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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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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dub Egg
    A wandering, fuzz-cloaked journey that has fingerprints of the best qualities of their Austin music brethren -- the fiery energy of Trail of Dead, the druggy exploration of Charalambides -- as well as of classic rock and college rock favorites, and is presented in a way that feels familiar but has been thoughtfully crafted to obscure those fingerprints into something new.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Looking 4 Myself
    Compared to Usher's previous album, this is weighted more heavily toward dance-pop, much of which is functional and well made but unremarkable.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Trouble
    This sparkling, streamlined display adds up to great headphone candy, but ultimately it's a record made for booming club speakers.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's No Leaving Now
    There's No Leaving Now succeeds best when he breaks out of that mode of one enjoyable enough ingredient constantly reused, or at least tempers it more thoroughly than at other times.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Synthetica
    That Metric were able to follow up their best record with another just as good is quite an achievement, hopefully something they will do again and again.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Plot Against Common Sense
    The Plot Against Common Sense shows that Future of the Left are still fighting the good fight, even if the ranks have changed a bit.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Do Things
    Do Things is a cool treat of a record, filled with catchy and sweet songs that have a relaxed and easygoing happiness that is impossible to resist.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
    For as haunting as parts of the album are, there is no fetishization of death on the parts of Albarn and Russell; even with a tinge of melancholy coloring the fringes of the album, this is an album that affirms the power of life, in all of its mess and glory.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    1991 [EP]
    This short house-rap blast bottles all that "cool list" excitement into a sharp set, so jack your body and get your freak on because you're in her hut now.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of Spaceghostpurrp
    [The album offers] an easy, accessible entry point into this Dark Knight's world.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family
    There's the bad feeling that all this Xanax chewing and gun throwing might be bad for the health and/or soul, but Triple F Life moves fast and rocks hard, making it hard to dwell on its shortcomings.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Big Moon Ritual
    The Chris Robinson Brotherhood spends their time doing what comes naturally, and the music flows easily, even alluringly, as they jam with no care of when they began or where they will end.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Life Will Write the Words
    At the very least, it would do Avary a world of good to have someone to urge him to ease up on the throttle of his vocals.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Amanda Mair
    A wonderful debut from a truly promising singer.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Analog Man
    He sounds comfortable where he is and Lynne presents him in a shining, flattering light.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    By the Horns
    Darker, wiser, and more personally reflective than her work with Angus, By the Horns strikes a nice balance between standard, confessional singer/songwriter fare and radio-ready alt-pop.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seeds from the Underground
    This music is welcoming and accessible, underscoring the notion that Garrett's new compositions have that mercurial something in them that approaches the mysterious nature of song itself.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It...
    Working against the big intentions are the ramshackle playing; the rough production and mixes, and, inevitably, Arcuragi's rusty, overwrought tenor upfront.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ohnomite
    Here, he has crafted them into something startlingly new, although that '70s spirit of pimp-hand-up-top, bell-bottoms-down-below is intact the whole way.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Big Station
    For all its ambition and poetry, Big Station is consistently great fun. The songwriting and recording employed here take Escovedo's populist and sophisticated art to a whole new level.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Thirty Miles West
    It's an album only an old pro could make and it's one of the best this ever-reliable singer has ever done.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Manifest!
    The album holds together sonically like it was bonded by super glue, yet there's enough variation between the tracks to make Manifest! a very enriching listen that takes listeners to the middle of an excitingly sweaty dancefloor, keeps them company on the long cab ride home, and soothes them on the quiet morning after.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Dreamer
    Miller's duet with Rosanne Cash on "As Close as I Came to Being Right" is a gem, one of the best realized moments of his solo career; it's the best thing on The Dreamer, but there's plenty of other music here that should earn the approval of fans of both Rhett Millers.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    All of Us, Together
    The album is never less than pretty, but it's so slight and drifting that it's difficult to grasp.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Banga
    Banga is an event; it's not only provocative and expansive lyrically, but abundantly enjoyable musically.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Americana
    It all winds up as an ungodly mess: Crazy Horse do, as Young asserted they would, make these songs their own, but by doing so, they've made them so nobody else would ever want them.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    WIXIW
    While WIXIW might be a shade less ambitious than some of their previous albums, it's still fascinating to hear Liars wield beauty and delicacy just as formidably as they've used force and noise in the past.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Celebration Rock
    Celebration Rock could arguably lack the powerful impact of the first record. Still, it's a hell of lot of fun.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Radlands
    Not a reinvention so much as an enjoyable detour, Radlands is a set of aural postcards from the Lone Star State that demonstrates just how much good a working vacation can do.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Our Version of Events
    Our Version of Events is an earnest collection of works by a woman who is as good a composer as she is vocalist, a lethal combination in today's pop music business.
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