Magnet's Scores
- Music
For 2,325 reviews, this publication has graded:
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60% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.1 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
| Highest review score: | Comicopera | |
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| Lowest review score: | Sound-Dust |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,874 out of 2325
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Mixed: 380 out of 2325
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Negative: 71 out of 2325
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Guitars meander before slicing, the rhythm section is taut, and Gedge hits all of his favorite topics-love, lust and spite-often in the same three or four minutes. Gedge may never get this relationship stuff figured out, but at least the rest of us benefit. [No.85, p.60]- Magnet
Posted Mar 20, 2012 -
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In guitar lines that are jittery with pop portent, hosting a sharp-witted party for nonbelivers everywhere. [No. 125, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Oct 16, 2015 -
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Vol. 1's gorgeous "Sea Of Clouds," Dylanesque "Hope IS Big" and crystalline "Limp Right Back" quiver with quiet emotional power. [No. 146, p.51]- Magnet
Posted Sep 18, 2017 -
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Posted Nov 16, 2016 -
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Vol. 2's Springsteen-tinged "Don't Hurt," Tom Petty-flavored "Look How Clean I Am" and punk-soaked "It's A Whale" stomp and romp with unrepentant rage and joy. [No. 146, p.51]- Magnet
Posted Sep 18, 2017 -
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There are hard and soft edges all over Every Country's Sun, and both accounts have made us happy campers. Again. [No. 146, p.56]- Magnet
Posted Sep 18, 2017 -
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For those curious what the San Fran-tastic Four has left in the tank, here's what: false starts, faint praise, fart noises, mischievous grins, horns of plenty, golden deadpanning.... [No. 92, p.53]- Magnet
Posted Oct 17, 2012 -
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It's a wonderful-sounding record, too, lushly textured... and one that demands to be played at full volume. [No.85 p.61]- Magnet
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Exhausting Fire is the fourth--and best installment of what will hopefully one day be recognized as the finest thing going in the forward-thinking heavy underground. [No. 125, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Oct 14, 2015 -
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Orc is a continuation of the careening energy and creativity that has defined the most recent handful of Oh Sees' record, making it one of the most beastly in the bunch. [No. 146, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Sep 18, 2017 -
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These tunes feel huge, enhanced by a newfound confidence, choirs literal and adhoc, and the snap-bracelet rhyme schemes of pal Aesop Rock. [No. 82, p.54]- Magnet
Posted Feb 2, 2012 -
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In truth, Springsteen himself might not be able to pull off the grit and glam of Pretty Years, but Cymbals Eat Guitars makes it look easy. [No. 135, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Sep 20, 2016 -
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With its disjointed turns, it plays like a score to a David Lynch film: sinister, with moments of beautiful and icy-cool respite... Highly recommended.[No. 90, p.52]- Magnet
Posted Aug 7, 2012 -
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Hi Beams has style to burn, colorful as a candy store and shiny as new-molded plastic. [No. 97, p.56]- Magnet
Posted Apr 16, 2013 -
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It's good to have these Michigan noisemakers back, in fine form. [No.99, p.61]- Magnet
Posted Jun 18, 2013 -
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While no one track jumps out as a single, the entire album is something of a near cubist deconstruction of the band's sound. [No.88 p.60]- Magnet
Posted Jun 19, 2012 -
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Restless Ones is a statement of collective confidence and ambitious vision. [No. 121, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Jun 9, 2015 -
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Posted Oct 14, 2015 -
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Thanks in part to producer Henning Furst, she succeeds in generating a summer feel-good vibe so potent, it'll feel all the better come winter. [No.92, p.59]- Magnet
Posted Dec 14, 2012 -
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It's pretty much instantly likable if you're not otherwise predisposed. [No. 98, p.58]- Magnet
Posted May 10, 2013 -
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All but gone is the glitzy, retro-leaning synthpop maximalism that dominated her first record, replaced here by a remarkably expansive sonic palette and a newfound poise that hardly falters from start to finish. [No. 98, p.57]- Magnet
Posted May 10, 2013 -
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Hatfield, drummer Todd Phillips and bassist Dean Fisher still mash up the agony and ecstasy in the same idiosyncratic, gorgeous way we knew and loved. [No. 117, p.55]- Magnet
Posted Feb 19, 2015 -
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What's great about English Little League very much preaches to the choir. But it's nevertheless clear this crew is ready to welcome some new converts once more. [No. 98, p.51]- Magnet
Posted May 10, 2013 -
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Posted Feb 12, 2013 -
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Ryan Adams (the album) carries all the classic hallmarks of Ryan Adams (the musician), tightly condensed into an essential collection of polished Americana. [No. 113, p.52]- Magnet
Posted Sep 18, 2014 -
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Snaith crafted Out Love with all the care of a handwritten mixtape. [No. 114, p.52]- Magnet
Posted Nov 5, 2014 -
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Posted Nov 5, 2014 -
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Days Of Abandon stands up as both a continuation and a reintroduction for this ambitious band. [No. 109, p.59]- Magnet
Posted May 19, 2014 -
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The band has simply folded its past into a bigger, richer whole. [No. 93, p.58]- Magnet
Posted Dec 4, 2012