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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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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Power of Rocks
    The Power Of Rocks is a deceptively calm affair, so feel free to roll up your jeans and wade in. Just brace yourself for how crisp and punchy you might find it initially, because it takes a while to get acclimatised. But once you are, you’ll want to dive down to its murkiest depths.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ester
    They appear to have hit the ground running, and have kickstarted their year delivering a cocksure record which welcomes repeated listens.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not Waving, But Drowning
    Some more cynical types may find this heart-on-sleeve approach too cloying, but the delivery and writing is so honest and heartfelt, it’s impossible not to be charmed. Carner is a genuine talent, and this second album demonstrates just why he’s so highly rated.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    See Mystery Lights
    Helping along YACHT's approach is a frisson of punk attitude, often expressed in Evans' vocals but also helped by a refreshingly unfussy focus on production.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Nights Out
    While the record confirms the outfit as a fully-fledged trio, the vocal numbers bring Mount forward as a decent front man with the necessary charisma, and enough variety in his voice to bring decidedly varied results.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    World Peace Is None of Your Business
    At almost 55 minutes, some of the 12 tracks could have done with a bit of trimming, while some songs work better than others. But overall World Peace Is None Of Your Business is a distinctive contribution to Morrissey’s oeuvre.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Live At Carnegie Hall
    This is not necessarily a needless welding of two disparate musical styles, more a lost opportunity for a magical fusion of two sonic diviners.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ii
    This is handcrafted, in-it-for-the-long-haul music, which will give many hours of pleasure.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ti Amo
    It would be apt as the soundtrack of a credit scene in The Inbetweeners, or to accompany an advert taking place on a summery day full of good times and beer. That is the image evoked by the album, which blends effectively into a complete piece instead of a compilation of singles.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dance Mother
    Dance Mother is not, and is clearly not made to be, easy listening - it's an admirably ambitious rather than lovable record, and it doesn't reveal its secrets in a single listen.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sea Of Cowards
    There is some real chemistry here, but for the third album, it may be advisable to pay more attention to quality control in order to make the truly epic album that is doubtlessly lying somewhere within The Dead Weather.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dub Egg
    As it stands, Dub Egg is merely promising.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Minimum Rock N Roll
    The entire album takes a couple of listens to fully digest – the immediacy of Minimum Rock N Roll entirely depends on your level of excitement about this peculiar type of post-punk.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    King Animal
    King Animal would have been better had it foregone the regal pretensions and just stuck to being a feral beast. There was clearly the makings of a decent album here, but somewhere along the line it's all gone wrong.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Red
    If it's feel good, throwaway pop music you're after, you'd be well advised to leave your inhibitions at the door and join them.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In the Blue Light
    Simon’s voice, as anybody who saw him on his farewell tour will attest to, is still remarkably strong, and he’s rearranged these songs so that they suit his timbre.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Estoile Naiant
    At times, Estoile Naiant is a challenging and occasionally thrilling listen, as Key Embedded particularly demonstrates. But it’s almost too typically Warp in its sound and composition.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    How We Operate
    How We Operate remains a very episodic album, containing a handful of great moments but no truly great songs.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    21st Century Breakdown
    More remarkable than the variety and risk-taking pursued by the band are the melodies themselves.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Something For All Of Us...
    Canning's voice is not the strongest--indeed, it often stays buried deep down within the mix--but if you're a fan of Broken Social Scene, you'll know that it's atmosphere that's all important. Which is something that Something For All Of Us has in spades.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Big Black And The Blue
    The result is a collection of remarkably accomplished songs. With age, their early lyrical maturity can only blossom.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Foreign Landscapes
    This is clearly and audibly the work of a musician, composer and performer keen to embrace evolution and the possibilities which that opens up - not only within individual tracks or across a release, but also in terms of his overall body of work.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Helioscope
    Given the impact of All Our Ends, that may be intentional - but it means the album is best experienced as a whole rather than in snippets. Then it can fully reveal its power.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    New Blood
    New Blood has its moments, but it's hardly an essential purchase.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Megaphonic Thrift
    Some of the tracks do seem a bit half-formed admittedly, with the second half of the album sailing a bit too close to filler for comfort.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dear...
    The overall vibe of Dear... is a strangely baroque take on loss and self pity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Caravana Sereia Bloom
    Céu can still sit squarely in the middle of the road at times, particularly when she attempts English language pop songs.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Oak Island
    An album that’s easy to enjoy yet difficult to fall in love with.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Strike Gently
    While many of those who fell in love with The Virgins the first time around may be put off by the absence of addictive indie-disco hits, Strike Gently is a quite remarkable, and effortlessly crafted, reinvention.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Golden Suits
    As it stands, Golden Suits is a lovely record, but one that could benefit from loosening up a little.
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