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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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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LUMP
    With each track melting into each other, LUMP feels like a self-contained trip, giving no hints as to the future of the project outside this release, but holding plenty of wonder inside.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    McCartney III
    Adding another installment to a successful legacy is always a risk, but with ‘McCartney III’, all the icon’s beloved songwriting quirks are out in full force. A more than worthy third prong of the trilogy.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mutant
    Aside from the brutal norm its twenty, overwhelming tracks follow, Mutant is also capable of digging up gold.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
    They use a quiet/loud formula to epic create drone-filled symphonies, which rumble, crackle and erupt perfectly.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Palo Santo
    An overwhelmingly intimate record that makes you wonder just what Years & Years could be capable of next.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Everybody Scream
    If her 2008 debut ‘Lungs’ was the deep breath of plunging into the depths, ‘Everybody Scream’ is the resounding, cathartic exhalation of finally reaching the surface once more.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Room Inside the World
    Anxiety might still be rooted in Ought’s foundations, but by looking beyond it the four-piece have made their richest, greatest work yet.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Boy from Michigan
    The material on offer ranges from the piano balladry of ‘The Cruise Room’ to the ‘80s synth pop of ‘Best In Me’ - in other words, every flavour John Grant has to offer. And that’s an exciting prospect on paper, so it’s a shame that the record frequently suffers from songs too long by half.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    FM!
    While ‘Big Fish Theory’ saw the rapper centre stage, relentless and omnipresent, on ‘FM!’ he lets us tune in to a calmer world, one which he dips in and out of when he pleases, filling in the blanks and staying in the fast lane.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Johnny's Dreamworld
    The curiously evocative and often soaring vocal of original ‘modern woman’, Sophie Harris, there may be a slight hint of knowingly tapping into the full breadth of their creative gamut across the record, but in delivery it suggests more a case of never wanting to tie themselves – or the album as a whole – down.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Saturn's Pattern
    While the celestial sound-effects sometimes make Saturn’s Pattern sound like the soundtrack to Lost In Space or a retro computer game, generally what you can clearly hear is that Weller is creating music confidently again.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    World Eater
    It’s an engaging listen and a jarring template that perfectly captures a disquietened and uneasy era.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bronco
    ‘Bronco’ flits between theatricality and poignancy, almost every song sounding like it could score a Western’s pivotal moment with ease. Helmed by the singer’s powerhouse vocals, it’s impossible not to be drawn in throughout the album’s 15 country-rock-song run.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Tough Baby
    ‘Tough Baby’ gives us a distinctly moving experience of serious artistic intent. It’s like watching a wound open, flowers growing out of it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    the apple tree under the sea
    Nostalgic and brimming with pop gems - but mostly, a lot of fun.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    B.E.D
    Across the record, all prop each other up to create something that’s more than the sum of their parts. In this case, three in a B.E.D fits just fine.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Torres
    Torres is a promising, impassioned debut.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost & Found
    There’s a diversity of stylistic approach and yet a singularity of vision that few artists are able to combine so early on.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Evergreen
    Much like grief, ‘Evergreen’ has its highs and lows, but ultimately, it makes you feel less alone and like you’re going to be OK.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Lion's Roar
    Vocals, sparse acoustic backings, gentle snare brushing, the occasional stab of a mellotron all create a very pristine listening experience.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crush
    The ideal meeting of brains and brawn over a journey that manages to feel both concise and exploratory.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    private LIFE
    Fusing an eclectic mix of genres together, Virginia Wing’s definitive experimental style continues to be electrifyingly alluring.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Why Make Sense?
    Why Make Sense? is a stripped back affair, an album of emotionally intelligent, lithe, pared back R&B.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Heart like a Levee
    While so many albums today are front-loaded, this one saves many of its treasures for the final stretch, ending on a high with ‘Highland Grace’, an appropriately elegiac closer euphoric horns and vocals.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    In Praise of Shadows
    While at times he toys with jazz (‘Velvet Dreams’ and ‘Oil Slick’) these moments are fleeting enough to be endured, safe in the knowledge that we’ll be taken back to the fluffy R&B dreamland before long. Sunday nights might never be the same again.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mangy Love
    This is the sound of a songwriter in transition.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Time & Space
    Sneaking under the half-hour mark, Time & Space is a comprehensive thrash that places Turnstile as the most inventive, forward-thinking band in hardcore.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Deceiver
    Deceiver is his first truly clear-eyed artistic statement - it’s also his most mature.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    After Dinner We Talk Dreams
    Toeing the fading line between R&B and inner-city soul, ‘AFTER DINNER, WE TALK ABOUT DREAMS’ is flecked with hints of pop greatness.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stay Close to Music
    It’s the kind of stylistic pick’n’mix Mykki has made their name on: ‘Ketamine’ with Slug Christ nods to the latest iteration of pop-punk; ‘Your Love Was A Gift’ shows a fragility to Dianna Gordon’s vocals amid ghostly production; ‘Trust A Little Bit’ shimmers with a tender nature. And best of all, it works as a whole.
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