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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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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At Mount Zoomer
    Regardless of the songwriter, the lyrics overlap from track to track, and no doubt there will be a few erudite folks campaigning to weave a singular poetic storyline for our edification. Whether this is by design, or simply the product of the fanciful imaginations of Wolf Parade fans, the casual listener is rewarded with a batch of songs that works best when taken from a beginning-middle-end perspective.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No. 2
    The highlights of No. 2 certainly suggest that thinking bigger might see Vantzou produce something more spectacular in the future. For now though we can at least be thankful that she has once again produced something that paints several shades of beauty on its minimalist canvas.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Molina And Johnson
    All in all, a fine introduction to the compelling Will Johnson, but a peculiar idea, to make a painfully intimate album with two songwriters rather than just one.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Where Did The Night Fall
    The immediacy of ...Night Fall's melodies and the satisfaction derived from its buttressing rhythms will generate just about enough pleasure for most.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Okovi
    Okovi won’t topple Stridulum II as the most essential Zola Jesus record, but it’s another excellent record that once again showcases a unique and powerful voice.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fair Youth
    Despite the energy and marching delivery, the band's musings often ring quite delicate. They're never fragile, however.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Take Care
    Take Care is dense and takes a while to digest, but once you're in Drake's world there's no escaping.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Classics
    Some of the ramshackle charm that pervaded their Christmas record is missing here too--the major label money and the massive orchestra having presumably buffed the edges, which feels a shame. Still, all in, it’s a hard heart that dismisses a solid record of wonderful songs done well.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New View
    While New View may be musically somewhat muted, sonically a touch predictable and backward-looking, Friedberger still crafts utterly charming songs with brilliantly observed moments and a real sense of life’s great adventure.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Young & Old
    It's still retro, of course, but it's starting to sound retro in a way that only Tennis can.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Abnormally Attracted To Sin
    Occasionally vague, sometimes incohesive and a little self-indulgent it may be, but ultimately Abnormally Attracted to Sin is an abnormally attractive piece of work, and another fine example of the shining talent that is Tori Amos.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hereditary [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    Hereditary is well worth a listen for a Colin Stetson fan who isn’t really into horror films though as it showcases something that his solo releases lack: overdubbing.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Body Talk Pt 1
    Proclamations that only the music matters, not the units shifted, are liable to ring a little hollow. Nevertheless, there's a lot to like about Body Talk Pt. 1.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Gist Is
    It’s an unapologetically impressive and precise record that could do more to reach out and connect, rather than just dancing off, expecting the listener to follow.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    La Di Da Di
    On La Di Da Di Battles feel like they are, slowly, finding their way in the right direction.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Given to the Wild
    Somewhat uneasy listening in places, yet sublime in others, Given To The Wild should rid The Maccabees of those 'landfill' jibes once and for all.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Another Happy Day [Original Soundtrack]
    Another Happy Day creeps you out, sucks you in and gracefully spits you back again, with a renewed sense of comfortable discontent.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Eggs
    With Eggs, Oh No Ono have created an album that, like Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion this time last year, allows you to forget the last vestiges of snow outside and look towards the summertime.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Echo Street
    Amplifier sound confident and in control of their own future, while remaining aware and appreciative of their past--and that’s by no means a bad place to be.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    (+)DOME
    What the trio lack in pure, ear-fizzing originality, they happily make up for in solid listenability.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Similes
    [The] expansive and slightly melancholy tone which has always been at the core of his music does feel slightly constrained when he tries to squeeze it into a verse chorus verse structure: the best moments on Similes come when he simply lets it wander free.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Urban Turban: The Singhles Club
    After 21 years, it's hard to believe Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres are still capable of producing moments as vivid and relevant as these.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Happy Birthday
    These tunes are fun and youthful, but also grown up and varied--there’s something for everyone here, whether you’re blasting this record at the park with mates or in the car on a road-trip or sitting on the beach--all you need is a little sunshine and wine (not in the car, though, please) and let Thomas, Garbus and Weisman take you to that place we all remember well (fondly or not).
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At Best Cuckold
    At Best Cuckold isn't an explosive game changer, nor is it particularly different to what's already out there, but it sure as hell earns a proud place above its peers.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Big Black Coat
    Despite perhaps being a little too tasteful to truly excite, Big Black Coat is an accomplished, soulful effort that will reward casual listeners and audiophiles alike.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Alas, I Cannot Swim
    Where Adele sounds like a method actor, Marling weaves secretive threads of thought that suggest she’s agonised over things long enough for them to come together with a thud in plain-spoken full stops.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free
    It’s a bold album, even in its prettiest, most pastoral moments.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Walks For Motorists
    At times it feels distinctively as they are seeking to make as much noise as it’s possible for two people to make together at any one time rather than anything more subtle or nuanced as that, but there are moments, more than a few of them on Walks for Motorists where the alchemy is programmed just perfectly and something happens.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love Comes Close
    You can’t say it’s a great album for 2009 when it would have been a merely good one in 1981. But it is good, fitfully very good, and when considered alongside Cremations, this two year old band have build up an undeniably impressive body of work.
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