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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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    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Luxury Problems
    As it is Luxury Problems is a shift in a new direction that's not quite bold enough to make the jump in full, but still loaded with incredible ideas.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Living With The Living
    There's as much silliness and attempted cred-building as there is genuine excitement.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nootropics
    It's undoubtedly complex, awkward and occasionally without direction, but it also produces moments of astonishing splendour, each with the capacity to bring neck hairs bristling to attention.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Images Rolling
    Images Rolling is a definite step up in consistency compared to his debut, and will be well-suited as a soundtrack to the famous Manchester sunshine, whenever it remembers to make an appearance.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    1/1 [Original Soundtrack]
    1/1 is much more than a curio, but there’s not enough pressure on it to make you unduly fret over how it stands up to the band’s great works. It’s kind of fun, and deserves to be taken seriously.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric Brick Wall
    The total lack of sonic subtlety can feel kind of exhausting, on repeated listens, and if you prize music which purports to sound ‘organic’ or similar, this may make you puke blood. If nothing else, though, they’ve made an album which is unlikely to be mistaken for many other bands.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lousy with Sylvianbriar
    Lousy with Sylvianbriar won’t ever be viewed as the quintessential Of Montreal album. But sourness aside, it’s the healthy sound of a restless spirit.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Big Balloon
    Considering the genre was built around reinventing itself at every corner, their long-term commitment to a fairly narrow sound may surprise some, but nevertheless, this is another strong entry in the Dutch Uncles catalogue.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pop Negro
    There's a strong undercurrent of entrancing, psychedlic-pop to enjoy if you're prepared to listen hard enough. But if you're not into that sort of thing, if you're all about the tunes and the beats, it's still worth a go--I doubt it'll set your world on fire, though.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chorusgirl
    There’s no slack on the album--from the starting gate to the finish line, Chorusgirl bristle with static and nerves.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Thirst
    Although at times Thirst does a very good impression of perfect throwaway pop, it is just an impression.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Strangers
    It's a very good effort, but ultimately it lacks the consistency of true greatness.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Moh Lhean
    Why?'s fifth record seems more of a sure-footing; a reminder that this band that at one point was so exciting, is still able to surprise and move you even a decade on from their crowning achievement.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Some Racing, Some Stopping
    It is ceaselessly pretty, breezy and undemanding (in the best possible way), boding extremely well for future material.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Small Town Heroes
    Small Town Heroes holds enough versatility and charm to captivate even the most jaded soul; songs that will wend their way into your consciousness and stay with you long after the album is done.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    awE naturalE
    Inventive and playful, their songs play out like animated thought processes, you're invited to figure things out with them as they try to make sense of the world around.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monsters Of Folk
    Overall, there's a natural interplay between the players, and it lends the album a relaxed, easy-going vibe.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Way and Color
    It’s a strange collage of effects and affects that sometimes don’t coalesce and sometimes do.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005)
    On the whole, Noise Floor is a fascinating concoction of delights that documents the rise of one of underground USA's most prestigious talents.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Everything in Between
    Everything In Between is undoubtedly a step onward from its predecessors--it's more developed in every way, though admittedly lacks a little of the sheer raw bite that made Weirdo Rippers in particular so exhilarating.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Narrow
    Prepare to bow down to the new Queen of Singing Sad Piano-Based Songs.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013
    There’s some inevitable long-album malaise in this contingent (particularly prominent on the second disc of rarities).... What redeems is that none of these signings reek of opportunism.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Four (Acts of Love)
    Four's own structure helps this insisted variety stick together, resulting in another piece of theatrical songwriting that confirms Harvey's genius as an arranger.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Brilliant! Tragic!
    Nobody is suggesting that Brilliant! Tragic! isn't a flawed album, but it is also one which delivers some of the richest, fullest thrills of Art Brut's career.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Warm Pulse [EP]
    Though the component sounds are familiar, they've been engineered into a blur.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Post-War
    While some tracks don't exude the same kind of enticing mysticism Ward excels at, Post-War remains a warm, enjoyable listen.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Soul is Quick
    The Soul Is Quick is the sound of versatile talent who could easily rest on his laurels continuing to grow and evolve.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Grace/Wastelands
    Pete Doherty has made a solo album with Stephen Street producing, and the result is some pretty good music.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We Built A Fire
    Song construction isn’t quite as nifty and complex as, say, Grizzly Bear, but there are plenty of moments to keep you coming back for more.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Always Ascending
    So while Always Ascending is certainly a return to form in places, it certainly isn't perfect, particularly in its middle run. ... Overall, it's a pleasant feeling to have a good Franz Ferdinand record again, like a warm hug reminding one of a simpler time only slightly bastardised by ten years of regressive politics and is seemingly inspiring many of these bands to redress the balance.
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