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
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reviews
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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]- Q Magazine
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It takes a special talent to mine new gold out of acoustic songwriting, and Ben Howard just isn't it. [Nov 2011, p.135]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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Angry, innovative and often ahead of the curve. [Feb 2012, p.111]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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Somehow contrives to bring us the worst of both worlds [of glossy dance floor beats and Manc rock swagger.] [Oct. 2011 p. 131]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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Their 16th album proves that while Guided by Voices' songs are legion, their gifts remain singular.[Feb. 2012 p. 109]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 10, 2012 -
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[An album] that's up there with its maverick creator's best.[Feb. 2012 p. 105]- Q Magazine
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Seventeen years on,... Cake have lost none of their bite. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]- Q Magazine
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Sees Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze being drawn further into the stadium-electro wind tunnel. [Feb. 2012 p. 101]- Q Magazine
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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]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jan 6, 2012 -
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The songs are so delicately crafted that it never feels predictable. [Feb 2012, p.103]- Q Magazine
Posted Jan 5, 2012 -
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Utterly mesmerizing, psychedelic document of the random music made by machines and nature. [Jan. 2012 p. 127]- Q Magazine
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A snapshot of one of the most vital, intellectual, breathlessly thrilling bands Britain's ever produced. [Dec. 2011 p. 143]- Q Magazine
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A second disc continues the upbeat mood of the main album. [Jan 2012, p.135]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 22, 2011 -
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This two-disc set captures R.E.M. in their prime, erasing the memory of their middling final decade. [Jan 2012, p.135]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 22, 2011 -
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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]- Q Magazine
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The bonus material on both albums offer up further evidence that this was the Pumpkins' purple path. [Jan 2012, p.130]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 22, 2011 -
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The bonus material on both albums offer up further evidence that this was the Pumpkins' purple path. [Jan 2012, p.130]- Q Magazine
Posted Dec 22, 2011