New Musical Express (NME)'s Scores

  • Music
For 6,298 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 55% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Lowest review score: 0 Maroon
Score distribution:
6298 music reviews
    • 48 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    3OH!3 are electro-hip-pop white bread American scum.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Two
    The Hacker is still a dab hand at dark electro, his rich, chewy tracks bubbling like molasses in a cauldron; Miss Kittin still veers close to self-parody.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    They peddle clichés about ugly ducklings and shagging that are so offensive they make a donkey braying into a bin sound like the ripe observations of a Charlie Brooker column.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    Half the time, Good Charlotte sound like Blink-182 after the snip, the other half they sound like the Backstreet Boys without the songs. [16 Oct 2004, p.48]
    • New Musical Express (NME)
    • 40 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    In the end, this can't even make you feel angry; just desperately sad. [16 Jul 2005, p.50]
    • New Musical Express (NME)
    • 59 Metascore
    • 0 Critic Score
    OK, here's some track titles - 'Too Little Too Late', 'Never Do Anything', 'Pinch Me' - and, guess what, THEY ALL FUCKING SUCK! Not just Weller, Ashcroft or Belle & Sebastian sucky but Mike & The Mechanics, Tin Machine and, yes, Hootie And The Blowfish sucky.