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For 18,280 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: 15,329 out of 18280
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18280
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18280
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What's Next To The Moon
    A spellbinding tribute, with a commanding presence and sustained intensity that most songwriters can't manage even with their own material. Like a reverse version of Bob Dylan and the Band's The Basement Tapes, 'What's Next to the Moon' turns songs that were loose, irreverent, and even silly or one-note in their original readings into songs of timeless beauty and depth, their passions, pains, and torments made agonizingly palpable.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Vanguard
    Envision a penny dreadful being sung aloud inside a pub while Roni Size tries to squeeze drunken gospeltronica out of his sequencer banks.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Rollins In The Wry
    He is honest, without offending, and gives the impression that he genuinely has no biases -- he's just a curious observer of life. And the world, through Rollins' eyes, is an interesting, offbeat, and funny place.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Sleepy Strange
    Both dreamy and earthy, complex and immediate, and challenging and soothing.... The Sleepy Strange is the band's most cohesive work to date, yet it keeps all of the spontaneous beauty of their previous releases.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stephen Malkmus
    No, it's not quite the same as another Pavement album, but its literate, funny eclecticism is almost as irresistible.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Complete B-Sides
    Many of their B-sides are just as good as their album tracks, so it's terrific to see them collected onto a single disc. But a number of factors make it somewhat disappointing, not the least of which is that Complete B-Sides is available only as a U.K. import, due to U.S. licensing problems.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    604
    Ladytron's most interesting aspect is their mix of retro songwriting with distinctly modern themes.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mission Accomplished [EP]
    Discardable as it may be, Mission Accomplished shows that Tricky's still got plenty up his sleeve.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This Is The Moment
    This Is the Moment is both the best Donny Osmond album ever made and conclusive evidence that the former teen idol, who was 43 when it was released, is never going to be more than a pleasant, modestly talented singer.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Things We Lost In The Fire
    Things We Lost in the Fire's slowly rising warmth and subtly hopeful tone not only make this Low's most cohesive, compelling collection, but one of 2001's best albums.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Live!
    A hypnotic, bittersweet, transcendental pop masterpiece.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Had It Coming
    A solid heavyweight of ten skillful tracks, each one more unlike the other in form and feat, yet similar in ample amounts of prowess and poise.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Human
    Human is the sound of an artist painfully trying to sound modern but -- by trying to sound fresh -- sounding older than he ever has.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    More
    More winds up having more style and substance than its predecessor.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blues Dream
    Frisell’s fondness for putting unusual combinations of instruments together adds to the overall effect, leaving the listener to wonder why no one has ever tried this before. Blues Dream is a lovely release that should satisfy Frisell fans as well as jazz, country, and blues fans looking for a genre bending experience.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    From The Desk Of Mr. Lady [EP]
    Not bad for a placeholder EP.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dog In The Sand
    His most interesting work since Teenager of the Year, Dog in the Sand sounds like a slightly slower, rootsier version of that album.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Better Version Of Me
    Caithlin De Marrais' graceful, yet abrasive vocals craft the dynamic of the band: well-directed musicianship without the frills of overproduced punk-inspired anthems.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    J. Lo
    Essentially, this is the same album as On the Six, only a little longer with a little less focus and not as many memorable songs. This lack of winning singles becomes a drag, since at over an hour, the record meanders much longer than it should.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    2000 Years of Human Error
    2000 Years is a guitar-ripping dissertation --only it's sealed inside a musical envelope that's addressed to the likes of Adam and Eve.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Donnas Turn 21
    Face it, if The Donnas Turn 21 sounded as shamelessly sexy as the lyrics and tarted-up images, it'd be a hell of a little rock & roll record. Instead, this inspires feelings of guilt instead of guilty pleasure.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    White Hot Peach
    The mix of frothy pop with a strange flavor makes this disc particularly compelling.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Maxi On [EP]
    While the moody "Report on an Investigation" does reveal a bit more emotional depth than much of Minekawa's work, Maxi On! doesn't offer much in the way of surprises; however, it also offers few disappointments.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Aaltopiiri
    Returning to the green fields of pure sound study they'd appeared to desert during the late '90s, Pan sonic forged a series of intriguing sketches devoted to the polar wastes inside their computers and sequencers.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Super Sound
    Many of these samples have been heard before, and the influences (ranging from easy listening to soundtracks to hip-hop) aren't very original either.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tha Last Meal
    What makes this album so wonderful isn't so much the efforts of its star rapper but rather the behind-the-scenes cast of producers.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Salival
    Live versions of "Hush," "Part of Me," "Push It," and "Third Eye" reaffirm the band's standing as one of alternative metal's most compelling live acts; unreleased studio tracks such as "Message to Harry Manback II" and "L.A. Municipal Court" definitely sound like abandoned material, but offer a look at Tool's quirkier side.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Restless
    While Restless is not the crowning achievement many predicted, it is X to the Z's most-consistent effort to date.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Road Rock Volume 1
    Highlights include an 18-minute version of "Cowgirl in the Sand" and a duet with the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde on Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower."
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Live
    Their detuned sound and tales from the darkside are even more sinister and gripping on the concert stage, as evidenced by this 14-track set.
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