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For 12,726 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 41% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 53% 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 Sign O' the Times [Deluxe Edition]
Lowest review score: 0 nyc ghosts & flowers
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10,462 out of 12726
  2. Mixed: 1,950 out of 12726
  3. Negative: 314 out of 12726
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Defend Yourself
    The best that can be said of Defend Yourself is that it isn't embarrassing; they didn't lose the plot like the Pixies, and it's better than The Sebadoh simply because they got out of that L.A. studio and back to their roots. But it also doesn't add anything to the story or feel like it needs to exist.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Imitations
    Imitations may not alter Lanegan’s roundabout arc as a musical itinerant, but it’s a steady reminder of the breadth of his scope and the depth of his roots, not to mention his stature as one of the most potent voices of his generation.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs
    Some of the songs are undercooked, or at least they begin to feel that way as the grooves stretch out past five minutes.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Dynamics
    It's the stay-the-course dancefloor material that proves the most rewarding.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    B.O.A.T.S. II: #METIME
    B.O.A.T.S. II is an album that feels happy just to exist, a rejection of the modern idea that album releases are serious events and all the tracks that sound like they were fun to make get relegated to bonus cuts or mixtapes.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    If You Wait
    This trio already functions like a well-oiled machine, and they've produced a stylish debut that demonstrates both their immense talent and impressive instincts.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Nature Noir
    Nature Noir is nothing if not a well-crafted, whip-smart record, but it leaves me yearning for the days when the Stilts would put passion into trying to find the pulse. Or better yet, yearning for the days when the pulse may actually have existed.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Dream River
    At its core, this is a record about accepting and even embracing the smallness of human life, and how difficult that can be, given our damnably innate sense of adventure, ambition, and restlessness.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Ski Mask
    It's all pleasant, but when it's over, the only truly memorable song is "Wave Forms."
    • 62 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    MGMT
    In other words, it’s not MGMT vs. Oracular Spectacular; if anything’s holding MGMT back, it’s themselves.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere
    After a while, Nobody--frenetic but faceless, too nonchalant for true nonconformity--starts to blur together.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    The Things We Think We're Missing
    B&C aren’t at that level [Foo Fighters, Deftones, Brand New or Thursday], but considering the leap they’ve made from their pedestrian debut Separation, The Things We Think We’re Missing serves notice that we shouldn't be surprised if they get there.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Apar
    A broader palate is still under development, but Apar provides a path forward without forfeiting Delorean's effortless energy.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Factory Floor
    In a year where the likes of Kanye and Trent Reznor have reached deep into the dark circuitry of the Wax Trax back catalog to revive the corpse of industrial music, Factory Floor’s relentlessness suits the present moment.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Weird Sister
    A deeply passionate, impossibly noisy twee record.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    Jacuzzi Boys
    Jacuzzi Boys is a collection of well-recorded, well-constructed, boring songs.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 59 Critic Score
    The 1975
    Their spit-polished full-length is a throwback to the sort of CD-era pop rock album everyone remembers buying at least once: The one with the re-recorded single surrounded mostly by less-developed, vaguely similar stuff.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    Nobody Knows
    The real irony of Nobody Knows is that it makes him sound like a more fully realized artist, but a more conservative one, too.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Tales of Us
    Diehard fans of Goldfrapp will no doubt find something to love here, but for the rest of us, it’s a thin record that doesn’t do much to prop up its skeletal frame.
    • 45 Metascore
    • 10 Critic Score
    EP-1
    This music wasn’t just written or recorded without any regard to the quality of the Pixies legacy, it was done so without regard to songwriting quality at all.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    AM
    This new album's skinny-jeaned funk, Arctic Monkeys have stayed close to the spirit of their debut's title while minimizing its excess at the same time.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    On Oni Pond
    So while softer and more empathetic the band isn’t quite tamed yet; On Oni Pond is a Man Man album through and through, delivering an occasionally bizarre and fantastical look at the very real human condition.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    The Electric Lady
    Taken as a whole, The Electric Lady is a convincing argument for the virtues of micromanagement, but some of the most powerful, tender moments come from acknowledging limits.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Coming Apart
    Count Coming Apart as another fascinating step in that journey, and Body/Head’s musical path as one that she and Nace will hopefully follow for a long time.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Troubadour
    It’s an adventurous, impressive display of instrumental can-do, a music nerd’s romp through high-fidelity magic that’s only occasionally hampered by insipid writing.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 57 Critic Score
    Smilewound
    It's remarkable that an album with so much fast, dynamic percussion still has such a lugubrious pace, which makes all the sharp details drift by in an indistinct mass.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Age Against the Machine
    The album falters in spots because of the disparity of its urges. Age Against the Machine seems to want to ease Cee-Lo back into the Goodie Mob’s world while not-so-gently tugging them into his.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Stitches
    In total, Stitches is exactly the sort of Americana record that can act as antidote for what’s happening in the genre right now.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Kiss Land
    Kiss Land sounds every bit as isolated and singular as Tesfaye feels.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 73 Critic Score
    Higher
    This is a genuinely sincere, silly, joyous record that seems difficult to actually look down at. What it sometimes lacks in heavy groove and get-down raunch it makes up for in sheer enthusiasm and unpredictability.
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