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For 18,282 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: 15,331 out of 18282
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18282
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18282
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Denim & Diamonds
    The combination of open heart and open road -- there's no other place the stomping "Black Widow" would sound better -- makes Denim & Diamonds a remarkable record.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    LongGone
    Most of LongGone feels deeply organic, with Redman and his bandmates feeding off each other and working to build something cohesive and bigger than their individual contributions.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Forever Story
    An even sharper, more musically dense articulation of JID's profound talents with The Forever Story. The album is packed with nonstop displays of technical ability, complex wordplay, inventive use of beat switches, unpredictable shifts in flow and delivery, and forthright expression of experiences both personal and culturally shared.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    50 [Box Set]
    While 50 offers a fitting tribute on the occasion of Neu!'s first recordings reaching the half-century milestone, more than anything it reminds us that there's never a bad time to listen to Neu!
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fossora
    On this soul-nourishing tour de force, her one-of-a-kind mix of innovation and emotion is as inspiring as it's ever been over her decades-long career.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Age/Sex/Location
    The Badu influence on Lennox hasn't been clearer, but the song ["POF"] is also a showcase for some of Lennox's most striking vocals and her strongest, pithiest writing -- singular qualities that remain throughout the album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Empire Central [Live]
    With Empire Central, Snarky Puppy transform the Dallas music and culture that inspired them into a tangible listening experience.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    COPINGMECHANISM
    While much of Willow's charm lies in the way she can switch genres with ease, Coping Mechanism is so engaging that it'd be nice for her to stick to this sound for at least one more album before continuing her ever-riveting evolution.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Blue Rev
    The creation of Blue Rev may have been beset with trial and tribulation but the result is a heavenly indie pop hit guaranteed to make their already besotted fans fall even more head over heels in love with the band.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    YTILAER
    Along with delivering the abundance of colors, moods, and first-rate songwriting expected from a Bill Callahan album, Ytilaer is more exciting and engaging than his music has been in some time. This is how an expert singer/songwriter captures the tenor of the moment: with songs of timeless quality.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
    King Gizzard are restless and brilliant and listeners must follow everything they do like a hawk because they might unleash something classic, just like they did with Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Stumpwork
    Hearing Dry Cleaning's words and music travel in different ways to the same destination remains fascinating, and the ways they open up their music on Stumpwork with warmth, sensuality, and humor reveal their originality even more fully.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Oh Death
    Oh Death is the kind of uneasy listening record guaranteed to clear the faint of heart out of the room while peaking the interest of anyone not scared to dip a toe into dark and ugly psychedelic music. It may not be pretty and it may not always be nice, but it's always thrilling and might just be the band's best record to date.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Alpha Zulu
    Phoenix's most immediate work since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and their most varied since United, Alpha Zulu does indeed range from A to Z, but the band are always in control and the results are frequently brilliant.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Pigments
    Pigments is not necessarily built for movement, but it's as moving as any of Richard's previous output. No other album is quite like it.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    King's Disease III
    The resulting work is at once loose and deeply complex, effortless in its incisiveness yet still dazzling at its peaks. The three bullions on the album’s cover say it best: this duo keep on producing gold.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
    This is deeply intuitive, subtly detailed, endlessly grooving, holistic jazz-trance music that was improvised at an extremely high level.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Live at the Fillmore, 1997
    It could be argued that Live at the Fillmore, 1997 is the definitive live portrait of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: not only do they sound mighty, this freewheeling eclecticism rooted in 1960s rock and pop is the best showcase of the band's aesthetic.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Premonition
    Prior to the album's release, White Lung announced they would be breaking up after Premonition, and if that does end up being the case, they've gone out with a magnificently gutsy farewell.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    S.O.S.
    Hour-plus length and stylistic variety likewise signal that SOS could be the overreaching kind of highly anticipated follow-up. Still, it's an advancement from Ctrl in every respect apart from cohesion
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Live at the Whisky 1977 [Box Set]
    That nobody saw fit to release anything from the tapes at the time wasn't too shocking -- it probably wouldn't have had the impact of Budokan. That it has finally come out is cause for rejoicing for Cheap Trick fanatics and lovers of real, rugged, and insanely catchy rock & roll.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    B-Sides, Demos & Rarities
    A must-listen for anyone following Harvey's archival series, B-Sides, Demos & Rarities serves as a fascinating parallel primer to her music and the multitudes within it.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Cacti
    Despite all the changes she introduces on Cacti, the honesty of Maries' music remains paramount, and the savvy and polish she brings to the album confirm she's an excitingly hard-to-pin-down artist.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Great White Sea Eagle
    Yorkston has couched his thoughtful, insightful songs in many musical forms, all of them quite successful. His teamwork with the Second Hand Orchestra, and especially with Persson, results in some of the most beautiful and moving music he's made, which is high praise indeed.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Say I Won't
    With Say I Won't, Bass Drum of Death evoke the sweaty album rock of the '70s, infusing it with an undeniably raw and sultry immediacy all their own.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Smalltown Stardust
    Aided by Ashworth's sure hand, the new leaf Thomas turns over here means that Smalltown Stardust is just as good a mellow, meaningful King Tuff album as Was Dead is a rollicking, down and dirty rock record. Which is to say, really, really good indeed.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Diamonds & Dancefloors
    Deftly executed and ideal for repeat listens, Diamonds & Dancefloors makes it two-for-two for Max's catalog, delivering on the promise of her debut and pushing her even further toward the top of the early-2020s pop pantheon.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Get Up Sequences, Pt. 2
    The first Get Up Sequence showed that the Go! Team was firmly back on the course they embarked on with Thunder, Lightning, Strike; the second might just be its equal. It certainly has the right sound, the right songs, and the same sense of bonkers experimentalism and life-affirming spirit to be at least in the running.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Colours of Air
    A meeting of the minds that will satisfy and excite fans of either or both artists, Colours of Air is a testament to Morgan and English's artistry that grows richer with each listen.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Raven
    Constant if fluid oscillations between diaphanous ballads, pulsing slow jams, and modern street soul bangers are just as suited for the greater number of songs based in relationships. The water and flotation metaphors keep flowing, too. ... In several other songs, Kelela is dealing with a lover who is noncommittal, elusive, and inexpressive. They're just as affecting.
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