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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From the jaunty beat group undertow counterpointing his melodramatic vocal style on the opening title track, through the almost self-consciously traditional slide guitar and harmonica combination of Devil Got Me, to his most adventurous use of the mouth harp as a bringer of Dionysian frenzy, to the pastoral backwater of the penultimate Sundown--is actually more in keeping with his experimental rock beginnings. [Apr 2019, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Feb 20, 2019 -
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It resets her musical dial by abandoning the borderline Nick Cave-isms of Welcome... to amp up the rock dynamism which first won her attention.[Mar 2019, p.92]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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Not for the uncommitted, this is a time capsule to a place where those over-burdened by taste will not want to go. but junk shop superhead/compiler/indie rock Zelig Phil King has reminded us that if we do some things differently in the past, they do other things--thrills, strangeness, escape--the same. [Apr 2019, p.103]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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Fine follow-up [to 2016's Lovers & Leavers] ... has a wider range of emotions and some new classics. [Apr 2019, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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Delicate, inventive and deeply, deeply touching. [Mar 2019, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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It's a unique kind of unhappy listening, too toxic on the universal scale to be bled out. But it leaves you galvanised, purged and recharged for the unending war against mediocrity. [Mar 2019, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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She's at peak power on Faraway Look, expressing feminine vulnerability over immaculate Dusty In Memphis arrangements. [Mar 2019, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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With these elegantly devastating songs, she carves put a space, and a class, all of her own. [Mar 2019, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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You certainly feel stimulated, but as with those frenzied, uber-detailed set pieces on modern-day CGI animation movies, there's almost too much to process. [Mar 2019, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 19, 2019 -
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These are out-of-reach glimpses of environmental paradise; hazy, transient, atomised, and, like the technological future they presaged, their expiration in-built. [Mar 2019, p.105]- Mojo
Posted Feb 15, 2019 -
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Hello Happiness is indeed groove heavy, but gives too little for a singer of Chaka's ability to, well, sing - which is a shame, because on the occasions she does find space to stretch out her soaring voice seems to have retained its strength, tone and power. [Mar 2019, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Feb 15, 2019 -
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Webb has an eclectic Thomas Dolby-style approach and he's not totally successful. ... But that doesn't matter because when he hits it, the song rises with glorious abandon. [Mar 2019, p.98]- Mojo
Posted Feb 13, 2019 -
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Tiersen's lavish melodic gifts resonate loudest without the bangs and whistles. Glass-like repetitions of Templehof and Prad exerting a heartfelt tug.[Mar 2019, p.97]- Mojo
Posted Feb 13, 2019 -
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More tension in the style of Fumbling Prayer's churchy organ and escalating coda might have widened Unfurl's visceral impact, but as music-for-bedroom goes, Ry X is king. [Mar 2018, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 13, 2019 -
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Each song seems like an effort to atomise their grief and frustration, with frequently clarity amid icy electronic noir. [Mar 2019, p.99]- Mojo
Posted Feb 12, 2019 -
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Their sixth album shows them shaping the grim thoughts of The Animals and The Island into poised, potent songs. [Mar 2019, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Feb 12, 2019 -
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Lyrics are lovably askew and songs rarely breach three-minutes. In conclusion: more is still more. [Mar 2019, p.99]- Mojo
Posted Feb 12, 2019 -
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Psychedelic Country Soul puts them right back at the top of a world they helped create. [Mar 2019, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 12, 2019 -
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Throughout, this is a masterclass in pop fun. [Mar 2019, p.98]- Mojo
Posted Feb 12, 2019 -
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An evocative, synesthesic aura halos the second LP from the transatlantic trio. [Jan 2019, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Feb 8, 2019 -
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The pieces here are teeming with small melodic and rhythmic details across a range of textures. [Mar 2019, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Feb 8, 2019 -
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There is room in the world for such quaint records as these, but the world doesn't need another version of the Eagles' Take It Easy. [Mar 2019, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 7, 2019 -
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When the title track and poignant closer This House Has No Living Room, open out into bare-wire nocturnal balladry of limitless emotional beauty, Burslem's single-minded mania is vindicated, and the listener's happiness guaranteed. [Mar 2019, p.98]- Mojo
Posted Feb 7, 2019 -
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A set weighted towards her 2007-to-present day material, mainly modern freedom songs performed with energy and joy. At 79, Mavis's vocal retains its gutsy passion and vitality. [Mar 2019, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Feb 6, 2019 -
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Posted Feb 5, 2019 -
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Tip of the Sphere's greatest riches, though, lie in McCombs' mystical, questing songcraft. [Mar 2019, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Feb 5, 2019 -
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Rebooted with tender opulence, affectionate awe, and full commitment o a widescreen, almost transcendental experience. [Mar 2019, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Feb 4, 2019 -
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Over and over again, Pratt hovers on the brink of revelation, yet Quiet Signs puts down a code, that, brilliantly, it's not quite possible to break. [Mar 2019, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Feb 4, 2019 -
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Posted Feb 4, 2019 -
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Rousing sedated melodies under a blanket of distortion. [Mar 2019, p.99]- Mojo
Posted Feb 4, 2019