Alternative Press' Scores
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For 3,071 reviews, this publication has graded:
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64% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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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: | LANY | |
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| Lowest review score: | Results May Vary |
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Positive: 2,331 out of 3071
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Mixed: 695 out of 3071
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Negative: 45 out of 3071
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In simplest terms, this is emotional catharsis put to pop music. And it sounds fucking great. [Jun 2006, p.174]- Alternative Press
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Ever wonder what an all-star band featuring Burt Bacharach, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd would sound like stoned on the final reel of 2001: A Space Odyssey? [May 2006, p.172]- Alternative Press
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A romantic, self-referential collection of songs that, even though we've heard this inimitable voice singing the same old tune for years, manages to avoid staleness. [May 2006, p.174]- Alternative Press
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They do possess the skills to enhance everything they tweak. [May 2006, p.178]- Alternative Press
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Amid the highlife guitars and percussion that give Sea a delightful Afro-pop sheen... it's impossible to ignore the creeping conventionalism of the disc's best tracks. [Jun 2006, p.178]- Alternative Press
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The band sound bigger and and more self-assured than ever. [Jun 2006, p.190]- Alternative Press
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At once loud and elegant, Karmacode raises Lacuna Coil's heaviness tenfold without sacrificing a drop of the band's mystical ambience. [May 2006, p.168]- Alternative Press
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Show Your Bones is the sort of second album that, rather than being a sophomore slump, makes you anxiously wonder what albums three, four and five will sound like. [May 2006, p.176]- Alternative Press
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Where [Interpol] often seem weighed down by their own miserable aura, Editors sound brightest in teh depths of their blackened pop gems. [Apr 2006, p.204]- Alternative Press
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The disc may be too weird for people who like their music categorically cut and dried, but adventurous listeners will want to bang Liars' Drum often. [May 2006, p.178]- Alternative Press
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While no Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, [it] will still placate fans excited to see where Tweedy takes Wilco next. [May 2006, p.174]- Alternative Press
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Their newfound nods to pop music... overshadow the expected balls-out rockers. [Apr 2006, p.220]- Alternative Press
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Everything All The Time is almost pitifully lacking in soul, and it suffers from a few real snoozers, to boot. [May 2006, p.162]- Alternative Press
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Essex Green do a fine job of staying on retro's good side. [May 2006, p.162]- Alternative Press
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More fun than most of the original NYC no-wave bands to which the Seconds pay tribute. [May 2006, p.178]- Alternative Press
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Coxon rocks it in a class of '77 Brit-punk style that'll make record-collecting fetishists in search of Adverts and Chelsea demos soil themselves. [Dec 2006, p.198]- Alternative Press
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Should you find yourself craving the fleeting rush of a dark, well-crafted pop song, Cuts Across The Land does wonders for, well, the spirit. [May 2006, p.176]- Alternative Press
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A more ambitious, punchier take on that electro-pop retro fetishizing at which Brits excel. [Mar 2006, p.138]- Alternative Press
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While Mogwai once seemed too ambitious for their own good, Mr. Beast perfectly distills the essence of the band's raison d'etre. [Apr 2006, p.214]- Alternative Press
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A match-up like this one needs the right balance between angel and devil, and... Campbell's fragile alto is just no match for Lanegan. [May 2006, p.162]- Alternative Press
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An astonishing collection... that should leave Case's peers eating a cloud of Nashville dust. [Apr 2006, p.204]- Alternative Press
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9BA have a sense of urgency that should appeal both to Anglophiles and to punk scenesters who also inexplicably like Oasis. [Apr 2006, p.216]- Alternative Press