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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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    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Tight, simple, and effective, Hit Me Hard and Soft does just that: it comes in with a bang, thrilling with fresh production and heavy lyrical content, before easing the listener into the murky emotional depths seen on the cover art.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Diamond Jubilee
    It’s a beautiful, immersive, and above all, dreamlike set that easily rewards the investment in its length.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Darning Woman
    Darning Woman is at its most captivating when it doesn't even sound much like music at all, but more like the grinding gears of an overactive brain processing confusion and bliss.
    • 95 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    BRAT
    Brat's supersaturated sound amplifies her music's swaggering highs and vulnerable depths. .... She delivers some of her most engaging and mature music.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Art of the Lie
    Though wit and sincerity have never been opposites in Grant's music, he's never brought them -- as well as beauty, cruelty, anger, and love -- together quite as potently as he does on The Art of the Lie's portraits of a society tearing itself apart.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    WeirdOs
    Far from limited and much more than a gimmick, O.'s approach on WeirdOs is undeniably strange -- and a lot of invigorating fun for anyone who loves music that's as unpretentious as it is inventive.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Redd Kross
    This is rock music at it's most exciting and meaningful from a band that's doing their level best to keep the form alive and thriving.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Love Heart Cheat Code
    The band finishes off the album by following "Cinnamon Temple" with a raucous remake of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" that shoves the acid rock classic in front of a fun house mirror. Increased chaos and whimsy only heightens Hiatus Kaiyote's ability to enchant and exhilarate.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Early Daze
    It's an absolute must for fans, but also a great starting point for anyone who's a little more than just a casual listener, but not quite ready to venture too deep into the vaults.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Happenings
    Her previous album was a breakout success for good reason, but My Light, My Destroyer succeeds in all the right ways, pushing Jenkins' songcraft ever forward and expanding her already impressive catalog.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    My Light, My Destroyer
    Her previous album was a breakout success for good reason, but My Light, My Destroyer succeeds in all the right ways, pushing Jenkins' songcraft ever forward and expanding her already impressive catalog.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Passage du Désir
    There's no heaviness here, no sense of torment. Even when he's singing about a "Swamp of Sadness" and wondering "If the Sun Never Rises Again," it's clear that Simpson has made his way through the darkness, settling into a place where he's utterly comfortable in his skin and scars.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Across the River of Stars
    Poetic symmetry drives much of Across the River of Stars and speaks to how our personal memories get intertwined with the music and movies we love, bridging us to the past. It's a poignant, desert-campfire texture they return to on songs like "Falling Forever," "Faded Glory," and "High Noon."
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
    Baldwin's words are woven into eight of the 17 tracks, whether sung by the pained if undaunted Justin Hicks on the rippling funk of "On the Mountain," or recited by Jamaican poet and activist Staceyann Chin on "Baldwin Manifesto I" and "Baldwin Manifesto II." The pieces that don't quote Baldwin are often equally charged, freighted with anguish.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Aghori Mhori Mei
    With Aghori Mhori Mei, Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins have made an album for those grown-up kids, their fans; a rock & roll pyre lit with myth and memory.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Milton + Esperanza
    At the center of all this are Nascimento and Spalding, whose smiling interplay helps make Milton + Esperanza feel like both a capstone to a monumental career and continuation of a musical legacy.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sorcs 80
    Punk without guitars has been done before -- everything has. Few have done it with the blend of skill, imagination, and flat-out commitment that Osees exhibit on SORCS 80.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Beneath the Neon Glow
    Beneath the Neon Glow is thoroughly welcoming. It's a dynamic production adorned by polished songcraft, excellent charts, and peerless lyrics.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Short n' Sweet
    With 2024's Short n' Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter reintroduces herself on an instant classic summer album of stylishly fun, smartly-executed pop.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Bed I Made
    The Bed I Made is easily the equal of any of their earlier work. It should make old fans very happy, while giving anyone lucky enough to come across the record a chance to discover that one of the best bands to come out of the indie rock scene of the 1990s is now one of the best bands of the 2020s too.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Woof.
    The group's reputation as London's craziest live act is not overexaggerated -- the fact that they've managed to capture that energy on record is exhilarating. They've bottled the spirit of chaos that has been haunting the masses in these uncertain times, catalyzing it into something that can be collectively expunged.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Moon Mirror
    Caws and Nada Surf hone in so eloquently on the essential, bittersweet ideas at the core of Moon Mirror that their honesty and sweetness can hit unexpectedly hard in the way the best rock albums often do.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    In Waves
    In Waves sounds like the music Jamie xx needed to make at this point in his career -- its love letter to the communal healing power of dance music is often more purposeful, and more satisfying, than his instant-classic debut.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    EELS
    Even setting sequencing, production, and stylistic reference points aside, EELS is simply chock-full of great songs.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Absolute Elsewhere
    Blood Incantation belong to the class of bands such as Gorguts, Demilich, and Sigh who push extreme metal far beyond its conventions, and Absolute Elsewhere is a towering achievement which exceeds all expectations.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
    Bold and fearless, Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is the best kind of pop album: it captures a generational zeitgeist and introduces the world to a refreshing new voice that can hopefully stand the test of time and a fickle industry.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Acadia
    As technically gifted as she is, Williams also plays with passion, and Acadia is easily her most ambitious release to date.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quiet in a World Full of Noise
    A kind of survival tool, Quiet in a World Full of Noise is one of the most remarkable albums either artist has made.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Cool World
    An even more clearly defined rendering of the group's sound.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Limits of Language
    On Limits of Language, they specifically utilized a handful of synthesizers to craft their intricate songs. What's particularly engaging about the band's production here is that, rather than trying to get the keyboards to stand in or mimic other instruments, you can really hear them drawing inspiration from the specific sounds of each synthesizer.
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