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For 3,422 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Superbloom
Lowest review score: 20 Let It Reign
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,498 out of 3422
  2. Mixed: 911 out of 3422
  3. Negative: 13 out of 3422
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Try Harder
    Though often an album of departures, ‘Try Harder’ works to find new ground to walk upon.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fear Fear
    With ‘Fear Fear’, WMC already have a signature viewpoint all of their own - the fun is in seeing how they continue to play with it.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Critical Thinking
    None of this is bad - in fact, it’s a collection of classic pop/rock songwriting - but when introduced with the kind of fanfare it is (and yes, compounded by the band’s past work), it feels safe.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Being Funny In A Foreign Language
    There is something strangely satisfying about its consistency and confidence. Have no doubts, ‘Being Funny…’ is most certainly still The 1975; they’ve just refined their pop nous that little bit more this time around.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Dream Is Over
    While The Dream Is Over doesn’t quite match the ebullient nature of last year’s ‘Too’ or ‘V’, there’s still much to fall for.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pain Is Beauty
    This record could well have been made 20 years ago, such is its timeless quality.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cry Cry Cry
    If Wolf Parade have spent six years wondering how they can sing about anything at all, it seems as though they’re still wondering. Just this time the quartet turned the mic on as they pondered.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Million Masks of God
    A record that feels dynamic and vital - while still respecting the band’s legacy so far - ‘The Million Masks of God’ is astonishing.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ulfilas' Alphabet
    Sundara Karma might have set their sights high by naming their record for a man whose ambition spread to creating a whole system of writing, but Ulfilas’ Alphabet matches every lofty idea the band set themselves and then some.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Help Us Stranger
    The beauty of The Raconteurs is in the timeless joy of hearing two world-class songwriters, cut from two very different sides of a similar cloth, come together to make something if not greater, then at least as good as the sum of their considerable parts. And in that sense, Help Us Stranger succeeds, and then some.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    IRL
    Striking a perfect balance between familiarity and unpredictability, immediate choruses coexisting with a relaxed, breezy sound, ‘IRL’ is a delight.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    City Lights
    Like stepping into a universe of the duo’s making, almost, it’s the kind of sonic escapism that’s akin to reading a good book.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    color theory
    Her signature sound is still there, yet on her latest offering, we can witness a more matured snapshot of an artist that is already wise beyond her years.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beware of the Dogs
    Regardless of tone or subject, she fills every lyric with a divine authenticity and matter-of-factness. Her vocals are delicate but always immediate, sitting somewhere between Angel Olsen’s dulcet croon and the twinkle of Sufjan Stevens. In short, Stella Donnelly has got the world in her palm, and the brain to do exactly what she wants with it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fading Frontier
    Fading Frontier draws a new line in the sand, and it could be the beginning of a more direct and big-thinking Deerhunter.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pirouette
    The slow crawl of ‘Acid Rain’ and closer ‘Baton’ offer tender moments of relief on an electrifying second record on which Model/Actriz utilise chaos to amplify moments of vulnerability.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Midnight Sun
    Despite its curiously downbeat nature, it’s thoughtful and packed with intricacies waiting to be revealed. You’ll never want to leave once it sucks you into its gravitational orbit.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Next Day
    Each song feels like a separate vignette, but putting your finger on the exact theme isn't easy; more often it's left entirely to the interpretation of the listener.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Holy Ghost
    Throughout, they still manage to delve into the perfectly-formed vignettes and clear-cut imagery that litter their early efforts, but the striking instrumentation allows their lyrics--and more importantly, their stories--to hit that much harder, making Holy Ghost a truly brilliant full-length.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Lucky for You
    A near-perfect album if there ever was one.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    10,000 Gecs
    ‘10,000 gecs’ is a thrilling ride from start to finish, catapulting through genres across 10 unrelenting and imaginative bangers.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tramp
    With the few songs that feature the vocal backing of Condon the fullness that immediately hits the ear makes me realise that introducing another voice or even another medium to the mix would enhance the listening experience of this album by at least 75%.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not Your Muse
    Her raspy tones give way to huge notes, effortless in their delivery. No moment feels forced or out of place.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SKIN
    HO99O9 get it right far more frequently than not. This record remains incomparable to anything else being made right now.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Heavy Pendulum
    At 71 captivating minutes, ‘Heavy Pendulum’ provides a touchstone, alongside new-wave, disruptive tracks that seek to tell tales of political turmoil, the ‘new reality’ of grief and posthumous brotherhood. A long-overdue homecoming.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Volcano
    Jungle’s latest is more breezy bops than all-out sum­mer smashes, but nev­er­the­less extremely rich and warm in sound.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cheap Queen
    Much like Lorde’s ‘Pure Heroine’ before it, ‘Cheap Queen’ possesses the perfect amount of devil-may-care attitude to counter the heaviness with which it feels its emotions.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Total Strife Forever
    Innovative, cerebral and yet totally accessible, Total Strife Forever is an incredibly impressive record.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Young Enough
    Circling around Eva’s sharp, twangy vocals, the band’s second album is a gargantuan step forward, and one packed full of iron-clad mantras.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Memory
    The guitars are still awash in reverb, the percussion remains propulsive, and the deceptively complex vocal harmonisation is the axis around which everything else revolves. What’s new is a feeling of genuine exhilaration - on the freewheeling standout ‘Something to Do’, the infuriatingly catchy ‘I’m Far Away’, and on the gentle breeze of ‘At It Again’ especially. ‘Memory’, is music for the love of it, and unabashedly so.
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