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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reviews
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Chaotic and raw, it exemplifies the best of US punk rock. [May 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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A few more laughter-lines wouldn't have gone amiss. [Aug 2014, p.112]- Q Magazine
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This daughter of Missouri has merely up-twanged her still-rockin' sound, and boosted the songs' mom, kids and downhome content and the gritty, often rub-tickling detail in the telling that keeps it real. [Mar 2014, p.111]- Q Magazine
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He's still in lovely voice... and he deploys it on a selection of material that revels in past glories while showcasing his current triumphs. [May 2005, p.104]- Q Magazine
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It's no radical departure, the Canadian chanteuse's sensual croon is still a class apart. [Jun 2011, p.124]- Q Magazine
Posted May 31, 2011 -
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She might be too rude for mainstream fame, but the synthesis of blood and electricity is bracing, even if the title's far less funny than previous albums. [Jun 2009, p.130]- Q Magazine
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The most impressive moments are when he shifts away from his comfort zone. [Jan 2013, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 11, 2012 -
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A mixed bag, then, but still uniquely one of Herbert's own. [Jul 2015, p.107]- Q Magazine
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Really, though, he's at his best when he tones down the act. [Nov 2019, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Sep 24, 2019 -
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The significance of their sonic puzzles can remain frustratingly out of reach. [Jul 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Not all of it convinces; Buttery's vocals can stray into a chill-out. But this is still an absorbing record that deserves to break hearts beyond the confines of the dubstep scene. [Dec. 2010, p. 108]- Q Magazine
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Things get really interesting once the early euphoria fades, with Jenny Hval collaboration Bungl (Like A Ghost) stirring eldritch poetry and fractured jazz into an enthralling mix. [Nov 2017, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 5, 2017 -
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Sam Owen's milky vocals give these songs a bloodless, etiolated quality that's as sinister as it is pretty. [Summer 2018, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 13, 2018 -
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Here it seems desperation has resulted in rockier, more rewarding work. [May 2006, p.130]- Q Magazine
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Ten Thousand and One Injuries works best when the frenetic pace eases up a little. [May 2010, p.122]- Q Magazine
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Their third album presents finely wrought, dramatic indie rock, with dexterous vocalist Finn Andrews. [May 2009, p.119]- Q Magazine
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There's nothing here to match the heavy thump of his mid-noughties collaborations with the Melvins such as Sieg Howdy!, but it still punches hard. [May 2013, p.95]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 10, 2013 -
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Not all the tracks have the same impact, however, and a certain sameness in tone saps thrills. [Jun 2013, p.95]- Q Magazine
Posted May 13, 2013 -
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Not all of it works but tracks such as the duskily euphoric Dojo Rising; Moonrabbit, all sunny, West Coast harmonies; and Ice Age Heatwave, which sparkles on a soundscape of otherworldly guitars, are epic in both sound and ambition. [Nov 2013, p.102]- Q Magazine
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While William's folk inspirations remain obscure, with talking fish and tortoises featuring as well as birds, her music boasts a striking immediacy. [Apr 2014, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Mar 18, 2014 -
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It can all be a bit hazy and formless, but when sweeping the sky for sounds on the ominous prog-drift of Body Studies or bathing in the light cast by Loveless on Deu, Colleran shows his skill at controlling the most nebulous sounds. [May 2016, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Mar 16, 2016 -
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This is intelligent pop freighted with emotional complexity. [Jan 2017, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Nov 15, 2016 -
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Surprisingly muted, sophisticated synth-pop that lowers its eyes and keeps to the shadows, a glint of hi-tech disco chrome occasionally catching the light. [Feb 2018, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 20, 2017 -
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This is a refreshingly dark take on a tired format. [Feb 2019, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 18, 2018 -
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What remains is a skeletal approach to production, all spare pulses and baleful samples channeled echo-chambered effects. It turns out, thought, that Mitchell also has a feel for deceptively simple melodies. [Jan 2015, p.129]- Q Magazine
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His second LP plays to his familiar strength--that lightly Auto-Tuned voice--and a batch of R&B-friendly tunes with minimal instrumentation, the echoing paranoia of Watch Who You Tell and Call Me's sunny clatter being particular highlights. [Aug 2018, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 23, 2018