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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Not every song is a slow ride--True Love and Heart Killer are bluesy folk stompers--but on the likes of the luxurious Buzzing In The Light and Critical Equation they allow themselves to revel in dreaminess. [Jun 2018, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Rockabilly queen gets the Jack White treatment. [Feb. 2011, p. 118]- Q Magazine
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Crackling with the background ambience of heckle and cheer, it's a decent attempt at bottling live lightning, if a slightly self-satisfied one. [#361, p.107]- Q Magazine
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It's a glum, muted collection of songs, but Giannascoli knows how to party like it's 1994: alone in the kitchen, feeling miserable. [Nov 2015, p.110]- Q Magazine
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It might not herald a return to the glory days but it does mean his recent creative slump has been definitively arrested. [Jan 2019, p.114]- Q Magazine
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It's when they go to the dark side that things pick up. [Mar 2019, p.118]- Q Magazine
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So the crude arithmetic of Day & Age is not encouraging: four great songs, two so-so ones and four duds. But the spirit in which it was made merits goodwill. [Dec 2008, p.124]- Q Magazine
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This is a better than promising start. [Jul 2009, p.118]- Q Magazine
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His first album since 2008's Ninja Tuna marks a radical shift, ditching both fishy puns and vintage soul samples in favour of swarming basslines and stuttering electro beats. [Jun 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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The results ate at once intimate and expansive, layering vintage synthesizer riffs over fidgety percussion. [Jun 2014, p.112]- Q Magazine
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One can't shake the feeling that This Is Acting was compromised from the start. [Mar 2016, p.114]- Q Magazine
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A little less light and a little more shade, though, would make them a far more fascinating proposition. [June 2008, p.138]- Q Magazine
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Beautiful Future isn't quite as onsistent as it could be. [Aug 2008, p.138]- Q Magazine
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Tom Jenkinson shares Aphex Twin's mischievous way with a beat but lacks his respect for melody. [Aug 2001, p.141]- Q Magazine
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You might not easily hum its tunes, but you can often salute its good taste. [Oct 2004, p.121]- Q Magazine
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The first 40 seconds of Spring King's second album are without doubt its most diverting. ... The rest of A Better Life is a uniformly bog-standard collection of Kasabian-like indie rock. [Sep 2018, p.118]- Q Magazine
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The songcraft is so taut that whether this howls, drifts, pummels or floats, it remains utterly engaging. [Aug 2012, p.102]- Q Magazine
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Despite some affecting songs and intriguing production quirks, it lacks that kind of magic [of his 1970s albums]. [Jul 2005, p.113]- Q Magazine
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The players' energy and instrumental prowess are captured intact, even if some of the analogue grit that makes the '70s originals so compelling has been sacrificed. [Aug 2012, p.102]- Q Magazine
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Freaky electronica from West Coast bass maestro. [Oct 2011, p.130]- Q Magazine
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Radiohead refused to take part, but everyone else has embraced the idea, albeit with predictably mixed results. [Nov 2013, p.107]- Q Magazine
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The duo have remained one of the few constants in UK dance music. [Oct 2010, p.120]- Q Magazine
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Konk is the perfect example of the modern indie record: bright, breezy, demanding no great investment from its listeners but enjoyable to jump around to. [May 2008, p.128]- Q Magazine