Mojo's Scores

  • Music
For 10,495 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:
10495 music reviews
    • 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]
    • Mojo
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The new, not-so-great English translations hurt more than help. [Jun 2006, p.102]
    • Mojo
    • 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]
    • Mojo
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An 11-song set that's melodically insidious and swings like a noose. [Apr 2006, p.90]
    • Mojo
    • 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]
    • Mojo
    • 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]
    • Mojo
    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wield[s] both a wistful poignancy and raw emotional undertow. [Aug 2006, p.94]
    • Mojo
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Smog's winning streak [is] intact. [Aug 2006, p.88]
    • Mojo
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Chemist eschews masturbatory scratch showcases in favour of artfully constructed, utterly oddball 'songs'. [Aug 2006, p.103]
    • Mojo
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What this record lacks is a couple of the screamalong anthems at which Muse have become renowned. [Aug 2006, p.88]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The trio's shared vocals are a unifying factor, finessing the outre music into gently hypnotic melodies. [Sep 2006, p.94]
    • Mojo
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An audacious, X-rated treat. [Aug 2006, p.90]
    • Mojo
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This whets the appetitie for whatever Stevens' formidable talent fixes upon next. [Aug 2006, p.96]
    • Mojo
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Eraser is less crabbed, cryptic or violently bitter than Hail To The Thief... and is often more satisfying for that. [Aug 2006, p.86]
    • Mojo
    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It finds the band stranded in the middle-of-the-road, spinning its wheels amid a mass of musical cliches and Dave Pirner's overwrought lyricism. [Aug 2006, p.104]
    • Mojo
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A messy, eccentric triumph. [Aug 2006, p.98]
    • Mojo
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The dignity and sharp poetic instincts on American V are all classic Cash. [Aug 2006, p.89]
    • Mojo
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Better still [than 'Stepp Off']. [Sep 2006, p.98]
    • Mojo
    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lacking the wit and lyrical dexterity of a Jill Scott or the raw power of Angie Stone, the songs can feel airless and unengaged. [Sep 2006, p.98]
    • Mojo
    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    [An] underwhelming collection of moderately sweeping, mildly elegant arena pop. [Jun 2006, p.108]
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