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For 497 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 54% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 6.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 67
Highest review score: 100 The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972
Lowest review score: 10 Uncle Dysfunktional
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 296 out of 497
  2. Mixed: 177 out of 497
  3. Negative: 24 out of 497
497 music reviews
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Teen Dream
    Underwhelming Third outing for nu-gaze duo.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ego Trippin'
    Ego Trippin' is a subdued comeback from this once hot rapper.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
    Steady as she goes on AOR eighth outing.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ms. Kelly
    Not as good as Beyonce.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Hard Candy
    Hard Candy sounds bloody expensive, but has precious little to declare except an infatuation with its own reflection in a nightclub mirror.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Chinese Democracy
    The album fifteen years in the making that sounds like a slick but robotic imitation of what it might have been long ago.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Life In Cartoon Motion
    The clunkers come thick and fast.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ten New Messages
    We’re treated to less-interesting takes on the work of Bloc Party and The Libertines, low on hooks and utterly devoid of interesting production quirks.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This Addiction
    Aging punks flog a rapidly expiring horse.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    I Look To You
    Houston, We’ve got problems
    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Tight Knit
    California dreaming, diminishing returns.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    O Soundtrack My Heart
    Woodly prog rock for weird beards.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Block
    The catchiest tune on The Block is ‘Summertime’, and in dignity terms it’s Cohen-meets-Waits compared to their hyperactive teen-pop of old.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The State Of Things
    Re-hashing a similar formula throughout 12 tracks makes for sour and rarely enjoyable listening.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    New Wave
    It will probably go down as their 'sell-out' record, in that it's their first for a major label.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Shine
    Shine remains a terribly average r'n'b album that occasionally flickers with possibility, but never burns brightly enough to matter.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Circle
    Predictable return to stadium soft-rock from former Poodle-permers.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Pretty.Odd.
    Sgt Emo’s Lonely Hearts Club Band delivers a less than thrilling album.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Compass
    Berlin based electro crooner ratchets up the goo factor.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    It Is Time For A Love Revolution
    Overall this is a major letdown
    • 62 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    R.O.O.T.S
    Heavy on aspiration, light on inspiration on rapper's second outing.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Minutes To Midnight
    The shift in subject matter cannot disguise Linkin Park’s acute lack of creativity.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Velocifero
    Electro Pop maestros return after three-year hiatus.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    The Sea
    Session musicians removes salt from the sea!
    • 46 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Pull The Pin
    Pull the Pin possesses nothing more than stale and horribly bland rock that will most likely leave even die-hard fans disappointed.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Reality Check
    Throw away your fashion magazines and join the army, teenagers.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Dignity
    It’s bland, boring and just not very good.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Traffic And Weather
    This essentially middle of road noise bears some relation to their past work but lacks any of the grit or charm that made them such a cool little indie band.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Fire Songs
    Two heads aren’t necessarily better than on! Fire Songs isn’t a terrible album, it’s just a little too sweet and safe for this writer’s ears.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Unexpected
    Cutting to the chase, this album is full of Rihanna b-sides that sound like a carbon copy of everything in the charts right now and are completely personality free.
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