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
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fans of Gonzalez's intimate solo bedroom folk may be taken aback by the kaleidoscopic bells and whistles of Fields, but the rest of us should be thankful the sales of those two previous releases have given Gonzalez andd his mates the freedom to indulge every whim. [Oct 2010, p.109]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There are 14 tracks in total and three fewer would have made for a tighter set--but it's hardly a deal breaker. [Jul 2012, p.112]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's a sound they now seem utterly at ease with, and the album is all the better for its confident, super-relaxed approach. [Apr 2015, p.111]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Relatively speaking Home Economics finds a much warmer and more colourful band at work. [Jul 2015, p.112]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It might be falling apart, but it comes together beautifully. [Feb 2019, p.115]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nocturne hasn't shaken its overriding influences but Tatum gently pushes these songs beyond elegant pastiche. [Oct 2012, p.114]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    [It has] abundant warmth, melodiousness and spontaneity--and fewer full-tilt stylistic shifts than earlier records. [Jan 2012, p.127]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Their best and most cohesive album since 1999's "Vertigo." [Mar 2010, p.111]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While 'Caskets' and 'Coats Of Ice' evoke Eels at their most melodic, the tedious 'Gillian Was A Horse' belongs in the knackers' yard. [Nov 2008, p.117]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Both Ways Open jaws is just smug enough for you to wish it was wired shut. [Dec. 2001 p. 125]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While there are few surprises, there is much to enjoy. [Feb 2013, p.101]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sticking largely to the budget yacht rock, hazy indie sounds of its predecessor, Another One finds our hero circling the plughole of heartbreak, with stop-offs into anguish, pique and confusion. [Sep 2015, p.110]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Everything comes dripping in portent and seems too in love with its own seriousness to excite any emotions. [Mar 2003, p.106]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If a brace of previous albums hinted at genre-defying transcendence, Obrigado Saudade attains it. [Mar 2004, p.107]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    LoveHateTragedy is a compendium of modern rock styles, glued together by Papa Roach's exuberance and Shaddix's outsized persona. [July 2002, p.119]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's [an album] whose tricks... we've heard done before. [Aug 2004, p.115]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Full of beautiful pop songs, The Photo Album is just that--a collection of vignettes. [Mar 2002, p.118]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ultimately, it's Tool's experimental, borderline progressive, edge that proves most rewarding. [Aug 2001, p.141]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Midway through, the sound of Lowery and co's batteries running down becomes almost audible.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A work of dazzling scope and grandeur... It is impossible to imagine any other band making music quite like this. [Aug 2006, p.106]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    They can't sustain the quality over an entire album, however, and the inspiration dries up halfway through. [Apr 2008, p.112]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While it won't lift him beyond cult status, it's typically enjoyable. [Apr 2010, p.112]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cited as a missing link between Radiohead and Massive Attack following their self-titled 2007 debut, the Leeds outfit here start to live up to the hype. [Mar 2011, p.115]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Long thought missing in action, it's good to report that his first album in more than a decade finds him in surprisingly rude health. [Nov. 2011, p. 128]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Set On Living is gritty, punk-metal. [May 2012, p.94]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Evans the Death manage to make humdrum, everyday existence sound quite magical. [May 2012, p.96]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's narcotic, claustrophobic and brilliant. [Sep 2012, p.98]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Betty Wright is a wise, commanding presence. [Aug 2012, p.11]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    By the end, it feels as if Tegan And Sara need to sharpen their edge before they lose their point completely. [Mar 2013, p.110]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Grenoble DJ/producer's third and best solo release, may feature some ropey lyrics, but the sultry dominatrix voice in which she intones them helps her get away with it. [Jul 2013, p.108]
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