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For 18,283 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: 15,332 out of 18283
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18283
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18283
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Doggumentary
    Navigating this 21-track session is the hard part, but once fans do the necessary trimming and pull out their favorite 14 or so, Doggumentary becomes a fine addition to Snoop's catalog.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Belong
    Really, they show a lot on Belong -- that they can take their sound to the next level, that they haven't lost any of their good-natured band-next-door charm, and most of all, that they can make a great-sounding modern rock album without selling their souls.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All Eternals Deck
    Nothing here's likely to attract new converts quite the way those tunes did, but this is still a very easy Mountain Goats album to like and to recommend, whether it's your first or fourteenth.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rolling Papers
    Just like any given Bone album, Khalifa's chilled and confused Rolling Papers is an acquired taste, and while it's misrepresented by its single and the mixtapes that surround it, it is purposeful mood music, perfect for bong loading or just hanging out.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gimme Some
    The photo of the band in the CD booklet shows three guys in a tight circle playing heads-down intense, and it feels like this camaraderie and dedication has paid off in a record that may not save their career commercially, but will prove that they are still vital and exciting.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Moody, Standard and Poor
    What the Obits do reasonably but not remarkably well isn't as important as where they excel on Moody, Standard and Poor, and when the pieces mesh just right, this band does guitar back-and-forth as well as anyone since Television, and rocks a whole lot harder to boot.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Safari Disco Club
    As it is, Yelle will have to settle for having made a merely awesome album instead of double awesome one, which is still pretty awesome when you get right down to it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Femme Fatale
    Sonically, it has everything except hooks, either in the rhythm or the melody; it's all surface style, driven by sound and given shape by hypersexual lyrics Britney sings listlessly.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Telling the Truth
    Even without many fast songs, it's a well-paced album.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Live at the Aragon
    In sum, Live at the Aragon is a mixed bag aurally and visually, though the Crack the Skye movie is killer.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Factorycraft
    Ultimately, while it is clear based on Factorycraft that Found aren't the same band you'd expect to hear playing at an art opening anymore, they are a band you might be pleasantly surprised to run into at a local pub, and that's something a lot harder to find.
    • 96 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fully Qualified Survivor
    It digs deep into emotional territory by way of tight, almost suffocating songwriting and killer arrangements, making this one of the defining Brit folk-rock albums of the period. It holds up well in the 21st century as a true testament to the excellence of Chapman's craft.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Discontinued Perfume
    On their sixth album, the Caribbean find themselves in perhaps their strongest sonic mode yet.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sever the Wicked Hand
    Sever the Wicked Hand [is] one of the strongest efforts of their career.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    What Makes Bob Holler
    As a trio, they have to be resourceful to get the kind of full sound Wills got with his ensemble, but they're up to the task.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric Endicott
    Electric Endicott confirms that the gifted outsider who allowed us to glance into his psyche on You Think You Really Know Me hasn't stopped pursuing his singular vision of twisted pop music, just as he still hasn't figured out how to deal with the opposite sex, and who knows: if he ever did, he might never be able to make music again.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Norwegian Wood [Original Soundtrack]
    Part Arvo Part and Part Brian Eno, Greenwood continues to impress.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Matilda
    The band's sophomore debut tempts fate with a nearly 30-second fade-in (you may think you have a defective disc on your hands, but wait for it), then takes off into a crazy welter of power ballad, electro-glitch, dubstep, atonal, acoustic-based, waltz-funk weirdness that occasionally gets tiring but rarely stops being interesting.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Georgia Clay
    He also leans a bit too heavily on co-producer Clint Lagerberg, who wrote Rascal Flatts' chart-topping "Here Comes Goodbye" but fails to bring similar hitmaking hooks to Kelley's table, and his vocals sound forced, with a deep baritone twang replacing the breathy croon he used on earlier albums.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Live on I-5
    It is not quite prime Soundgarden; the band is pushing their OK 1996 effort Down on the Upside, and while there isn't much palpable tension in the performances, they're not quite inspired, either. The group is in full-fledged pro mode, hitting their marks with efficiency and occasional power if not much flair.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    James Blake
    The rest of the tracks are more like exercises in sound manipulation and reduction than songs. The approach is no-fault, but Blake pares it down to such an extent that the material occasionally sounds not just tentative but feeble, fatigued, even.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    101
    At times, they clearly outpace her singing and lyrics, which often betray the fact that English is a second language. Still, Keren Ann remains a striking songwriter (listen to the interesting device she employs on the title track for proof), while her range of musical techniques has grown.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Return of Mr. Zone 6
    Anyone who arrived here because of underground mixtapes will be happy to hear the radio-friendly numbers and polish removed, and even happier when they notice Southern street producer Drumma Boy is responsible for all the beats.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Awesome As F**k
    The combination of songs, sound, and performance make this another near-perfect album from the trio. Those who have fallen under their charmingly sweet spell can only hope it doesn't take another six years for the next one.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Music Sounds Better With You
    The combination of songs, sound, and performance make this another near-perfect album from the trio. Those who have fallen under their charmingly sweet spell can only hope it doesn't take another six years for the next one.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All You Need Is Now
    The once bold, sometimes shameless Simon Le Bon sounds a bit tentative in this post-Killers world, and when compared to the tight, original, nine-track version of the album previously made available via digital download, this final, fatter version borders on "too much of a good thing." Fortunately, the emphasis will be on "good thing" for longtime Duran fans or anyone with a taste for melodic, synth-driven pop/rock.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I Remember Me
    At their best, Hudson and her collaborators provide the kind of mature R&B that is not felt merely in the mind, throat, chest, or hips but the entire body.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    F.A.M.E.
    This all makes F.A.M.E. the equal of Forever, if not slightly better, and it hints that Brown's best is yet to come.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Angles
    Ultimately, Angles' best moments are reassuring rather than exciting, offering proof that the Strokes can still make an album together, and hope that it'll come more naturally to them next time.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes
    As with their last album, the prominence of the violin continues to diminish, but what the strings lack in ubiquity they make up for in impact, making an impression when they appear rather than just fading into the background. This kind of refinement of their sound paints a picture of an older and wiser Yellowcard whose members are confident enough in their abilities that they can step away from the gimmick that initially set them apart from the pack and let their songwriting do the talking.
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