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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His albums are populated by characters, tall tales and true stories sung in that plain-dealing half-spoken voice that can bring to mind Tom Petty. ... Here we have a paean to Johnny Thunders. ... And to John The Baptist's son. ... And three separate songs about presidents. [Sep 2020, p.88]- Mojo
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A companion piece, maybe, but these songs can stand alone. [Apr 2022, p.84]- Mojo
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In all, another most welcome Delivery from the Antipodes. [Feb 2025, p.84]- Mojo
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Scialfa's writing wipes away any celeb-gossip patina through the universality of convincing detail. [Oct 2007, p.92]- Mojo
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Man Alive is daisy-fresh, and reaching levels of unexpected bliss on the album's three ballads. [Sep 2010, p.99]- Mojo
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Mapping the winding path of Chrissie and Jp's relationship as it came unstuck, Fidelity! is brave and tender, tingling and troubling the nerve-endings. [Dec 2010, p.98]- Mojo
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Their 14th release enschews improv for structure, its hulking grooves boosted by Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne and the distinctive noir wail of new label boss Mike Patton. [Apr 2009, p.107]- Mojo
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At Weddings quickly coalesces into an utterly compelling presence. [Sep 2018, p.88]- Mojo
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The concept is a bit arch and it's easy to get overly trainspotterish with this kind of venture.... apart frim some obviously recognisable moments it sounded like a quality Yo La Tengo album. [Sep 2015, p.88]- Mojo
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Stewart's mental health struggles delayed work, but the finished product distils personal pain into a powerful mix of Scott 3 and the Care Bears. [May 2024, p.84]- Mojo
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It's a labyrinthine 64-minute journey, bound together by a group identity that gains clarity with every listen. [Jun 2012, p.80]- Mojo
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Villagers lives in its own hermetic and compelling space; it's not too late to pay a visit. [Jul 2023, p.84]- Mojo
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Regardless of how they're captured, these songs still have the capacity to enthrall. [Jan 2017, p.113]- Mojo
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The horny Dry Spell is typically smart storytelling, cheekily contemporary and as wittily candid as her hero John Prine, while Back On The Wagon is a credulous assertion of faith in an erring lover from an unreliable narrator. [Jul 2026, p.87]- Mojo
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Less minimal folk this time, the title track and Holograms are particularly fulsome. [Mar 2019, p.99]- Mojo
Posted Jan 31, 2019 -
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'Leather Prowler' is as dank and industrial as you'd hope--but the emphasis is now on songwriting. [Sep 2007, p.112]- Mojo
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It's a brave and brilliant refocusing of her energies, virtually a rebirth. [Oct 2007, p.91]- Mojo
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Even the less bristling episodes feel luminous and ecstatic, but mostly the magnificent Historian thrives on tension. [Apr 2018, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Feb 28, 2018 -
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Posted Mar 8, 2019 -
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What might sound like a depressing work of angsty indulgence is in fact an uplifting record of angular alt-folk. [June 2008, p.108]- Mojo
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The one constant is their ability to chill the nape hairs, which ultimately is all that matters. [Apr 2008]- Mojo
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10 tracks of grainy electronic drift, tension and poignancy. [Aug 2021, p.81]- Mojo
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Shauf paints an endearing sketch of his house party's many moods. [Jun 2016, p.97]- Mojo
Posted May 18, 2016