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For 1,720 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 71% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 27% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 The Boxing Mirror
Lowest review score: 10 Hefty Fine
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,457 out of 1720
  2. Mixed: 240 out of 1720
  3. Negative: 23 out of 1720
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Loon
    On first listen, "The Loon" is not as immediate as several key tracks are individually. But after further study, the pieces eventually fall into place, and it becomes clear that this foursome has a solid debut on its hands.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Platform
    A balanced, lyrically inspiring collection of songs.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Murray's Revenge
    A largely effective mix of grime and soul. [25 Mar 2006]
    • Billboard
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Here I Stand
    After a four-year break, Usher's fifth set is bursting with grown man, true-to-life tales like leaving his player ways behind ("Before I Met You"), falling in love ("Something Special," "Lifetime" and the title track), making love ("This Ain't Sex") and having a child.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Little Willies
    In the studio, Jones and musical friends... distill the fun, down-to-earth spirit of their live shows. [11 Mar 2006]
    • Billboard
    • 51 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kellie Pickler
    Teamed with new producer Chris Lindsey and with more time to create than she did in the rush following her run on "American Idol," Kellie Pickler's second album is another solid step toward country stardom.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Belladonna
    At first blush, Lanois' music is flowery wallpaper, but on repeated listens the colorful textures sink in and evoke a hushed mysticism.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Indian Tower
    Fans of Queens Of The Stone Age, and to a degree Death From Above 1979, will probably be attracted to "The Indian Tower," but from the get go, there are noticeable differences that make the album a unique contribution.
    • Billboard
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Taking The Long Way
    The first-time pairing with Rubin has resulted in a surprisingly cohesive mix of country and rock tunes.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One Man Revolution
    Morello shows us that he's a) a facile acoustic guitar player, too, b) a better than serviceable singer and c) an intelligent and passionate social commentator and protest singer. [28 Apr 2007]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Teaches of Peaches
    Though highly amusing, the bouts of empowerment on "Teaches" can grow monotonous, due to similar-sounding songs.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone
    As each quiet-loud-quiet song cycles through its emotional peaks and valleys, the band considerately adds, subtracts and multiplies conflicting elements and melodies to complete the picture. [24 Feb 2007]
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    • 49 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dark Horse
    The bulletproof Nickelback provides affordable fun that promises good returns in hard times.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Probot
    The set is best taken as a hardcore thrash scrapbook that immortalizes how Grohl spent some of his downtime from Foo Fighters: It has captured the memory and fierce emotion instead of being concerned with structure.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kiss Of Death
    Shows his growth as an MC.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kelis Was Here
    Wonderfully whimsical.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Welcome To The Dollhouse
    On the Missy Elliott-assisted 'Bad Girl,' the group croons about its seductive ways over heavy drums, while the bass-laden 'Sucka for Love' finds it confessing to being "addicted to kissing and hugging/touching and rubbing."
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Concretes
    While the songs have a tendency to run together with an overall sameness, the album as a whole is greater than its individual parts.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Not Animal
    Throughout the 19 tracks, the group comes across as confident and capable of charming in varying motifs across the rock spectrum.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
    "Monkey House" was the band's experiment in '80s synth-rock, and with Elavedo's touch, the razor-sharp, reflective edges of the album's space-age cogs are smoothed and rounded, with the bright-hot electro-pop brought closer to loungey funk.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Forever
    Cracker sounds like it's having fun again.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Peeping Tom
    Patton is either a musical genius or one lucky mad scientist. [3 Jun 2006]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Evolver
    Legend's voice remains beyond reproach, but for a guy who's an oasis of style and soul in a sea of synthetic, robo-call R&B, at times it seems like he's playing catch-up.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Peanut Butter And Jelly Live At The Ginger Minge
    A blur of primal guitar stomp wrapped in a menacing swirl of vintage organs and distorted vocals.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Half Smiles Of The Decomposed
    The album isn't a certified classic like earlier GBV favorites "Alien Lanes" and "Under the Bushes, Under the Stars," but it does have a healthy dollop of Pollard's trademark effortless pop perfection.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Agony & Irony
    These guys seem comfortable with the added sheen--a few tracks could be the Killers covering the Misfits--but Skiba's tunes aren't quite as memorable as those on earlier Alkaline Trio discs, which blunts the overall effect.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Furr
    Furr is a more consistent body of work, a perfect fall soundtrack rife with woodsy imagery.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars
    Fatboy Slim (aka electronica pioneer Norman Cook) succeeds at the daunting task of assembling material that smartly courts pop listeners, while simultaneously maintaining loyalty to the club underground that's nurtured his career.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This Magnificent Distance
    Robinson's lyrics get a bit too precious.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Case We Die
    Sometimes this all-inclusive attitude falls flat, like on the trading male-female vocals of "Tiny Paintings" or the collective shouting that is littered throughout. Yet when everyone harmonizes together on "Maybe You Can Owe Me" and "Do the Whirlwind" it sounds unforced.
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