Mojo's Scores

  • Music
For 10,509 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 Hundred Dollar Valentine
Lowest review score: 10 Milk Cow Blues
Score distribution:
10509 music reviews
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its predominantly midtempo, cleverly crafted pop-Americana sounds even more substantial. [Apr 2007, p.97]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Immediately and huantingly familiar, it circumvents pastiche courtesy of a mischievous cut'n'paste aesthetic. [Feb 2008, p.108]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    12 knockout tunes soaked in feedback and melody. [Apr 2007, p.96]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In a crowded space, The Rakes have a place to call their own. [Apr 2007, p.96]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [It] burns with pop ambition. [Feb 2007, p.105]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Winehouse remains one of modern music's most original voices and is now emerging as arguably the finest soul singer of her generation. [Nov 2006, p.116]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Memory Man comes at you with a hesitant rush, portraying bespectacled, nice Mr. Hales as an improbably suburban Jeff Buckley--no glamour, all passion. [Oct 2007, p.94]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The record comes on like a sweaty, amphetamine-fuelled rehearsal room bash that went extraordinarily well. [Oct 2006, p.102]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's a reversal of the usual wild and weird direction of extra-curricular albums: it's more commercial than Room On Fire! [Nov 2006, p.112]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    You're left feeling less !!! than ??? [Apr 2007, p.102]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's impeccably stylish, idiosyncratic stuff, as ever, but is a little more heart too much to ask for? [Apr 2007, p.108]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Here lies much of the album's magic: whatever ornate turns the music takes, at its heart is the primal stuff of great rock'n'roll. But God, is it big. [Apr 2007, p.94]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On paper, it looks so wide-ranging as to be in danger of coming out gloopy and overdone; as it turns out, Rhys glues everything together with a crisp sense of confidence. [Feb 2007, p.98]
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    • 44 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    These 12 tunes pack an almighty sonic punch. [Apr 2007, p.96]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Full of curios and cameos, My Name Is Buddy falls short of masterpiece but is dense with wonderful music. [Apr 2007, p.100]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sadly, there's little to propel them to radio ubiquity or challenge the Britrock big hitters, but then, maybe, that's the whole point. [Mar 2007, p.95]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Perfectly conceived and executed, the album is a beautiful collection of mood music. [May 2007, p.112]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is possibly the most optimistic album about depression ever made. [Mar 2007, p.98]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Explosions In The Sky are true masters of their craft. [Apr 2007, p.102]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No vintage-gear replicator, he's modern-sounding, fresh, fun--a genuine contender for 2007. [Mar 2007, p.105]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sex Change continues their move away from arena bombast towards streamlined Euro grooves. [Mar 2007, p.103]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ooz[es] between queasy fantasy and distorted reality. [Mar 2007, p.105]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vividly of-the-moment, rich in melody and wry optimism. [Mar 2007, p.104]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's not perfect--you want it to shift up a gear occasionally, or to try different approaches, but the songs are all stuffed with daffy musicality and charm. [Apr 2007, p.102]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Most [tracks] are brilliant. [Apr 2007, p.97]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The result is 31 minutes of constantly surprising music, more absorbing and less conventional than anything on their self-titled 2005 debut. [Feb 2007, p.102]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The album's substantial rewards lie in the unorthodox rhythms of drummer Matt Tong. [Mar 2007, p.102]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dip
    An evocative set of instrumentals, rich in texture and gentle, melancholic beauty. [May 2007, p.103]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [It] sees their "spooky American music" get creepier still. [Apr 2007, p.97]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What if Lou Reed and Moe Tucker joined forces with the Danielson Family? [Mar 2007, p.104]
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