Mojo's Scores
- Music
For 10,507 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: 6,861 out of 10507
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Mixed: 3,612 out of 10507
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Negative: 34 out of 10507
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Though the lyrics sometimes explore the US's increasingly polarised political allegiances, Leithauser's passionate optimism and the record's grooving drums keeps our spirits up until mesmeric guitar arpeggios usher in the beautifully pensive title track/closer. [Apr 2025, p.79]- Mojo
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Greying at the edges, its tremor more pronounced, his voice is sober, honest, defiant. And it turns rock songs into something that sounds as old as the hills.- Mojo
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A stoner's paradise from start to finish. Most pleasurable.- Mojo
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They have an inherent gift for the split-second pause, the cool coda, the scene-stealing lyric. [Feb 2004, p.98]- Mojo
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The 11-song tracklist forgoes perennials such as Touch Me I'm Sick for lesser-spotted nuggets like Fuzzgun '91, a splenetic thrash through Roxy Music's Editions Of You and the Heart-sore epic Broken Hands. [Feb 2018, p.90]- Mojo
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Adept at expressing keenly observed details in a Beat vernacular, he makes excellent use of a 14-piece string section and more drum machines than are typical for him. [Jul 2022, p.89]- Mojo
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Explosions In The Sky are true masters of their craft. [Apr 2007, p.102]- Mojo
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This pan-generational Jones/Dap-Kings team have been injecting new vitality into a classic form since 2002, and the people will certainly want their strong new soul album. [Feb 2014, p.90]- Mojo
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Proves Mark E. Smith's gang have lost nothing of the power to surprise. [Nov 2005, p.104]- Mojo
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On all these fabulous tales, Gira's voice remains reassuringly salty. [May 2005, p.106]- Mojo
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The band's bluegrass, country-folk and doo wop-informed debut packs a front porch charm. [May 2014, p.89]- Mojo
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Respite is infrequent with Blanck Mass, but when it arrives, its effects are heightened. [Sep 2019, p.91]- Mojo
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The Magic Numbers have made one of the records--perhaps the record--that 2005 is destined to be remembered for. [Jul 2005, p.110]- Mojo
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A typically heartfelt and demonstrative record given to wistful glances backward. [Aug 2006, p.90]- Mojo
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The tonal similarities of these tracks blend into one another, holding only half of your attention like the soundtrack of an imagined film. [Apr 2011, p.105]- Mojo
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Three of the tracks pass the 13-minute mark, but not a second is wasted. [Aug. 2011, p. 100]- Mojo
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Listeners who have enjoyed the prolific jazz pianist;s preoccupation with moody rock material will be delighted and unsurprised at his choices of vehicle here. [Oct 2012, p.82]- Mojo
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Fluttering, arpeggiated melodies, ice-crisp percussion and muscular beats mean tracks like Ya Po kick hard and linger long on the palette. [May 2014, p.93]- Mojo
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Superbly eerie and echoey evocations such as View From The Mirror and The Golden Bough don't need big productions to make your ears prick up, just their disturbing use of minor chords and subtle sound effects. [Dec 2014, p.90]- Mojo
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This is killer stuff, with Randolph providing a supply of unbelievable sacred steel licks. [Jul 2015, p.92]- Mojo
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Occasionally there is so much going on it's dizzying--haunting, vulnerable You is a welcome break. [Sep 2015, p.92]- Mojo
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Songs and melody remain paramount in this irresistible Technicolor world. [Sep 2015, p.88]- Mojo
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Maker's vocal may be Thom Yorke-like, falsetto lift0-invcluded, but that equidistant spellbound bittersweet spot is Aero Flynn's outright. [Sep 2015, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Aug 3, 2015