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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Start the 18-song album in the middle, and embarrassments like Nicks's "Illume (9-11)" reced behind love songs that exorcise pain with an accusatory chorus and a skein of guitars. [May 2003, p.116]- Blender
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An album of languid grooves and slowly descending melodies. [#16, p.117]- Blender
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A gorgeous, streamlined piece of acoustic Americana, beautiful and fully realized. [May 2003, p.120]- Blender
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Wailing, distorted guitars and jumpy backbeats deliver messages of escape, refuge and, ultimately, sweet hope. [May 2003, p.124]- Blender
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They sound comfortable in their own skin--and able to get under yours. [May 2003, p.127]- Blender
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It's unfortunate that the balladry is rendered via anesthetized soul instead of the ambitious arrangements of Timbaland. [May 2003, p.118]- Blender
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Unlike 2001's spare Essence, this album prickles with the lyrical details that make Williams's work exceptional. [#15, p.126]- Blender
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The music is dramatic with a glammy Britpop insouciance, and Garcia is a refreshingly earnest romantic. [#16, p.117]- Blender
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They break their own rules, even adding expansive guitar solos, to keep themselves interested and fans off-balance. [May 2003, p.123]- Blender
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McNew adds his own hybrid theory, wittily merging classic and iconoclastic by exploring his influences. [May 2003, p.116]- Blender
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Cocky and nicotine-stained, the Kills revive the cheap art of sinister underground rock and puzzling, mysterious pseudonyms. [May 2003, p.121]- Blender
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Ultimately, the anthems are as generic as they are hooky. [May 2003, p.123]- Blender
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Being shallow and immature is both his strength and his weakness. [Apr 2003, p.131]- Blender
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The music is sexy in the dirtiest possible way, which makes up for the band's stoopid posing. [May 2003, p.114]- Blender
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THe result is like a cross between R.E.M. and Coldplay, but Idlewild show their true smarts by continuing to attack every track with youthful energy and passion. [Apr 2003, p.124]- Blender
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Longwave sound more British than Strokes-ish, with a mild talent for writing melodies that demand your attention. [Apr 2003, p.125]- Blender
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They've made a great record of choogling and--surprisingly for the wonky Malkmus--tender tunes. [Apr 2003, p.125]- Blender
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They still spit nervous energy, but Shelly's melodies have suffered, and his pubescent whines have unfortunately matured into apologies for bad behavior. [#15, p.121]- Blender
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The songs transform emo's search for truth and its vivid angst into great drama. [#15, p.122]- Blender
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Full of standard-issue street rhymes and treacly R&B hooks, Back Again makes you want to shout "Cut!" halfway through. [#15, p.125]- Blender
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As familiar as alt-country has become, Ward makes it worthwhile again. [#16, p.125]- Blender
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Not since the Clash has a band evoked so precisely the grime and thrill of young London. [#15, p.124]- Blender
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