Alternative Press' Scores

  • Music
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:
3071 music reviews
    • 60 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The lyrics on Folker make the tripe in Westerberg's early solo material... read like T.S. Eliot. [Oct 2004, p.144]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's a bit more quiet time on this effort. [Nov 2004, p.149]
    • Alternative Press
    • 80 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Libertines just don't live up to the hype. [Jan 2005, p.113]
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sounds like every other disc Matador has released by them. [Oct 2004, p.134]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sounds like a holding-its-own companion piece to Quicksand's 1995 swan song Manic Compression. [Nov 2004, p.142]
    • Alternative Press
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The results are as thrilling as ever. [Oct 2004, p.140]
    • Alternative Press
    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Overall, the Beeps still seem like a work in progress. [Nov 2004, p.140]
    • Alternative Press
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Either the worst or the best thing I've heard all year. [Dec 2004, p.152]
    • Alternative Press
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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
    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The ladies aren't ready to carry an album by themselves. [Oct 2004, p.146]
    • Alternative Press
    • 82 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    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]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unbelievably catchy hipster synth-rock. [Sep 2004, p.136]
    • Alternative Press
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stripped-down and understated. [Sep 2004, p.136]
    • Alternative Press
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A decidedly hit-or-miss affair. [Nov 2004, p.148]
    • Alternative Press
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All [their] cleverness works better than ever before. [Oct 2004, p.142]
    • Alternative Press
    • 65 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Disastrous. [Oct 2004, p.144]
    • Alternative Press
    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Weak. [Sep 2004, p.140]
    • Alternative Press
    • 74 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It's the album most bands wish they could make. [Aug 2004, p.101]
    • Alternative Press
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    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
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Think Doug Martsch fronting the Shins and playing the sweetest Carl Newman jams ever. [Sep 2004, p.124]
    • Alternative Press
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    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
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    They make OMD sound like Joy Division. [Aug 2004, p.124]
    • Alternative Press
    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A novel idea that falls flat due to poor execution. [Dec 2004, p.162]
    • Alternative Press
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A snow globe of an album that's sparkling, brilliant and only held back by gravity. [Aug 2004, p.106]
    • Alternative Press
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's all very simple, organic and, best of all, easy on the ears. [Oct 2004, p.140]
    • Alternative Press
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's important that albums like Ghost exist--but unfortunately, those albums don't always make the most enjoyable listens. [Aug 2004, p.116]
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