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
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Nobody's idea of "the new rock'n'roll," certainly, but it rings seductively true. [Mar 2003, p.109]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At times positively fizzes into life. [Jun 2003, p.110]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The highest of hi-technicalia and lo-fi acoustic instruments alternately clash, embrace, or pull apart, but ultimately, like Siamese twins, can't be parted. [Jun 2003, p.110]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Us
    If the album has a weak point, it's a sense of congestion. [Mar 2003, p.110]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their most accessible, and arguably best, long-player yet. [Apr 2003, p.112]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There are no punk-lite hits here, but cult stardom is knocking at the door. [Mar 2003, p.112]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Frustratingly short of utter genius, but largely lovely too. [May 2003, p.102]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is thrilling, intelligent stuff. [Dec 2002, p.122]
    • Mojo
    • 59 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Sadly, the results are soul-less. [Apr 2003, p.99]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An unconventional beauty. [March 2003, p.114]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While the music is a combination of old Smog and new... there's a freshness here, a sense of change, and most remarkable, a real empathy on display. [May 2003, p.89]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A real emotional rollercoaster ride. [Apr 2003, p.102]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    He sounds like a cross between Sonic Youth and Massive Attack, and the results are immediately convincing. [Apr 2003, p.100]
    • Mojo
    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The wit and intelligence rarely lets up. [May 2003, p.95]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A fine piece of work. [Mar 2003, p.106]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Harper offers nice lines in homages to Marley, Basement Tapes Dylan, and funky James Brown. [Apr 2003, p.106]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An album of relentless, aching beauty. [Mar 2003, p.96]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sounds surprisingly traditional. [Jul 2003, p.115]
    • Mojo
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For better and occasionally worse, it feels effortless for listener and writer alike. [Apr 2003, p.112]
    • Mojo
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hersh's voice is measured, husky, and quietly defiant, the sound of the [Throwing] Muses' ambient alter ego. [Apr 2003, p.97]
    • Mojo
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An elegant digital reverie. [Apr 2003, p.112]
    • Mojo
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stellar noise pollution. [May 2003, p.99]
    • Mojo
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a more consistent set, and, hopefully, a revelation for a few young metal heads. [Feb 2003, p.89]
    • Mojo
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Occasionally ground down in the past with the sheer weight of sadness, here Songs:Ohia sound defiant, uplifting, and never better. [Apr 2003, p.102]
    • Mojo
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its songs hurtle at Buzzcocks pace and fizz with nagging melodies. [Jun 2003, p.110]
    • Mojo
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Donelly's wild, sweet tones are the perfect counterpoint to Hersh's cajoling banshee of a voice. [Apr 2003, p.97]
    • Mojo
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Cursive employ musical inventiveness and a healthy dose of self-awareness to set themselves apart. [Apr 2003, p.102]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fantastic! [Aug 2002, p.112]
    • Mojo
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There is little truly distinctive here. [Jun 2003, p.113]
    • Mojo
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A reflective, pop album fit for a rainy afternoon. [Mar 2003, p.103]
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