Clash Music's Scores

  • Music
For 4,424 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:
4424 music reviews
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It really spotlights his artistry and musical intelligence ranging from indie, electronic and folk. With so much going on it would be easy for it to be overbearing but he finds a way to bring it all together and flow wonderfully.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Much like the show itself this is a wonderfully crafted set (check out the deluxe ‘condiment’ vinyl), which is at times both smart, sweet and very, very, stupid.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Abnormal and mystifying, audiobooks amplify bewilderment on a remarkable second album.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As a whole, ‘Letter To You’ is a wonderfully warm experience, perhaps Springsteen’s most human for some time.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s been said that every era gets the monster they deserve. If this is the case then ‘Visions of Bodies Being Burned’ is everything wrong, and right, with the world distilled into 52- minutes of absurdist hip-hop. We’ve never had it so good!
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Despite spanning only nine tracks, the album feels complete, a full arc from despair to declaration. In its brevity lies potency: an emotional journey which navigates heartbreak, self-discovery and resilience.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With Arise, the London singer continues her excellent run, delivering a refreshingly enchanting and intriguing project.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A refreshing and undeniably strong record.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is space tourism, flying first class.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Right now it sits near the top of 2019’s jazz releases. However, if things continue in this fashion it might not even make the top ten by the end of the year, which is an exciting prospect to say the least.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ‘You Signed Up For This’ is the most developed offering the singer-songwriter has delivered so far, with higher levels of production really allowing her storytelling to come through.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It doesn’t burn out so much as creep up and these songs offer yet another new guise for a remarkable talent.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Impactful and often unexpected, ‘PUNK’ breaks new ground within Young Thug’s identity.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Frusciante has managed to pay ode in a way which sounds original, yet adheres to the formula... all in all making for an impressive electronic album.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Perhaps it’s their captivating storytelling taking a psychological turn, or maybe it’s the way they’ve incorporated cutting edge electronica, pop and R&B elements into the melodic energies of classic new wave, alt-rock and indietronica, but, ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ is a record that will appeal. It is arguably their best work yet.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yes Patti Scialfa joins him for ‘Tougher Than The Rest’ and ‘Brilliant Disguise’, but other than that it’s just The Boss doing what he does best, “To provide an entertaining evening and to communicate something of value”. And in all honesty that’s all we could ask for.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ‘The Good Kind’ is full of dynamism and energy with pounding riffs and basslines. The trio are clearly revelling working together again on their sophomore LP, delivering on what fans might expect and showing the role each member plays.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A solar system held in place by its own revolutions, ‘The Slow Rush’ is testament to the patient productivity and unrelenting creativity of Kevin Parker.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ‘Miracle’ delves the depths of human introspection with a tangibly cathartic gleam, imbued with an essence of that wondrous beauty that only miracles can possess.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rammstein have resurrected to bring us their seventh studio album. And boy is it the record we’ve all been waiting for.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ‘What an enormous room’ is an amalgamation of its title: an expansive collection of tracks, difficult to define, but somehow remains undeniably TORRES.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It’s an effortless comeback, then, that almost plays like a greatest hits set.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A record that allows itself space to shfit and evolve, ‘Home’ is both airy and immersed in strong roots. A Canadian in Los Angeles, Rhye is proof that ‘Home’ is where the heart is.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Delving into the modern complexities of society, her personal inspirations throughout her life, and developments of self as an artist and producer, the album reminds listeners to question and demonstrate awareness, whilst musically reaches new heights for the producer.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's dramatic, emotive, a little cheesy, but magnificently good fun.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A raw, primitive nod to the planet we inhabit and our connection to it.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's pure, carefully conceived theatre, at a pace that you can never predict, without being an emotional descent that spirals over and over until you're wishing it'd buck its ideas up.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    CHVRCHES are a still a terrific alternative to the barrage of mind-numbing EDM and soulless euro trash of acts such as Icona Pop that permeate our airwaves and devour advertisements. Another heavenly and peerless collection from the Glaswegian synth-poppers.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A song cycle that touches on identity, loss, and the path through it all, it’s one marked by maturity and a growing awareness of the potency of her own talents.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An illustrious tour de force, this is experimental music that balances what’s classic, classy and cool.