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For 18,337 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: 15,380 out of 18337
  2. Mixed: 2,931 out of 18337
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18337
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cellar Door
    While Cellar Door will definitely come across as too smooth for certain palates--probably even for some fans of Idjut Boys' more dance-oriented material--it is an undeniably classy affair that's all the more impressive for maintaining a commitment to unabashedly lush prettiness while somewhat miraculously avoiding any hint of schmaltz.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Talent
    Mostly, Talent works as an overall experience with loads of rich sonic atmosphere, hummable melodies, and artfully restrained emotion. Quite the impressive debut.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    From Beyond Love
    Herve Vincenti and Philippe Petit's collective group retains its neo-no wave/industrial clatter on From Beyond Love, again recruiting a variety of guest vocalists track for track to extend the feeling of a decentralized, ever-shifting effort.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Dog
    While much of Susanna's reputation may have been built on her skills as an interpreter of other people's songs, Wild Dog is a testament to the subtly haunting power of her own music.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Country Funk: 1969-1975
    Country Funk: 1969-1975 illuminates a brief but fruitful period where genre lines blurred, and both genres benefitted mightily.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Occupied With the Unspoken
    The group's atypical instrumentation and inventive use thereof results in captivating if mercurial waves of sound and a listening experience that reveals its complex nature as it goes on.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Babylon
    Babylon introduces a likable pop sheen to the mix that both elevates and homogenizes the end product.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Harmonic
    While fans of these musicians' individual projects might not find what they expect on the album, Harmonic will reward anyone brave enough to wade into unfamiliar waters to discover something they probably haven't heard anywhere else.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Best of Kylie Minogue
    This collection is proof that Kylie is arguably the best pop singer of her era and more importantly, is fun from beginning to end.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    United States of Being
    Pujol really shines when he pulls out his protest signs and shares his shrewd, but never cynical, take on modern society.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blood Speaks
    While Blood Speaks may lack the immediate hooks of its predecessor, it's got longer legs, deeper corners, and attitude to spare.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unpatterns
    In terms of popularity, the album is not likely to rival Attack Decay Sustain Release. It's not as novel, either, but it's exceptionally crafted.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lillie: F-65
    As it stands, the album will at the very least provide a better measure of closure to Saint Vitus' turbulent but heroic career than the aforementioned, despairingly pitiful, mid-'90s demise managed to, and the group's important legacy certainly deserves that much.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Sister
    The decision to rein in the forward-thinking, more ambitious, and colorful musical and textural steps she made on her last recording makes this rather monochromatic affair feel somewhat longer than its scant 33 minutes.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quarantine
    Quarantine is the addictive soundtrack to some kind of science fiction nightmare.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Island Fire
    Island Fire wends its way through a variety of approaches, all of which have her own stamp on them first and foremost.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Control System
    Stunning, and at 17 tracks, surprisingly solid.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Whitechapel
    Whitechapel is a band that is definitely worth checking out, and with its expansive and devastating sound, this self-titled album makes for a great jumping-off point.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made, Vol. 2
    Self Made 2 is an interesting mix of in-house and all-star, and another reason to take Ross the ring-leader seriously.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mostly No
    Not every song is a keeper, but the strong songs carry the less-engaging moments and Mostly No ultimately becomes a drifty summer soundtrack.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Safe Travels
    A winning, if a little overly earnest, collection of millennial retro-pop that feels like a well-intentioned, if slightly awkward, high five.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shakedown
    Hacienda have made a solid album under his [Dan Auerbach's] direction.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Forever So
    While the album has its share of pretty melodies and even some gently beautiful moments, it's mostly a string of unremarkable songs built on platitudes, searching for reason and resolution but ultimately coming up empty-handed.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Home Again
    While Kiwanuka is extremely talented, his songwriting needs work; some tunes are weighed down by clunky melodic or clumsy lyric turns.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Major
    Major feels like the coolest church service ever, devoid of dogma and ritual, and consecrated by the unholy smack of a thousand high-fives.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Good Morning to the Night
    Even if it's not necessarily the kind of music that would make it into regular rotation, it's inventive and fun, which is more than enough for a project like this.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Time to Voices
    If such an otherwise emphatic and melodic record is the result of such constant squabbling, then Blood Red Shoes should perhaps start planning their arguments in advance for album number four.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Spark Seeker
    While both the sternly Chassidic and sternly roots reggae factions of his fanbase might find it disappointing, Spark Seeker holds plenty of life and appeal.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unearth
    Unearth boasts enough charms on its own, offering up ten enigmatic, audio time capsules that strike a winning, oddball balance between the cool, Krautrock sheen of Kraftwerk, the naturalistic, glitch-filled hum of The Books, and the melodious pop stylings of early Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.
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