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For 18,293 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: 15,342 out of 18293
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18293
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18293
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Breathing Statues
    Throughout it all, the album's sounds are so transporting that they carry the less accessible moments and make Breathing Statues an entrancing second effort.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Candy for the Clowns
    Although this by no means makes the album unpleasant to listen to, it's more likely to have you reaching for some of the classic albums of decades past than giving it a second spin.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Artificial Sweeteners
    Artificial Sweeteners may not be their most instantly impressive album, 2008's Lightbulbs still has that honor, but it does sound great on first listen and continues to sink in deeper with each subsequent spin.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Data Panik Etcetera
    If their future recordings follow the template they built here, bis may just be on their way to truly becoming the great band they always seemed right on the verge of becoming.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Never Learn
    She sounds every bit the wounded princess, unwilling to let anyone help her pick up the pieces as she delivers these lovely, sad songs from behind a shroud of her own making.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Southsiders
    Growth and groundation are skillfully balanced on Southsiders, this is arguably the most deep and different album in the band's discography.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Corazón
    While some of these cuts are forgettable, his inventive engagement with Latin pop here is not only successful, but satisfying.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Natalie Merchant
    Natalie Merchant is not a progression so much as a deepening and, as such, it offers a quiet comfort for anyone who has ever loved her music.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Brightly Painted One
    Brightly Painted One sounds more like a loving tribute to a simpler, slower time and once decanted, the songs begin to take on a personality of their own.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Luminous
    Luminous proves the Horrors still have a sense of adventure; they sound comfortable, but not too comfortable to try new things.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Sheezus
    Allen does indeed rally at unexpected moments--"Insincerely Yours" slides along to a yacht-soul groove, "Life for Me" cleverly twists Vampire Weekend's Graceland obsessions, and although the target of an Internet troll is beneath her, the barbs on "URL Badman" are at least sharpened--but these songs only put the rest of Sheezus in dreary relief.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Nikki Nack
    It's an oddly nourishing album that's as big a step forward for tUnE-yArDs as W H O K I L L was from Bird-Brains.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Someday World
    The preponderance of funky synthetic (and real) horns, fat grooves, and African and Eastern polyrhythms make Someday World an excellent exercise in beat-conscious, electronic art pop.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Red Beans and Weiss
    Red Beans and Weiss is a greasy, gritty report from one of L.A.'s last original rock & roll street denizens. It has a grimy charm all its own.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Devil
    Devil sees them continuing to move forward again, and although Hale's presence will certainly be missed, fans of the band will find that the return of Frost and Owens more than makes up for the loss.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Birds of Satan
    [The Birds of Satan] deliver a batch of songs combining the muscular intellectualism of Queens of the Stone Age with the melodic passion of Foo Fighters.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Undefeated
    Undefeated is a revealing set of songs that spins gold from life's big and little ups and downs.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fly Rasta
    Right-sized, organized in a sensible manner, and an alluring balance of cool and calm, Fly Rasta lives up to its title as it sits on Ziggy's top shelf.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Estara
    His newfound control on Estara makes the flowing sounds and uplifting moods that distinguish him within the beat music scene all the more expressive.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Z [EP]
    Rowe seems even more like an instrument rather than a lead voice, but it's all comforting, if not revealing, made more for background or late-night listening than complete emotional immersion.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ryonen
    Its beauty is multivalent: while the music is made of constant motion, it creates an utterly still space in the listener, who can not only eventually recognize its numerous patterns emerging and dissipating, but can follow them down through various levels of consciousness as they resonate inside and outside the body.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Amphetamine Ballads
    Amphetamine Ballads is a debut that shows real promise, but if this band really wants to put the fear into the world, the first step on their reign of terror should be to hire a rhythm guitarist.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hard Boiled Soft Boiled
    While Hard Boiled Soft Boiled's polarized presentation sometimes makes these songs seem more monotonous than they actually are, the album's highlights are on par with Odonis Odonis' previous bests.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Testimony
    This is a gratifying second step from one of the most exciting contemporary R&B artists to appear during the 2010s.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Indie Cindy
    Arguably, it fares better as a decent Frank Black album than an anticlimactic Pixies album, and fans who can appreciate that these songs don't diminish the legacy of the band's previous music will probably enjoy it the most.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sky Swimming
    In all, Sky Swimming is a lovely, impressionistic debut that suggests Elephant are on the cusp of delivering even more.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    More Than Any Other Day
    On the whole, More Than Any Other Day is a deeply refreshing listen, bursting at the seams with joy and anger and less indebted to its long list of influences than it is an entity greater than the sum of its parts.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Midnight Sun
    Even though Midnight Sun feels like a creative milestone for the band, it's clear that it's just another step in Lennon and Muhl's creative evolution, and while fans might miss it when it's gone, it's exciting to think about what these two might be seeing on the horizon.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Arcadia
    Fans of Oneohtrix Point Never, Virginia Astley, Lars Von Trier, and even Chairlift should find Ramona Lisa's debut a rainy-day soundtrack of the highest order.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Oblation
    Floor are that rare band that have managed to channel a decade's worth of personal and artistic growth into evolving their sound while somehow making the whole thing feel as though it could've been released the year after their landmark debut, making Oblation an album one that not only lives up to the band's legacy, but is a meaningful contribution to it.
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