Q Magazine's Scores
- Music
For 8,545 reviews, this publication has graded:
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42% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 5.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 67
| Highest review score: | A Hero's Death | |
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| Lowest review score: | Gemstones |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4,112 out of 8545
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Mixed: 4,355 out of 8545
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Negative: 78 out of 8545
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music
reviews
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[They sound] pissed off, over-amped, just the right side of sloppy, shorn of the brass grafted into recent outings--i.e. exactly like themselves. [May 2013, p.106]- Q Magazine
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Their sonic structures remain complex, and experiment still take precedence over entertainment. [May 2010, p.115]- Q Magazine
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He gets his message across smoothly without ever needing to resort to heavy-handedness. [Jun 2013, p.107]- Q Magazine
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For new disco freaks and their parents alike, here are 43 old-school minutes of party-down pleasure. [Nov 2013, p.106]- Q Magazine
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Too many of the riffs sound flimsy and thin when they should suckerpunch out of the speakers. [Oct 2013, p.100]- Q Magazine
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Like every era of electronic music all balled up together, CCTV and subways, excitement and fear. [Jun 2014, p.123]- Q Magazine
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Melodies unfold, lyrics reveal their meaning and the wait is revealed as having been worth it. [Jun 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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On this fourth LP, the hook-laden Here Among You is as celestial as pop music can be: if they have a breakout song it's this, but it's far from the only moment of magic. [Oct 2017, p.100]- Q Magazine
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While it's not always clear what's on offer amid the density, there's always a sweetener on top to keep you coming back. [Sep 2020, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Bristol duo mix up hugely potent psychedelic brew. [March 2011, p. 109]- Q Magazine
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An album that spins and lurches with impressive dexterity. [Aug 2009, p.104]- Q Magazine
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Enjoyable and fresh, retro and modern, English Electric's only fault is that its creators try a bit too hard to sound like their own past. [May 2013, p.107]- Q Magazine
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The self-produced Watershed is the best thing she's done since 1992's "Ingenue." [Feb 2008, p.96]- Q Magazine
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Plastic Anniversary is flexible, addictive and, ultimately, deeply disturbing. [May 2019, p.115]- Q Magazine
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The intended fully immersive Sensurround experience eludes them, leaving just an occasionally diverting breeze. [Aug 2017, p.105]- Q Magazine
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Turn Off The News captures his talents in full bloom. [Sep 2019, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Not an experience to be rushed, but it makes for quite a trip. [Summer 2019, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Here he revisits an early interest in exotica, the '50s faux-tropical lounge style, creating mood music with a global twist. [Jul 2020, p.110]- Q Magazine
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A worthy and wonderful addition to [their] cannon. [Aug 2012, p.98]- Q Magazine
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This is a charming side-step from a significant latterday voice of America. [Sep 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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A collection of B-sides, Peel Sessions, alternative takes and unreleased tracks which reveal that the Californians were undergoing a spell of prolific creativity bordering on incontinence. [Sep 2015, p.121]- Q Magazine
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Her marriage of musical gentleness and raw despair takes her to a whole new level. [Nov 2017, p.104]- Q Magazine
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It loses its way in the last quarter, but not before you're convinced there's a unique talent at work. [Aug 2004, p.115]- Q Magazine
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It's a landmark album for REM and the fans who stayed faithful, a shot in the arm for music in 2001 and - unless they're too foolish to accept it - a long-awaited treat for all the listeners who bailed out after Monster.- Q Magazine
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