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For 5,096 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 38% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Vol.II
Lowest review score: 10 California Son
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,315 out of 5096
  2. Mixed: 753 out of 5096
  3. Negative: 28 out of 5096
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A Blemish in the Great Light
    A Blemish in the Great Light is endlessly listenable. Because it is so complex, so wrought, it loses an overarching feeling to hold it together, something that might help it read as a whole, as opposed to good songs that are very well done. It'll be a great album to drive to.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands
    He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands is a minor gem in the Joan of Arc discography, as Kinsella gives listeners more simply by pulling back.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Helium
    It all adds up to a deeply felt, personal album that, like his previous work, should serve as the perfect soundtrack to many a late-night contemplation hour.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love Keeps Kicking
    Love Keeps Kicking doesn't really break any new ground; it shares themes with recent releases from artists like Superchunk and Natalie Prass. But Martha's goal is more about making you feel than think.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    I Wasn't Born to Lose You
    I Wasn't Born to Lose You is a solid return from a band eager to sound like themselves again.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    GUMBO'!
    Although GUMBO'! does move with some inconsistency, Siifu nevertheless delivers a dynamic approach to his craft.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A People's History of Gauche
    Despite simple song structures and repetitive riffs, the personality of the vocals keeps the album from falling flat. Rhythmic shifts, cartoonish keyboard appearances and surprise instrumental breaks make it hard to get too comfortable.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Queen
    Whether Nicki Minaj is the rightful queen of rap is up for debate, but the album, despite having several songs that were more filler than functional ("Sir," "Majesty," "Chun Swae"), highlights her ability to adapt to an ever-changing sonic landscape.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Don't Be Dumb
    An overstuffed and engrossing album that's a bit of a mess.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silver Landings
    Silver Landings shows Moore unburdened and the joy she finds in being honest is both heartening and inspiring.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Let's Turn It Into Sound
    Repeat listens uncover a musician trying to arrange these musical insights into something as affecting and creatively grounded as her best ambient works.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    End of Suffering
    Their third album, End of Suffering, feels less like a compromise between two sounds and more like a cohesive band.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Bird Is Coming Down to Earth
    The band are more interesting when they expand their sound.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Precious Art
    If you're looking for a good time and willing to embrace Rozwell Kid and all their oddities, Precious Art will make for a fun and, in some ways, nostalgic listen.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Levitate
    Cutler has riddled these tracks with a rainbow of synth ripples, making Levitate stand out immediately as a Lone record, despite heavily harkening back to a bygone era.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Junto
    Junto is yet another solid album of party anthems to--as promised in "Unicorn"--"get your body jumpin'" this Summer.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There Were Seven
    There Were Seven may not be much of an evolution, but it still feels like revolution.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
    This is Of Montreal's 15th LP (to say nothing of their many EPs and compilations), and it's neither their most sonically confrontational work, nor their most viscerally emotional. It's pleasant and poppy, but if you don't get around to listening, no sweat.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    PITH
    Because of the tightly cohesive kick-off in the first couple songs, the remaining album feels slightly haphazard in comparison. ... PITH is an album that old and new listeners alike can sink their teeth into and ride out a season of summer days holed up in their bedrooms.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Habitual Levitations: Instilling Words with Tones
    There is an earnestness to Habitual Levitations that has been absent on their past recordings, sacrificed in pursuit of the cerebral, which has always been present in their live shows and has finally made it onto record.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Summer Knights [Mixtape]
    Joey Bada$$ absolutely deserves his position as one of hip-hop's rising young stars, he just needs to learn how to leave them wanting more.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We're Not Talking
    The Goon Sax are able to balance melancholy with the excitement of shedding adolescence through the perfect conduit: pop songs.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Beams
    Beams may not be as tantalising as 2010's excellent Black City, but it is a highly enjoyable album full of solid songwriting and that familiar sexy bass sound that should complete Dear's gradual crossover into the indie mainstream.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Just To Feel Anything
    While there are some audible growing pains, Just To Feel Anything holds a great deal of promise and first-rate material.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Are You in Love?
    It's Bulat's fullest-sounding record to date, and really excels in its loudest and most playful moments.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    DJ-Kicks
    As with most DJ-Kicks comps, this one shows a different side to the group and is as much of an homage as it is a glimpse into the trio's future.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Staring at the X
    Staring At the X is definitely cut from the same cloth as its predecessor, but even more so. Everything has been ramped up, making for an even more satisfying record.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bell House
    For a short album--only ten tracks in 24 minutes--it doesn't take long to recognize the beauty of Bell House.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Love What Survives
    Love What Survives is a grower for sure. Mount Kimbie may never return to the height of those first few releases, but we'll still be here for another while yet.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    LateNightTales
    On paper, the 32nd edition of the Late Night Tales seems like a wilfully difficult listen, but Röyksopp possess the musical gallantry to have compiled the first indispensable comedown DJ mix.
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