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For 18,275 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: 15,324 out of 18275
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18275
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18275
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hard Times Furious Dancing
    Hard Times Furious Dancing is as much a mission statement here as an album title, and the band deliver unfiltered reports on the challenges of the modern world, as well as an invitation to the dancefloor as a place to shake loose some of the stress of those challenges.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Portrait Of My Heart
    Portrait of My Heart is Spellling's most accessible work, but it's still unconventional and unpredictable, reflecting her uniquely magical vision.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forever Is A Feeling
    The album as a whole is tender and affectionate, seeming to accept and appreciate even the awkward and unrequited as part of her embrace of complexity and queerness.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Arcadia
    Arcadia is a long-awaited return for Krauss and Union Station; here they reframe American traditional music in a context informed by modern production aesthetics, yet still sound kinetic and completely organic.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Moneyball
    Moneyball sounds both auspicious and like the 11th album from an unearthed Stephen Malkmus project at the same time, and it's hard to imagine they won't have more music on the way.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hymns Of Bantu
    There is a certain haunting quality of moving into a transitional space from this music. However, there is also a sense of hearing musical traditions combined in a way unique to a single performer, and this is indeed something well worth experiencing.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dan’s Boogie
    Some tracks are easier to digest than others, and the frenzied energy of much of the album might make Dan's Boogie a less-than-ideal starting point for new fans. Paradoxically, some moments here (in particular "Cataract Time") rank among the best work in his catalog.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tsunami Sea
    Assured 11-song set.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    no floor
    Though most of the album doesn't feature the manipulated field recordings and found sounds often used in both artists' music, it still feels very localized and personal, as if they're interpreting various environments and locations through their instruments rather than direct sampling.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Can't Lose My (Soul)
    Can't Lose My (Soul) is a shining addition to the Caldwells' legacy and fits beside gospel-soul comps like Overdose of the Holy Ghost, Divine Disco, and Divine Funk.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tonky
    "Protest with Love" sounds like his attempt at a radio-ready R&B song, as he sings a simple message of love and perseverance over a sensuous groove. He sings of making the world a better place and turning nothing into something on "The Burden," and he praises the uplifting powers of music on "Strength of a Song." Still, there are moments of harshness.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
    For Zauner and Japanese Breakfast, the answer is always something in between and more complex and creatively assured than what has come before. With For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), Zauner invites us into the magic mirror of her life and pulls us through to the other side.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis
    Lewis remains a vividly funny observer and masterful storyteller, and his work remains relatable and relevant.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Consentrik Quartet
    Bursting with ideas and near symbiotic ensemble play, Cline's Consentrik Quartet is a bracing statement by this wonderful group and a future-forward approach to jazz.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whatever The Weather II
    Whatever the Weather clearly feels more "outdoors" than the music James makes under her own name, but it's just as introspective and personal, and the project's second album is another powerfully expressive work.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Everything Changes Everything Stays The Same
    It’s been said that one can’t go back home again, but as the return of the Loft and this excellent debut album prove, sometimes a trip back to an adjacent neighborhood can be nearly as fulfilling.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lust For Life, Or: 'How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story'
    Lust for Life is weirdly joyous and joyously weird, and it's marvelously entertaining either way; it's the band's strongest and most cohesive work yet.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Moonlight Concessions
    If Moonlight Concessions doesn't quite hit the heights of Clear Pond Road, Sun Racket, and Black Pearl, it's still a worthwhile listen -- and reaffirms just how high the bar is when it comes to Hersh's music.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Overview
    There's a lot going on here in composition, performance, and production, but it's always focused, never excessive, and always accessible; in some places, it actually approaches the profound.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Halo On The Inside
    Both introspective and commanding, Halo on the Inside charts a path between the club and the cosmos.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dead Channel Sky
    Dead Channel Sky is clipping. at their most techno-shocked, reconnecting with the nexus of hip-hop and sci-fi fused by pioneers like Afrika Bambaataa in the early '80s.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All Worlds
    Seamless yet challenging, All Worlds should appeal to Lust for Youth's more open-minded fans, but the new vistas it opens for the band are what make it exciting.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Oceanside Countryside
    It’s a different way to experience some familiar tunes, and yet another window into one of the more vibrant periods of Young’s ever-shifting creativity.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This Side Of The Island
    This is a life-affirming triumph of an album that dares to be uplifting during difficult times.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MAYHEM
    It may not be an instant classic, but it's still clear that no one can do it like Gaga.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Points Of Origin
    Consisting of skillful (mostly) first-person character sketches, the songs seem like intimate Stratton remembrances until the settings crystallize.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blood On The Silver Screen
    It's a shame that a majority of the album suffers from this cookie cutter sameness when at other times SASAMI can craft music that does have some personality and excitement. Just not enough to make Blood on the Silver Screen feel like anything other than a huge misstep.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Foxes In The Snow
    Jason Isbell is a singer and songwriter who is never afraid to do the work to make his music something special, and even when he's performing in stripped-down fashion, he delivers great songs and the commitment to make them special. Anyone who questions that hasn't heard Foxes in the Snow.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Here We Go Crazy
    The craft of Here We Go Crazy is superb, and Bob Mould is one of the very, very few musicians who came up in the 1980s hardcore scene and is still making powerful, relevant music in the 2020s. However, if he wanted to make an album that reflects the chaos of the culture that witnessed its creation, he may have hit the bullseye just a bit too close to the center.
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