Q Magazine's Scores

  • Music
For 8,545 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 A Hero's Death
Lowest review score: 0 Gemstones
Score distribution:
8545 music reviews
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Far out just got further away. [Sep 2013, p.102]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Buffalo Tom remain a very fine shoulder to cry on, warm, steady and strong. [Apr 2018, p.106]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Aside from the relatively oomph-laden, piano-driven 'Sharing A Gibson Withh Martin Luther King Jr.' and a lonesome cover of Don Williams's 'I Believe In You,' there's barely a melody to savour. [Nov 2008, p.118]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a record that might even disappoint on first listen, but one that reveals many subtleties and wonders over time. [May 2006, p.118]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    21
    There's a slightly scattershot quality to 21 that suggests that Adele is not quite the mistress of her own destiny. Greatness is tantalizingly within reach, though; perhaps she just needs to grab the wheel, and quickly. [Feb 2011, p.106]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Though his voice remains vintage, his creative spirit has been rejuvenated. [Jul 2010, p.127]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Stepkids' sense of fun and pop nous makes Troubadour a constantly entertaining listen. [Oct 2013, p.112]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It feels as if they are making music for the sheer pleasure of it, and it's this that proves the record's abiding charm. [Aug 2008, p.143]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Incredibly, it works. [Nov 2009, p.104]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Beach House may get all the headlines for this style of music, but Spokes seem destined to make waves of their own. [Feb 2011, p.123]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lyrically, Terminator-like narratives such as Cyber God do underwhelm. Their music's intensity, however, holds everything aloft. [Mar 2017, p.112]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's no denying its stout hart. [Apr 2006, p.113]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Oracular Spectacular is a triumph of conceptual ambition, a series of fantastic voyages that avoids any of the navel-gazing such notions normally provoke. [May 2008, p.138]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As a 36-song sequel, the album drags at times. But there's buried treasure here too. [Apr 2013, p.112]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hypnotic electronic grooves. [April 2012, p.90]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    He shows off his instrumental chops. [Nov 2015, p.106]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Amok shows Yorke successfully synthesizing his obsessions into a compelling and complete universe. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Richer and more rewarding than their Mercury-nominated breakthrough, Isla still has jazz running through it's veins, based as it is largely around sax and double bass, but the London band have broader ambitions. [Nov 2009, p.111]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    He never sounds hurried, but Gentle Spirit overflows with ideas, albeit ones mostly from circa 1972. [Oct 2011, p.131]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Oregon four-piece serve up a conceptual gem. [Oct 2011, p.128]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There's might in their minimalism. [Mar 2016, p.111]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Aa
    So many genres collide on Aa it can feel like being trapped in a virtual karaoke machine. [Apr 2016, p.102]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hang is brilliantly ludicrous and ludicrously brilliant. [Mar 2017, p.106]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    By turns beguiling and unnerving, at times it feels like an exercise in disorientation. [Sep 2018, p.113]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sister Wolf and Justine, Misery Queen highlighting the pair's ability to twist their songs into new, potently alluring shapes. [Jan 2017, p.107]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The band's punk credentials are immaculate. But that doesn't make them any more fun to listen to. [Feb 2007, p.99]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All in all, Algiers showcases a band utterly assured and fully aware of their intoxicating potency. [Oct 2012, p.95]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cellar Door is so gorgeous it could persuade the most hardened clubber to give it all up for a hammock and a cool breeze. [Aug 2012, p.100]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What was often missing was much in the way of engaging, nuanced songwriting. Four alums in, though, there are clear signs of progress. [May 2011, p.121]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Vocal harmonies, graceful pianos and psychedelic guitars keep the eco messages of Light Years and Dreamin persuasive rather than preachy, making Escape 2 Mars an impressive throwback to the "daisy age' of early De La Soul. [Feb 2010, p. 107]
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