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
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's slightly more accessible than his previous work. [Sep 2013, p.102]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Chronological sequencing would have painted a more coherent picture of how she developed over the decades and although fine in themselves, a bunch of remixes belong to an album of their own. [Jan 2016, p.120]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    INHeaven's potential is huge, it's just not fully realised here. [Oct 2017, p.105]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If the closing tracks' chaotic guitars comes close to unlistenability, many fine moments beforehand make forgiveness easy. [Oct 2008, p.142]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
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    It's hard work at times, but ultimately adventurous and rewarding. [Jun 2011, p.120]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A decidedly loveable record. [Apr 2016, p.113]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mostly this is the swingingest easy-listening country you can shake a cocktail at. [May 2010, p.127]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Making A New World resonates with hidden meaning and lost connections. [Feb 2020, p.111]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sounds like the work of a band reinvigorated. [Aug 2019, p.117]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A great leap forward. [Oct 2003, p.113]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The lesser known shoo-ins often struggle. [Sep 2003, p.104]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Terrific stuff. [Dec 2003, p.129]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The 11 [songs] selected for The Green Album hark back to the keenly observed power pop of Weezer's multi-platinum '94 debut, and there isn't a bad apple among them. [Aug 2001, p.142]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For a record that initially seems nothing more than a charming little reverie, it's difficult to shake off. [Dec 2012, p.102]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A supremely confident collection from an artist just gearing up for greatness. [Jun 2016, p.111]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dalmais's new album arrives wrapped in conceptual packaging and plays beguiling tricks with her remarkable voice, at times airy, at others earthy. [Aug 2017, p.100]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Even if this album is only for a limited audience, it's the sound of a band pushing onwards and upwards into the blue. [May 2013, p.94]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It once again showcases just how satisfying a Talking Heads obsession coupled with an ability to craft uncommonly graceful ballads can be. [Apr 2009, p.97]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If the production is a little soft, there's no denying the old boys can still knock out pop thrills. [Sep 2012, p.99]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    III
    The overall effect is expansive--this is kosmische musik for a desert rather than an autobahn--and it's far-out in the best possible way. [May 2015, p.105]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It works as an excellent overview of his career. [Jan 2016, p.118]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Maybe if they had calmed down a bit, Crazy Itch Radio wouldn't be Basement Jaxx's fourth best album. [Oct 2006, p.126]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lively third outing from Brighton collective. [Feb. 2011, p. 117]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There is a danger it might all drift away in a haze of gossamer-light stylishness if it weren't for the interesting places they nudge these gentle songs. [Nov 2018, p.112]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Winning UK indie rock/US power-pop fusion. [Feb. 2011, p. 113]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's... a luxuriant, bubble bath-like quality to proceedings so often lacking in imitators. [Aug 2005, p.134]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is one of Biffy Clyro's best records yet. [Aug 2016, p.106]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's prevented from turning fancy by its grounding in some rudimentary rock dynamics. [May 2006, p.122]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Their first album since 2009's Broken, gains strength from being all Gahan, all the time. [Jun 2012, p.111]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    La Futura is better when ZZ Top and producer Rick Rubin mess with the formula. [Nov 2012, p.112]
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