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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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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Acid Tongue
    The scrappy indie bite of Lewis’ early work may be gone and you won’t find much in the way of Marshall’s emotional bloodletting. But even if it’s likely to cost Lewis the affections of online tastemakers, she looks set to charm an increasingly large audience for years to come.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Furr
    Furr is the work of an assured band that are in confident command of their craft.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Motion To Rejoin
    Yes, the style and the evocative mood that positively drips from this record are perhaps its most obvious elements but the spirit that underlies these sweltering ballads is massive.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ten Kens
    Intriguing regardless, and almost guaranteed to capture your attention for a short time at least, even if it isn’t as engaging as it perhaps should be.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Home
    This is a work oft-enchanting and tenderly relayed: the sound of a first hand both confident and considered, whetting the appetite for more from this young American with a stately flourish.
    • 42 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    And Then Boom
    Iglu & Hartly are collectively giving the nation a wedgy and nobody seems to even care, that is why this is the worst album of the year.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Hungry Saw
    The one slight that could be pinned on the The Hungry Saw is that there’s very little here that couldn’t slot seamlessly into any of the group’s output over the last 16 years.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
    It requires TLC, and some listeners–-and I count myself among them–-are just too heavy-handed to stay in its company long.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    O Soundtrack My Heart
    It’s a tricky album to judge, considering its best moments are easy to overlook, but there’s enough to make this worth a listen and suggest that better days might lie ahead.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Who Killed Amanda Palmer
    Palmer has made a record that sounds not like the latest from Brechtian punk cabaret's leading light, but the thoughtful debut from an invigorated artist, striking out from the valley of the Dolls.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wrecking Ball
    Dead Confederate are good at ballsy, sinister, twisted rock‘n’roll, and this they deliver by the bowlful. Unfortunately they show their weakness when they step beyond this brief.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paperwork
    Paperwork a is worthy listen because it contains all the elements that had us take notice of volcano!
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Knowle West Boy
    It’s as accessible as his debut, that much is true – Tricky’s welcomed the pop infection that’s spread through his system since the bleak Angels With Dirty Faces – but it lacks a standout single voice.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Stand Ins
    The Stand Ins is assured, ambitious and occasionally transcendent in its appeal--a worthy expansion of its forerunner and standalone joy in itself.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Caught In The Trees
    Sure, there’s less humour here than Conor Oberst or Okkervil River, but there’s also less caricature, and if Damien Jurado continues to play second fiddle in terms of success, he no longer does so in terms of atmospheric arrangements, captivating tunes, and dark poetry.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Me And Armini
    It's more adventurous than the album prior–-and generally more successful in this eclecticism than her debut, certainly--yet that Torrini’s best work lies ahead of her seems indubitable.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Soft Airplane
    The result is an album that is often brilliant, sometimes breathtaking, and never dull.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nights Out
    The joy and longevity emanating throughout is at once jubilant and effortless: a luminescent pop-not-quite-masterpiece as much an indication one waits a little further down the road, Nights Out is eminently worthy of your time and investment.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Holy Pictures
    It's a little less brazen, a little more personal but it fits together as a listen-start-to-finish endeavor as well if not better than any of his previous works and that is testament indeed.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Thought So...
    Even if it doesn’t quite represent the grand tour Nightmares On Wax originally envisaged, the album at least provides an enjoyable detour or two.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Forth
    Just how often you'll revisit Forth after the initial flush of interest is debatable, because it hasn't really moved things anywhere for them.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Free Your Mind And Win A Pony
    It’s a mature, accomplished and surprisingly diverse collection of songs, but life-changing it ain’t.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Week That Was
    Executed with serious flair, it manages the rare feat of being both mentally stimulating and musically satisfying. It is, in every regard, one of the most daring albums you’ll hear this year.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This Is A Fix
    It’s a pleasant mess, it’s well-meaning, and there’s enough pop here to satisfy the band’s fans.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Courtcase 2000
    What you really need to know about Courtcase 2000 is that it's an incredibly accomplished LP--maiden or otherwise.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Youth Novels
    Youth Novels is a twinkle-toed debut that dares to suggest what others can only make tediously plain, and leaves us in the rarely-enjoyed position of actually wanting more.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Rhumb Line
    Loss flows through The Rhumb Line's veins, ineffable but vital. Someday I'm sure I'll turn to this record for consolation, and for that I'm both sad and grateful.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chemical Chords
    That they’ve somewhat restricted themselves in the way the record was constructed is also, oddly, a very good thing because it’s allowed them to strain and work within a framework and yield excellent results.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Take Me To The Sea
    Longing for The Blood Brothers (or even, of course, Pretty Girls Make Graves) is as futile as rating a current girlfriend against an ex: while both may have inspired your love, all that truly matters is the here and now. And Jaguar Love are very much of today. There is no turning back.
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