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
8545
music
reviews
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Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Without breaking any new ground, Glowing Mouth shows there's a bit more of them than that [sounding like Coldplay's Chris Martin]. [Mar 2012, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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It makes for an affecting, beautifully measured, very grown-up affair. [Mar 2012, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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The idea of crossing over is approached like somebody running onto a motorway wearing a blindfold. [Mar 2012, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Not everything works, but there's a painful honesty throughout that befits a songwriter with no desire to lapse into a complacent middle age. [Mar 2012, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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He beefs up his sound with thumping drums and strings and what emerges sounds epic in comparison. [Mar 2012, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Opener Into the Night sets the tine with its robotic glitterball soul music, while Undecided fantastically tweaks the Roland 303 to Olympian levels of ecstasy. [Mar 2012, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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The Internet still feels like an important first step, not only for its willingness to test the limits of current hip hop/R&B, but as proof that Odd Future is more than just a one-man show. [Mar 2012, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Leonard Cohen sounds like a performer at the peak of his game. [Mar 2012, p.107]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Those same giddy vocals, rusticated, old-timey arrangements and lyrics combine childlike reverie with an ancient sense of wisdom and dread make it equally magical and rewarding. [mar 2012, p.106]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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It's not perfect but there's enough invention here for that not to matter. [Mar 2012, p.106]- Q Magazine
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Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Maraqopa sounds like the place he's been searching for all along. [Mar 2012, p.105]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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His aim is true, his enthusiasm genuine and even the one new self-penned track, Live It Up, slots in nicely. [Mar 2012, p.105]- Q Magazine
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Posted Feb 22, 2012 -
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Their penchant for thuggish lyrics and thudding beats now sounds more monotonous than menacing. [Mar 2012, p.100]- Q Magazine
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Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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It's the curveballs, rather than the reliable Lanaganisms that make Blues Funeral such a powerul return. [Mar 2012, p.101]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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They sound like a band expanding their horizons with success. [Mar 2012, p. 100]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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Swapping The Hold Steady's white-knuckled intensity for skeletal drums and echoing guitar gives Finn's voice more room to manoeuvre. A welcome change of pace. [Mar 2012, p. 100]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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[She] sticks to the formula of soft-spoken polemical raps and gritty lo-fi beats. [Mar 2012, p. 97]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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This third effort sees the band step into darker territory, blending detuned guitars and Sonic Youth-esque dissonance with infectious pop-punk hooks. [Mar 2012, p. 100]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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All the evidence anyone needs that the 50-something Weller is in the midst of a supersonic prime. [Mar 2012, p. 98]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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The music is as compelling and versatile as Polachek's voice. [Mar 2012, p. 97]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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Their second album finds them full of anthemic swagger and brio. [Mar 2012, p. 97]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012 -
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Unlikely to return them to chart orbit. [Mar 2012, p. 97]- Q Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012