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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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    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
    The band stretches out in some new directions on the trance-y 'Washington Square' and incorporates psychedelic overtones into 'Insignificant' and 'Le Ballet d'Or.' 'You Can't Count on Me' sounds like the flip side of a Bruce Springsteen love song, and such tracks as '1492,' 'Cowboys' and 'Come Around' rock with sweeping dynamic energy.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Donkey
    The upgraded melodic sense makes CSS stand out from all the other electropop bands that sound like Liquid Liquid and can turn a smutty lyric.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Evolve
    Highly cerebral, the visceral kick hits on the third or fourth play.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece
    Snoop Dogg remains as relevant and rambunctious as ever.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Da Realist
    His reports here from the streets ('Me and My Goons'), the boudoir ('Spend the Night') and the hospital room ('Family Straight') sizzle with a stripped-down immediacy that makes good on the album's title; few MCs seem as committed to a warts-and-all presentation as Plies.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dive Deep
    Morcheeba returns with Dive Deep, a gorgeous collection of folk- and blues-inflected electro-pop ballads.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pocket Symphony
    It introduces enough intriguing new elements (Japanese instruments, British guest vocalists) to earn its place in the Air canon. [10 Mar 2007]
    • Billboard
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    All The Roadrunning
    While over-produced and quite sentimental, this is a very sweet record.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unleashed
    Toby Keith has developed into a superstar for a reason, and he keeps getting better.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Cross Of My Calling
    With Rick Rubin polishing the group's garage rock approach into a sharper aural attack, T(I)NC dishes out such heady anthems.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Party Rock
    DJ/rappers Redfoo and Sky Blu (the son and grandson, respectively, of Motown founder Berry Gordy) fulfill all the lyrical requirements for a summer anthem--sunny locale, sexual tension and a liquor-assisted nonstop party.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Strangest Things
    Though this music could easily be viewed as Longwave's take on Interpol's take on Coldplay's take on Radiohead, it isn't that derivative or boring.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Under The Iron Sea
    An album to return to again and again, whose depth grows with every spin.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pelo
    The Aluminum Group's "Pelo" features the lush production and silky arrangements one expects to find on a Tortoise record, plus a healthy dose of Stereolab-influenced vocal harmonies thrown in for good measure.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Instant O In The Universe [EP]
    Free from the noodling of past producers like Jim O'Rourke and John McEntire, who brought some great ideas but also a certain degree of fussiness, Stereolab sounds looser and lighter than it has in some time.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Date Of Birth
    Some of its strongest work to date.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Battlefield
    Lyrical themes get a bit murkier on her appropriately titled sophomore effort, Battlefield.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Last Night
    This is the definitive Moby album.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Flavors Of Entanglement
    Morissette's superb lyrics leave you cheering for her--and assured that she's going to be just fine.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paper Tigers
    In less than five minutes it's clear the group has a sad edge and sensitivity lacking from its cartoonishly arrogant peers.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rehearsing My Choir
    Think of a visit to Nana's house reimagined as alt-Broadway musical theater. [29 Oct 2005]
    • Billboard
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Outsider
    More often than not, even Shadow's most extreme sonic detours hit home.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paper Walls
    It's prototypical Warped tour rock - but, to be fair, at the top level of that particular realm, with thoughtful lyrics and tightly crafted guitar arrangements.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    24 Hours
    Jones roars out of the box with Tommy James & the Shondells' 'I'm Alive,' a sweat-soaked jumpsuit of a song thick with fierce maleness.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MPLSound
    Mplsound is sometimes stronger still [than "Lotusflow3r"], with the party whoop of '(There'll Never B) Another Like Me,' the delicious dirty mind of 'Chocolate Box' and 'Ol' Skool Company,' which will have you partying like its 1985.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Way To Normal
    Although he seems to have rediscovered his panache, the music supporting his narratives is still lacking the originality of his best work.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Radio Retaliation
    While the set could be more dynamic with greater variation in tempo, the producers blend their vast range of influences in innovative ways.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Goddess In The Doorway
    His most diverse and musically adventurous solo set to date.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Pieces In A Modern Style
    The Grammy-garnering producer certainly shows good taste in his selection (favoring 20th-century pieces) and obviously knows his way around a mixing board, but his make-overs are ultimately bloodless, even banal.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feel That Fire
    His exceptional new album has plenty of sex and senoritas, but also a higher calling on the uplifting 'It's a Beautiful World,' a duet with Patti Griffin.
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