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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reviews
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There is a wonderful tension on Mangy Love between the pleasure of the music--lush, soulful, spinning out from Elliot Smith or Lambchop--and the often ugly, complex breaks and disturbances in the lyrics. [Sep 2016, p.103]- Q Magazine
Posted Aug 16, 2016 -
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An album that advances the sound of LCD Soundsystem and more than justifies their return, while retaining all that was brilliant about them in the first place. [Oct 2017, p.98]- Q Magazine
Posted Aug 29, 2017 -
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Their sound is now driven by a tensile energy that sounds like they've been mainlining the early Factory catalogue. [Oct 2017, p.107]- Q Magazine
Posted Sep 1, 2017 -
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Occasionally sentimental but always endearing, it's impressive stuff. [Oct 2018, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Aug 29, 2018 -
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Swinging , both fleet-footed and fingered, and bursting with humour and joy, the brothers ball the jack on what is perhaps their best album yet. [Jul 2014, p.101]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2014 -
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The thrilling racket of their live show has been sanded down but not blunted. [Sep 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
Posted Aug 28, 2014 -
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Soar finds a happy ground between Dexys' debut and their much-loved but seldom-sold third. [Jul 2012, p.98]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 12, 2012 -
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It is disorientating, but clocking in at just 26 minutes, this is also a tight, brilliantly breathless dispatch of noise. [Apr 2018, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2018 -
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For the most part, this is a pastoral, frequently beautiful folk record, spiked with the odd unexpected diversion. [Feb 2013, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 24, 2013 -
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It's this ease of expression, both lyrically and musically, that makes Rewind The Film such a captivating listen. [Oct 2013, p.101]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 27, 2014 -
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Bristling with ideas, it's an album worth getting to grips with. [Mar 2014, p.115]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2014 -
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Vocal harmonies, graceful pianos and psychedelic guitars keep the eco messages of Light Years and Dreamin persuasive rather than preachy, making Escape 2 Mars an impressive throwback to the "daisy age' of early De La Soul. [Feb 2010, p. 107]- Q Magazine
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All through, the harmonies are urgent, uplifting and unspun, a reminder that not everything needs a recoat to look perfectly at home. [Nov 2017, p.104]- Q Magazine
Posted Sep 27, 2017 -
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It's a surprise to have him back, but on the strength of After You, a more than welcome one. [Jan 2020, p.113]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 3, 2019 -
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He's equally skilled as a stream-of-consciousness philosopher or gripping storyteller. [Jul 2012, p.98]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jan 22, 2020 -
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It's a suitably schizophrenic listen, the bubblegum-pop attack of Wasted On You and Move To San Francisco contrasted with the soul-searching anxieties of the album's second half. [May 2020, p.100]- Q Magazine
Posted Mar 13, 2020 -
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This is music of incredible warmth, where melody and emotion come before science. [Mar 2013, p.107]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 11, 2013 -
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Here the melodies are a forum for a lovely, charismatic voice and some artful, memorable lyrics. [Mar 2014, p.119]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2014 -
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They've crucially learned that musical light and shade need not only be flaring explosions, but melodic sunrises too. [Jul 2003, p.109]- Q Magazine
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It's a predictable sound, though there's a thrilling intensity here. [Jul 2013, p.110]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 17, 2013 -
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The spirit of Thom Yorke hovers over the proceedings in places, but ultimately those pining for the still missing-in-action Bon Iver should find some comfort here. [Sep 2015, p.109]- Q Magazine
Posted Aug 3, 2015 -
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There is much to savour here. If this is a swansong, it's most definitely a worthy one. [Nov 2017, p.104]- Q Magazine
Posted Sep 27, 2017 -
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This is a charming side-step from a significant latterday voice of America. [Sep 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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The whole album yields a little more magic with each play. [Feb 2016, p.118]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 28, 2016 -
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Though a little limited on variation, 6 Feet Beneath The Moon's careful balance between comedown cook and genuine emotion suggests a new king for both club kids and guitar vets has (finally) arisen. [Oct 2013, p.105]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 27, 2014 -
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The guitar may intrude a little more but Emmaar is still built around gnarled guitar, harmonised chants, hyperspeed percussion and the sense that this music is as relentless as the Sahara sun. [Mar 2014, p.121]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2014