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
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Great Western is arguably stronger than either of the last two Manics albums. [Aug 2006, p.116]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A wildly energetic record. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He's found some endearing and unexpectedly affecting songs. [Oct 2005, p.120]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Doom's bizarre raps prove a good match for Danger Mouse's eclectic approach. [Nov 2005, p.123]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A superbly consistent R&B collection. [May 2007, p.123]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A stoned gas. [Dec 2003, p.123]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bristling with invention. [Dec 2005, p.156]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Genuinely ear-popping... utterly mesmeric. [Apr 2006, p.119]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hard work but worth the effort. [Oct 2005, p.117]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Crosseyed Heart sounds fantastic and beautifully put together. [Oct 2015, p.110]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Here the diverse mix of everything from jazz funk to Pink Floyd seems better realised. [Mar 2005, p.101]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The songwriting here is less striking than that showcased on recent best of. [Dec 2003, p.130]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A winning combination. [Jun 2005, p.120]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    With a too-clean production job and some filler... Origin (Phase 1) falls short of the categoric statement of greatness needed to install the group in the major league. [Nov 2004, p.122]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Despite [their] obsession with the everyday... The Rakes are never mundane. [Sep 2005, p.118]
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    • 92 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A long, sometimes hard, often inspired haul, this could easily have been pared down to a uniformly excellent double disc. [Dec 2006, p.138]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As admirable as Radiohead's quest ongoing quest to ignore expectations, tear up the manual and proudly rebel against the limitations of 4/4 time seems, some of Hail To The Thief comes dangerously close to being all experimentalism and precious little substance. [Jul 2003, p.98]
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Here, they are hitting their stride. [Feb 2005, p.98]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A stark record that showcases her unsettlingly direct vocals. [Dec 2003, p.132]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A fine souvenir of DiFranco's recent jazzy excursions. [May 2003, p.102]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Intricate yet funky, it mostly comes together to mesmeric effect. [Mar 2006, p.111]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The beautiful lap steel and accordion arrangement of Beneath The Rose, majestic duet I Still Remember and lilting waltz Stand In My Way only make the roaring violence of On My Way more startling. [Sep 2004, p.126]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His best since 2001's Here Be Monsters. [Jul 2006, p.114]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Of the 11 tracks, five are lovely, three are makeweights and an equal number excellent. [Dec 2006, p.133]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Swinging, scratchy indie-pop, with see-sawing melodies, emotive vocals and frustrated tales. [Jul 2004, p.127]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All very creditable though, for a man who once oozed vitriol, a tad bloodless. [Oct 2003, p.103]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It sounds a bit like a female Elliott Smith and certainly more than the sum of its genes. [Aug 2006, p.112]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    She's just as full of herself, but she now has a voice brimming with womanly promise. [Nov 2006, p.149]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He finally seems to be getting the hang of things. [Oct 2006, p.122]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Once you've bequeathed them your synapses, the rewards are great. [Aug 2004, p.116]
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