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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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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rock Is Dodelijk
    A welcome snapshot, for it is that, of the Brakes live experience, in which there is absolutely no padding, total passion and commitment, and the odd wistful aside away from the bluster.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    LP1
    It’s remarkable the album sounds so cohesive and richly defined.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Multitudes
    Some may find the relentlessly downbeat tone a bit hard to wade through, but it’s done with such a lightness of touch that it becomes almost uplifting. The journey to Leslie Feist’s sixth album may have been a long, eventful and sometimes troubled one, but the destination is as rewarding as ever.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Life Is People
    Fay consistently finds beauty in the world and is not afraid to express such sentiments. There are also moments of very real sadness--but a hard-won wisdom and acceptance cuts through.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Brothers of the Sonic Cloth
    This is more than just a collection of blackened tectonic riffs however; Doyle’s deft songwriting ensures that there’s considerable subtlety and hidden depths to these songs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Back into the Woods
    It’s a strong start to the record, which becomes even stronger when Wandering Eye is taken into consideration.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    General Dome
    It’s true that General Dome won’t be for everyone, but Dyer and Sanchez have certainly assembled an interesting creation.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Easy Come, Easy Go
    For most of its lengthy running time, though, Easy Come, Easy Go is terrific.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Conditions
    There's nothing here that's going to surprise anyone in the slightest, but this is sleekly produced, brilliantly written and expertly executed radio fodder.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Joyland
    While not a reinvention, Joyland does an excellent job of sharpening and streamlining Trust’s sound into something even better than that displayed on the debut.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wild Nights
    PINS give the impression of enjoying themselves while not taking this whole rock ‘n’ roll thing entirely seriously. Just seriously enough to make something really fine.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Boy Named If
    None of this will come as any surprise to seasoned Costello watchers – indeed, it could be argued he’s been on a creative purple patch since 2018’s Look Now. For those who thought that age may have dimmed the fire that’s always been Costello’s trademark, A Boy Named If is proof positive that the opposite is true.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Luciferian Towers
    It’s fair to say that there is not a piece of music in the GY!BE canon that sounds anything like as optimistic as the compositions here.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Undivided Five
    The simplicity of the music here makes it a perfect entry-point for ambient fans who got into the genre through Max Richter‘s Sleep playlist. But it also makes it a perfect moving-on moment in the band’s career.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cupid's Head
    The occasional deployment of distortion maybe hints at a lingering anger or resentment, whilst the presence of detached, ghostly human voices shows Willner is a master controller of his music’s constituent elements.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DFA Remixes: Chapter 2
    This is a fine second volume... serving further notice of DFA's production talent.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gigaton
    This is just simple, honest-to-goodness, feel-good rock ‘n’ roll, and the world is better for it being out there. More like this, please.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Arm's Way
    Arm's Way is a masterful and intricate offering progressing from their debut to create a new vision mixing a banquet of sounds and tempos to create an accomplished peace of musical craftsmanship.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Ship's Piano
    With little in the way of instrumentation and production tricks there's a rich atmosphere of intimacy running through the album and it's difficult not to take a shine to this no-nonsense approach.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Theme Park
    It’s a beautifully produced album with a consistent sound which they can finally call shot gun on.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ojalá
    This is a diverse collection of quality melancholia by two intuitive veterans with nothing to prove except their ability to create music to invest your soul into.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Metals
    It is a work that will continue to surprise and delight over time. It is all about the small details.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
    Too big in their influences and scope to fit in even the biggest pigeonhole imaginable, The Besnard Lakes thankfully produce music chock-full of tunes and spine-tingly loveliness not seen since The Beach Boys or more recently the sheer joy and ridiculous grandeur of The Polyphonic Spree.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If The Ocean Gets Rough
    The songs aren't in a hurry to stray beyond mid-tempo and occasionally the production is stodgy... Ultimately though it is a beautiful melancholic album.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tromatic Reflexxions
    The fact that neither side needs the other is why Tromatic Reflexxions works so obscenely well.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    For the Good Times
    Fans of Jones's solo work may find For The Good Times a bit too country for their taste, but anyone who was won over by their debut will find a lot more to love about this new outing.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Brotherhood
    This ought to keep fans going for a while, and does at least confirm that The Chemical Brothers remain at the top of their game even now, fourteen years after their inception as the Dust Brothers.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Isolation
    There’s enough variety and sheer pop power here to merit the hype, and more.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    MIIEN
    This is not retro. This is not homage. This is borderline heresy. The past is there, yes, but only so it can be restructured, reprogrammed, reversed. They remember the old rites – Silver Apples, United States of America, Amon Düül II – but not to copy them.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ancestral Star
    Barn Owl are adept at handling their equipment though, and have crafted a sound world in which the effects are essentially instruments themselves. It's an impressively broad palette too--whilst this music is undoubtedly slow to unfold and demands considerable patience from the listener, it does not feel one-dimensional or short on ideas.
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