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For 1,396 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 68% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 29% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 The Stand Ins
Lowest review score: 10 The Raven
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,197 out of 1396
  2. Mixed: 180 out of 1396
  3. Negative: 19 out of 1396
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pawn Shoppe Heart
    Pawn Shoppe Heart is a pretty kick-ass rock n’roll record.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Water Curses [EP]
    Water Curses is fantastic because it can serve multiple purposes and it isn’t an EP that only fans will enjoy.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hit the Waves
    Glossy production adds a haze of late summer mist to some cleverly realised songwriting and Hit The Waves is an album that stands on its own terms musically, without its needing to explain itself or its influences.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Body Of Song
    Those who enjoy his new approach will like the album, and those who long for his old days of guitar-driven power-pop will find some highlights that prove no matter how old Mould gets, he still is one of the most brilliant musicians and lyricists ever.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Panic Movement
    Talk about a debut album, Panic Movement is worth more than just NME hype.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Baby I'm Bored
    Dando conjures up a combination of The Lemonheads' It's a Shame About Ray, Buffalo Tom's Smitten and Wilco's Summerteeth - fashioning this year's most essential post-rehab record in the process.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Head and the Heart
    If well-crafted folk-pop leaves you feeling lukewarm, by all means join the naysayers; otherwise, I'll be on the side of those dancing and singing along.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ghosts Of The Great Highway
    The net result is a crisp, sometimes crunchy, and often lush collection of songs that show Kozelek at his best since... Songs for a Blue Guitar.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Moonwink
    Combining vaudeville melodies alongside a quirky pop sensibility lifts the eleven songs here above the merely angular and takes us to a unique space, and probably not somewhere everyone would want to go, but to my ears Moonwink's only real flaw is its brevity.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
    Phoenix doesn’t need to be groundbreaking to reward us with a joyous, endlessly fun album that should sit comfortably in the top 10 on everybody’s list.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sistrionix
    It’s a bit of a tightrope walk for any female rock stars though, retaining femininity while cranking up the amps and pushing the blues rock envelope right to the edge of the table, but Deap Vally sound and look like they know exactly what they’re about.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Smoke Ring for My Halo
    As much as one would assume that times have changed, Vile is able to supplement his strengths with newfound diversity and very simply, delivers a formidable sophomore album.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Difference Between Houses And Homes: Lost Songs And Loose Ends 1995-2001
    If you've only heard of their work on The Ugly Organ or Domsetica, then I suggest picking this up. It's a great archive of the band's early unheralded accomplishments.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fate
    Ultimately, this is a winner and though it may not offer the new, revelatory sounds and styles that some were hoping, in the end it wins out because of its heart.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You're Nothing
    Even if You’re Nothing lacks the raw immediacy of their debut, it sees Iceage defining the parameters of their sound.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Flag
    Supergroup or not, Wild Flag hits all the right notes, and not much else matters.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dean Wareham
    Whilst the front-end and middle of the collection may take some repeat spins to fully earn affection, the two six minute epics that conclude proceedings are unquestionable gems from the first airing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
    The Bravest Man in the Universe doesn't need much of a buffer as it quietly approaches its essence with backing tracks, loops, bouts of acoustic guitar and piano all holistically orbiting around the central component of the album, Womack's unblemished vocals.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Recording A Tape The Colour Of The Light
    While it drifts away from the listener somewhat during its middle section, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light is, for the most part, a captivating listen.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forget The Night Ahead
    Forget the Night Ahead is a resoundingly superb follow-up to that same 2007 album.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Say Anything
    In the end, all of this makes Say Anything the most mature – as well as the catchiest--record in Say Anything’s already impressive oeuvre.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    White Chalk
    A poignant and powerful collection.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    We're New Here
    Scott-Heron's voice sounds just as prime as it did last year, except this time around Smith has adorned the versions with added beats, synths and keyboards for a fuller, richer sound.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Let Me Come Home
    Whether it's a fast-paced and crisply played rocker or a slower, aching ballad, Broken Records are adept at drawing us in with either style as Sutherland bellows with a coarse voice that can be both passionately rousing and intimately reflective.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Impersonator
    It’s refreshing and still, a fine listen; Impersonator is in the end, its own refined identity.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Run the Jewels
    In the end, it’s exactly what you would want and expect from the two skillful musicians. Run the Jewels is an album that was perfectly executed for the summer.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Foreign Landscapes
    With a musical voice that is always travelling down a linear path, Foreign Landscapes is a spellbinding new journey into the wave of sonic explorations.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Twilight Saga: New Moon [OST]
    The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack is an excellent album of cool songs featuring some of today’s celebrated indie artists.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Go
    No matter the speed at which it moves, Go glows brightly with a formidable sense of ambition and hope.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The January EP
    As a stand-alone, six-set album, it compares just fine to last year's eight-set Pigeons and in many ways, is a detached piece on its own. With songs that are as refined and delicately composed as this, Here We Go Magic have already presented a strong catalog to take notice of.
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