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For 12,713 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: 10,450 out of 12713
  2. Mixed: 1,949 out of 12713
  3. Negative: 314 out of 12713
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    • 37 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    143
    Aside from some fleeting hellacious decisions, like the jump scare of a warbling child’s voice that opens the cloying final track “Wonder,” 143 is mostly just…there.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Slick Dogs And Ponies
    The slightly more dynamic Louis XIV only give you testosterone-fueled rock at its least appealing extremes: heedless lust or, arguably even more repulsive, cheesy balladry.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    Nine Track Mind
    It doesn’t help that Nine Track Mind is all ballads except for three tracks, two of which are duets (Trainor, a sleepy Selena Gomez) that somehow still feel like ballads. Puth cannot fill this frame of sentimentality with any genuine sentiment.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    Rebirth
    Concocting the world's finest excrement-related rhymes, Rebirth is most definitely a flop, terribly unsexy, and contains surprisingly few shit jokes.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 29 Critic Score
    Famous First Words
    In execution the whole thing comes off as nothing more than a thinly disguised, crass attempt to smoke latent Oasis fans out of hiding. Unfortunately for them, Beady Eye already beat them to the punch.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Live In Chicago
    On these eight Apples originals and one Beach Boys cover, Schneider and the band sound like they're having a blast, and the energy is instantly detectable.... Live in Chicago has the charm of a well-recorded audience bootleg sanctioned by the group on one of their best nights.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Red Stars Theory
    The track "Our Nearest Neighbors" best exhibits Red Stars Theory's unique strengths: to harness the emotion of emocore without indulging in the maudlin lyrics; and to exercise the artistic grandeur and complexity of post-rock, but without the cold detachment and pretension.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Machina II: The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music
    It would be extremely easy to dismiss this album as Billy simply taking out the accumulated garbage of the past couple years. It would be easy, that is, if it didn't almost redeem the Pumpkins.... This album features an abundance of tracks that throw the deficiencies of their previous record into even sharper relief.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Weekends of Sound
    On their third full-length, Weekends of Sound, the band showcases their strengths and improves upon their weaknesses, making it their most accomplished work to date.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Home Burns
    Something fresh might help Orange Can retain their strengths as musicians, while developing their own voice and avoiding blandness.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Elf Power
    Were its songs more dynamic, its arrangements less haphazard, its tone more even, its sentiments a bit more clearly stated, Elf Power could really be affecting. But as it is, it just feels affected; the sound of a band in mourning seeking a musical catharsis they can't quite extend to the listener.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Mantic
    Lots of people use music to try and escape their living rooms, but Lady Lazarus seems more interested in inviting us into hers.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Writings On the Wall II
    His lyrics' power stemmed from the imagery and humor he used to render in full color a world that for most rappers exists only in black and white. To the tape's considerable credit, Gucci disappoints here only when compared with himself.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Life Is Full of Possibilities [Deluxe Edition]
    For a record fixated on personal nostalgia, Life Is Full of Possibilities still feels bright-eyed and forward-thinking.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Schlungs
    In its pinnacles and pitfalls, Schlungs confirms that, even if the results can be cute, communicating with humans is usually the least impressive talent any alien has.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    777: The Desanctification
    There's more movement, more development, more variety; fitting for a trilogy's middle, it's where the sounds get thicker, where the possibilities simply become more intriguing.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 67 Critic Score
    Wild One
    Sometimes Wild One wears its influences a little too hard on its sleeve, or strives too hard to create something anthemic with across-the-board appeal.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Year of the Tiger [EP]
    For a "studio experiment," it's exceptionally listenable.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 83 Critic Score
    Whack World
    Whack World morphs into a clever exercise in economy and using only what you need. It’s a visual album prepackaged for optimum social media consumption; every tiny piece stands on its own without losing sight of the larger picture. At its core, though, Whack’s sense of humor--her captivating depiction of a black woman’s imagination--is an opportunity to celebrate an aspect of art that often goes uncelebrated, an opportunity for Whack to celebrate herself.
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