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
    • 92 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Restored to Johnson;s original running order, it closes with the dissociative dance of Giant, a final defiant gesture on a record that squares up to tomorrow and--against the odds--wins. [Aug 2014, p.102]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [Arto Lindsay's] languorous delivery and oblique lyrics feature on three songs--with balmy results on mooching, drum-machine-propelled opener Many Descriptions and languid, art-pop essay Classify, and in markedly meditate contrast to the ominous synthscape of Longest Escalator In The World. [Aug 2014, p.89]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Not so much the future of hip hop as a giant leap sideways. [Aug 2014, p.86]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The synths are always used imaginately, forming an intricately shifting mosaic structure on Sheen. [Aug 2014, p.91]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The old fight is there on the unrepentant The New You, but a sense that she's over thinking these songs lingers. [Aug 2014, p.94]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Diving into yesterday never sounded so good. [Aug 2014, p.90]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    #7885 is an ideal primer for the curious previously cowed by their considerable legacy. [Aug 2014, p.102]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    [The album] features twisty, full-produced beats, but sounds more like a set of disjointed songs than a cohesive album. [Aug 2014, p.96]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Textured electronica and crafted melodies make for a dense and absorbing effort. [Aug 2014, p.96]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Above all, there's a genius for economy. [Aug 2014, p.94]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nothing suggests that Parton has lost her touch as a writer. [Aug 2014, p.94]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An image-rich rumination on Scotland past and present. [Aug 2014, p.86]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The thrilling sound of these enthused new voyagers is equal parts sweetness and butchery. [Aug 2014, p.94]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Even with a groundswell of atmospheric guitar sounds and ghostly keyboards,the album's slow-burning style never fully ignites. [Aug 2014, p.91]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [A] sturdy, panoramic critique of modern rap mores. [Aug 2014, p.92]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Most compelling on the looser, less slick numbers. [Aug 2014, p.96]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Their sixth also has a twinkly eye, and Cartwright's songwriting is never less than a joy. [Aug 2014, p.96]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nash and long-time CSNY associate Joel Bernstein have produced the set with reportorial faithfulness, arranging the songs to mirror a typical marathon night and leaving the scars intact.... You also hear the group's genuine power and competitive fury at its height as the four rotate the spotlight through their individual songbooks. [Aug 2014, p.103]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    We're not talking SFA psychonautry but Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's verdant valley of romantic pop innocence. [Aug 2014, p.92]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A good listen. that slightly misses the debut's exuberant cohesion. [Aug 2014, p.86]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    World Peace is unquestionably the most subtle and decorous Morrissey album for many years, possibly since the hallowed Vauxhall And I. [Aug 2014, p.84]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The result is a tender and engaging listen. [Aug 2014, p.93]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Former Miles Kane sideman McGuinness concocts his fifth solo record with solid powerpop. [Aug 2014, p.96]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hiatt sounds throughout as if gargling a box of frogs in some eternal late-night New Orleans backroom. And it's glorious. [Aug 2014, p.90]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In its dreamy, fluttering loops and Sian Ahem's brittle, deliberately understated vocals it possesses a brace of powerful tools. [Aug 2014, p.91]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lavish second release from Welsh synth-pop artist Rod Thomas. [Aug 2014, p.96]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At a couple of number shorter than its predecessor, Lazaretto packs a hell of a punch. [Jul 2014, p.84]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ultimately, Futurology is brave and unexpected, and though some of it galls, much is magnificent. [Aug 2014, p.87]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Add winners selected from the songbooks of Billy Joe Shaver, Vince Gill and Bill Anderson and you have the best Willie package since he signed with Legacy. [Aug 2014, p.86]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Early Riser is a special album that pulls you deep into its alternative universe. [Aug 2014, p.92]
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