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
    • 51 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The California band's doomy gothic arias sound unsettling and bold once more. [Sep 2007, p.91]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Across Planet Earth’s brisk and varied 10 tracks, he is once again doing it pretty well, from cocky rock strut ('Guitar') to Chic-style, pumped-up funk ('Chelsea Rodgers') and knicker-loosening R&B beats ('Future Baby Mama').
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Their fifth album is another step up the ladder. [Apr 2008, p.117]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    His sixth album has a political slant, but the message is subtler than his controversial 2000 ditty, 'Bill Gates Must Die.'
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Those seeking more of the same will not be disappointed. [Dec 2006, p.128]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A radio-friendly collection of feel-good summer pop alongside teen-angsty ballads. [Nov 2007, p.147]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There is no waste here. [Sep 2007, p.96]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's the same sure-footed, Beatles-inspired pop that made them so popular in the early '90s. [Sep 2007, p.100]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The likes of 'Americans Abroad' and 'White People For Peace' pick up where Green Day's "American Idiot" left off, channelling righteous fury into a racket that's as vigorous as it's earnest. [Sep 2007, p.88]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Brilliantly bonkers. [Oct 2007, p.105]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's business as usual for Bad Religion, the US punk rock stalwarts recently restored to full power with the return of guitarist Brett Gurewitz. [Sep 2007, p.100]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Clearly, motherhood has only improved her sense of fun. [Oct 2007, p.106]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Above all else, [it] once again underlines Dylan's singularly magnificent gifts as a songwriter. [Apr 2007, p.121]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Aliens' album often has the wide-eyed beauty of Brian Wilson or Jonathan Richman. [Apr 2007, p.120]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite this being their widest-ranging album, their lack of of a truly great song is ultimately frustrating. [Sep 2007, p.99]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's very easy on the ear, but, as on the Jose Gonzalez collaboration Estrella De Dos Caras, it needs focus. [Sep 2007, p.99]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Their attempts at songwriting here are woeful. [Sep 2007, p.95]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At 14 tracks Versions is too long... At its best, though, it's a blast. [May 2007, p.124]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Over a strident indie-rock soundtrack, singer Kate Jackson comes across like a female Morrissey. [Dec 2006, p.138]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pick of the bunch is 'March of the Camels,' which marries a doomy baseline with children's choir backing vocals, and exemplifies their gift for the surreal. [Apr 2008, p.117]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Strip away the Victorian undertaker drag, and Strange House is disappointingly insubstantial. [Apr 2007, p.116]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A positively unhinged record. [Dec 2006, p.133]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yet, for all the dumbing down, they have much going for them. [May 2007, p.122]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Proof positive that you can post-rock and still have a smile on your face. [May 2007, p.124]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mood music for goat-sacrificing pagan rituals. [May 2007, p.124]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Worth investigating. [Mar 2007, p.115]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On tracks such as single Weapon Of Choice, Berlin, 666 Conductor and Need Some Air, BRMC can show anyone a clean set of scuffed heels. [May 2007, p.123]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The spark that made initial albums such as Bug so special is still missing. [May 2007, p.123]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Surprisingly conventional. [May 2007, p.124]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It feels awkward. [Oct 2006, p.119]
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