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For 6,302 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:
  1. Positive: 4,469 out of 6302
  2. Mixed: 1,680 out of 6302
  3. Negative: 153 out of 6302
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ring
    Glasser's glowing debut offers more melodic and emotional consummation than almost any of her peers can muster, poised in a genuinely transcendent golden balance between the stern, the spacious and the gaudily sparkling. A very precious Ring indeed.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Bloodless
    We already knew Samia was a sublime songwriter, but on her third album, she sets a new bar – and then some.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There Will Be No Intermission
    Cathartic in its honesty, There Will Be No Intermission is not dressed up in the same theatrics as her past work, but loaded with the drama of real life. Her fans have allowed us this record, and she’s given the world all of herself in return.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beatopia
    The world of ‘Beatopia’ is finally in full bloom again as its creator embraces not only the vibrant colours of their own imagination, but the magic of letting the world in to see.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Honeymoon
    An intoxicating listen, Honeymoon is designed for the red neon glow of a smoky cabaret bar, a Californian answer to the chanson tradition.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
    Both Marr and MM mainman Isaac Brock have a weakness for bombast that can make them sound like Snow Patrol playing Gogol Bordello, but the album heaves with vim and variety.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Toujours
    The tunes--from the devilishly catchy title track to the clattering, anthemic ‘Viva L’Amour’ and the swoonsome, panoramic ‘Tabarly’, complete with romantic mariachi trumpets--are superb.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Endless Rooms
    Pushing the boundaries of their sound and leaning into pointed lyricism, this record is a welcome new chapter for the band.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Healthy Distrust
    It's often hugely clever... but tends to forget that the best metaphors are the ones that make you crack involuntary smiles, not the ones that require five minutes and a dictionary. [26 Feb 2005, p.66]
    • New Musical Express (NME)
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Breakers
    It's crystallised, but the light shines through.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dead in the Boot
    Given that this album spans nearly a decade of the band's huge and peculiar journey, it's odd that its somnolent air actually renders it slightly one-note.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
    Tune-Yards might have taken a deep breath and a step back, allowing their infectious melodies some space, but their breathless skew-whiff eclecticism remains anything but safe.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bloom
    The band are increasingly clever at turning a melody inside out to evoke those moments of dizzy-making clarity.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Typical Music
    Sparks and fireworks go off all over ‘Typical Music’ too and, bar a few inevitable misfires, there’s plenty to gasp at.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The English Riviera
    Everything about this album boils down to escape.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hold On Baby
    ‘Hold On Baby’’s brightest moments may be more than enough to keep the die-hard KP fans hooked, but this feels like a missed chance to offer up something truly surprising.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Why There Are Mountains
    Although Joe has now reverted to the boring D’Agostino, the feral noise-pop his band creates is as vicious as ever.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Bride
    Khan refuses to yield crossover hits like 2009’s ‘Daniel’ (only the frenetic rhythms of ‘Sunday Love’ come close) opting instead for a slow style of storytelling that rewards the patient listener.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Several Shades of Why
    For four songs you'll find it tender and comforting – then you just start craving VOLUME.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seeds
    TV On The Radio have returned from an uncertain period sounding remarkably fresh.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Time to Go Home
    "Cool Slut" is burdened by the idea that the need to fight gender inequality still exists in 2015. Occasionally though, they find relief.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Get Yr Blood Sucked Out
    In turns, it's searingly honest and brutal... with interludes where everything turns fluffy. [19 Aug 2006, p.35]
    • New Musical Express (NME)
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Rise Above
    Alas, it's unlikely that the applause will stretch to actually wanting to listen as the looping metallic effects, heart-attack drums and seemingly played-backwards female vocals confuse more than impress.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Creatures of an Hour
    Creatures Of An Hour is a record that finds intimacy in minimalism, and lets the space in the music build to an atmosphere almost as crushing as the audible moments.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Phantom Radio
    A sullen and graceful record that brings out the very best of the gruff veteran.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ibeyi
    Tracks like 'Oya', 'Think Of You' and 'River' have a sparse, ghostly quality reminiscent of early Regina Spektor or Björk. Innovative and comforting.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Jake Shears
    Whatever happens next, Shears has certainly delivered one of the year’s most welcome and infectious comeback albums.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Promises Promises
    Quite frankly, after just one listen to Promises Promises, Die! Die! Die! could set fire to our first born and we’d still be staring at them in doe-eyed wonder. Cold showers necessary.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The Bunkhouse, Vol. 1: Anchor Black Tattoo
    Lyrically there are a few choice morsels (for example: “Cat fight, swollen lip/Hair caught in the teeth of your zip”), but taken as a whole it leaves a taste of saccharine.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Fine Art
    In the dark of the night out, the moment is all that matters and the rave will set you free. To shout that in a ‘dying’ language on a record that couldn’t sound any more alive? That’s power – and Kneecap have it.
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