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For 4,420 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: 3,767 out of 4420
  2. Mixed: 622 out of 4420
  3. Negative: 31 out of 4420
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Diary
    Sure, it’s certainly not his best long-player, but the highlights stacked here--the truly awesome ‘The Introduction’, established heaters like ‘Fuck The Police’ (sequenced perfectly here towards the climax)--ensure The Diary is, in the end, a solid addition to the J Dilla catalogue.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    PersonA
    PersonA sees a band stretching their creative wings and expanding their sound far beyond the fireside jammage that created them and becoming a more respectable prospect for it. The sun worshippers have added dashes of shadow and are all the more interesting for it.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hold/Still
    Hold/Still conjures up the existential mood of floating in deep space. Lonely--but also out of this world.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Everything You've Come to Expect
    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.
    • 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.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
    BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow may be the most sarcastic record Blunt has put out, but there's real emotion here amidst the baby cries and union jack hover boards.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hollowed
    Hollowed will give you hope, then gut you. Nothing but a victory all round.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Painting of a Panic Attack
    It’s a wonderful record, one to wrestle with, one that lingers at odd moments of the day and night. Allow it to seek you out.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Mineral Love
    Despite the vast flavours Bibio is presenting throughout this record, so much of the quality production is slighted by tracing the same predictable frequencies and manoeuvres as so many servile songwriters leagues below have made prospering careers out of.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Dame Fortune
    RJD2 has made a bold statement with Dame Fortune but sadly one lacking in much resonance.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Welcome the Worms
    Together with bassist Micayla Grace, their second album is an all-round punkier, slicker, catchier and heavier affair.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mind of Mine
    As debut offerings often go, there’s a fervent desire on Mind of Mine to stretch so far and wide that the cohesiveness of the record is lumbered as a result. The tracklist could have been refined to ten good tracks (most of which are on the bonus edition).
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    III
    III is a triumph that takes pop and redefines it, and may come to be seen as a watershed moment for the group as they hit full stride.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Amen & Goodbye
    Amen & Goodbye is undoubtedly a strong return but also one that’s just a couple of tracks short of something genuinely great.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
    Underworld refuse to heed their own advice, and the subtle juxtaposition of light and dark elevate Barbara from a decent listen to an enthralling one.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Full Circle
    Full Circle might not break any new ground, but with their simple yet thought-provoking approach to songwriting, HÆLOS have crafted one of the best debut albums in 2016 thus far.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stiff
    The group stated they wanted to get back to basics and make a ‘good time record’, they’ve easily succeed, but Stiff also offers a band who continue to push their influences and have gigantic amount of energy left in the tank.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Hella Personal Film Festival
    What will keep you coming back to Film Festival is a profound desire to dissect further, to unpack the lyrical and instrumental proficiency to such a degree you feel so in on the joke that Mike and Paul aren’t just collaborators and flawless music makers to you, they’re friends.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Arcology
    Creating a whole performance rather than unrelated pieces orbiting one another, Arcology is an adventure--not something a lot of albums can lay claim to.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Girl at the End of the World
    Commendably still opting for spontaneity after all these years, the lads have whittled down some dance-tinged jams into workable songs and the result is an LP that, while unfocused, still has plenty of drive and energy.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Aa
    If imperfection is what Baauer was looking for, then he has succeeded; but that doesn’t resolve the disappointment with what could have been a brilliant album.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    2013
    Fabulously varied, at times unashamedly extravagant and with a consistently joyous urgency, 2013 may be a historical document but it points to a very bright future.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    3001: A Laced Odyssey
    The impressive chemistry the trio displayed on their earlier work continues here.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    iii
    It remains a fun and enjoyable pop record, even if its creators do seem more reluctant than ever to venture from their well established comfort zones.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Petrol
    A short, sharp burst of intensity, it’s like a 40-minute session on the massage table with kneading thumbs being pushed into your brain.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chaosmosis
    Chaosmosis from its title onwards is endearingly flawed, but the sense of communal enjoyment with which they are synonymous radiates from a large swathe of this material and it remains pretty addictive.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Grasque
    A new chapter for the band perhaps, which may lead to some great results in the future. But whittle away the highlights and you realise Grasque perhaps works better as a great EP.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Music For Listening To Music To
    This may not be their defining album, but you get the sense that in moving away from their punkier roots, La Sera’s best work may be just around the corner.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Post Pop Depression
    Iggy Pop is what it says on the tin and Iggy Pop is what every aspect the music revolves around.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Good Grief
    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.
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