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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A collision of Dylanesque surrealism and Bert Janschian finger-picking. [Nov 2004, p.114]- Mojo
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His first, full-tilt protest record... he comes out swinging, in every respect. [Oct 2004, p.110]- Mojo
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Big issues... are chewed over with bittersweet humour and musical sophistication. [Nov 2004, p.110]- Mojo
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She can carry a tune, sure, but as far as expressing emotion goes, she's relentlessly, huskily one-note. [Oct 2004, p.112]- Mojo
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As overdriven and mutated a noise as ever they've managed, Damage also retains Blues Explosion's trademark sweat-drenched feel for soul. [Oct 2004, p.101]- Mojo
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Like a cookie full of arsenic, Universal Audio's indie sweetness conceals a dark, deathly heart. [Nov 2004, p.114]- Mojo
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As for her voice, that's still a remarkably sassy tool. [Nov 2004, p.108]- Mojo
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Revives the windswept drama of Porcupine-vintage Echo & The Bunnymen. [Dec 2004, p.99]- Mojo
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There is genius in here... [but] Shangri-La does sometimes drift into lazily delivered Knopfler history lessons. [Nov 2004, p.96]- Mojo
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There is a remarkable consistency about Smile's complex tapestry of delights. [Oct 2004, p.98]- Mojo
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It is Kweli's diligently intelligent worldview, dextrous wordplay and often breathtaking flow that enrapture. [Jan 2005, p.96]- Mojo
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Tender dream-pop which is simulataneously familiar and novel. [Aug 2004, p.96]- Mojo
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Songs terrific, band sensational, and -- big plus -- Costello's voice late-developing way beyond that pinched whine into an instrument of substance and character. [Oct 2004, p.97]- Mojo
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It's exhilarating stuff, the kind of record that sets new parameters as to what is possible from a punk rock'n'roll band in the 21st century. [Oct 2004, p.106]- Mojo
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Whether you consider London Calling to be the last great rock album of the '70s or the first great rock album of the '80s, the extent to which it fully merits its cultural and aesthetic status is utterly beyond question. [Oct 2004, p.123]- Mojo
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Nino Rojo is no mere best-of-the-rest affair, but a sibling piece of equal intimacy and inspiration. [Oct 2004, p.102]- Mojo
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Has lingering '80s elements, with some pompous lyrics, laborious arrangements and long, drawn-out vowel sounds, yet it is also fresher and less strenuous than before. [Apr 2004, p.114]- Mojo
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There's some startling songwriting on Let's Bottle Bohemia. [Oct 2004, p.104]- Mojo
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Lacks the hooks and memorable vocals... that formerly made this band so effective at marrying the pop and the underground. [Sep 2004, p.92]- Mojo
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What Dizzee Rascal has done with this record is find his own - profoundly satisfying - balance between grime's digital vortex of ringtones and car alarms and an older more contemplative electronic tradition. [Oct 2004, p.104]- Mojo
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There's little attempt to get under the skin of these songs, or really bend them into new shapes. [Oct 2004, p.100]- Mojo
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All the components that make the Arcade Fire such a gripping live proposition remain intact on this full-length debut. [Apr 2005, p.96]- Mojo
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