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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:
  1. Positive: 3,769 out of 4423
  2. Mixed: 623 out of 4423
  3. Negative: 31 out of 4423
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Freetown Sound
    If Hynes had truly wanted to create an album about black identity as opposed to his own identity, he would have included the powerful ‘Sandra’s Smile’ and focused on the matter across all 17 tracks. He would have made a record dedicated to togetherness rather than individuality and it would have been equally excellent. Instead it becomes an underdeveloped aspect of what is otherwise an expertly tailored and politically-charged work of pop.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ÁTTA
    Sigur Ros’ world-building abilities haven’t been dulled by a decade of group inactivity – each moment is laden with colour, and mood.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Singles
    Herring’s growling vocals prevent proceedings from becoming too gloopy or nostalgic, and make Singles a new-wave treasure.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mountainhead
    A new listener to Everything Everything may not be fully converted, but the synth-pop twinkles coating this record freshen up their sound.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Qualm
    With Qualm, Helena Hauff has created the record we both wanted and needed. It’s a statement of romantic infatuation amongst an otherwise hash, twisted and raw landscape. A glance into the past and a look to the future. There is nothing apologetic about this record, and that’s what makes it so great.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Nothing More to Say
    A work of quite singular intensity, it leaves a lasting impact.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blood Bunny
    It is unmistakable that this album has been crafted with the consideration of Chloe Moriondo’s distinctive humour making the album an exceedingly fun listen.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ramona Park Broke My Heart
    An attempt to filter out the parts that truly matter, it’s a triumph, and perhaps the finest album yet in his storied career.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Theory of Whatever
    Not revelatory, then, but there’s enough on ‘The Theory Of Whatever’ to underline Jamie T’s status as a vital force within British music.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Living Human Treasure
    ‘Living Human Treasure’ is a wonderfully exciting and enjoyable album. Italia 90 have and axe to grind and grind it they do.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pull the Rope
    This new album pinpoints some of Ibibio Sound Machine’s singular charms, reflecting the band’s live energy back at them. A decade on from their debut, the band remain a force to be reckoned with, a noble fixture on the landscape of British music landscape.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Renascence
    It’s a heady dose of spiritual funk that leans into the free expression of jazz. It’s an album that kicks hard from the off. .... Closing with the emphatic ‘Carry The Word’, you’re left feeling how defiantly modern, and devoutly unclassifiable Cymande’s music remains.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    OSMIUM
    ‘OSMIUM’ isn’t a fun listen at times: it is filled with harrowing textures and tones, and sounds like a score to a very unpleasant film in places, but it is also enjoyable, in its own perverse way.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Find El Dorado
    Far from a filler project, ‘Find El Dorado’ stands as a fully formed artistic statement, reaffirming Weller’s place as a restlessly creative interpreter of song (yet again).
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rainy Sunday Afternoon
    It is one of The Divine Comedy’s finest records and it draws from many of the most powerful elements of his musical instincts in support of a welcome emotional wallow.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love Streams
    Less reliant on theory or process, Love Streams is a testament to Hecker’s innate musical sense of direction.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forever Blue
    ‘Forever Blue’ is a confident debut, one that carries the weight of experience beyond her years.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When I Have Fears
    The Murder Capital offer authenticity, honesty and truth aplenty, it has already become difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a vibrant music scene without them and there is a sense that this album is only the beginning of their compulsive journey.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Nothing Great About Britain
    This compelling and provocative record is a haunting echo of a seemingly hopeless vignette of Britain today, where slowthai offers the slightest glimmer of optimism for a potentially brighter future.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Heaven
    Heaven leans into the cliché. It prompts us to think seriously about what it means for music to rescue us, sincerely, from the depths.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MAD!
    Pop classicists with a heart of gold, Sparks are busy out-pacing the copyists, and reminding us all exactly why they remain so beloved.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Alfredo 2
    A record of incredible depth, ‘Alfredo 2’ is a celebration of the art, a platform of excellence.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hard Headed Woman
    A juxtaposition of life’s light and dark, glittering idealism and harsh realities, ‘Hard Headed Woman’ is a gorgeous display of classic country tropes, blues instrumentation and songwriting prowess.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Viva Las Vengeance
    While it does knock out some definite singalongs, sprinkling in some fun hooks and catchy structures, there is something missing beneath the veneer of theatricality. This is an album that hints at complexity, but it is inevitably overshadowed by Urie’s one-man-show.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DÍA
    Minus’ new album succeeds with its M.O. In terms of artistry, it’s similar to the work of Kelly Lee Owens, blending accessible pop tendencies with techno infused experimental flair. Yet, and perhaps more importantly, Minus has said exactly what she wanted to say, in the exactly the way she wanted to say it on DÍA.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Build a Rocket Boys!
    Beautifully produced and blessed with Guy Garvey in fine voice, it's a small but perfectly formed step forward.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Waiting Room
    As ever with this band, it’s sure to be an idiosyncratic but beguiling direction, although there’s no hurry with so much to pick over on this thoughtful latest outing.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Warm Chris
    The variety in the instrumentation is only met by the variety in her voice; going through registers, accents and even characters, 'Warm Chris' is an album covering the complex and enigmatic voices of a supremely singular talent.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sky at Night
    Whilst each track delivers exactly what is to be expected from an IAK album it is a little disappointing that there seems to have been no development from the previous outing.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Everybody Can't Go
    A bold work of evolution, ‘EVERYBODY CAN’T GO’ utilises some fantastic production – notably from Hit-Boy – to piece together a seamless record, one that hauls his sound forwards into a fresh era.
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