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For 18,295 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: 15,344 out of 18295
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18295
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18295
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Embracism
    Throughout it all, his rich, lived-in baritone, which can go from a funereal dirge to a supernatural caterwaul in a matter of seconds, delivers the goods like the world's most demented herald, but even at his most fevered, he remains such an engaging figure, that it's nearly impossible to look away from the scene of the crime, even as the blood begins pooling around the listeners' feet.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bitchitronics
    Bitchin' Bajas sound completely removed from the side-project stigma on these four lengthy tracks, presenting languid, textural explorations with too much focus and intensity to appear incidental or secondary.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nothing Can Hurt Me [OST]
    If this collection of alternate mixes and variations sounds like something you need to hear, it is; if it sounds like a mere curiosity, that is also true. Know yourself well enough to know which camp you belong.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Lickety Split
    Lickety Split is not only a joyous, unhindered return to form, but the group's finest studio offering to date.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Walk Through Exits Only
    While Walk Through Exits Only might not be in the wheelhouse of a lot of Pantera fans, it's nice to see the frontman expanding his horizons with a little metal mayhem.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Blessed Unrest
    Bareilles is such a naturally melodic songwriter that she doesn't run much of a risk of seeming insular on The Blessed Unrest and, fortunately, the feel of the album follows the contours of her melodies, so its melancholy is warm and inviting.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lenses
    Even if Lenses' individual tracks remain as foggy as dry ice on the dancefloor, as a whole the album brings Soft Metals' music into focus, revealing them as a tighter, more versatile group in the process.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LateNightTales
    The album's 19 tracks weave an icy, cinematic narrative as Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge pick choice cuts from their record collections.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Live
    While it may be a bit of a pre-2013 tour advert/cash grab, like all Folds-related products, it's certainly not without its charms.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Magna Carta Holy Grail
    The album is an adequate addition to one of the most impressive artist discographies within any genre, not great enough to overshadow the heavily scrutinized corporate alliance that assisted with its ascent.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Where Does This Door Go
    Wherever this door does go, it is a place that calls for boat shoes, a relaxed attitude, and a returning fan's patience.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amelita
    "Phoebe" is a modified bluegrass stomp and "Sunshine" comes streaming in on breezy harmonies, while "Rock All Night" and "Watch Your Step" are anchored in roots rock, but Amelita is, at its heart, an adult pop album and it's a gorgeous one at that: it glides by easily but it digs deep.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Electric
    An excellent, unexpected, and infectious triumph.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stills
    With practically no dependence on laptop recording tricks, Stills sounds completely lost in another era, and all the darker and truer for it.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Big Dream
    Even if his take on the blues is far from straightforward, this might be the most accessible set of songs associated with Lynch to date. In its own hypnotic way, The Big Dream honors the blues' lust for life and its lonely heart.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Big Sur
    On Big Sur, Frisell delivers an inspired musical portrayal of the land, sky, sea, and wildlife of the region with majesty, humor, and true sophistication.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jungle Revolution
    Some Congo Natty regulars, including vocalists Nanci Correia and Phoebe "Iron Dread" Hibbert, give the album a proper family feel, and with all these things in place, it's just natural to explain the album's worth with an old-school exclamation like "massive."
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Grinning Streak
    Ultimately, while the toothy smiles might be wiped off the faces of Robertson and the rest of the Barenaked Ladies' faces, Grinning Streak reveals that their hearts remains firmly on their sleeves.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chop Chop
    While these certainly aren't pop songs designed to grab you in the immediate sense, they are gorgeous and poetic recordings that stick with you long after the songs have ended.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Songs from the Vanished Frontier
    The warmth of the album comes through in the songwriting, its lyrical content, and the soft-edged production, capturing an insular sense of self-exploration as well as something more universally reaching.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fashionably Late
    It's highly doubtful that anyone other than a true-blue fan would be able to get past the asinine boasts, the overwhelming misogyny, and the pure outlandishness of it all.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    SongVersation
    It's evident that Arie's in a good place, both creatively and personally, yet SongVersation is not about self-satisfaction. She has no trouble bringing her listeners along.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Honey Locust Honky Tonk
    The measured, modest, and melancholy "Airs" applies the finishing touches, wrapping up another flight of fancy from of one rock & roll's most illustrious, real-time dreamers.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Weight of Your Love
    Produced by Jacquire King in Nashville, the album has a distinctly organic feel, as if it were recorded in an old theater.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chewed Corners
    Even if it's not as striking or emotionally resonant as Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique, it's certainly an engaging, welcome return.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ceremony
    It is attractive not only for its unusual, sophisticated musical presentation and smart, poetic lyricism, but for its canny instinct as well.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Me Moan
    Me Moan sounds like nothing else out there; it's completely original.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Apocalypse
    Denser and fathoms deeper, this is some kind of leap.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Dusted Sessions
    The dusky flute and steadfast bass take care to set us back down on our feet as a bubbly synth bays like a hungry hound in the distance and twilight fades peacefully into night.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Major Arcana
    Many listeners may find themselves drawn in by the authentic retro indie style and musical similarities to bands like Bettie Serveert and Helium, but the daring, experimental mystique and whip-smart pop melodies ultimately make Major Arcana grow infectious with repeated listens.
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