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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
    • 70 Critic Score
    Exorcism of Envy
    Perhaps what's most interesting about the album in the end is how something that theoretically consists of dated approaches in its bubbling mix of electro-rock and '70s dub and more seems to suit 2012 just fine, a sleek collage no more out of place than any other number of similarly backward-glancing efforts around the globe.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reviver
    Occasionally, Callers' sheer prowess on these songs is almost overwhelming; but though Life of Love's relative restraint made it a more accessible on first listen, Reviver unlocks even more possibilities for the band.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    True Hallucinations
    True Hallucinations is an impressive debut and one of the purest, most innocent-sounding pop records anyone is likely to make in the ironic, convoluted era in which they exist.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Home
    The glinting "Glue" and well-titled "Snap" excepted, they [the nine remaining tracks, all instrumentals] lack the muscle of Chung's earlier releases, but they're more evocative--detailed enough to withstand numerous plays whenever comforting, if downcast and unobtrusive, abstract hip-hop is sought.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wash the Sins Not Only the Face
    The opposite of a sophomore slump, Wash the Sins Not Only the Face is sleek and spectral, and finds Esben and the Witch casting their spell even more successfully.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Oak Island
    Despite Nightlands' scientific approach, Oak Island doesn't sound sterile or too calculated; instead, Hartley revisits the innocence of the past with sophistication, like seeing the places you went when you were 17 with new eyes.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Goldenheart
    Complete and correct, Goldenheart is a triumph.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Set You Free
    When all the songs are put together, it adds up to an album that's easy to enjoy.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Give Me All You Got
    Everything on this impressive outing fits together like honey and smoke in a warm but vibrant Texas breeze.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Petra Goes to the Movies
    It's another impressive album that shows Haden to be a truly talented singer and vocal arranger, and one that fans of movie music done in a non-traditional fashion should find quite interesting.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    True North
    True North shows flashes of their earlier work, and is a step up from their last album, 2010's The Dissent of Man, in terms of aggression.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar In Marrying The Gunner's Daughter
    There's too much going on in every individual song and, at 17 cacophonic tracks, Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter is simply way too much to take in at once...and yet, that's precisely its charm.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic
    In the end, however, the album's coherence comes in its incredible architecture of all these ideas, and the way the band sells them with everything they've got, taking what could be incredibly obtuse music back into the realm of pop from which it was born.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Almanac
    Almanac proves that Widowspeak can embrace more traditional sounds without feeling stuffy, as well as make music that's much more eclectic than might have been expected.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    La Costa Perdida
    Depending on your predilection, it will either bore the crap out of you, pass on by like a rest stop without a vending machine, or reignite the flame for a band that has always celebrated, as Lowery sings on 1989's "All Her Favorite Fruit," the "fecundity of life and love."
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wolf's Law
    Wolf's Law, the second studio album from The Joy Formidable, finds the Welsh trio building upon its already gargantuan sound with remarkable aplomb.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Beta Love
    Ultimately though, whether robotic or human, binary or organic, it is Ra Ra Riot's gift for addictive, romantic songcraft that gives Beta Love its heart.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anything In Return
    It may not be the most immediately exciting album of his career, but it is the most impressive and affecting.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    My True Story
    Ultimately, My True Story is a smooth, mostly laid-back, and soulful recording by Neville.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Wonder Working Stone
    It's fascinating to find that his dogged research has loaded these self-penned pieces with all of the mystery, language, and myth usually found in years-old traditional ballads.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Centralia
    Much like the best of Eno's ambient work, Centralia is captivating without demanding attention, instead letting the listener wander into its web on their own.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Academy Songs, Vol. 1
    The themes are vague enough that they could be applied to any number of relationships or situations, and far more captivating are the arrangements and dynamic shifts in orchestrations that make up the cyclical nature of the album.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Django Unchained [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    It spans decades and styles but it's held together by Tarantino's vision, not unlike the film itself.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Manifestra
    McKeown's seventh studio album is as bold and determined as anything in her repertoire, but it never sacrifices musicality for message, resulting in a taut, compact, and engaging set of 21st century urban folk songs that invites the listener into the fold before unleashing its directive.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Coming Out of the Fog
    While there are some changes in pace here and there--the quicker, tenser "The Promise"; the piano-led title track that concludes the album; the short, fierce instrumental "Easter Island"--generally the album is a bit of a blur, shifting moods here and there without fully distinguishing itself track by track.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Love Sign
    If you can get past that feeling and embrace the polished, shiny surfaces, and satin-jacketed AOR clichés, then Love Sign delivers a pleasing dose of nostalgic, good-time (almost) rock & roll.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Elements of Light
    Depending on the vantage point, it's either a logical progression or a creative dead end.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Long.Live.A$AP
    In the end, A$AP Rocky comes off as rap's Jim Morrison, offering an accessible, attractive, and brutish journey into darkness while remaining true to his spirit.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Lysandre
    As it stands, the album is a decent attempt at a fresh start that won't put off too many Girls fans, but until he figures out exactly what kind of singer/songwriter he wants to be, won't likely earn him too many new fans.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lady from Shanghai
    Lady from Shanghai intrigues more often than not, and shows that Pere Ubu can tap into paranoia, loathing, and the downright weird with nearly as much ease and eloquence as they did almost four decades before.
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