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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
    • 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.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Undertow
    As second albums go, though, this is exactly what we want to see--a clear a development, a sharpening of powers and a defining of sound. What happens next could be truly spectacular.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Not Real
    Too much of Not Real is nondescript and dull.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Suuns & Jerusalem in My Heart
    The comparative simplicity of these songs makes this a more of a compelling curiosity piece, rather than the explosively satisfying--potentially classic--albums that both of these bands have in them as separate artists.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Froot
    With the pop landscape becoming increasingly homogeneous, more artists need to experiment, and the variety displayed across Froot's 12 tracks is impressive.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beat the Champ
    A fun, but deeply human, record.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Same As You
    There’s less freewheeling improvisational spirit than perhaps you’d expect, instead there’s a real desire to cast a mood, one of optimism and warmth, The whole experience feels nourishing.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ripe
    Ripe is one of the most unabashedly joyous and invigorating albums to have appeared in years. It’s a creative tour de force which marks the arrival of a new pop maverick.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    White Men Are Black Men Too
    It’s more immediate, more instantly gratifying and more technically proficient, but there are also dark, difficult corners which hint at hidden terror.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Edge of the Sun
    The band sound relaxed about who they are, what they do, and how they work best alongside other people.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Darling Arithmetic
    Darling Arithmetic is rarely anything but elegant.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Glitterbug
    In all of this, it's not that any one song is outright horrific (okay, 'Pink Lemonade' is pretty unbearable), more that the entire experience is a chore.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Deeper
    Deeper represents an exquisite documentation of post-punk's darkest hour.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Strange Trails
    The band ensure they make music, which matches their aesthetic: airy, welcoming story-telling indie folk, which just happens to be painstakingly well considered and recorded. Ultimately though, where all this world building and curatorship comes to fall short is where it matters most: the songs.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Global
    No doubt delightful for existing Rundgren fans, you deserve a medal if, as an uninitiated listener, you make it out of Global feeling inspired like never before.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Eclipse
    Eclipse blacks out nuance of every kind, resulting in a record which achieves its ambitions for sheer, bludgeoning vastness, but falls down on actually engaging the listener in simpler, more relatable ways.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fast Food
    The songs on this record have been delivered with the kind of aplomb that only someone with an unshakeable confidence in their work can muster, which suggests that Nadine Shah’s artistic future is mouthwatering.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Grass, Branch & Bone
    In spite of all of this [still packed with his slow tempos, slurred sadness, and dour imagery], Grass, Branch and Bone stands as one of the easiest to inhabit of all of Joyner’s albums. Happily, it’s also as rewarding to explore as anything he’s done.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Air Conditioned Nightmare
    On The Air Conditioned Nightmare some of the songs feel reverse-engineered, with vocals serving to glue the songs together rather than providing a focal point in themselves.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What For?
    A shimmering, optimistic record recalling Stevie Wonder and Brian Wilson, the LP makes for a comparative step back in time, with smooth yet fuzzy basslines, funk breakdowns, clever arrangements and soaring backing vocals.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ecate
    This is both the album Ufomammut completists will have been awaiting and the best album for new listeners to get their ears stuck into.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Great Pretenders
    A great, and fun, album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bashed Out
    This album ought to see Kate Stables recognised as one of the most compelling voices in alt-folk.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Golem
    It’s very difficult to do anything new in psych but with their energy and enthusiasm, not to mention some interesting work with electronics, Wand have managed to bring a surprisingly entertaining offering to the genre.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
    Asunder, Sweet is Godspeed at their most conciliatory, most bloody-minded and most untouchable.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    III
    This album isn’t for you if you like your music handed to you on a plate. It’s not for you if you want constant twists and turns. It is for you if you’re seeking a suite of songs to immerse, and ultimately to lose yourself in.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Carousel One
    Not everything works perfectly here but when he gets it right, he really nails it.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Claustrophobia
    Claustrophobia feels richer and more worthy of exploring than the likes of ‘Hardbody’ or his Phenix releases.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lost and Found
    Its sound is as beautiful as ever too, and the arrangements are captured well on Lost and Found, with a glow of warmth hovering around the instrumentation.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The Day Is My Enemy
    Liam Howlett and the boys embrace their psycho circus schtick on The Day Is My Enemy to the point of suffocation.
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