Mojo's Scores

  • Music
For 10,507 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:
10507 music reviews
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Drones whip up a heady storm of garage-bred blues, post-punk intensity and Crazy Horse-style amp overload, in which they couch fevered narratives worthy of Nick Cave. [Nov 2006]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Crudely put, it is the sequel to Love And Theft, which is to say that a great deal of it is split between 12-bar treatises about love and lust and croonsome ballads about much the same themes.... That said, it is not quite as sharply focused as that record. [Oct 2006, p.94]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A focused tour de force. [Oct 2006, p.100]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    [Their] irony is especially trying when it infects the music. [Jul 2006, p.110]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Though it's certainly refreshing after the murk of 2002's Evil Heat, the results are still variable. [Jul 2006, p.104]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Happy Hollow swings with the nutty abandon of Madness, sharpened with the literate punk frenzy of Fugazi. [Oct 2006, p.104]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Every time you think you've got Idlewild figured out, it zips off in a totally unexpected new direction. [Oct 2006, p.97]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    On the downside, Razorlight is lyrically hamstrung. [Aug 2006, p.104]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Contains some of Broadcast's most adventurous music. [Sep 2006, p.118]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    An album of colossal strength and maturity. [Sep 2006, p.104]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Though his nervy, nasal singing style can occasionally grate, the songs are redeemed by his breathtaking lyrical precision and eye for detail. [Oct 2006, p.103]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As ever, easy melodies pour from him. [Oct 2006, p.104]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Starsailor find themselves in danger of being lumped in with the much-maligned 'Keaneplay' school of emote-u-like guitar rock. Yet judged on their own merits they are still producing the goods. [Nov 2005, p.104]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A rich, bright sounding record, albeit etched with Ward's lyrical ruefulness and voice of crumbling, lugubrious regret. [Oct 2006, p.111]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A typical case of slack self-editing... Kelis was here too long, frankly. [Nov 2006, p.101]
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    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Could pass for a load of Stone Temple Pilots B-sides. [Sep 2006, p.106]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is the far meaner, angrier and punkier [of the two post-Libertines albums] [Jun 2006, p.98]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A diverse yet flawless disc. [Sep 2006, p.96]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Plays like a budget price homage to ELO and early '70s Beach Boys, full of pocket symphonies and childlike wonder. [Jan 2006, p.132]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Innovative it's not. [Oct 2006, p.112]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The new, not-so-great English translations hurt more than help. [Jun 2006, p.102]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A record designed to ensnare the as-yet-uncommitted listener without abandoning their extant fan base. [Aug 2006, p.103]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Highway Companion abounds with Dylanesque first-, second- and third-person stories of rolling stones with no direction home, and how wear and tear is grinding them to a halt. [Sep 2006, p.90]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What's most remarkable is just how like the old Dolls this new record sounds. [Aug 2006, p.92]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An 11-song set that's melodically insidious and swings like a noose. [Apr 2006, p.90]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lyrically he's as pleasingly obtuse as ever. [Jul 2006, p.101]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Multi-layered backing vocals and summery hooks tickle the spine with every listen. [Aug 2006, p.90]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Another electrifying statement of unrest from the underground. [Nov 2006, p.118]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As with Sufjan Stevens' Illinois, we're dealing with an invigorating, many-faceted work of diverse instrumentation and durability. [Jul 2006, p.106]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A typically heartfelt and demonstrative record given to wistful glances backward. [Aug 2006, p.90]
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