Alternative Press' Scores
- Music
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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The lyrics on Folker make the tripe in Westerberg's early solo material... read like T.S. Eliot. [Oct 2004, p.144]- Alternative Press
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Gone is the rock'n'roll grit reminiscent of '70s Detroit rock, and in its place is a stylishly tailored sound more akin to '60s California pop. [Sep 2004, p.136]- Alternative Press
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Sounds like every other disc Matador has released by them. [Oct 2004, p.134]- Alternative Press
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Sounds like a holding-its-own companion piece to Quicksand's 1995 swan song Manic Compression. [Nov 2004, p.142]- Alternative Press
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Overall, the Beeps still seem like a work in progress. [Nov 2004, p.140]- Alternative Press
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Either the worst or the best thing I've heard all year. [Dec 2004, p.152]- Alternative Press
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All the broad-shouldered indie pop and big city folk we've come to expect, but so meticulously refined and consistently pleasing that its crossover ploys seem forgivable. [Sep 2004, p.124]- Alternative Press
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Like most good thematic albums, or films or books, for that matter, it's hard to put the pieces together on Album Of The Year, and just when you think you've got the narrative unraveled, you'll rediscover another lost passage or double entendre. [Sep 2004, p.122]- Alternative Press
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It's a deathfest of sound and fury, quietly melancholy and fiercely apocalyptic. But it's a tale that grows wearier with every listen. [Sep 2004, p.122]- Alternative Press
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On some songs... the cutting-and-pasting fails to produce anything new, but a handful of others blend their textures beautifully. [Sep 2004, p.122]- Alternative Press
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It is the best parts of a bar brawl, a naked Twister party and a street race in one cumulative package. [Sep 2004, p.117]- Alternative Press
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Succeeds not solely as a studio recording, but as a reminder of how powerful the band's live show is. [Aug 2004, p.118]- Alternative Press
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Think Doug Martsch fronting the Shins and playing the sweetest Carl Newman jams ever. [Sep 2004, p.124]- Alternative Press
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If you've been moved by Sparta before... you're going to have the same reaction once the roiling "Guns Of Memorial Park" opens this album. [Jul 2004, p.127]- Alternative Press
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A snow globe of an album that's sparkling, brilliant and only held back by gravity. [Aug 2004, p.106]- Alternative Press
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It's all very simple, organic and, best of all, easy on the ears. [Oct 2004, p.140]- Alternative Press
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It's important that albums like Ghost exist--but unfortunately, those albums don't always make the most enjoyable listens. [Aug 2004, p.116]- Alternative Press