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For 6,231 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 35% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Prioritise Pleasure
Lowest review score: 0 Fortune
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,729 out of 6231
  2. Mixed: 1,460 out of 6231
  3. Negative: 42 out of 6231
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Selling A Vibe
    It doesn’t quite compete with their very best albums (Ignore The Ignorant and Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever) but it’s at least as good as the next tier (The New Fellas and For All My Sisters). More than anything else, Selling A Vibe is a fantastic entry point for new fans to get on board.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Palindrome Hunches
    The quality, depth, and otherworldliness that Halstead has achieved here elevates it above being just another folk album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hawk
    Hawk represents the finest moment of the Campbell and Lanegan collaborations thus far.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Escapades
    Captivating in all its eccentricities, evocative and groovy in equal measure, with this album Augé well and truly proves himself as an artist in his own right.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Humbug
    Humbug is another intriguing step in the evolution of Britain's most exciting guitar band.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Saving Grace
    Saving Grace is just a testament to the joy of making music – a true ensemble piece where every voice and every instrument serves the songs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Still Life
    It’s a glorious anthology of affective, brutally precise top notch electronic pop.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Knowledge
    In the face of this conflict, the only other option is to face up to the now, with all the problems and issues that go with it, and the album is at its best when it does just that.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hysterical
    Hysterical marks a significant return to form and fortune for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Yawn
    The downbeat tone may put some people off, and with the average track lasting a good five or six minutes, it’s true that some degree of patience may be required to get the most out of Yawn. For those willing to invest that patience though, the rewards are vast: Yawn demonstrates just how well Ryder-Jones is evolving as a songwriter.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Radiate Like This
    While some may find the almost gossamer light touch a bit insubstantial, repeated plays will find Radiate Like This weaving its way into your heart. Despite it being a long time in the making, it almost feels like Warpaint have never been away.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Afterman: Descension
    For every sledgehammer track, there’s a garlic crusher, destructive in a lightweight and cosmopolitan kind of way.... It’s this lightness of touch and ecleticism that makes the album such a refreshingly undemanding listen.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Good Souls Better Angels
    There are moments on Good Souls Better Angels that recall mid-’90s Neil Young in its focused fury and righteous anger – some may be put off by the rather grim tone, but if you’re seeking a soundtrack for the end of the world, you’ll find none better than this.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Let's Wrestle
    They’ve stopped acting the comedian, and with this album they’re practically demanding that the world at large takes notice.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Face Tat
    Nevertheless anyone wishing to appreciate not simply the overwhelming skill of a drummer at the very top of his game, but also one of the cleverest, best-constructed, most arresting releases of the year, should certainly pay this album a visit.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wit's End
    It will be intriguing to see where Cass McCombs goes next. A little more light and shade wouldn't go amiss, yet even his dark side is eminently loveable.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sigh No More
    While Mumford And Sons may not excel as urbane, multi-dimensional songsmiths, they succeed by virtue of their sheer, unabashed wholeheartedness.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nature Experiments
    The Big Sleep have presented a collection of often excellent songs of real substance, making for an album that warrants, for the most part, unmitigated attention; preferably through some decent speakers.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Shadow of Heaven
    In The Shadow Of Heaven, Money have unveiled themselves as an ambitious band, who owe a fair bit to the influences of the city they live in as well as the generations of artist who have been inspired to write thoughtful rock music there.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    American Football (LP2)
    Beautiful, sad, uplifting, and thoughtful, American Football’s return is definitely something to get excited about, but in a subdued way.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gaslighter
    From bow to stern The Chicks take us on a musical boat ride, with infectious top lines you’ll be humming long after the album has ended – just make sure you don’t leave your tights.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ceremony
    With prevalent lyrical themes of death and loss, Ceremony is not music for those seeking sunny summer escapism. Yet when compared to UK gothic revivalists such as Esben And The Witch, it’s an album of striking confidence, immense compositional flair and colossal, richly cinematic arrangements.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    SOPHIE
    While no record of this nature could have presented SOPHIE’s music exactly the way she envisaged it, the album is enjoyable and a fitting addition to her legacy.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    How to Die in the North
    This is an occasionally beautiful, often strange album that deserves a wider audience than Christinzio’s previous releases.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Office Politics
    Office Politics is, as with most Divine Comedy releases, a record with its finger firmly on the pulse of this zeitgeist.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reservoir
    Reservoir is a neat, considered, and polished piece of work that is unrelenting in its charm.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Success
    There might be a song here entitled Failing At Fun Since 1981, but this album is stupidly good fun and, on top of it all, an unmitigated success.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mobile
    There are very few albums being made quite like this, so do partake.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bitter-Sweet
    All in, this is quite a cathartic affair, as Ferry weaves in and out of his enviable back catalogue with vim and vigour and with dashes of melancholy and darkness. Symphonic, cinematic and touching.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
    Kendrick’s lyrics are as erudite as ever, and he has thankfully backed away from the excessive voiceplay of DAMN., though a few tracks could have been cut to create a more consistent listening experience. That being said, Mr Morale & The Big Steppers should be applauded for its intimacy, a remarkably detailed self-portrait of his unique, troubled mind.
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