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For 4,812 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 It Won't Be Like This All the Time
Lowest review score: 0 BE
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,477 out of 4812
  2. Mixed: 1,220 out of 4812
  3. Negative: 115 out of 4812
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost Marbles And Exploded Evidence
    If there’s one thing this collection illustrates it’s that throughout that time they’ve maintained a high level of quality.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Manipulator
    Manipulator affording him space to rise above his obvious points of reference and create the one thing no one envisioned for album number seven: Ty Segall as both uncompromised AND accessible artist. The complete package.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Public Warning
    With solid production throughout, there’s little to slight Public Warning besides Sov’s hang-up with her diminutive physical stature.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Skit I Allt
    Skit I Alt is definitely something of a return to form, in its own relaxed way, and once the listener has spent a little time with it, every performance and section becomes that little bit more tantalising.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    4
    Never once do Dungen verge on pretension, sure their songs are grandiose and there are more ideas in 4 than most bands muster up in their whole career but then are pulled off so successfully that one can’t doubt that they are there for any other reason other than furthering the band’s sound.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    KoKoro
    Kokoro is a small but significant treasure that is full of compassion, and the so-called ‘selfie’ generation would do well to pay heed to it.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Information
    Despite the album’s plethora of stylistic shifts and breakdowns, there’s a solid coherency to The Information that allows it to flow from beginning to end without the listener losing interest.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hey Everyone
    Hey Everyone! manages to occupy a space all of its own--an achievement in itself.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wonky
    The best record Orbital have made in the past 15 years and up there with their very best.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Laced
    For once, he can consider the game well and truly played.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Holiday Destination
    While Shah’s tunes are so enjoyable to listen to, that unsettling harmonic twang continues to add a feverish subsidy to her soulful voice, a reminder of the uneasiness of the subject matter.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Celestial Lineage
    In a way, this fourth album by Olympia nature boys Wolves In The Throne Room might be their first release that actually sounds like what their detractors keep insisting they sound like. Not that it's diluted or weedy, far from it in fact.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hot Thoughts
    Whilst Hot Thoughts may divide fans, it stands as proof that class is permanent. Spoon are still one of the most forward-thinking rock bands around, and we’re still very lucky to have them 25 years later.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Devil You Know
    Topics like institutionalised evil, war and greed are always valid targets and The Coathangers go for the throat--and draw blood--pleasingly and memorably at every opportunity. This should be their moment of glory.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Powerplant
    Music is cathartic for Girlpool, allowing them to share their honest expressions while simultaneously allowing the listener to impose their own perceptions. This is a delicate balancing act that takes most artists years to master, but Tucker and Tividad provide enough give and take to make the overall experience one of constant intrigue.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Snake
    The Snake for the first time is a journey riddled with surprise--that almost nothing can be nailed down or predicted even after the seven-minutes-thirty of closer of 'My Heart' is pure 'lucky dip' stuff. Each time you dip in, you seem to come out with an even bigger handful of sweetness.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Portico Quartet
    A powerful, graceful album.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pole
    Ultimately, and refreshingly, this is not commercial, but hauntingly lush electronic music for all to enjoy.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Impersonator
    If the easily distracted are at risk of sleeping through this, fans of emotional tours de force will have a great new addition to their 'best albums of the year' list.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Weird Sister
    Weird Sister’s ebbs, flows, peaks and troughs: a shape-shifting, nuanced LP that could be described as derivative, but never formulaic.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Forget
    For all the coldness and brutality of Forget there are moments of beauty, validation and comfort, showing that these things can co-exist simultaneously.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Short Movie
    This is Marling at her finest, but as she’s proved five times in a row, the best is always yet to come.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Red Earth & Pouring Rain
    A record that's provided Bear's Den a new lease of life, allowing them to build on the solid foundations laid as a trio and create something that not only feels like a natural progression, but is also staggeringly pretty in the process.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Once More With Feeling... [EP]
    If these four tracks prove anything, it’s that even when working from off-cuts, the band continue to thrill with their unrivalled promise and exuberance.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nothing Has Changed
    The music is extraordinary, but the format is yer basic pre-Chrimbo best of (and the same goes for the 20-track 2LP).
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Favourite Worst Nightmare
    Though inconsistent, this record is remarkably accomplished and immediate.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tangier Sessions
    It’s the unhurried nature of these improvisations which are their greatest strength. Couple this with his sharp ear for melody, not to mention his frequently unbelievable fingertips, and this album emerges as another incredibly strong outing for Sir Richard Bishop in a truly interesting and consistent discography.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Two Suns
    This record is one made with the artist’s full investment, every ounce of heart and soul poured into it visible for all to see.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Will
    It’s this gentle tension between rigidity and fluidity which makes this a brilliant record. There’s enough repetition to draw you into its ambient landscape, but enough deviation to provide surprise and detail.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
    Whether this is a better record than previous Mogwai releases is hard to say categorically, but it is certainly bolder and braver than what came before it. Yet equally, it is the same trademark moves and subtleties that will make and just as rewarding of repeated listens as its predecessors. Mogwai have released another jumper, but not quite like we know it.
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