Blender's Scores
- Music
For 1,854 reviews, this publication has graded:
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39% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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58% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 7.9 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 65
| Highest review score: | Together Through Life | |
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| Lowest review score: | Folker |
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Positive: 957 out of 1854
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Mixed: 862 out of 1854
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Negative: 35 out of 1854
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Baker... somehow makes them sound more outrageous--and more convincing. [Dec 2005, p.148]- Blender
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Broader and more aggressive than both its predecessor and the 2001 English album Laundry Service, it also lacks a center of gravity. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.96]- Blender
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Hypnotize has a little bit of everything: protest, pretension, comedy, brute force, delicacy, compassion, crassness, fury. [Dec 2005, p.143]- Blender
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Political without preaching, sexy in a bookish way, this record will keep you up talking with someone you'd like to kiss. [Dec 2005, p.149]- Blender
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Kweli expends most of his considerable lyrical talent touting his considerable lyrical talent. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.94]- Blender
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[It] sounds as if she's happy to give the people what they want: escapism and nostalgia. [Dec 2005, p.152]- Blender
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She balances her freakiness by matching her sublime chirp with grounded glories. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.93]- Blender
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The result is something of a songcraft master class.... A career best. [Dec 2005, p.150]- Blender
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The melodies are strikingly generic for a star act. [Dec 2005, p.144]- Blender
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The songs get lost in waves of wah-wah long before a long, slow fade into random-noise oblivion. [Dec 2005, p.149]- Blender
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There's no jam-band noodling, and Anastasio's indelible head-bobbing cheer is now attached to the kidn of straightforward hooks Phish preferred to twist. [Dec 2005, p.144]- Blender
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The novelty of the all-star show has worn off, especially as the caliber of the all-stars has declined dramatically. [Nov 2005, p.140]- Blender
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A folk-rock anti-Midas, he reduces everything he touches to a molten core of sadness. [Dec 2005, p.151]- Blender
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Finally: bedroom music from a guy who seems to know his way around the bedroom. [Nov 2005, p.141]- Blender
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Enough human warmth sneaks through to make this second album exciting and affecting. [Nov 2005, p.133]- Blender
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Not for all--or even most--tastes, the result is abrasive and weirdly haunting. [Nov 2005, p.135]- Blender
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What's most frustrating about them is precisely what's most appealing: Their refusal to write traditional songs, coupled with their giggling nature-child personas, adds an air of mystery and makes for some beautifully offbeat melodies. [Nov 2005, p.131]- Blender
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The second half drops off badly--the band seem to think that the tonic for a weak lyric is to slow the tempo to a crawl. [Nov 2005, p.130]- Blender
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The world's heaviest band turn out to have metal's lightest touch too. [Nov 2005, p.137]- Blender
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The first and less snarky half of Tanglewood Numbers... is some of the liveliest music Berman has recorded. [Nov 2005, p.140]- Blender
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Despite the occasional misstep... it's a welcome album to anyone who wishes the past 15 years never happened to Run-D.M.C.'s legacy. [Nov 2005, p.139]- Blender
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It's like a game of Name That Tune at a barreling 200 bpm. [Oct 2005, p.138]- Blender
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It's the musical equivalent of George Lucas's tinkering with the Star Wars DVDs--some flaws are best left uncorrected. [Nov 2005, p.135]- Blender
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