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
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It doesn't always work. But overall, The Evens is an engaging debut. [May 2005, p.121]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Smart, sophisticated, noodly--what else would you expect? [Apr 2006, p.113]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Here it seems desperation has resulted in rockier, more rewarding work. [May 2006, p.130]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's nothing here that's especially revolutionary, but Dressy Bessy... do power pop better than most. [Sep 2005, p.115]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    They've still managed to convert their technological shortcomings into some fuzzed-out, genuinely energised rocking. [Jul 2003, p.113]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their brand of ant music has matured and expanded noticeably since ANThology. [Sep 2003, p.98]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A rich seam of quality courses through the 11 tracks. [Oct 2005, p.116]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Were he only able to drop the naff drum machines, this would be a classier piece of classicism all round. [Sep 2004, p.117]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An ambitious and surprisingly accomplished album. [May 2004, p.104]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Drummer Jim White and guitarist Mick Turner lend understated support throughout, but it's Ellis's eloquent bow that captivates. [Mar 2003, p.103]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fans will be baffled, but this is magnificently deranged stuff. [Nov 2006, p.147]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The sound of a band growing old comfortably. [Sep 2006, p.110]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A textbook case of college rock, performed very well. [Oct 2004, p.129]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stevens is... smart enough to offset the egghead subject matter with a batch of deceptively simple tunes. [May 2004, p.108]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His most conventionally rocking album in aeons. [Nov 2006, p.143]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ys
    Utterly entrancing. [Dec 2006, p.141]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Now they are finally more punchy than punchable. [Nov 2006, p.140]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An otherworldly, richly cinematic adventure. [May 2004, p.98]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Extends the with-strings concept of last year's Lead Us Not Into Temptation and is equally arresting in its breadth of content and creativity. [Apr 2004, p.107]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A winsome, musically surprising outing. [Jul 2004, p.114]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sweet, subtle and quietly insidious. [May 2005, p.111]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While never quite as fiendish as its title suggests, it's certainly sinister. [Sep 2006, p.112]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A refreshing, bracing detour. [Jul 2004, p.121]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Frequently explodes with ideas. [Oct 2003, p.112]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    While there are hints of tiredness, Grandaddy are not leaving us with heads bowed. [Jun 2006, p.116]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their most mature album to date. [Jul 2006, p.118]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The bulk of the album is pure Kano--deft wordplay and a range of musical reference points. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One to watch. [Jan 2006, p.128]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Baffling, but exhilarating. [Nov 2006, p.144]
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