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
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In The Future has enough ideas to last several albums. Mostly, they work. [Feb 2008, p.98]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    That Godrich is a master at harnessing restless energy should be no surprise. Here is further proof. [May 2020, p.112]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Direct, alert, questing, it's a record that powerfully refuses to settle down. [Summer 2020, p.107]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a compelling debut throughout. [Sep 2020, p.113]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Truely, there's no one like them. [Dec 2009, p.127]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Post-punk quartet's first all-new record since 1995. [Feb. 2011, p. 117]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At its best she sounds like St. Vincent with finger cymbals and a kaftan, a talent blooming on her own terms. [Oct 2015, p.106]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anyone wanting more of the multilayered sense of foreboding afforded by 2016's The Glowing Man, Meanwhile, will be delighted by the pulverising Sunfucker and The Hanging Man. [Jan 2020, p.114]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    In other words: quintessential Squeeze. [Dec 2015, p.114]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a pleasing collection of multi-layered poo songs in a manner that at times recall Sufjan Stevens. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What makes debut Silver Dollar Moment such a satisfying listen isn't just the gusto with which they make it their own, it's how the record bubbles with ideas. [Mar 2018, p.113]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Disc five means you can now hear it in its aborted "quadrophonic" surround sound mix. [Dec. 2011 p. 145]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Familiar BSP influences such as New order, Talk Talk and Bunnymen are present and it's shot through with a Telstar optimism, ensuring that the afterglow is defiantly positive. [May 2017, p.100]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    22 miniatures serving up sliced funk, jazz and soul with all the dexterity and precision of a sushi chef. [Jun 2020, p.102]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This wonderfully bleak record exists in a cocoon of early-hours introspection, with melancholy guitars rippling around the pair's half-whispered vocals. [April 2012, p.105]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It remains to be seen whether this is a long-term diversion for Oberst. But if the Mystic Valley Band is just a brief stop, it's a hugely enjoyable one all the same. [Jun 2009, p.129]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lively third outing from Brighton collective. [Feb. 2011, p. 117]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The arch, sometimes claustrophobic Macaroni demonstrates Conn's muso-like command of often juxtaposed genres. [May 2012, p.95]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This time around, Bugg writes every track. It only makes the stand-out tunes even more impressive. [#361, p.113]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    His best work in many a long year. [Jun 2004, p.105]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A compelling record, in which the moments of sudden tenderness stand strongest. [Jul 2014, p.105]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The fact they're doing this in their early 20s verges on the astonishing. [Mar 2006, p.111]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a record of dizzying scope and Janelle Monae is a terrifying talent at the top of her game. [Nov 2013, p.112]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is an epic musical journey. [Nov 2013, p.120]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The songs here are real beauties. [Jan 2018, p.110]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reconstructed stands as a compelling snapshot of an artist who can't be considered a real game-changer. [Oct 2012, p.118]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Even when the centre spins out, Lennox's naive melodies make his indulgence sound strangely inviting. [Mar 2019, p.116]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's an experimental, fitful listen that rewards concentration. [May 2020, p.103]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Any fears his propulsive energy may have waned in exiles are quickly dispelled. [Mar 2018, p.111
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Show Yourself and Steambreather prove that its possible to perform challenging, complex material without being self-indulgent. [May 2017, p.108]
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