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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They do lean away somewhat from the buzzsaw pop-punk which made them favourites of Kurt Cobain, and toward streamlined '70s FM rock, as well as new wave power pop in the vein of The Only Ones and The Flamin' Groovies, with a few interludes of Byrds/Big Star jangle. But don't be fooled by such mellow moments. [Jun 2016, p.116]- Q Magazine
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An album that yields more with each listen. [Nov 2016, p.111]- Q Magazine
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As singularly off-kilter as the time-travelling she seemingly blew in on us. [Mar 2020, p.114]- Q Magazine
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It's the explosion in Diamandis's songwriting that's most noticeable here. [May 2015, p.107]- Q Magazine
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They even give Madonna's I Deserve It a new level of dignity. [Jan 2004, p.118]- Q Magazine
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For the most part, he keeps it all on the ingenious side of ridiculous. [Aug 2004, p.121]- Q Magazine
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This is The Cure sounding a lot like The Cure. Never a bad thing, just a familiar one. [Aug 2004, p.107]- Q Magazine
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This is a band consolidating their talents rather than simply showcasing them. [Aug 2003, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Some of the sharpest beats and catchiest tunes ever to grace a dance LP. [Jun 2003, p.93]- Q Magazine
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The bravery in hanging out such soiled laundry can't go unnoticed, and it's the album's greatest asset. ... The fact it's wrapped in such a lush indie-pop package only makes it more infatuating. [Apr 2018, p.106]- Q Magazine
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This raw, unsettling album's backstory, rendered through protesting guitars, is what gives it its defiant edge. [Nov 2013, p.102]- Q Magazine
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While there's nothing on here that feels quite as urgent as Nichijyou, last year's track recorded with Jehnny Beth from Savages, it's still a beguiling collection of songs. [Jul 2014, p.103]- Q Magazine
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The truth is that Youngblood writes terrific, instantly memorable pop songs, their fashionable new-wave cool rubbing against an urgent, almost disco undertow. [Aug 2008, p.141]- Q Magazine
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Their debut, recorded in frontman's Ed Macfarlane's parents' garage, is a tuneful affair. [Oct 2008, p.142]- Q Magazine
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As ambitious an album as you will hear from a young British group and they mostly pull it off. [Mar 2016, p.104]- Q Magazine
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There's something magical about the rapturous jumble of C86-esque indie, WOMAD rhythms and cooing dual vocals from Alister Wright and Heidi Lenffer. [Jun 2011, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Issues of assimilation aside, [sounding similar to Spoon] the songs are excellent. [May 2012, p.109]- Q Magazine
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Each song is like a little journal entry, lent emotional heft by Ashworth's use of repetition. [Apr 2019, p.114]- Q Magazine
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It's neither deep nor meaningful, but Broken Boy Soldiers succeeds in sounding like four guys having fun making music; albeit music that's as elegant as it is raucous. [Jun 2006, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Though the younger Dylan hasn't the gravitas of those old masters, his best songs such as 'Will It Grow,' have an easy downbeat charm. [Aug 2008, p.135]- Q Magazine
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Everett comes on here like a less grizzled Tom Waits with a side order of Kurt Weill. [Apr 2006, p.113]- Q Magazine