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
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In the past, they have demonstrated the power to leave people flattened: Valtari, however, just falls a little flat. [Jun 2012, p.94]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Laughing Party proves a pleasing surprise. [Jun 2012, p. 104]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    [Soulfly has been] churning out "world metal" for 13 years - with, it should be said, diminishing returns. [Apr 2012, P.101]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They've re-emerged, stronger, more focused and full of headspinning ideas. [May 2012, p.106]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ultimately, 1992-2012 does its job so well that it's hard to see the point of A Collection. [Mar 2012, p.114]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    While 1992-2012 is no substitute for the seamless ebb and flow of dubnobasswith myheadman and Second Toughest In the Infants, there are some glorious moments. [Mar 2012, p.114]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A lot of the songs are too eager to please... when they stop trying too hard - like on the woozy, out of phase Holes - they create something far odder and infinitely more interesting. [May 2012, p.96]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Harvieu has an energy in her music that shows that nostalgia doesn't have to chain you down. [May 2012, p.97]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's still fun scuzzy garage rock, and that'll do for most for now. [May 2012, p.98]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If the themes ate familiar then at least Clock Opera imbue them with a twisty, nervous heroism instead of indie's usual fatalist whingeing. [May 2012, p.94]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unafraid to be both beautiful and sad. [May 2012, p.95]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fans will enjoy this career-spanning double live album. [Apr 2012, p.94]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A frustratingly dull affair. [May 2012, p.109]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Issues of assimilation aside, [sounding similar to Spoon] the songs are excellent. [May 2012, p.109]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At 38, Rufus's star moment appears to have finally arrived. [May 2012, p.108]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite moments of brilliance, at 15 songs long the self-obsession sometimes grates. [May 2012, p.108]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A+E
    When he's on this sort of excitable form, no one, Albarn included can keep up. [May 2012, p.108]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Fascinating thumbnails of the blissful, abstract funk which was to come. [May 2012, p.115]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An enchanting snippet of life in the left-field. [May 2012, p.106]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fans will crave more drones and dreaminess (Deep War and Lioness (Requium) are half-hearted attempts) and newcomers less stoner arrogance. [May 2012, p.106]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Seeker Lover Keeper is frequently less than the sum of its parts. [May 2012, p.105]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Superb. [May 2012, p.105]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tasteful as well as gifted. [May 2012, p.105]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Saloon-bar rockers such as Split Decision sound tired and hackneyed alongside a beautifully downbeat cover of Dylan's Standing in the Doorway... the peaceful life suits her. [May 2012, p.105]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The songs here are supremely catchy and delivered with the kind of sleek sheen you'd expect from a Katy Perry or Kesha record, but it's the inventive instrumentation and surprising twists they take that give Happy To You its edge. [May 2012, p.104]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The 17 loose, grungy guitar-led songs here ... sound full of renewed energy. [May 2012, p.103]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A bewitching, urgent, magical debut. [May 2012, p.103]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Funny Girl is so good it makes you think a parallel career as huge stars ought to be in the offing. [May 2012, p.103]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Wonky restores the Hartnolls' reputation among electronic music's greats. [May 2012, p.103]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Best of all is Cruisin' FDR, which oozes carefree joie de vivre... as it transposes the Californian lifestyle to the East Coast, where even the dark sky is grey "in a beautiful way." [May 2012, p.102]
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