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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
    Field of Reeds
    Ambition often manifests itself into self-indulgence, and from the off you're convinced Field Of Reed could slip into said territory. But it's an exceptional case, where its makers hit the jackpot, where imagination runs riot and gets away with every daring feat, each one more foolish than the previous.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sexistential
    Returns to the Max Martin collaborative bangers that first turned the world onto Robyn. That pop brilliance runs through ‘Dopamine’, the driving beat of ‘Talk To Me’, and the rousing chorus of ‘Into The Sun’.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gem
    GEM is nothing short of spellbinding.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Will Not Die
    An album that values intensity and tenderness in equal measure, You Will Not Die is a multi-faceted and fascinating introduction.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Summer 08
    Nodding strongly towards everything from Hall & Oates, to Justice, and Patrice Rushen, and flaunting all of Mount’s influences without a hint of irony, Summer ‘08’ is from start to finish, a back to basics, pure-pop odyssey.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Many Moons
    These songs might be the result of time spent in-between projects, but they are no b-sides, and they show a bigger, more cinematic side to Courtney’s songwriting that not only provides solitude in its glistening nostalgia, but conjures excitement for his projects to come.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You're Nothing
    You're Nothing is the magnificent transition from teens powered by punk angst to men mastering aggressive rock songs.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Take Off and Landing of Everything
    Elbow sound revitalised here with Garvey proving himself once more to be one of the most eloquent British songwriters around.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Get Sunk
    There is still room for what feels like his natural habitat - the wistful ‘Frozen Oranges’ is classic, reflective Berninger - but in the main, this is the sound of him really beginning to stretch his legs as a solo artist.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Model Citizen [EP]
    ‘Model Citizen’ takes everything that has driven the scene forward and injects an unapologetic - and very welcome - Gen Z spin.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yeezus
    Ranging from intimidating to wonderfully eye-opening, it's always forthright, and it barely falters.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Good Riddance
    Agut-wrenching yet joyous journey into the thick of her every feeling, with neither sugar-coating or shame. It’s a walk on a tightrope, balanced precariously between a downward spiralling cascade of thought.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ken
    While Ken is more accessible than its predecessor it seems unlikely to affect the Vancouver musician’s cult name status.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bleeds
    Bleeds bends and twists genres into more combinations than are possible on a Rubix cube; splicing hip-hop, techno and even classical in ways that make it one of the most original and emotionally charged British albums of the year.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
    This is the sound of a band who have re-discovered the party (the good bits, the bad bits, the seedy bits) and the result is that Too Weird... is an album that pops and fizzes with excitement, vim and intent.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Surfing Strange
    Surfing Strange has the band gliding over waves at record height, with barely a single hiccup.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Uptown Special
    Rarely entering the realm of pastiche, in all, this makes for a brilliant, ageless album.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Evangelic Girl Is A Gun
    In all, ‘Evangelic Girl is a Gun’ is a flex of pop ingenuity.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stay Gold
    As surefire a bet for bigger things as there’ll ever be, for the most part it’s a resounding success.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vagabon
    Self-produced and largely self-performed, Vagabon celebrates her heritage and her community, but most of all her creative freedom to challenge musical boundaries and to break away from the norm.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    1982
    1982 appears slight on first glance, but it’s packed with so many lasting melodies and shifts in tone and dynamics that it winds up being a much richer project than its 38-minute run time may initially suggest.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Age of Fracture
    Debut ‘Unlearn’ showed promise but Age of Fracture is that promise realised and then some.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rocket
    Slowing down and refining his output has allowed Alex the time to make Rocket a brilliantly considered next step. It’s also his catchiest record yet.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Worm Food
    Much of Cavetown’s fifth album is as one would expect. ... However then arrives ‘a kind thing to do’ - featuring Pierce The Veil’s Vic Fuentes - which plays with punk-pop revival tropes in captivating ways.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rivers of Heresy
    Punctuated by Simon’s misanthropic frustrations at a post-pandemic world, it’s a bold and brilliant but bileful record that may alienate even the most diehard of those ‘early-albums-are-the-best’ fans.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    About Last Night...
    Mixing disco, dance, pop and R&B elements, ‘About Last Night…’ whisks us through the highs and lows of the best night out of your life, and Mabel is the perfect party guide.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Say Yes to Love
    At a succinct length, the album does exactly what it needs to do without a second to spare.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pleasure Boy
    This is a captivating record; a studied, precise and explorative showcase of songwriting, equal parts accessible and experimental.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Conscious
    Sleek, elegant but neck deep in gory realities, Conscious is a record that deals in the very best and worst of the world but instead of getting dragged down with the weight of these realisations, Broods climb high.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Nights
    Wild Nights as a whole feels like a step forward for Pins; they’ve played to their strengths in genuinely self-assured fashion.
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