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For 2,844 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 43% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 54% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Strawberry Jam
Lowest review score: 0 Scream
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,000 out of 2844
  2. Mixed: 766 out of 2844
  3. Negative: 78 out of 2844
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cry Baby
    Superficially, the high-tempo jams drip with fun, but Staples isn’t here to party: alternating between rage (“Blackberry Marmalade”) and fatigue (“White Flag”), with a side of dark humour, his verses skewer societal injustices in modern America. It’s a sharp polemic, flawlessly delivered, that never feels preachy, exaggerated, or unreasonable.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
    Aside from a few unmemorable ballads—the sparse, piano-led “Less” is an exception late on the album—Rodrigo deftly navigates the difficult task of regaining her sense of wholeness when not everything in her life has to make the most sense.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Snowdrop
    This is a record shaped both by grief and MONO’s desire to honour their late collaborator. The quartet’s sound is enhanced by a 10-piece orchestra and an eight-voice choir, which elegantly elevates highlights like “Gerbera” to the heavens.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    An Eraser And A Maze
    Slightly frustrating, landing somewhere between greatness and average. Still, there’s enough here to suggest they’ve got another all-timer in them, and they’re pretty darn close to pulling it off.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    I Built You A Tower
    Their best work in two decades.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Boys Of Dungeon Lane
    With nimble production and deceptively varied music, The Boys of Dungeon Lane contains all the hallmarks of one of Britain’s finest songwriters.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    aethermead
    So, aethermead ends with a sign of hope, yes, but also a frustrating reminder of a songwriting talent that is all too frequently dwarfed by a penchant for self-indulgence.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Every Single Muscle
    Every Single Muscle feels like a step in the right direction. Rather than just bludgeoning the listener over the head with the same type of song over and over again, it ebbs and flows, rises and falls, and generally shows the kind of range that makes album length projects work.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Almost Waking
    Almost Waking crosses genres, generations, and cultures, serving as a testament to the beauty of true collaboration.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Philadelphia's been good to me
    While his heart is in the right place, Vile intentionally locks into a hypnotic groove that makes these songs feel a little undercooked.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cost Of Living Adjustment
    Darcy and his bandmates in Cola lean into their melodic strengths for their strongest effort yet.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    American Football (LP4)
    The truth is that they’ve stuck to a patchy middle ground on LP4, though there are a few unexpected bright spots.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Beauty Land
    Although Beauty Land slowly and patiently unveils its charms, it doesn’t take long to realise just what a phenomenal achievement it is. It may have taken him twenty years, but Mendez has joined the elite tier of singer-songwriters.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter
    Given its reliance on an interconnected blend of styles, For Love of Grace easily comes across as their most distinctly odd album to date–and that’s exactly why it works so well.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Inferno
    There are no answers here, but if the apocalypse rocks up in the near future, we’ve got ourselves one Hell of a soundtrack.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music
    In lesser hands, this anthology could have become a record of superficial homages or, worse, an exercise in cultural appropriation. But Anderson is a master of her craft, and her performances are as respectful as they are mesmerising.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Little Wide Open
    As expected, Morby’s songs tend to hold your attention more deeply when he allows them to breathe and drift, inspiring one to take a moment and soak in.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    ICEMAN
    Nauseating trap, overplayed AutoTune—all of Drake’s favourite signatures are present and correct. The problem is the rapper himself. Drake sounds lethargic and uninspired throughout ICEMAN.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Look For Your Mind!
    While their performances sparkle, Look For Your Mind! exposes the songwriting limitations of The Lemon Twigs.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Remember The Humans
    While there are subdued moments throughout, Remember The Humans more often than not offers a unique listening experience within each of these songs, supported ably by a wide variety of instrumentation and expansive production.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hoopla
    The sturdy, timeless pop Edkins accomplishes often gets taken for granted, which, really, is the doomed story of power pop in a nutshell. But for a good 30-plus minutes, he convinces you that its ability to please is undeniable.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Location Lost
    A considered affair, brilliantly performed but rarely thrilling, with highlights coming in the form of hypnotic slow burners like “The Air’s On Fire” and the soaring finale “Moonlight Understands.”
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Maybe Not Tonight
    Lime Garden isn’t shy about their influences, sure, but what many of those artists lacked at the time, soaring choruses that linger for days, they deliver in spades.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fidelity
    The eclectic range Bey displays in Fidelity occasionally runs into filler, but it also drops clues into what her next big statement might entail.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Birding
    For the most part, Birding follows the Cocteau Twins template to a tee, seemingly daring listeners and critics alike to find a better descriptor than the all-too-obvious ‘ethereal’. But deary are smart enough to inject some variety, which they achieve by incorporating heavier, almost explosive passages.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Romanticize The Dive
    There’s nothing too revealing here, but the familiar, comforting touch they always offer is more than welcome.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Middle Of Nowhere
    A sumptuously produced record with an enviable hit-to-miss ratio, Middle of Nowhere delivers more than enough drama, humour, and sparkle to solidify Musgraves’ place on the country music throne.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Easter Lily EP
    Easter Lily, released on Good Friday, offers the visceral, emotional experience that U2 fans have been yearning for the longest time.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Your Favorite Toy
    While they try subtle new tricks, like compressing Grohl’s vocals to almost-grating levels amid muddy sound mixing, their attempts at sounding edgy usually land in a pleasant middle ground.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Something Worth Waiting For
    Ultimately, Something Worth Waiting For is an album of good songs with some sequencing and balance issues. Its problems have nothing to do with quality in the traditional sense, but Friko will need to temper some of their maximalist tendencies if they want to seize the indie rock throne.
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