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For 3,071 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 33% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.4 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 LANY
Lowest review score: 0 Results May Vary
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,331 out of 3071
  2. Mixed: 695 out of 3071
  3. Negative: 45 out of 3071
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Parachutes
    Shimmering guitars haunt tormented tunes, dark gravel growls vie with Thom Yorke-y high notes. Unquestionably, Coldplay could not have existed without an awe-stricken respect for Radiohead's The Bends, but they are also capable of escaping its shadow... [12/2000, p.94]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gossamer
    Gossamer is still full of incredibly catchy choruses, dozens of layers of funky instrumental tracks, spazzy electronic flourishes and of course Michael Angelakos' sky-scraping falsetto. [Aug 2012, p.88]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jul 19, 2012
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An Object
    An Object is another great volume in the experimental duo's catalog that feels more colossal than their comparatively small eight years together. [Sep 2013, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Aug 12, 2013
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bleed Like Me
    There are no real surprises on Bleed, but as a return to the steady Garbage ferocity of old, it's first rate. [May 2005, p.134]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Permanence
    Rickly pulls off rock-god histrionics and urbane cool, as the band shore him up with a melodic roar that should convince the world to finally stop caring about U2. [Oct 2015, p.97]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Sep 28, 2015
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This Is Our Science
    His fourth album, This Is Our Science, proves the MC is equally as adept at improvisational freestyles as he is at crafting hooks that will stay lodged in your lobes indefinitely.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fantasies
    Fantasies flows seemlessly from song to engaging song, with less focus on the dance-based instrumentals of "Old World" and greater attention to frontwoman Emily Haines' thoughtful lyrics and lilting voice. [May 2009, p.112]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    De Vermis Mysteriis
    What we're left is all the brutality of High On Fire's previous work, but with a razor-edged focus. [May 2012, p.79]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Apr 3, 2012
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Original Pirate Material
    While Original Pirate Material isn't as good as the U.K. press hyperbole would have us believe, it does prove that sentiment and sincerity are more interesting than slickness and skills. [Dec 2002, p.96]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Trey Anastasio
    Sounds Phishy enough to satisfy the masses and fresh enough to reach those without a predisposition for patchouli and patchwork. [Jun 2002, p.76]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gang Of Losers
    Here's the thing about originality... You don't really need it when you play this proficiently. [Dec 2006, p.188]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fortress
    They really hit their offbeat stride on Fortress with "Japanese Woman," the tale of a woman who "lives in my closet" and "eats up all my food when she thinks I'm at the office." [Aug 2010, p.150]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Swimming
    You could feel the Kicks reaching for this sort of grandeur in the more inspired moments of 2006's "Two thousands, " this time, they're bathing in it. [July 2008, p.158]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amazing Grace
    Pierce's organic approach on Grace makes the album feel exquisitely intimate, personable and warm. [Oct 2003, p.138]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Summer Make Good
    For fans of Sigur Ros and Mogwai, this is a godsend, but those who feel like those bands just incessantly mine one-chord riffs would do better to stay away. [May 2004, p.96]
    • Alternative Press
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Avalanche United
    It's what fans have long been hoping for: an alum fill of catchy sing-alongs with substance. [Nov 2011, p.94]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Nov 28, 2011
    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If You're Young
    The dozen tracks crackle with the energy of post-millennial British rock and the hook-lined swoon of the late-'80s British post-wave. [Sep 2011, p.120]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Mar 14, 2012
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mouthfuls
    A collection of delicate love songs with a back-porch feel, but the electronic warbles add enough texture for a new generation of stoners to space out on. [June 2003, p.96]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Leveler
    From start to finish, Leveler is exhilarating. [Jul 2011, p.106]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jul 1, 2011
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Liars
    The group's self-titled fourth album may be the maverick trio's most straightforward yet. [Oct 2007, p.160]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Game of Monogamy
    It's an album's worth of lamentation for accidentally getting older, and it's one of Kasher's most affecting albums to date. [Nov 2010, p.114]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Being Ridden
    Boasts the accessibility and ambition of a true star. [Jul 2003, p.124]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    L'Ami du Peuple
    It doesn't really ever quite rise above excellently pleasant, yet it's remarkably consistent, musically varied and occasionally, endearingly specific. [Aug 2013, p.90]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jul 3, 2013
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Circumambulation
    There's a spiraling circularity to Circumambulation that makes the disc feel more like a hypnotic, deathlike hymn than just a bummer stuck on repeat. [Aug 2013, p.92]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jul 23, 2013
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The People Or The Gun
    Indictments abound on The People Or The Gun, Anti-Flag's seventh full-length that proves Pittsburgh's politically aware punks haven't lost their bite nor bark. [Jul 2009, p.122]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    lemonjelly.ky
    Studio wizards [Fred] Deakin and Nick Franglen conjure dreamy electronic vistas that teem with languorous grooves, lush ambience and euphoria-inducing melodies. [#153, p.82]
    • Alternative Press
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pig Lib
    Finally makes good on Malkmus' claims of musical maturity. [Apr 2003, p.80]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Hurry and the Harm
    It's as beautifully patient and thoughtful as anything else in Dallas green's expanding catalog, while carrying the same sort of modest insecurity and self-doubt that's made the project so warm and personable. [Jul 2013, p.98]
    • Alternative Press
      • Posted Jun 4, 2013
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feminist Sweepstakes
    This is still some of the most original, passionate and listenable music of the year, but the mood has changed. [Jan 2002, p.95]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Without Feathers
    The infusion of new blood, thankfully, seems to have put the Stills' post-punk posturing and emotional distance to bed for good. [Jul 2006, p.194]
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