Clash Music's Scores

  • Music
For 4,423 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 58% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Dead Man's Pop [Box Set]
Lowest review score: 10 Wake Up!
Score distribution:
4423 music reviews
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's nothing that innovative or thought-provoking, but that's hardly the point. It’s freaky, it’s naughty, it’ll get your head nodding.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Taking listeners on a trippy journey through a landscape of organic musical complexity, there are also Beastie Boys vocal nods similar to those found in ‘Sadie Sorceress‘ from last year’s ‘Omnium Gatherum‘ release. Combining techno, disco, electronic and rap, this makes for a truly special combination.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    These twelve abstract and minimal tracks rather act as perfect soundscapes to accompany your dreams and introspections.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Not quite unshackling himself from the past, ‘always centered at night’ is a rewarding experience which will do much to push back unjust preconceptions.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Who cares if Stoltz listens to the Kinks and Beatles too much when he sings like an angel?
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The chilled, languorous template delivers on value, but offers little else and you can’t help but feel like these are unnecessary filler tracks. At its core, ‘Scarlet’ is an interesting exploration into the world of ego trips, the trappings of fame, escapism and novelty, a welcome deviation with a heightened sense of maturity and finesse.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With more revealed in every listen, Another Eternity shows that there's much more to Purity Ring than initially meets the eye.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New fans will not be won, but the initiated will be delighted.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its relentless energy is utterly addictive.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This a confident and beautifully made record and props for a band evolving their sound as any group with real longevity tends to do. There’s not quite the cohesive drama of their first effort but there’s plenty of gems to be found here.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    For the most part, though, this seems like a step in the wrong direction: a Nicki Minaj album from somebody who’s thoroughly fed up of being Nicki Minaj.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    CALM is a refreshing evolution from the days of their self-titled debut. Their latest effort is by no means perfect, but the album is a testament to their growth.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    David takes us on a fascinating journey exploring the human condition in the most captivating and meaningful way.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As The Last Shadow Puppets, Kane and Turner have served up an exquisite offering that is melodically rich, diverse, and more complex than its predecessor, centred around a collection of undeniably terrific tunes.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Even at its worst this hotchpotch collection is pleasant fare.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Most of the tracks’ narratives are undecipherable and consistently scatterbrained. Not to mention that the panoramic mixing of the guitars, while being a band trademark, make it difficult to focus on more than one aspect of a song at a time.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An undeniably innovative slant lies at the forefront of this LP, as well as a warming glow to soundtrack impending winter nights.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ‘Serpentina’ speaks to her craft, elevating her talents as a musician as she sheds through her layers and births a new and transformed performer.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Madame X isn’t just an album (if it is that at all) – it’s an opera, or a comedy of errors. It’ll make you feel confusion, frustration, happiness and maybe joy, but it will definitely make you feel.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Crafting a solid set of songs that hold their own among break-out singles is no mean feat, but the Sydney trio have pulled it off--in the main, at least.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Love him or hate him, you can't deny that Ronson can certainly put an album together.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A contemporary-pop triumph.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The understated nature of the score makes it doubtful this will bag many awards or turn many heads but, never mind: grab some headphones and enjoy the ride.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Organic, intimate and well worth adding to anyone's collection. Grab that jumper and enjoy.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The album not only delivers O’Connor's signature use of bubbly synths, electric pianos and programmed beats that instantly make you feel good, but it also serves as a lesson on learning how to heal and move on.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tastefully rambunctious, ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ is a sonic melting pot of millennial and Gen Z sounds. With retro drums and abrasive synth bases, it’s a performance-geared record filled with pulsating bass lines, perfect for making bad decisions in a sweaty basement.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A magical insight into the development of Rossen's creative genius.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Splicing the spirit of ancient Viking alcoholics with some red-hot Jamaican jah, BSP are finally having fun.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Four is an accessible album, filled with heavy questions about what love really means, posed through sensitive and dramatic arrangements.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While Bailey’s true-to-self, organic approach on Revelations should be celebrated, the record serves more as a transition than a defining peg in Bailey’s young career.