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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Yet tracks such as Moody, You're No Good and UFO are far more than mere sample food, and these original recordings recall The Slits given a rudimentary disco makeover. But where their British peers revelled in sloppiness, ESG's rhythm section is as tight as the JBs in bondage gear.- Q Magazine
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Heartbreaking, gorgeous and totally individual, these big-production numbers meld the different but complementary beauties of Nashville country and sweet soul while adding a dash of wine-dark weirdness.- Q Magazine
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Despite the odd bump Sexsmith could be in business at last. [Dec 2002, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Takes the first steps towards some sonic nirvana.... But overall, it's still not quite the record you know they could make. [Jul 2004, p.116]- Q Magazine
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These folk and country-tinged tunes are melodic, deft and emotive. [Dec 2002, p.108]- Q Magazine
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These songs display such moustache-twirling camp that they exert a lively pull despite the undead atmospherics. [Dec 2004, p.136]- Q Magazine
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For those prepared to dig in, it's another reliably rewarding listen. [Oct 2006, p.125]- Q Magazine
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Always an intriguing lyricist, her divorce from producer T. Bone Burnett seems to have added a bittersweet dimension to her words too. [Oct 2008, p.150]- Q Magazine
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Carved Into Stone revisits their sludge-prog-industrial metal roots with impressively honed and effective results. [Jun 2012, p.100]- Q Magazine
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The notoriously repressive Ceausescu-era authorities clearly didn't know what to make of Rosca, but his music sounds fantastic today. [Jul 2013, p.109]- Q Magazine
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Effortlessly tuneful, and swathed in allusions to Greek mythology, this is classic Harper. [Nov 2013, p.108]- Q Magazine
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The music works best when combined with the lurid wit and fruity, odd sonics deployed. [Apr 2014, p.115]- Q Magazine
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The dense plot might be confounding on first listen but the MC's high-speed interplay and Younge's cinematic arrangements, recorded entirely live and analogue, make for a breathlessly entertaining masterclass in classic hip-hop storytelling. [Oct 2014, p.121]- Q Magazine
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Melodic and eccentric, this is a multi-layered beauty. [Feb 2015, p.106]- Q Magazine
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This second collection of mostly covers after 2013's Memphis embraces some of the best music of his career. [Jun 2015, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Rest And Be Thankful is as welcome as the first true summer's day in Argyll. [Aug 2015, p.109]- Q Magazine
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It's charm lies in the warm melodies Sheppard and his supporting cast coax from their mostly acoustic instruments, including marimbas and vibraphones. [Aug 2015, p.112]- Q Magazine
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While there is greater subtlety at play than when he was in Gallows, he still sounds at his most thrilling on the more aggressive material. [Oct 2015, p.104]- Q Magazine
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Here he finally found a head-expanding, mind-frazzling voice all of his own. [Jan 2016, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Their second LP is an aged-in-the-wood delight of fiddle, mandolin, accordion, guitars and keyboards texturing swinging rock'n'roll. [Feb 2016, p.117]- Q Magazine
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IN Memory he finds his most reflective tone--the hurt still keening, but distant enough now to bring a gentleness and fluidity to his thought. [Jul 2016, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Studio-recorded, the all-covers Blues And Ballads reels in his wilder live flights to pensive effect. [Aug 2016, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Earthly's songs of early-20-something kicks and empowerment prove enduringly infectious over repeated listens. [Dec 2016, p.113]- Q Magazine
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If Angelina's somewhat mannered accent, make for an exercise in second-hand Americana, Vagabond Saint has too much panache to make that a stumbling block. [Feb 2017, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Easy Machines is ultimately more engaging, its mangled classic pop recalling Guided By Voices. [Jun 2017, p.105]- Q Magazine
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A radiant blast of cosmic rock and intergalactic electro-pop that sounds as next-level as the voice of the spaceship, the brain i n the jar, a full-force astral projection. [Jul 2017, p.105]- Q Magazine
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Big Bad Luv ramps up Moreland's passion for mainstream melody without compromising any of the heartache that sets him apart. [Jul 2017, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted May 9, 2017