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.
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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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For her to pull off something as ambitious, gritty and accomplished as this at age 21 is flat-out amazing. [#15, p.127]- Blender
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When they're not straining to be anthemic, Turin Brakes still weave a seductive spell. [#14, p.143]- Blender
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The songs are richly and surprisingly textured, having more in common with experimental jazz than folk. [#15, p.122]- Blender
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Diamonds is pointed, pulled-back and juicily considered instead of massively jammed-out. [#15, p.120]- Blender
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What's keeping the band from achieving a unique identity are Havok's generic whine and medoicre lyrics. [#15, p.120]- Blender
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Sweet, spooky harmonies, partly inspired by the death of a close relative, given a naked acoustic production. [May 2003, p.125]- Blender
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If the White Stripes gave up blues-rock for steroids, acid and death metal, they might sound something like this. [Apr 2003, p.124]- Blender
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Crimson's current incarnation combines the sounds of previous editions, especially the early math-rock of the mid-'70s and the deft, Talking Heads-redolent Ph.D-funk of the early '80s. [#14, p.138]- Blender
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The band turns [Kris Roe's] melodic remembrances into energized, youthful pop anthems, like a less-frivolous Blink-182. [#15, p.120]- Blender
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With the groundbreaking stab at emo self-analysis, Cursive deserve at least a boost out of the emo ghetto. [Apr 2003, p.122]- Blender
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There are enough moments to suggest that, should they ever concentrate on, say, just 10 of their favorite styles, they could be fab. [#14, p.133]- Blender
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He sticks defiantly to formula, hustling a string of synth-heavy, syncopated club jams. [#14, p.134]- Blender
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Sometimes the music can feel as cold and clinical as Kraftwerk, but even then, the lyrics emote wildly. [Jun/Jul 2002, p.106]- Blender
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Good living has tilted his writing from surefooted and universal to numbing and platitudinous, while his stormy passions are becalmed by an overwhelming production job. [#14, p.130]- Blender
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Cute but not too sugary, smart but not too brainy, [Stacy] Jones's songs practically define pop-punk. [#14, p.130]- Blender
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A beautifully contained album, short in length and miniaturist in vision. [#14, p.135]- Blender
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The songs aren't strong enough to hold the disparate influences together. [#13, p.91]- Blender
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At several points... the duo belatedly attempts to revivie its peak period formula, but... it's as old-fashioned as a Lollapalooza 1992 T-shirt. Fortunately, Jourgenson and Barker's new ideas are better. [#14, p.140]- Blender
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Almost a novelty record--a musical version of a press release or a spin-control interview with Diane Sawyer. [#14, p.128]- Blender
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[Hammond's] "Crown Vic"... fits snugly among these relaxed, happily run-down blues. [#14, p.136]- Blender
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All the surfaces are exquisitely tasteful, all the string arrangements achingly melancholic. But there are no tunes. [#14, p.138]- Blender