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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The record feels uneven, as the oscillation between frivolous and serious makes both less convincing. [Nov 2003, p.108]- Blender
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Regret comes in many shades, but Westerberg never makes it boring or mopey. [Nov 2003, p.123]- Blender
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With so many hip people in the studio, it's no wonder Echoes sounds like such a party. [Nov 2003, p.119]- Blender
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Their second album is equally charming and more consistent. [Nov 2003, p.120]- Blender
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The record's initial thrill comes from the confidence with which the Distillers and producer Gil Norton revive rock as a demolishing force. [Nov 2003, p.116]- Blender
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Travis may have grown serious, but at least it hasn't gone to their heads. [Nov 2003, p.122]- Blender
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She shows the breadth of her talent and the depth of her sentiment. [Nov 2003, p.118]- Blender
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Murdoch's gift for loopy, tender, unshakeable hymns, stomps and meditations is untouchable. [Nov 2003, p.109]- Blender
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Out Of Season's usefulness as ambience almost trumps its self-importance and paucity of standout material. [Dec 2003, p.136]- Blender
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Jet frequently manage to turn in the kind of bulgy-veined, streamlined gonzo rock that [Oasis] haven't managed since the mid-90s. [Nov 2003, p.114]- Blender
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The emotional terrain is much more treacherous here, and more rewarding for it. [Oct 2003, p.114]- Blender
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It's not always successful. But the sheer audacity of taking computers to Camelot works splendidly in the pastoral beauty of "Y.T.T.E." [Oct 2003, p.124]- Blender
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It trades the epic scope of their more established countrymen for a stab at pop accessibility. [Nov 2003, p.116]- Blender
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South won't win any prizes for originality, but their songwriting is endearing enough to mask the stink of opportunistic career change. [Nov 2003, p.121]- Blender
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He lays it on so thick, the music all but drowns in pretty surfaces. [Oct 2003, p.129]- Blender
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Slug pushes against the beat like he's afraid it'll pass by before he's done, returning to the challenges of coupledom. [Oct 2003, p.114]- Blender
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[His] loquacious, dizzying delivery and disjointed imagery paired with the abstract soundscapes of [El-P and Blockhead] make for occasionally uneasy listening. [Nov 2003, p.108]- Blender
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The Furnaces play with a whimsical charm, so the band seems more like an arts-and-crafts project than an occupation. [Nov 2003, p.113]- Blender
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Matthews's singular skill is adroitly tipping his elastic, emotive voice and sorority-seducing melodies from buoyant to melancholy. [Oct 2003, p.123]- Blender
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This 'boxxx holds an explosion of creativity that couldn't have been contained in just one LP. [Nov 2003, p.118]- Blender