Mojo's Scores
- Music
For 10,509 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
| Highest review score: | Hundred Dollar Valentine | |
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| Lowest review score: | Milk Cow Blues |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6,863 out of 10509
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Mixed: 3,612 out of 10509
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Negative: 34 out of 10509
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The years haven't deadened Lucero's spirit: indeed, that experience only lends their ballads and brawlers a weightier punch. [Jan 2013, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Dec 17, 2012 -
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There's a layer of gloss and artfulness here that makes Carry On more appealing than whiskery ideas of authenticity. [Jan 2013, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Dec 17, 2012 -
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The dozen songs, recorded in one take, make for an uncomfortable but absorbing trip. [Jan 2013, p.92]- Mojo
Posted Dec 17, 2012 -
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Wrongtom's enthusiasm for collaboration is everywhere apparent on In East London's salute to the capital. [Nov 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Dec 14, 2012 -
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Tatum adds to the mix tropical pop textures, shimmery synth-pop gloss and twangy guitar solos that could melt hearts. [Oct 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Dec 14, 2012 -
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The four songs drawn from eco-themed album The Crying Light gain particular vitality.... The other major beneficiaries of Muhly and co.'s top notch orchestral work art Antony's earliest songs. [Aug 2012, p.82]- Mojo
Posted Dec 14, 2012 -
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The hazy white noise loops of 2008's Black Sea stripped out in favour of choral drones and soothing gamelan chimes, perfectly suited to the film's meditative, valedictory tone. [Sep 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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If pulverizing female vocals and pop-rock guitar licks were your thing in 1995, you certainly won't be disappointed now. [Oct 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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[The album] is diverse in the songs' styles and themes. [Oct 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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From Clapton to cosmic rock, Afro-pop and experimenting with dizzying ease. [Oct 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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[ORO: Opus Alter] is more startling than the first [Oro: Opus Primum]. [Nov 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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Rambling, stoner guitar and drifting synths elevated by radiant percussion. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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This enjoyable act of historical revisionism highlights the still definitive source material. [Nov 2012, p.100]- Mojo
Posted Dec 13, 2012 -
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Omega Male doesn't stray too far from the day job(s) [of David Best of Fujiya & Miyagi and Sammy Rubin of Project Jenny, Project Jan]. [Dec 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Dec 12, 2012 -
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Only Pleasant Valley jars--the irony in Elling's voice is ladled on too heavily--but elsewhere marvel at a master at work. [Nov 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Dec 11, 2012 -
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[The lyrics] carry every once of experience and writerly imagination he's learned and earned in 76 years. [Dec 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Dec 10, 2012 -
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Ocean Roar exists deep in extreme nature, a journey's end of madness, memory and Euphoria. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Dec 7, 2012 -
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The growling menace of his [Jake Smith's] delivery is enough to command your attention and keep you believing. [Oct 2012, p.83]- Mojo
Posted Dec 6, 2012 -
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The result is as good as anything Cale's delivered in years. [Nov 2012, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Dec 5, 2012 -
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She sings the bejesus out of these big, open-hearted tunes, and despite some lyrics having a slightly gauche quality, you soon warm to the melodramatic hooks of Agony and the cleverly constructed pop-soul nugget Beauty Of The End. [Jun 2012, p.82]- Mojo
Posted Nov 30, 2012 -
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Only Johann Johansson's airy decanting of Protest and two movements from chamber music Glassworks really tap Glass's sublime essence. [Dec 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Nov 30, 2012 -
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He's strong instrumentally, but maudlin content like Separate Ways and One Thought holds him back. [Dec 2012, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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Dark, edgy, yet full of light and hope, Brother Sinner... is dazzling, moving too, and bordering on perfection. [Dec 2012, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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Forensically constructed, sad-eye pop with bright melodies of a Shins-like stripe. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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[Moon Duo] channels Velvets fuzz-rock through Spacemen 3 drone on a psychedelic trip, with wah-wah and lethargic vocal drawl. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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Alights a little too close to Gaga on saccharine opener Strawberry Shake. Persistence pays off, though. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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A backstory so real you'll swear you've seen the flick. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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The glossy, high-shine finish songs come with an air of post-club languor. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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[The album] lacks anything distinctively their own. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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The orchestral setting tempers the mannered vocal tics of some originals and proves transformative. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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These guileless, well-hemmed songs could use a few more frayed edges. [Dec 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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The album certainly sounds fresh and is hallmarked by Spigel's knack of shaping memorable pop melodies out of a few notes or chords. [Dec 2012, p.85]- Mojo
Posted Nov 29, 2012 -
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Posted Nov 28, 2012 -
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Winterval has glimpses of Walls' hypnotic, frostbitten, ambient beauty, but equal airtime is given to funkier, tech-leaning tropes. [Dec 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Nov 28, 2012 -
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Rossiter's tremulous, torchy delivery plays to the gallery, but beautifully, touchingly and sometimes exhaustedly. [Dec 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Nov 28, 2012 -
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It's still one giant leap into the unknown, with all the notions of genre once again gleefully sidestepped. [Dec 2012, p.82]- Mojo
Posted Nov 27, 2012 -
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Signs & Signifiers is an utterly irresistible, slicked-back triumph. [Jun 2012, p.82]- Mojo
Posted Nov 27, 2012 -
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When Hucknall pulls a performance only the most blinkered would argue he brings nothing to the party. [Dec 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Nov 26, 2012 -
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Vocals are stretched and warped, beats submerged into icy baths. [Dec 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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It's all 13 minutes of Bobletekno on which the full glory of Thomas's talent is unfurled, a cosmic-disco blueprint of bubbling counter-melodies, whoosing handclaps and trippy, dippy synths. [Dec 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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An almost perfect Sunday-morning album that's hard not to praise with only the faintest of damns. [Dec 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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[Unfinished Business captures her vigour and verve] with its rough'n'tumble mix of R&B, country and rockabilly. [Dec 2012, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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The hobnailed thud and electronic clatter of Youth and Love riot force the seriousness but when they hit their exuberant stride, they pull on legwarmers and dance the night and cold away. [Dec 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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A smattering of era-appropriate scene-setting standards sit surprisingly snugly amid the bespoke symphonic esoterica--all further testament to greenwood's deep, intrinsic musicality. [Dec 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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It was uniquely visionary--primordially rockin', yet titled defiantly at the stars. [Dec 2012, p.101]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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Landing On A Hundred is a strong comeback that hopefully won't be followed by another decade of silence. [Dec 2012, p.84]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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Palindrome Hunches is a record full of songs that whisper their entreaties. [Dec 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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While retaining the melodic approach of his debut, the singer-guitarist has shaped some additional, more diverse sounds. [Dec 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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Yes, it lacks the ambition of Norton Folgate... but compensates with pop nous. [Dec 2012, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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For twisted garage buffs these unsettling sounds are, again, a joy. [Dec 2012, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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While some of this uneven material has been reheated from past writing sessions, Aerosmith are genuinely fighting to reclaim their soul.- Mojo
Posted Nov 21, 2012 -
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Throughout a refreshing spirit of old-school sonic exploration pervades. [Nov 2012, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Nov 20, 2012 -
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Prim they may appear at times, but their offer of comfort in sound is impossible to refuse. [Nov 2012, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Nov 19, 2012 -
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Posted Nov 19, 2012 -
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Songs are complemented by a close-miked acoustic production. [Nov 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Oct 26, 2012 -
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Actors marry folk tales and socio-political polemic to pulsing, woozy-synth soundscapes. [Nov 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Oct 26, 2012 -
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An epic ambition that bolster Nona Marie Levine's lightly burnished vocals. [Nov 2012, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Oct 26, 2012 -
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Posted Oct 25, 2012 -
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It all hangs together well, and is ably supported by the band's superb musicianship. [Nov 2012, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Oct 25, 2012 -
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Her singing, often overwhelmed in the mix, lyrics inaudible, adds David Lynch eeriness. [Nov 32012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Oct 25, 2012 -
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Queasy melodies, light-headed keys and emaciated Smiths guitar flourishes slowly generate a dank unease. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Oct 24, 2012 -
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The songs dive off in unexpected directions, but remain linear. [Nov 2012, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Oct 24, 2012 -
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The Aftermath is wild and explorative, its appeal lying in the sprawling ideas and yearning vocals. [Nov 2012, p.103]- Mojo
Posted Oct 23, 2012 -
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A short, dynamic return to form is similarly earwrenching. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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A dense, fervent, riffy drums and electric-guitar driven album. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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It doesn't help that the album features a glut of dull mid-tempos. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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It makes a terrific album, stronger than Interpol's last two, with enough detail in the arrangement to separate Banks and his day job. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Sonically ambitious it may be, but it's consistently accessible. [Nov 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Most important is the pure joy of these tracks and how instantly likeable they are. [Nov 2012, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Easy on the ear yet never sugary, full and layered yet never stodgy, intricately assembled yet never fussy, pulsing with a Ringo beat yet never monotonous. [Nov 2012, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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There is improvement in the songwriting....But halfway through you might well weary at the album's unrelenting, full-bodied tone. [Nov 2012, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Glad Rag Doll breaks intriguing new ground for a hitherto smooth operator. [Nov 2012, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Even in Beth's comfort zone, her acoustic band, produced by Tucker Martine, enrich some beguiling songs, with not a dud among them. [Nov 2012, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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The sound of a band re-energised, La Futura is possibly the hard rock album of the year. [Nov 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Blessed with impeccable musical bone structure, nearly everything suits them. [Nov 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Some of the 11 songs have a rich band sound with strings and strong piano, and others a spare contemplative tone. [Nov 2012, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Muse and David Campbell's melodramatic arrangements occasionally raise a smile, but if you like your rock symphonic and your vocals histrionic, The 2nd Law delivers. [Nov 2012, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Other artists covered include Gnarls Barkley, Tom Waits and Neil Young, but this is Bettye's record, these are her songs now. [Nov 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Ndegeocello doesn't opt for straight covers, adding a fresh, and sometimes unexpected, twist on a 14-track collection that mostly reconfigures Simone's most famous songs. [Nov 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Silver Age is the most consistently exciting record he's made since Sugar's Copper Blue. [Nov 2012, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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The album follows a North American folk linage from Jean Ritchie and Hedy West through to the present, via the chugging, churning electronic (folk) rock of The Velvet Underground, all the time infused with a joyous communal warmth. [Nov 2012, p.85]- Mojo
Posted Oct 22, 2012