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
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This is thrilling, incontrovertible evidence of a major new talent in our midst. [Mar 2006, p.102]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Theirs remains a gallows wit. [Nov 2005, p.112]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    One of the most vital and imaginative records that [Coldcut has] ever made. [Jan 2006, p.120]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At moments Other People's Lives sounds weird and forced, but it's never less than fascinating and it's frequently sublime. [Feb 2006, p.93]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All this ambitioin coagulates into an irresistible, tumbling, tune-filled whole. [Dec 2006, p.118]
    • Mojo
    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A frustrating listen. [Jan 2006, p.119]
    • Mojo
    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A solo album with not enough of the soloist. [Jun 2006, p.102]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is fine singer-songwriter Americana, particularly good on the ballads. [May 2006, p.100]
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    • 93 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vibrant, vividly colourful and high spirited. [Jan 2006, p.146]
    • Mojo
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pleasing as Trevor Horn's simpatico production on 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress was, Tony Hoffer has picked up the baton and ran with it, capitalising on the band's increased musical confidence while preserving vital hints of indie scuzz. [Feb 2006, p.92]
    • Mojo
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What Orton has sacrificed in terms of post-clubbing appeal she has replaced with grit and poignancy seldom heard since the LA canyons were in their pomp. [Mar 2006, p.96]
    • Mojo
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    When the jokes stop... the relentless cantering pace and slightly predictable pedal steel accoutrements that characterise the bulk of the material here can struggle to hold your attention. [Mar 2006, p.92]
    • Mojo
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Herren never lets his music become too easy-going or the listener too settled. [Mar 2006, p.108]
    • Mojo
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    2006's album of the year may have arrived early. [Mar 2006, p.104]
    • Mojo
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Swearing At Motorists are drunk'n'roll successors to The Replacements and Guided By Voices. [Mar 2006, p.102]
    • Mojo
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    His supersonic flow frequently dazzles, yet he remains intelligible and intelligent throughout. [Mar 2006, p.106]
    • Mojo
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    He's at his best when making compulsive, synthetic house anthems. [Mar 2006, p.106]
    • Mojo
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Well before David Essex provides a gruff guest turn on Relocate, you are entirely won over by this record, brimming with music from a postcode synonymous with class. [Jul 2005, p.106]
    • Mojo
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    For every shot that hits the target, however, another flies into the blue. [Sep 2005, p.92]
    • Mojo
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    By putting some warm flesh on her musical bones, Chan Marshall is punching her considerable songwriting weight. [Jan 2006, p.116]
    • Mojo
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The band's most persuasive album. [Feb 2006, p.92]
    • Mojo
    • 78 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Pretty, but pointless. [Feb 2006, p.95]
    • Mojo
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    More than a curiosity. [Jan 2006, p.131]
    • Mojo
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His sheer enthusiasm and peerless pop nous are enough to carry things along. [Jan 2006, p.124]
    • Mojo
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Simply played, gently sung, graceful, literate, folk rock. [Apr 2006, p.98]
    • Mojo
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sheer liquid mayhem. [Dec 2005, p.98]
    • Mojo
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A tear-stained, yet tasteful, requiem. [Feb 2006, p.93]
    • Mojo
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Unfortunately, the disc highlights a new hole: storytelling. [Feb 2006, p.92]
    • Mojo
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Pure gonzo blues-rock boogie. [Mar 2006, p.94]
    • Mojo
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Innovative it ain't. [Jan 2006, p.132]
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