messthetics are not Fugazi, but they are a bold, bracing, fearless band from Washington, D.C. playing music that challenges and dazzles, and that's more than enough reason to make their debut album worth your time.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Demidevil [Mixtape]
    While several tracks are less than essential, the mixtape's best songs are powerful enough to make Demidevil the strongest showing of Ashnikko's formidable skills and uncompromising energy to date.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Echo
    Sparke touches on poetic remembrances of people, places, and joys as well as the more preoccupying struggles, making for a mature and poignant introduction.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Learn To Sing Like A Star
    Learn to Sing Like a Star was certainly worth the wait, and if fans will listen closely enough, they'll understand that Hersh's sophistication as both a singing poet and composer has grown almost immeasurably.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Between the Times and the Tides
    Between the Times and the Tides cements Ranaldo's role as a dreamer and poet who can remain true to himself and reveal new things at the same time.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Self Worth
    The confidence that courses through Self Worth is matched by Mourn's unguarded songwriting.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
    That Numan can still juggle melodrama and musicality with such effortlessness is impressive, to say the least, but that he can make it so compelling is what sets him apart from his old guard new wave contemporaries.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Can Cladders
    Four years in the making, Can Cladders could have come off the presses as an indulgent, overwrought opus. Instead, it simply (but oh-so-craftily) distilled a career's worth of creative tangents into one solid, focused effort that, if you're observant enough, holds its own amongst the likes of the Llamas' comparative "elite."
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Wave
    New Wave is crisp, direct, and sharp. It's clean, but not glossy; it's defiant; it's brash; it's heartfelt.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hope & Glory
    It's a bleak album to be sure, undoubtedly inspired by the downtrodden national mood of the times in which it was recorded. Ann's voice is strong and convincing on these tunes, largely drawn from the '60s and '70s with a few exceptions.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Union Town [EP]
    Those of centrist or conservative political persuasions may decide this is a socialist document. Let them. For Morello and others, this recording claims songs from organized labor history, which are more relevant now than ever; he includes his own contributions to it as well.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shape Shift
    Shape Shift finds Zombi returning to their earlier sound and reliably crafting sturdy, horror-tinged neo-prog.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Suck It and See
    Suck It And See may be at the opposite end of the spectrum from the Humbug--it's concentrated and purposeful where its predecessor sprawled--yet it still demands attention from the listener, delivering its rewards according to just how much time you're willing to devote.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    7 Days of Funk
    Even if this is Snoop's first album with a single producer since the monolithic, Dr. Dre-helmed Doggystyle, don't call it a comeback, call it lark, and a funky, welcome one at that.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Albatross
    Albatross can sometimes be too insular for its own good.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Metal Resistance
    As it stands, Metal Resistance is still worth hearing, if only for the half of the record that captures the insanely silly balancing act that their debut managed so well.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hangin' at the Beach
    The album is clearly the product of the artist's singular vision rather than anything created with commercial expectations, and while certain listeners might find it indulgent or amateur-sounding, give it a chance and it might prove to be a rewarding, amusing listen.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Visuals
    While it's true that some of their pseudo-"prog" power is lost without Madsen's riffs, Mew's delivery is no less effective. Their ever-morphing vision has simply moved beyond terrestrial bonds and ascended into the expanse of the galaxy.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Doris & the Daggers
    Doris & the Daggers is settled in an appealing way. Kannberg eases into a collection of classicist guitar pop that recalls vintage '80s college rock from New Zealand and Australia, but also bears some resemblance to the sharp, knowing pop of Kelley Stoltz, who functioned as a part-time collaborator on the record.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dusty Notes
    The sound isn't a throwback to their first (or second) great era so much as it reflects the best qualities of their more mature work, and if it's not quite what some folks may have hoped for, it's a pleasing and well-crafted set that reminds listeners this band is still vital and productive.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Myopia
    It's elegant, regal even, yet so immersed in its icy solitude that the listener is often left looking for cracks in the facade instead of common ground.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bootleg, Vol. 2: From Memphis to Hollywood
    Like its predecessor, Bootleg, Vol. 2: From Memphis to Hollywood is essential for Cash collectors and hardcore fans, adding even more depth and weight to his enormous stature in American popular music.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Why Me? Why Not.
    Gallagher isn't as potent a personality as he was a quarter-century earlier, but his middle-aged control has its charms, too. He sounds relaxed on Why Me? Why Not., maybe for the first time ever.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pressure & Time
    Rival Sons are a power trio plus singer in the traditional style, who might have made this album after listening to the first Led Zeppelin LP over and over for a day or two... Anyone who likes [60's hard rock] should ... check them out.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Steve Reich: WTC 9/11
    The Kronos Quartet, So Percussion, and the six players in Dance Patterns deliver topnotch performances, and Nonesuch's sound is immaculate.
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