Classic Rock Magazine's Scores

  • Music
For 2,212 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
Lowest review score: 20 What About Now
Score distribution:
2212 music reviews
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His seventh album is another celebration of the simple things in life. [Jun 2015, p.93]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Walks For Motorists cascades, scalds, oozes ectoplasmically and revisits the rusting futures of rock past. [Jun 2015, p.92]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When it's good, it's very good. [Jun 2015, p.91]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The band's sixth album is another uneven mix, but with enough fresh twists and smart cameos to save it from redundancy. [Jun 2015, p.90]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One for those who like some songwriting substance with their hellbound gargling. [Jun 2015, p.95]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Opener Finally Free is the instant crowd pleaser, but slow-burners Diamond Girl and Pink Snow find them in ambitious new album rock territory. [Jun 2015, p.89]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A group at ease with both their instruments and each other, showing no signs of rust or sclerosis despite their long lay-off. [Jun 2015, p.88]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The presence of old Jam oppo Steve Brookes on slide guitar during a pop-art inspired In The Car, meanwhile, only adds to the sense of Weller returning to what he knows best. [Jun 2015, p.94]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's an astonishing, tour-de-force performance, ferocious and committed and dripping with confidence. [Jun 2015, p.90]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A curious curt selection with no obvious crowd-pleasers, but doubtless KC fans will rise to the challenge. [May 2015, p.107]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amid all this doom, Therapy? sound reborn, utterly at ease with a sound they largely abandoned 20 years back. [May 2015, p.106]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At just 39 minutes, they've packed so much into this entirely mad record, you'll be left happily exhausted by the end of it. [May 2015, p.103]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The result is a direct, delicious assortment. [May 2015, p.104]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You'll find much to love on Global. [May 2015, p.102]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Watford's finest are still very much the real deal. [May 2015, p.103]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This fine album could have been recorded at any time in the past 60 years, yet also could only have been recorded by this particular man at this particular stage of his career. [May 2015, p.107]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As a set of songs it works fine. [May 2015, p.105]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Only the plodding White Lightning and an unadventurous 20th century Boy drag, but they're easily outweighed by the new-wave buzz of Youth Quake and Parachute's godlike glam Beatles chorus. [May 2015, p.102]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Little has changed in the schlocky-horror junk-shop aesthetic.... However, the polished and emotive power-pop chuggers She's The Bad One and Sorry About Tomorrow show more midlife maturity. [May 2015, p.103]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A rather predictable record. [May 2015, p.107]
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Their story is one of the great oversights of rock'n'roll and it's a joy to see it curated with such care. [Apr 2015, p.106]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Knopfler's slide into the cosy vale of rootsy retro is clearly irreversible, but he certainly makes trad a luxurious place to get pampered for an hour. [Apr 2015, p.97]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's on those spiritual slowies that this crew rakes the biggest steps to creating the 21st-century southern masterpiece they are obviously capable of. [Mar 2015, p.94]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lovers of rock both classic and current will be blown away. [Apr 2015, p.94]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Great riffs, great rides, great album. [Apr 2015, p.101]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    They find the sweet spot between Dinosaur Jr's nagging noise and The Posies' woozy power-pop charm. [Apr 2015, p.101]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While the album lacks the killer punch of a big hit single, it's full of charm and depth, making it a rare treat indeed. [Apr 2015, p.100]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's an insider's wink, an unchallenging throwback to a more challenging time. [Apr 2015, p.100]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Garwood sounds like he's found whatever he's been blindly searching for. [Apr 2015, p.99]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's hard to resist. [Apr 2015, p.99]
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