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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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    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Spaces
    With Spaces he goes one further--successfully channelling the chills of an actual performance, and making a genuine connection with his listener even in recorded form.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric Slave
    In Electric Slave, Black Joe Lewis has crafted a reference point that’ll supplant those old YouTube performances and provide future Lewis scholars with what is arguably the defining point of his career.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) [EP]
    It’s a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) has taken Kurt Vile to new heights, proving that his offcuts and extended versions are infinitely better than most bands' singles.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fellow Travelers
    Fellow Travellers is a missed opportunity for a great covers album, but as a shout-out to friends, it epitomises everything that’s endearing and admirable about Shearwater.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Wed 21
    This persistent juxtaposition of dynamics makes for a particularly striking, if challenging, listen.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Static
    All told, Static is definitely worth your time, ­but it falls short of being the truly great record that Cults will hopefully go on to make.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Direct Hits
    Ultimately, with too few albums to warrant a truly outstanding collection and a top-heavy chronological ordering the hits may be direct, but the death feels painfully slow.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Shangri La
    A solidly built celebration of interchangeable ordinariness.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cupid Deluxe
    Cupid Deluxe is arguably Hynes' finest work and an improvement on his debut release but he shouldn't be afraid to place himself centre stage instead of hiding behind a host of guest appearances.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    ARTPOP
    ARTPOP is a decidedly patchy ‘Just Dance’-less disappointment.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mug Museum
    While Mug Museum is probably Cate le Bon’s weakest collection of songs, it’s nonetheless a great refinement of her recent artistic development, a typically rewarding showcase of gutsy eccentricity, and the promise of more satisfying material to come.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Free Your Mind
    Like most earnest attempts to reimagine the past, it’s an entertaining indulgence. One that exists to stave off the nagging question: what comes next?
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Back To Land
    Those wanting an intense, borderline overdose, hit of rushing psychedelia for 42 minutes need look no further, whilst others wishing for a bit more diversity are barking up the wrong tree.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Invisible in Your City
    It's admirable to hear a follow up LP trying to push itself out of comfort zones but Invisible In Your City finds Gang Colours falling short of his peers.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Marshall Mathers LP 2
    This is Eminem’s best record in a decade--and one of the most impressive, entertaining and addictive hip-hop albums of the year.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Caramel
    A fascinating album and one which will reward with an attentive ear, just don't expect an instant, agreeable listen.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lanterns
    Lanterns is Lott’s most cohesive work, his music a prism refracting light onto the spectrum of change.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Swamps [EP]
    Largely acoustic, it is a drowsy, potent EP.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Antiphon
    Is it Pulido? The absence of Smith? The third act crawl? In truth, all play a damaging part. Despite these irks, Antiphon is everything that it needs to be; a new beginning, loaded with promise. That's enough for now.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Corsicana Lemonade
    By balancing their instinctive, intricate side within a tight, concise framework, White Denim have created something that’s both accessible and unorthodox.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Somewhere Beautiful [Live]
    In the final assessment what we’ve got here are a set of pop songs that are almost uniformly brilliant, captured in a fashion that harks back to the band’s beginnings, presented beautifully and with pride.
    • 97 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Sound System [Box Set]
    Sound System really is the definitive article, and with Christmas on the horizon, is sure to feature high on several wishlists.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Blue Record [EP]
    Though it has its moments Blue Record is by no means a success, but it offers enough to suggest that with a bit of fine tuning Unknown Mortal Orchestra might eventually get a bit good at the old acoustic guitar game.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jinx
    Jinx is a much more personal record than its creators have cut in the past.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wenu Wenu
    Approach this record with an open mind and you'll be surprised at how easily you can get caught up in it.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chance of Rain
    Chance of Rain defies easy explanation, an album that is more like a bout of freak weather than a light shower.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Julia with Blue Jeans On
    Not another album updating the great musical ideas of the past, then, but an album updating the great sentiments: to tell someone how much you need them and that you’d be lost without them. If you’re not in love right now--an album to fall in love with, until then.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No Blues
    Their fifth album continues the work done on their last, 2011’s Hello Sadness, the emotional context and sentiments much sharper, painfully so in some cases, with big, lovely pop hooks on even their starkest tracks.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pure Heroine
    Effortlessly mixing pop aspects with electronic undertones, hip-hop influence and the occasional R&B nod, she has taken everything that's wrong with today's chart toppers and turned it on its head--producing a record packed full of inspirational, intelligent monologues. It isn't half catchy either.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Glow & Behold
    With Glow & Behold, Yuck have shown they can be more than the grunge gropers Billy Hamilton billed them as and have survived saying goodbye to Blumberg--a situation that could yet see them become an altogether different and far more interesting band. However, it’s hard to shake the feeling we’re not back where we started.
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