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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
    • 60 Critic Score
    Trans-Continental Hustle
    Considering how much it costs to get Rick Rubin in the producer's chair, it's no surprise Gogol Bordello aim for something beyond full-throttle drunken mayhem on Trans-Continental Hustle. Those worried the party is officially over can rest easy, as "Break The Spell" and "We Comin' Rougher (Immigraniada)" show Gogol Bordello haven't completely forsaken four-on-the-floor folk punk. [June 2010, p.105]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood
    Thnakfully, as the album continues, the songs grow more developed as orchestrally augmented tracks "Right Place" and "LA Rain" showcase Burhenn's distinct vocal abilities. [May 2010, p.108]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Travellers In Space And Time
    Ebullient songs like "Dream About The Future" and "Told You Once" have the choruses to give ELO fans "Back to the Future" chills, but they should also make any pop lover an instant Apples adherent, too. [May 2010, p.102]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love & Desperation
    Love & Desperation may not be perfect, but it sure is fun. [Apr 2010, p.130]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Blue Sky Noise
    It harnesses Circa's best qualities and adds a sense of direction previous releases somewhat lacked. [May 2010, p.105]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Weathervanes
    Turns out you can be the next hipster nuzz band and actually be good. [Apr 2010, p.123]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Dark Leaves
    The isolation that came from recording in a remote cabin in the woods of upstate New York is palpable, and the sly inclusion of cello and viola upstage the requisite tambourines, handclapss and acoustic guitar. [May 2010, p.108]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wild Hunt
    While Matssib certainly isn't breaking any new ground on his follow-up to 2008's "Shallow Grave," the songs reign supreme and his emotive tenor mixes perfectly with his worn-down acoustic guitar, all captured in perfect lo-fidelity. [May 2010, p.108]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Year Of The Black Rainbow
    Rainbow feels every bit as massive as the world it sets up. It's not just the heaviest record in Coheed's arsenal; it's also one of the strongest.
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
    Through it all, they retain their fundamental hardcore power-chug while vocalist Liam Cormier gives his most diverse screaming/growling/speaking performance yet. [May 2010, p.105]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bleeding Through
    It comes was a welcome surprise that their sixth full-length contains the most visceral, overtly hostile and sinister music of their career. [May 2010, p.102]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fornever
    Though fans may expect these collaborations to be less structured than a MURS solo record, there's a few songs that just leave you feeling unsatisfied. That being said, Fornever is still a solid disc, and will please the average indie-rap fan.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Go
    Go is a genuinely beautiful, emotionally resonant must-hear. [Apr 2010, p.126]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Non Stop Erotik
    He's rarely assembled a stronger collection of songs. [May 2010, p.102]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sweet Sister [EP]
    This North Carolina sextet's satisfying angst gets replaced with tinny keyboard effects and Guster-ready bongo drums. With every song, vocakist Adam Baker oozes further into an imaginary indie-lite Pixar flick. [May 2010, p.102]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Option Paralysis
    Dissonant strings, clasical piano and eerie quiet spells infuse the album with a wird, roiling darkness that gets under your skin rather than filleting your skull. The result is more dramatic than any Dillinger release this decade--and more powerful because of it. [Apr 2010, p124]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Volume Two
    Volume Two, as its title announces, succeeds Volume One's charming, old-timey sensibility, relying again in Deschanel's sweet croon to augment the already inviting tracks. [Apr 2010, p.130]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Head First
    Goldfrapp’s skill at adopting and fully embodying different styles is what makes them distinctive, not necessarily one signature sound. If the album seems somewhat slight, it’s purposefully so: Head First is a love letter to the frothy, fleeting, but very vital joys of pop music.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rush To Relax
    The album's transition between punk-rock madness and mid-tempo melodies keeps Rush To Relax from getting redundant, and while you may have heard this sound before, it rarely sounds this good.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sisterworld
    Much of Sisterworld has a decidedly seasick feel punctuated only occasionally by angular blasts of carnival-esque speed. All told, it's more than enough to satisfy and just enough to keep you guessing. [Apr 2010, p.126]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Broken Bells
    The vibe on Broken Bellls is so mellow and laid-back that the album dissolves into mere ambient wallpaper. [Apr 2010, p.122]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Monitor
    Stand too clsose to the bagpipes, harmonica, scream-along choruses and a constant artillery of thundering drums, and your ears are gonna get powder burns. [Apr 2010, p.130]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beat The Devil's Tattoo
    Mostly, the band have improved their songcraft and melodies, as evident in the positively infectious album highlight "Bad Blood." [Apr 2010, p.122]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Brutalist Bricks
    The Brutalist Bricks is an experimental and enjoyable pop-punk record. [Apr 2010, p.128]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
    With Jace Lasek's glistening falsetto intertwining with wife Olga Goreas' dreamy midrange pipes, the Montreal group's third album, The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night, creates a nocturnal viobe in broad daylight. [Apr 2010, p.122]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Animalore
    Via Audio thrill at taking risks, succeeding throughout the album's 12 tracks. [Mar 2010, p.98]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Rat A Tat Tat
    It's not for a lack of experimentation on Collet's part that Rat foregoes any sort of bar raing. It's still a solid forging of '70s-rock gruff. [Apr 2010, p.122]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Home Acres
    Home Acres is rooted in stunning energy that tells the tale of a Midwestern dream falling apart. [Apr 2010, p.122]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Black Swan
    The group's fourth outing supports singer Joel Pott's super-earnest reflections with melodies and arrangements direct and sturdy enough to bear the emotional weight. [Feb 2009, p.92]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hidden
    Drummer George Barnett's military-precision beats are way up in the mix, but the band dynamic that made "Pyramid" so engaging, vibrant and coruscating, is virtually non-existent. [Apr 2010, p.130]
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