Mojo's Scores
- Music
For 10,504 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: 6,858 out of 10504
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Mixed: 3,612 out of 10504
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Negative: 34 out of 10504
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Occasionally it feels a little too theatrical--as on Willie O' Winsbury--but its roots are in the right place. [Aug 2017, p.95]- Mojo
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The increasingly salty bite of Oberst's lyrics is only sharpened by the homely warmth of Salutations' arrangements. [Apr 2017, p.97]- Mojo
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For anybody already smitten by Bombino or Group Doueh, this is a drop of the hard stuff. [Dec 2013, p.87]- Mojo
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Nonetheless shows the duo pulling themselves up to full songwriting height, not just forging on, but flourishing. [Jun 2024, p.87]- Mojo
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Much of IM is thrillingly intense, then; a rabbit punch with pop-prog interludes and Devo-like hooks. [Sep 2023, p.88]- Mojo
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Nothing suggests that Parton has lost her touch as a writer. [Aug 2014, p.94]- Mojo
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The results, like a digestible Oneohtrix Point Never, are gloriously sweet natured. [Sep 2016, p.93]- Mojo
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A brave, stand-alone release that lays her talent bare, it's a beautiful unreal entrancement you'll find hard to stop listening to again and again. [Dec 2023, p.91]- Mojo
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Their latest album offers all the anti-matter salve for the irritations of modern culture that admirers expect. [May 2010, p. 92]- Mojo
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You'll need to attune yourself to the unique musical argot that Lopatin has created on R Plus Seven, but once achieved an album of intrigue and beauty is revealed. [Nov 2013, p.89]- Mojo
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What you may lose in rock'n'roll kicks you gain in poignancy and poetry. [Mar 2013, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Feb 11, 2013 -
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Imperial Wax Solvent is a swift two-finger rejoinder [to middle aged mellowing]. [June 2008, p.112]- Mojo
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Not so much the future of hip hop as a giant leap sideways. [Aug 2014, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Jul 18, 2014 -
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When it ends it leaves a weird absence that can only be filled by playing the thing again from the start. [Dec 2014, p.90]- Mojo
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Locally focused yet state-of-the-nation, in their inventiveness and force such songs as Working Poor, Lost In A Crowd and The Worst defy pessimism, good art in bad times. [Aug 2016, p.92]- Mojo
Posted Jun 28, 2016 -
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The backgrounds are rich, warm and authentic sounding, but the real power lies the potent, passionate vocal trinity. [Jul 2017, p.87]- Mojo
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Posted May 31, 2017 -
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Heavy matter, but eminently danceable, too, thanks to some glorious playing and an adherence to the spirit of Kuti. [Oct 2017, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Sep 13, 2017 -
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Musical touches such as Stephen Large's baroque harpsichord solo on Patchouli and the little three0note 'now boarding' motif that opens Departure lounge cement the sens e of an act that know exactly how to proceed. [Nov 2017, p.94]- Mojo
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Slowly Paradise are slow love songs, but slow love songs that, thanks to Chenaux's playing, suggest an impermanence at the heart of all romance, a chaos at life's core. [Jun 2018, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Apr 23, 2018 -
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Within the framework of 10 solid soul arrangements, the benefits of constancy in love brings a hearty restorative to the downtrodden spirit. [May 2019, p.92]- Mojo
Posted Apr 5, 2019 -
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Judicious use of pedal-steel, fiddle, Southern horns and strings brings subtle power, with McKagan just occasionally lending shades of Mott The Hoople to proceedings, and singing with an admirable new confidence and conviction. [Jun 2019, p.90]- Mojo
Posted May 30, 2019 -
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One Step Behind shifts the goalposts, compromising a 32-minute title track and the eight-minute Heart And Soul, an elegant, soulful comedown in the mould of Music From Big Pink. [Nov 2019, p.94]- Mojo
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His own music finally snaps into focus: gone, the scrappy garage/glam, in favour of sophisticated singer-songwriterly pop constructed around acoustic guitar, strings, extravagantly multi-tracked vocal harmonies and consistent tunes. [Mar 2023, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Jan 27, 2023