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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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    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Screaming Bloody Murder
    Even if there's a fair amount of affected British accents and overdriven guitars, it's a far cry from the mall-punk rebellion of Underclass Hero, the melodramatic bombast flavored with metallic flecks and solipsistic acoustic pity, all giving Screaming Bloody Murder a grander, richer palette than any other Sum 41 record.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Gary Go
    The fact that the end results sound similar to Go's machine-made rivals proves to be a double-edged sword, however, both attracting fans for its genuine approach and repelling others for its similarity to manufactured pop.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Everybody Wants To Be On TV
    Their charm wears thin with each passing track, and Stride's hit-making approach becomes increasingly plain in the process. In the end, it's something of a blessing that Everybody Wants to Be on TV is over and done with in a mere 34 minutes' time.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hope in Hell
    A solid collection of the kind of classic speed metal that Anvil have been trying to make a name for themselves with for 35 years now.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rich Gang
    Fanatics only; everyone else can grab the singles.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    One Of The Boys
    The problem is not with Katy's gender-bending, it's that her heart isn't in it; she's just using it to get her places, so she sinks to crass, craven depths that turn One of the Boys into a grotesque emblem of all the wretched excesses of this decade.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This Is Forever
    While a few songs put the "meh" back in melodramatic ('Walking Away,' 'This Is the End'), This Is Forever is full of catchy songs that improve on the band's first album.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Big Bad World
    Big Bad World is a tidy, enjoyable release, and the Plain White T's deserve points for remaining grounded after a meteoric year.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Concrete Rose
    It's no better or worse than her 2002 debut or 2003's Chapter II, with the standout singles, decent album cuts, and filler fluff provided in equal doses.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Life Love & Hope
    Life Love & Hope doesn't, and hearing it might lead a devoted Boston follower to believe that, despite the few moments when things come together nicely, maybe Scholz has finally lost his touch. Check back in another decade for further developments.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    One Thing at a Time
    All this radio-ready variety suggested that Wallen wanted to appeal to every audience everywhere, but in the wake of his scandal, this multi-purpose crowd-pleasing suggests an artist who wants to provide the perpetual jukebox within a walled garden.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No Baggage
    These clean, open arrangements tend to make the songs seem catchier than they actually are--the hooks don't grab, they repeat like softened incantations that never quite catch hold--but that does give No Baggage an nice, gentle shimmer that's appealing.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Amaryllis
    Even with this change of tone, the album is still classic Shinedown, and though this kind of triumphant mood will probably disappoint fans looking for something to cut loose and pump their fists to.
    • AllMusic
      • Posted Apr 3, 2012
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Other People's Songs
    More often than not, they connect with the material in unexpected ways.... Problems occur when they can't find a convincing way to graft their highly identifiable sound onto the song.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Hotel
    Apart from the lovely ambient instrumentals that open and close it, the album is all valley and no peaks.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Metamorphosis
    Metamorphosis has a dire determination to its purported good times, its riffs grinding instead of greasy, its rhythms clenched where they should be loose.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Persona
    Just about all of it is enjoyable, but not much of it sticks.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    MEMORIES DON'T DIE
    He's certainly less distinctive as a rapper than he is as a singer--both lyrically and vocally--original only for the level of his combativeness and the number of times he references his luxury coupe and wrist wear.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Tourist
    Unfortunately, too much of Tourist seems like an amalgam of other things, whether it's the Coldplay-ness of their ballads or the distinct Super Furry Animals influence that's been with Athlete all along.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Fan of a Fan: The Album
    Ultimately, this is likely to satisfy only the most devout sects of Brown's and Tyga's fan bases.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Love?
    Given her promotion to the Paula Abdul seat on American Idol, there's a distinct irony in having the first sounds on Jennifer Lopez's Love? all twisted through a vocoder: she may be judging the pop purity of legions of hopeful singers, but even she can't resist the siren call of the computer.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Lost And Found
    Ultimately Mudvayne gets lost between thrash and diluted Slipknot devotion.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sweet Silence
    It finds Morgenstern honing her popcraft and scaling back her artier impulses to yield her most concise, song-oriented and--relatively speaking--immediate work to date.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cattle Callin
    Cattle Core may well have a future as a metal subgenre, but Hank3 may want to shoot for an EP or a single next time rather than filling up a whole CD as he does on Cattle Callin.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
    For the most part, however, The Death of Slim Shady is a bewildering slog to get through. The general concept gets old almost immediately, and from there we're left with a painful lack of new ideas
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Authentic
    LL sounds rusty and a bit under-rehearsed as he belts out his iffy punch lines and motivational anthems, but he pours his heart into the pop numbers and sounds at home during the nostalgic throwbacks.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    This Is My Dinner
    This Is My Dinner isn't a radical departure from the albums Kozelek has been pumping out since Benji, but it's clear evidence of how tedious and self-indulgent his style has become.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Devil's Rain
    If Famous Monsters was a step back for the Misfits legacy, this is a bigger step in the wrong direction.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Earth To The Dandy Warhols
    The best moments of ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... rival the Dandys' finest work, and despite some weak spots, it's a giant leap in the right direction.
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Chapter 1: Snake Oil
    Neither country nor Americana, Peck is a hip outsider who is now rubbing shoulders with the anodyne likes of Thomas Rhett, Morgan Wallen, Blanco Brown, and the Jonas Brothers, a group that makes for a passable enough half hour of entertainment but collectively don't add up to a cohesive or surprising country-pop aesthetic from Diplo.
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