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
    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The over-sauced, finger-wagging Naughty might take the joyful retribution to far in the panto direction but I Will Survive update Me Without You and joyful dancefloor rebirth Rare prove that Stefani has lost none of her pop spirit. [Jun 2016, p.117]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The slower numbers dawdle. [Mar 2006, p.110]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    We're All Somebody does at times feel like three different albums simultaneously vying for supremacy, but, in an age of dwindling rock royalty, it makes a good case for Tyler's stack-heeled versatility. [Sep 2016, p.114]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Slower tracks such as 'Just Say Yes' and 'Blush' veer too close to blandness, though the power chords of 'Sex Without Love' and humorous idolatry of 'What Would Jay-Z Do?' revitalise. [Nov 2007, p.141]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Too Much Information is a brisk and accessible record. [Apr 2014, p.114]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ultimately, the outlook remains lucuratively overcast. [Dec 2009, p.137]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Beautiful Imperfection is never less than easy on the ear, but equally never more than that either. [Apr 2011, p.110]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Killer Sounds feels like a missed opportunity. [Oct 2011, p.120]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    By recreating Britpop's also-runs so faithfully, Superfood run the risk of becoming one themselves. [Dec 2014, p.116]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's not the third coming many Stone Roses fans may have hoped for, but Ripples marks the welcome return of a solo artist who never rested on his laurels or allowed himself to be overshadowed by past glories. [Mar 2019, p.110]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    When it clicks, as on the exhilarating rush of single 'Family Galaxy' or 'Fortress's' twisted rock operatics, the results glow with all the Technicolor detail of the Roger Dean-gone-digital cover art. [May 2009, p.112]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A funk-driven return to familiar ground, laced with dark imagery, beefy hooks and sharp vocal trading. [Jun 2004, p.97]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
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    While it's genuinely marvellous to hear one of pop's most underrated voices back, you do long to hear material suited to the modern era. [Jun 2013, p.94]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Quirky and clever--even slightly sinister with in the murky darkness of Dragonslayer--rather than pioneering. [June 2008, p.146]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's the songs which seal The Isness's fate. [Sep 2002, p.100]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Imaginative. [May 2004, p.101]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    A willfully dumb concoction of crotch-grabbing Southern rock workouts and boneheaded strip-joint anthems. [Dec 2007, p.121]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Spinto Band offer a softer, watered-down version of '90s US indie-rock--their influences include Pavement but now also Prefab Sprout. [Oct 2008, p.150]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    He's getting more interesting with each release. [Sept. 2010, p. 116]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A breezy 75-minute exploration of the lighter side of their vision. [Nov 2013, p.105]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite a few too many sanitised, lounge-y moments, overall this is an enjoyable first effort. [Oct 2015, p.102]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Arbez keeps things interesting by twisting the formula. [Jan 2013, p.113]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    For all their winning ways they lack the songwriting dexterity of the truly great. [Sep 2004, p.119]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied is a leap forward. [Oct 2015, p.108]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shine On is "new old rock" at its finest. [Nov 2006, p.136]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    As tourism, fine, but it's no trip. [Jul 2012, p.103]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This is ultimately comfortable listening, befitting folk sounds of a resolutely un-freak variety. [Oct 2012, p.96]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    All the chest-thumping overwhelms the more interesting diversions. [Jun 2015, p.112]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Is Indie Cindy good enough for the Pixies to keep going? Pretty much. [Jun 2014, p.113]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Jessie, "The Devil" Hughes merges tub-thumping keyboards, '70s glam stomp and the sense that music making is a bit of a hoot on his solo debut. [Nov. 2011, p. 128]
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