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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
    • 80 Critic Score
    Temporary
    Russell converts extemporaneous dialogue from the participants into collage-like pieces across the LP. Other thematically relevant choices for samples and interpolations -- including songs by Shawn Smith, Jackson C. Frank, and Molly Drake, all of whom are deceased -- add even more emotional resonance. Melody is foregrounded by a cross-generational ensemble of 18 featured voices and winds players.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ruby
    A little refinement in the writing room might be appreciated in the long term, but it's clear that JENNIE has the vision to deliver something spectacular.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Last Missouri Exit
    Last Missouri Exit is a thoroughly entertaining debut from a band that knows how to make the most of that most uncommon of musical virtues, modesty.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Holy Island
    While some of Holy Island is danceable, some is dreamy, and some is pure atmosphere, these characteristics come together on the six-minute closer, "Morning Bell," which, with more crashing water sounds alongside footsteps and an actual bell, seems to leave us shipwrecked rather than safe in bed as we awaken from a dream.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    SCALA!!! (Original Music By Barry Adamson)
    Adamson's music for SCALA!! sounds like ideal accompaniment for all manner of nefarious behavior; it's one of his most entertaining film scores and great fun for post-punk hipsters and psychotronic film freaks alike.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fancy Some More?
    Like most remix collections, this should be approached as a bonus round for fans of the original release, but there's an abundance of worthwhile material here.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DEADLINE [EP]
    Short and sweet, it highlights all the different styles and moods the quartet is capable of, proving they still have it and hinting at exciting directions for a future full-length.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crawlspace Of The Pantheon
    Crawlspace of the Pantheon sounds like the work of a band that still has plenty of gas left in the tank, regardless of how long they've (or he's) been at it. Play it loud.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Almanac
    Almanac proves that Widowspeak can embrace more traditional sounds without feeling stuffy, as well as make music that's much more eclectic than might have been expected.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We All Want the Same Things
    With We All Want the Same Things, Finn has crafted some of the strongest and most moving music of his career, and if his tales aren't often upbeat, they have the ring of truth and will stay in your memory long after the album is over.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Evolve or Be Extinct
    Warts and all, this is one of the strongest albums in Wiley's already impressive catalog.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    God Help The Girl
    God Help the Girl should probably just be viewed as a flawed work or a semi-successful adventure by a solo artist who needs his band to be truly great.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
    If the riffs don't always sink in deeply--and if the entire production feels slightly monochromatic--what impresses here is the thought and musicality within the compositions and the performances, elements that have always been at the band's core and shine brightly on Hardwired... To Self-Destruct.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sound Mirror
    If indeed they are carrying the torch for the classic Canterbury sound, they're doing it smartly and on their own unique terms, with another impressive stop on their road of discovery.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Negrophilia: The Album
    This is one of Ladd's most accomplished albums to date, proving once again that he's one of the most forward-thinking artists around.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Here Come The Choppers
    Here Come the Choppers may not win the songwriter many new fans, but because of its consistency and terminal uniqueness, it will certainly keep his fan base coming back for more.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Minotaur
    Minotaur is as essential as anything else the band has released and whether as part of Bonfires or on its own, the record stands as a welcome addition to their legacy as one of the great indie pop bands of their era.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Road To Rouen
    They have never shown such control on a record before -- previously, their best albums were exciting because they went all over the place, and did it well -- and it's quite intoxicating to hear them ride one groove, finding different variations within it, for an entire album.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Death Seat
    In a less skilled writer's hands, this sort of thing might be off-putting, but with Toth behind the wheel, Death Seat makes for a weirdly wonderful ride.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Caracal
    Although the tracks rarely surprise, frequently falling back on familiar sounds and structures -- loping basslines and synthesizer shadings that escalate at the same tempo always arrive on time, for instance--they're as well-built as those of the debut, and the Lawrences, along with their songwriting partners, cover the ups and downs of falling in and out of love in sharper fashion.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Strange Weekend
    Strange Weekend is a very impressive debut album, full of craft, emotion, and songs that you'll want to listen to again and again.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild World
    Wild World proves that Bastille can build on their success with style. They're the kind of band that sounds better as they get bigger, and their thoughtful lyrics, jaunty melodies, and huge choruses could fill a Coldplay-shaped hole in listeners' hearts.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Putrifiers II
    Putrifiers II is part snapshot and part look into the crystal ball, showing Dwyer and company's ever-changing approach to songwriting and musicianship, and further cementing Thee Oh Sees' status as one of the most liberated, vital bands in indie rock.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Let's Start Here
    Let's Start Here. may be more loud guitars than 808s, but Lil Yachty still commands the songs powerfully, making vessels of expression out of whatever sounds he chooses.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Music
    Music is a cyclone of weird turns, big ideas, and choices that don't really make sense together, but are still somehow enjoyable under the banner of blissful confusion that Playboi Carti has made his brand from the start.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    180
    Sometimes the looseness that makes 180 so charming borders on unfocused rambling, but for the most part, the Palma Violets keep it in check on this entertaining, promising debut.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Atlas
    The album's depth and openness to straying away from typical devices of the genre make Atlas one of the more engaging and thought-provoking metalcore releases amid a sea of the interchangeable riffs and howls of other bands.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Essential Tremors
    It's a fine outing from a versatile band that knows what they do best, and man, they can rock.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fear in Bliss
    Fear in Bliss is a lovingly crafted and well-written album by a young band coming into its own.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Long Way Home
    If not a break-up album, a dreading-breaking-up album whose pace, palette, minor chords, and Låpsley's disquieted vocal performances all collaborate for a debut that's impressively locked into a distinct head space.
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