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For 12,707 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: 10,444 out of 12707
  2. Mixed: 1,949 out of 12707
  3. Negative: 314 out of 12707
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Aeroplane Flies High [Deluxe Edition]
    Like every Pumpkins reissue, Aeroplane is stocked with extras; the difference here is that they’re jammed onto each single seemingly at random, rather than separated into bonus discs. As a result, the tasteful and accessible arrangement of the original is compromised, negating one of its best qualities.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Around [EP]
    On Around, Whirr don’t elevate themselves beyond the level of a listener; instead, they remain supplicant to their influences.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ruby Red
    McLamb seems to be relishing the chance to get outside of his head, making music that is gorgeous and unashamedly fun.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Argument
    For all its sprawl, The Argument maintains a brisk pace, with a White Album-inspired sense of irreverence that ensures Hart never gets stuck in place for long.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    BE
    If Liam seems hamstrung as a rocker on BE, at least he’s showing more promise as a balladeer.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    All Hail West Texas [Reissued]
    Revisiting All Hail West Texas over two decades into the Mountain Goats’ existence makes a central irony in their story all too clear: it’s not a lonely record anymore. A handful of these songs remain the most iconic in the Mountain Goats catalog.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Body Music
    There's not much wrong with Body Music, but its constellation of contemporary electro-pop elements can sometimes feel too slick for its own good.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 63 Critic Score
    Partygoing
    The Future Bible Heroes' first outing since 2002's uneven Eternal Youth does offer up slightly more catchy melodies and deadpan quotables than Love at the Bottom of the Sea.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    Love Is the Law
    While these songs can occasionally find that perfect balance of catchiness, sweetly familiar sentiments, and home-recorded charm, there a few too many lemons for this to be a record worthy of vibing out.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    I Want You To Destroy Me
    I Want You to Destroy Me is solid as far as debuts go, though it offers the all-too-common letdown of hearing music that’s superficially loud and aggressive, yet feels like it’s doing so little to actually stand out.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The Inheritors
    It's the sound of an artist uniquely in tune with his instrument, as Holden coaxes all manner of beastly noise out of his mighty modular synthesizer, trying to keep that sound organized and only sometimes succeeding.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 61 Critic Score
    Saaab Stories [EP]
    While his prodigious talents as a rapper ensure you might enjoy Saaab Stories on a purely musical level, it’s unlikely you’ll feel better when it’s over.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Our Own Masters
    Self-absolved from their roles as alien emissaries and newly loaded with personal responsibility, they seem entirely recharged now, a veteran outfit bailing on one mission to start a better and more approachable one.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Fantasy
    While it's hard to fault a band for branching out beyond their established template, the tidy electronic textures of Fantasy don't begin to match the mysterious depths of Lightning Dust's best work.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    Jinx
    Moving away from the more varied songcraft that speckled the record's earlier tracks, Jinx eventually resigns itself to a pillowy darkness that, while not unpleasant, feels safe and flat.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 79 Critic Score
    Love Your Dum and Mad
    For all of Dum and Mad's unebbing intensity--it never gets overbearing, it retains a dynamism through Shah's magnetic voice--she makes you want to stay in the darkness with her.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    The Bardo Story
    The great leaps it takes sometimes feel less like an aesthetic choice and more like the work of someone figuring out where they want to go. It's a cut above most public attempts to undertake such a journey, if indeed that's what Collins is doing.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Return to Annihilation
    This is the rare album that reveals new depth within a catalog that already seemed so deep and ruminative while proclaiming rather unlimited possibilities for a band nearing the end of its first decade.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Palms
    On Palms, the underlying parts fit together so smoothly that there's never any friction that could lead to a spark.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Melbourne
    Scott already has his songwriting tools in place; once he finds his voice, look out.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Street Punk
    Hunx's punk rock versatility has made Street Punk his most through-and-through entertaining full-length to date.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Destruction in Yr Soul
    Destruction In Yr Soul isn't strikingly original, but it is heartfelt and comforting, and there is plenty of starlit sky here to stretch out beneath for those in search of it.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Electric
    Electric isn't quite electrifying in the way that Very and Introspective and "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" are, but nearly every track has a moment or two that ignites seemingly long-gone enthusiasm.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 64 Critic Score
    Tiden
    On Tiden it's mostly pretty easy to pull apart tracks and figure out who did what, although there's never a feeling of two figures resting on their laurels.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Blood Drive
    The lyrics don't match the usually upbeat sound, and that disconnect helps make the band even more interesting.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 71 Critic Score
    Chewed Corners
    In Chewed Corners Paradinas has put together an LP brimming with fresh ideas-- which, for an artist entering the third decade of his career, is no mean feat.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 87 Critic Score
    Slow Focus
    Power and Hung have made either the year's most introverted party album or the most expansive loner's album; either way, there are few albums this year that offer this much space to get lost in.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 77 Critic Score
    Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You
    From start to finish, Dear Mark J. Mulcahy is a treat. In fact, it may be his best yet.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Deceiver of the Gods
    On Deceiver of the Gods, they are satisfied with plugging 10 new anecdotes into 10 songs they’ve made before and, unfortunately, will most likely make again.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 69 Critic Score
    ESGN: Evil Seeds Grown Naturally
    It’s the sound of a rapper more than happy to maintain his narrow lane after being burned by the industry, one who's lost the ambition to leave his comfort zone, at least for the time being.
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