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
    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A work of dazzling scope and grandeur... It is impossible to imagine any other band making music quite like this. [Aug 2006, p.106]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's all wilfully haphazard, though the fact that they never sound like they're taking things too seriously happily dispels the whiff of pretension. [Sep 2006, p.110]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A notch above an off-cuts collection. [Aug 2006, p.116]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It sounds as you would expect: a desolate dreamscape punctuated by nervous drum machines. In other words, it's a bit Kid A. [Aug 2006, p.110]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The sound of a band growing old comfortably. [Sep 2006, p.110]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like Coldplay rummaging through a charity shop, it's a patchwork of moods and styles all stitched together by Dangerfield's heart-on-sleeve exhortations. [Aug 2006, p.113]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It makes a dignified final addition to the American Recordings series. [Aug 2006, p.109]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    You'll waste time expecting actual songs to arrive, but the obligation to trance out is irresistible. [Sep 2006, p.107]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Her sauntering melodies struggle under the weight of their worthy load. [Aug 2006, p.110]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's difficult to imagine Carraba's earnest tenor appealing to anyone over the age of 20. [Sep 2006, p.107]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's like 10 years of treading water never happened. [Jun 2006, p.118]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Essential listening for mall rats everywhere. [Aug 2006, p.113]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Rap rarely comes more unedited and spontaneous. [Oct 2006, p.125]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All [the tracks] are powerfully intimate. [Aug 2006, p.114]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's [his] spin on social commentary that singles Drew out. [Jul 2006, p.116]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    At its worst, only the quality of the backing band distinguishes it from pub rock. [Jul 2006, p.112]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Much of it is an inventive, hio-hop-inflected delight. [Jul 2006, p.112]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This lack of reinvention... does not mean lack of invention. [Jul 2006, p.108]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There's nothing fancy about her songs... but there is magic in the way she sings them. [Apr 2006, p.112]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Think Spiritualized with a Native American obsession. [Dec 2006, p.133]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Devoid of Hannon's penchant for the smugly esoteric, this is by far his most approachable album. [Aug 2006, p.111]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A confident return. [Jul 2006, p.115]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Feel[s] like an album to be admired rather than enjoyed. [Jun 2006, p.115]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There are moments... as good and chart-friendly as anything by Royksopp or Mylo.... But most of the time they prefer to trade in dreary whimsy. [Jun 2006, p.116]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Luckily, Lif's mental agility and provocative rhymes are matched by the production skills of... El-P. [Jul 2006, p.115]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's hugely rewarding. [Jul 2006, p.118]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their most mature album to date. [Jul 2006, p.118]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    [She] remains comically kooky. [Aug 2006, p.116]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Comes across like a refresher of the best mood music of the last 40 years. [Aug 2006, p.110]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Son
    The results are enticingly hypnotic and reassuringly unhinged in places. [Jun 2006, p.117]
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