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For 18,280 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: 15,329 out of 18280
  2. Mixed: 2,925 out of 18280
  3. Negative: 26 out of 18280
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lessons In Love
    Between 'I'm Wit It,' 'Girls,' and a couple other standouts, Lessons and Love cannot be dismissed, but Lloyd will have to really change it up with his fourth album to evade a real holding pattern.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fragile Future
    It's a familiar mix of music, to be sure, but Fragile Future also sounds more valid than other emo albums, even if its hooks aren't quite as muscular as those on the band's previous disc.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New York City
    With Brazilian Girls' sense of wonder and love of musical globe-trotting as strong as ever, New York City is a welcome return to form for this very special group.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Preteen Weaponry
    The final part finds a midpoint of sorts between the two, with quick, skittering drumming matched by a series of drone and keyboard loops, rhythmic but not explicitly melodic, ending the album on a calmer but no less compelling note and promising quite a lot for the next two entries in the series.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Green Sparrow
    Perfect for a summer day.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Waiting For The Sunrise
    It's not the worst thing imaginable to make a nice, pleasant record that wouldn't trouble anyone; it's just that Vandervelde (seemingly) promised more than just a peaceful easy feelin', and Waiting for the Sunrise is an almost complete disappointment in that regard.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bits
    The Brooklyn boys maintain their hipster sensibilities and flip between speedy grit and sweetheart pop, with varied results.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Lord Dog Bird
    You can appreciate the emotion put into The Lord Dog Bird and feel the soul being poured out--but without any variety in the album's sound or any songs that jump out and demand repeat spins, ultimately you're left with a less than satisfying listening experience.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Venus In Overdrive
    By letting all of his sides surface here, Springfield winds up with a satisfying album, as it gets to his sober nature without abandoning his fizzy gifts.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Scars On Broadway
    Fans of System's earlier work will be used to their unique brand of lyricism by now and will be more impressed with the band's ability to make a solid assortment of songs in a toned-down genre. Even with half the members.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Waiting In Vain
    This is a solid if flawed first try.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Along Came A Spider
    An easy recommendation for fan club members and/or serial killers. Everyone else has two or three better Cooper concepts to devour first.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Oh! Mighty Engine
    This album isn't going to win Halstead too much favor critically or commercially, but anyone who holds songcraft, emotional restraint, and melodic grace in high regard should give the peaceful and sincere Oh! Mighty Engine a chance.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Slip
    Here, he's no longer a stylized, self-conscious innovator, he's a working musician enraptured by making music, and he's so invigorated by creation it's hard not to get sucked in as well.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    22 Dreams
    Although it shares superficial sonic similarities with his other records, 22 Dreams is really unlike any of Weller's other albums, as it's rich in sound and feeling, possessing a shimmering dreamy quality. It's an album to get lost in.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Life Processes
    The utter zeal and conviction with which they play are often breathtaking, even if they don't leave room for much subtlety or humor, and can be more than a little exhausting for listeners who are not as impassioned as ¡Forward, Russia! so clearly are.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Partie Traumatic
    Partie Traumatic is a very good debut that manages to earn a huge chunk of the hype that was thrown willy-nilly in the band's direction.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Donkey
    Polished instead of rough, thoughtful instead of brash, Donkey isn't an outright failure, but it certainly is an odd and sometimes disappointing move from a band that didn't necessarily need to change its direction.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fate
    The sound effects that link the songs and clumsy tape edits seem a tad forced,and some of the titles and lyrical themes seem recycled from We All Belong. That being said, Fate is still a thoroughly enjoyable album from a fine band.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Breakout
    While Breakout isn't as much of a breakthrough as it could be, it still moves Miley closer to an identity and career outside of Hannah.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love On The Inside
    While this set is saturated with hunger and ambition, it's also confident and sophisticated--the album sounds as if they meant every word but had a great time making it.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Something For All Of Us...
    Something for All of Us... manages to connect without really saying much, which is tough to pull off, even for a veteran of one of the underground rock league's most beloved teams.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    03/07-09/07
    This collection of their singles released between March and September 2007 (plus three harder-to-find tracks) is an entrancing introduction to the band, and it stokes the fires of anticipation for their first full-length album.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    One Day As A Lion [EP]
    There isn't any filler here; it's all the aural ignition of a gasoline bomb going off in your ears.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Certain Feeling
    This is ultimately an album that is catnip to those favoring a general sound and approach and otherwise will pass the time for most anyone else--no bad thing, yet nothing remarkable either.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Laulu Laakson Kukista
    Other songs like the sea-shanty-goes-Jacques Brel 'Italialaisella Laivalla' and the more openly indie-pop 'Tytto Tanssii,' with its guitar lope and synth-horn break floating over a softly rumbling cloud of melancholic, echoing textures, further add to the understated but enjoyable variety of a fine album.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Love Extreme
    A Love Extreme is, as its title suggests, an album of sonic extremes, but those willing to sit through both discs will find a number of eccentric, engaging songs, particularly on side two.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Stay Positive
    Stay Positive is the most sophisticated and erudite THS have ever sounded, and that's a mixed blessing.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Object 47
    Object 47 highlights Wire's pop credentials, but the band hasn't lost its edge.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Untitled
    A couple tracks might sonically resemble inferior versions of years-old tracks that helped make Nas a hip-hop deity and, nearly ten years after Nas was first accused of selling out, he might still sound a little awkward over radio-friendly productions. But the MC has never made an album as engrossing or as necessary as this one.
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