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
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times The Ship's Piano seems like one long love letter... laced with sentiment and heartfelt thanks for life's greatest gift. [Nov 2011, p. 135]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It takes a special talent to mine new gold out of acoustic songwriting, and Ben Howard just isn't it. [Nov 2011, p.135]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The sisters harmonise like sisters should, the tunes soar as both country and Bright Eyes should and First Aid Kit is contending like contenders should. [Feb 2012, p. 104]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Angry, innovative and often ahead of the curve. [Feb 2012, p.111]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Opener Drifting In And Out, a shimmering piece of dream pop, is beautifully realised, but the other nine songs fail to live up to its promise. [Feb. 2012, p. 110]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fizzing with memorable melodies, irrepressible energy and Matthew Caw's heartfelt vocals, this 38-minute set doesn't have a wasted moment on it. [Feb. 2012, p.108]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Their sound is instantly familiar - equal parts Fleet Foxes, Mumford & Sons and Coldplay - but executed with sufficient exuberance to avoid any staleness. [Feb. 2012, p.101]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Drifts past pleasantly enough, but fails to make an impact. [Feb. 2012, p.101]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Somehow contrives to bring us the worst of both worlds [of glossy dance floor beats and Manc rock swagger.] [Oct. 2011 p. 131]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rather than merely bashing out folk takes on [the songs of Wyatt and Antony], they've remodeled them, retained the sense of gravitas and added a fan's love. Gorgeous. [Feb. 2012 p. 111]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times it's gently dreamlike and beautiful, but its ethereal ambitions often feel like a lack of focus rather than a statement of intent. [Feb. 2012 p. 111]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Their 16th album proves that while Guided by Voices' songs are legion, their gifts remain singular.[Feb. 2012 p. 109]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [An album] that's up there with its maverick creator's best.[Feb. 2012 p. 105]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Not without some good moments, but bereft of magic. [Feb. 2012 p. 104]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They sound truly beguiling. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Seventeen years on,... Cake have lost none of their bite. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sees Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze being drawn further into the stadium-electro wind tunnel. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A downright joyous debut. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Proves that there is still a place for bands playing short, noisy pop songs about girls and being young, regardless of where they come from. [Feb. 2012 p. 100]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A varied and hugely absorbing record. [Feb. 2012 p. 107]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Irresistible. [Feb. 2012 p. 107]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Surprisingly addictive. [Dec. 2011 p. 124]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The songs are so delicately crafted that it never feels predictable. [Feb 2012, p.103]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Utterly mesmerizing, psychedelic document of the random music made by machines and nature. [Jan. 2012 p. 127]
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    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A snapshot of one of the most vital, intellectual, breathlessly thrilling bands Britain's ever produced. [Dec. 2011 p. 143]
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    • 93 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A second disc continues the upbeat mood of the main album. [Jan 2012, p.135]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This two-disc set captures R.E.M. in their prime, erasing the memory of their middling final decade. [Jan 2012, p.135]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This collections reveals that you can make music as clever or as conceptual as you like, but back it up with magnificent songs, and the people will flock. [Jan 2012, p.132]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The bonus material on both albums offer up further evidence that this was the Pumpkins' purple path. [Jan 2012, p.130]
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    • 96 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    The bonus material on both albums offer up further evidence that this was the Pumpkins' purple path. [Jan 2012, p.130]
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