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For 517 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 62% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Sound Of Silver
Lowest review score: 20 Carry On
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 398 out of 517
  2. Mixed: 107 out of 517
  3. Negative: 12 out of 517
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    • 48 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Eye Legacy
    The irony is that such a colorful person and performer in life has seen so little of that fire (no pun intended for those who recall Lopes' most infamous exploit) carry over to her work.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Beginning
    It's an odd sort of talent, making joyless slogs out of music that is supposed to be fun and exuberant, but The Beginning is at its core a shrine to forced joviality, and that's no fun at all.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This Is Forever
    Band leaders Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin write songs that are well-constructed and generally catchy. Then again, that's not such a marvel when so much of it--the drums on 'True Romance,' the stinging guitar riff on 'Pretend the World Has Ended,' the synth-heavy hooks of 'She Will Always Be a Broken Girl'--comes from a template some other band crafted
    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Have Mercy
    An honest, humble, rootsy record that shows the band maturing.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Weirdness
    The band sounds crisper and cleaner than it should.
    • 43 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Rebirth Of Venus
    He overreaches on occasion, but more often pulls off the sort of trick he manages with 'Families Cheating at Board Games,' merging faith and offbeat, cerebral underpinnings to forge quirky slivers of fresh perspective.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Slick Dogs And Ponies
    The San Diego rockers haven’t completely reined in their runaway libidos on Slick Dogs and Ponies, but they stray from the devilish attitude that made their brazen dirty talk such a riot.
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