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For 101 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 46% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 68
Highest review score: 90 White Blood Cells
Lowest review score: 0 Duke Lion Fights The Terror!!
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 101
  3. Negative: 3 out of 101
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Milk Cow Blues
    If there is one drawback to this album, it is its somewhat overproduced nature. A little too clean and a little too short, Milk Cow Blues shows glimpses of what could have been, an all-star cast jamming to Willie classics and traditional blues like "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Ain't Nobody's Business."
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Know Your Enemy
    Know Your Enemy loses all its momentum when Manic Street Preachers decide that they have something to say.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Songs From an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile
    He has created a record that fully embraces the inclinations we all sometimes have to find a tune with strong enough melody to hum through the day.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Mi Reflejo
    This is purely a marketing scam gone too far.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bridge
    Rather than dwell on tragedy or sulk through an album of moodier blues, they deliver a batch of radio-friendly tunes reminiscent of their commercial breakthrough, Four.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Golden D
    This is decidedly not for those who require slick and flawless recordings. It's not particularly an album for those who demand sheer brilliance every step of the way, either. For all its sonic oddities, The Golden D doesn't always have songs that rise far beyond mere ambition.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Soul Caddy
    Cherry Poppin' Daddies pull off decent songs even when they aren't the most convincing of exercises in genre - and better than decent when they let the horns loose. Soul Caddy just can't live up to the swingin' good times of its predecessor.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pop Trash
    Pop Trash plays out with a quiet, digestible ease that stays firmly grounded in the comfort zone they have managed to create for themselves.
    • 50 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Duke Lion Fights The Terror!!
    Duke Lion Fights The Terror!! is 50+ minutes of the most grating, unredeemable, and unmitigated garbage you will ever hear, complete with nearly twenty minutes of screaming and gastrointestinal noises at the end.
    • 49 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
    The very concept of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water might be brilliant if it was a work of absurdist art. But this album is just absurd.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Happy Ending
    Happy Ending is mostly generic, but far from your typically embarrassing thespian rock...
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