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For 581 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 34% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 73
Highest review score: 100 Hidden
Lowest review score: 20 This New Day
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 376 out of 581
  2. Mixed: 195 out of 581
  3. Negative: 10 out of 581
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chosen Lords
    A brilliant collection of spanking, multi-layered tunes.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Garden Ruin
    There is a new-found ferocity at play.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lunatico
    Lunatico won't alienate fans by having evolved too fast, nor disappoint by excessively rehashing old themes.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At War With The Mystics
    A wonderful record that is flawed - that'll be those flatulent synths again - but by design.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His Hands
    An unexpected winner.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Show Your Bones
    Thankfully, Bones is neither a heated-up knock-off of Fever To Tell nor a fan-alienating abandonment of their signature sound. It is instead, a supremely confident 12-song cut that has a remarkable weightiness.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fishscale
    Ghostface is in typically brutal form.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    This New Day
    An album so overblown yet inspiration-free as to be worthy of national shame.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    On An Island
    While Gilmour is in good voice, the unvarying pace is ultimately grating.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This Old Road
    So many of these 11 songs are variations on the title track's closing line ('Look at that old photograph, is that really you?') that this sentimental journey becomes one of just a few too many miles.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Confessions On A Dance Floor
    Confessions... is vocally sharp and (at times) lyrically breathtaking, but it is difficult to imagine this album working without Price's involvement.
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