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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An epic, in no way ironic record whose tart electronic tones belie its emotional warmth and musicality. [Nov 2012, p.90]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 23, 2012 -
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Boys Noize forged a path through the same noisy colours [as Justice and Digitalism] without ever acquiring the cultural baggage. [Nov 2012, p.89]- Q Magazine
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Often the orchestra feels under-used on what, for the most part, are some disappointingly inert reinterpretations. [Nov 2012, p.89]- Q Magazine
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This ends up as a thrilling victory of an album because at its heart it has the same great swirling mass of melancholic energy that drove their debut. [Nov 2012, p.88]- Q Magazine
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It's heartening to see a band still in the grip of an ideas overload 11 albums in. [Nov 2012, p.94]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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No Doubt have always been a platinum-haired party band, but, over 20 years into the game, such platinum pop perfection feels far less forced. [Nov 2012, p.108]- Q Magazine
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It's playful rather than facetious, and the combination of sweet pop tunes and mean distorted guitar is as winning as it ever was. [Nov 2012, p.104]- Q Magazine
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Some tracks still sound ripe for Christmas rom-coms. But the best see veteran producer T-Bone Burnett, Tom Wait's guitarist Marc Ribot and Krall's husband Elvis Costello rough up her seductive keys with some electric Americana fuzz. [Nov 2012, p.99]- Q Magazine
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This folk-rooted album is ideal for listeners who think they're tired of folk music. [Nov 2012, p.94]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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La Futura is better when ZZ Top and producer Rick Rubin mess with the formula. [Nov 2012, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Ellison's reliably single-minded approach will appease seasoned Flying Lotus followers, but Until The Quiet Comes might just attract new followers. [Nov 2012, p.95]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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Powerful soul medicine best taken a track at a time. [Nov 2012, p.101]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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The lyrics aren't exactly sunny but the furiously cathartic Silver Age is his strongest work since Copper Blue. [Nov 2012, p.102]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 22, 2012 -
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The fifth album actually proves refreshingly unburdened by fashion. [Nov 2012, p.101]- Q Magazine
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Everything is invigorated by both the quality of songwriting and singer Adam Stephen's wrenching trouble-he's-seen vocals. [Nov 2012, p.108]- Q Magazine
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The result is persuasive, likable grown-up pop without that off-putting jazz-hands factor. [Nov 2012, p.99]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 18, 2012 -
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It's a job well done.... But a few tracks sound too much like functional mix fodder. [Nov 2012, p.91]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 18, 2012 -
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Lytle's melodic warmth provides a protective layer against the heartbreak and horror. [Nov 2012, p.101]- Q Magazine
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There's clarity on The Haunted Man that comes from the sense of physical boundaries being pushed, of personal space being tested to its limits. [Nov 2012, p.97]- Q Magazine
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Piano-led ballad rock songs tell their own story of heavy-duty emotional drag but Hansard's voice carries such weight you can forgive him. [Jul 2012, p.102]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 17, 2012 -
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The ensemble take more risks with Gabriel's own songs, pulling them into bold new shapes. [Jul 2012, p.100]- Q Magazine
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The overall effect is not dissimilar to a less arch Rufus Wainwright, although the quality of songs does tail off slightly toward the end. [Jul 2012, p.113]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 12, 2012 -
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The Walkmen are inching closer to the mainstream, while remaining utterly distinctive. [Jul 2012, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 12, 2012 -
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Two Wounded Birds are an exotic rarity; a band that performs pastiche without sounding anything other than utterly authentic. [Jul 2012, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 12, 2012 -
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There are 14 tracks in total and three fewer would have made for a tighter set--but it's hardly a deal breaker. [Jul 2012, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted Oct 12, 2012