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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:
  1. Positive: 3,770 out of 4424
  2. Mixed: 623 out of 4424
  3. Negative: 31 out of 4424
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stay Alive
    ‘Stay Alive’ has a sense of quiet intensity running across its 13 tracks, material that uses points of inspiration gathered across the previous two year international tour. There’s a real vitality to the work, from the bare bones recording style so evocative of Albini’s work through to Laura’s powerful, trenchant vocals, erupting out of the speakers.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Brill Bruisers
    Brill Bruisers should finally see the band obtain the commercial success to match the critical acclaim they’ve accrued over the course of their last five LPs, as this is an almost perfect soundtrack to what’s left of the summer.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    11 Past the Hour
    Her first studio affair in four years, ’11 Past The Hour’ finds Imelda May consolidating her distinctive position within pop’s pantheon.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Hundred in the Hands
    The Hundred In Hands manage to create mesmeric tracks of monolithic noise and danceable beat.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Optimist
    The tricky second album phase has been completed and it’s an excellent product. The future’s bright.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Direct Hits
    A nice refresher, if a little unnecessary.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rap Album One
    Far from an ill-advised sideways movement for its maker, from production to rhymes, Rap Album One finds a well-deserved home within Stones Throw’s prestigious catalogue.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Lion King: The Gift
    Not every track is as strong as ‘Black Skin Girls’. ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ showcases what Beyoncé can do at her best and most creative, yet consistency is an issue with this eclectic album.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Between You And Me
    ‘Between You and Me’ sounds as if it was both carefully constructed over a thousand hours, and improvised in one take, and it’s the most Flyte Flyte have ever sounded. Half of the album is simpler, softer, and more stripped-down sonically, and it showcases the vivid songwriting that Flyte are so expert at.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Course of the Satellite
    Taking their time means the album has a thoughtfulness and maturity about it that is often missing from debuts.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Commune
    Myriad magical traditions and exemplary musicianship are boiled up in a big vat, like a transcendental potion.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Blood
    The bared teeth and balls that made PABH so loveable in the first place are still splattered all over Blood, but for the first time it sounds like they have a plan.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ritual
    They've mastered the anthemic choruses; all they need to work on now is the consistency.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Heart Speaks in Whispers
    Occasionally Rae slips into serviceable, insipid pop, but it’s a minor grievance in a record that takes her from monochromatic to technicolour dreaming.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silver Wilkinson
    No real surprises spring out, but tracks like ‘Dye The Water Green’ and ‘You’ demonstrate an impeccable creative beauty that his juniors will struggle to match.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    blackSUMMERS'night (2016)
    This is still an intrinsically Maxwell record, but he navigates familiar tropes through friction and distressed noir-soul, the cohesiveness of the record all the more commendable as a result.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Richer Than I Ever Been
    With features from Blxst, Yungeen Ace, Future, and Wale – amongst others – ‘Richer Than I Ever Been’ is shamelessly entertaining, the work of an artist who knows what his audience wants to hear.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A New Nature
    Despite A New Nature’s ominous sound feeling hackneyed at times, EATW retain the fearless, forward-thinking ethic of their first two records through themes of finding strength in adversity, impassioned vocals and unpredictable sonic outbursts.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pink Cactus Café
    A trim 10 tracks – and 35 minutes of music – ‘Pink Cactus Café’ feels like a pared back record, a slightly old fashioned ‘two sides of vinyl’ structure.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Joanne
    Joanne is certainly not the all-conquering opus it was intended to be and will prove divisive, but it remains a daring and exciting record, delivered from one of modern pop’s most unique and singular voices.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Best Day
    This is the closest we’re likely to get to a new Sonic Youth album, and The Best Day is a great reminder of what made that band so special.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New Start
    While this experimentation might falter in places, it is a necessary and important addition to the growing Teklife catalogue of releases, prompting future collaborations, discussion, and the honing of that coveted vibe.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Why Is the Colour of the Sky?
    At nine tracks, some short, Bananagun’s return is always enjoyable but never quite stellar. Bakel’s ability to conjure a thrilling live sound and tangible atmosphere deserves plaudits – let’s just hope that next time around, there’s a little more structure and a sound they can call 100% their own.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pink Sunset for No One
    A dry and devilishly powerful psych rock collection, hard-nosed and sinister in all the right ways.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Unwanted
    Unapologetically angsty and beautifully chaotic, Pale Waves have created a safe space for fans with ‘Unwanted’. A place of pride.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Arrangements
    Polished production all around allows the band to really bring a twist to their previous music. Simple bass lines and drum beats are easily forgotten about, but the band use this to their advantage throughout the seven track production.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Better Strangers
    Within the iron grip, the looseness of categorisation between dubstep, grime, trap and mutant techno means each mission has something riding on it, transferring an aftershock of grim satisfaction throughout.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    They Got Amnesia
    Ultimately, ‘They Got Amnesia’ succeeds in its ability to balance punchy, straight-up rap with a tinge of the bittersweet.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Running out of Love
    Rather than risk nestling ever-deeper into their cushy role as purveyors of twee-approved, candied indie-rock, The Radio Dept. have opted for a collection of songs that is as decidedly unapologetic as it is cemented in political sludge.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Thank Your Lucky Stars
    It's a damn fine record and manages to avoid treading exactly the same ground its older sister did.
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