Mojo's Scores
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For 10,495 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 |
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Positive: 6,850 out of 10495
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Mixed: 3,611 out of 10495
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Negative: 34 out of 10495
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The joy of Steely Dan's early albums was that their superior playing, production and craftsmanship was vibrantly energetic, spiced with rollercoaster twists and turns, and deeply sardonic lyrics... Fagen now lacks those vital extra elements, leaving just craftsmanship with no spark. [Apr 2006, p.104]- Mojo
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A steely-eyed desperation to succeed is transparent all through Hard-Fi's debut. [Aug 2005, p.112]- Mojo
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It's all funny, sardonic, heartfelt and loveable. [Apr 2006, p.106]- Mojo
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You sense they need a couple of pure pop gems that the Mary Chain had submerged within the noise to perfect the classic sound they aspire to. [Jun 2005, p.95]- Mojo
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There is no great leap into the unknown here, but rather a fusion of the band's previous two records. [16 Jul 2005, p.50]- Mojo
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Formula, for sure, but it's the Buzzcocks' own: the original and best. [Apr 2006, p.88]- Mojo
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Their unique pop panache saves the proceedings from simple retread. [May 2006, p.102]- Mojo
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Compare this latest instalment of vivid, left-wing existentialist pop with past triumphs like Mars Audiac Quintet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup, and it's every bit as good. [Apr 2006, p.102]- Mojo
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With its indelible songs and bug-eyed intensity, this album makes you wish that more bands could be so irreverent. [Apr 2006, p.100]- Mojo
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Delivers on the melodic promise of 2001's Rock Action, teetering between art-bruised fragility during its slower, gentler moments and flashes of stereo-buckling metal. [Mar 2006, p.93]- Mojo
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Feels as old as a cracked-leather Bible that's lasted generations and witnessed many secrets. [Apr 2006, p.98]- Mojo
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For a studio album it sounds remarkably like a live one. [Mar 2006, p.90]- Mojo
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The repetitive refrains and orchestral interventions of Lil' Beethoven are developed with the judicious use of rock guitar into something bigger, yet just as beguiling. [Feb 2006, p.90]- Mojo
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Expands Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's frighteningly austere template to an almost symphonic level of opulence. [Jul 2006, p.102]- Mojo
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Occasionally self-indulgence threatens, but no matter; there is an undeniable musical hunger and pioneering spirit at work here. [Apr 2006, p.101]- Mojo
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A mixture of old-school smarts and mellifluous modernism. [Apr 2006, p.103]- Mojo
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A specialist release, perhaps, but one that is ambitious, accessible and beautifully played. [May 2006, p.112]- Mojo
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Shows just how focused their rock'n'roll attack has become. [May 2006, p.105]- Mojo
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There are a couple of songs hidden away in the backwaters of their patchy debut which hint at something much better. [Apr 2006, p.88]- Mojo
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Rocks and then rocks harder, launching wave after wave of vicious punk hooks. [Jul 2005, p.106]- Mojo
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[They] stand apart, wedding guitar-free sounds to refreshingly vulnerable sentiment. [Mar 2006, p.102]- Mojo
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[A] deft combination of emotional intimacy and musical ambition. [Oct 2005, p.108]- Mojo