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
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Mostly, the sound of The Dandy Warhols spreading their wings suits them. [Oct 2005, p.115]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Musically and lyrically, Life In Slow Motion is his strongest collection of songs to date. [Sep 2005, p.108]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Clocks in at less than 30 minutes, but you still feel you've been somewhere when it finishes. [Oct 2005, p.115]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He's found some endearing and unexpectedly affecting songs. [Oct 2005, p.120]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Takk... [is] a thing of... supple, muscular beauty, throwing off the stultifying air of reverence that has sometimes surrounded them. [Oct 2005, p.116]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Good, but should have been better. [Mar 2006, p.109]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    While there's no doubt that listening to the Super Furries' seventh album is mostly a pleasure, there are moments when it feels like a little less relaxation might have paid off. [Sep 2005, p.116]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Sadly, bland harmonies and bloodless production blunt the impact. [Oct 2005, p.117]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As lovelorn and jaded as it is unshakeable. [Apr 2006, p.116]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Too much... is just art for art's sake. [Oct 2005, p.121]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Work every bit as lush as that which recently propelled Rufus Wainwright to stardom. [Sep 2005, p.119]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It blows hot and cold. [Oct 2005, p.110]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A disappointment.... While the voice still burns, the lacklustre songs cannot bear his weight. [Apr 2006, p.113]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The least adventurous and most disappointing Coral album to date. [Jun 2005, p.106]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This fifth album doesn't differ radically from the previous four.... Newcomers, however, should start with 2003's more cohesive Transatlanticism. [Oct 2005, p.115]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    When he desists from inserting solos in the middle of otherwise palatable songs, his work can be engaging, even moving. [Oct 2005, p.115]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    They've neglected to write anything catchy enough to score them a hit. [Apr 2006, p.118]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Practically every track on Late Registration is a glorious pop song. [Aug 2005, p.120]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    While the bulk of Johnny Bramwell's songwriting attempts to match the gothic fairground swirl of their new sound, the best tracks... remain the most straightforward and acoustic. [May 2005, p.112]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a record of towering acoustic-based songwriting. [Sep 2005, p.114]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Shuttles between nerdy and mesmeric. [Oct 2005, p.119]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Differs markedly from 2003's Radio Blackout... with vocals and punk-pop structures replacing the glam-tecnho clunk of yore. [Sep 2005, p.120]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    More often than not his approach feels too clinical to really engage. [Apr 2006, p.120]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Showcases her luminous vocals, rich lyrics and subtle arrangements. [Sep 2005, p.120]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The whole never manages to lift off. [Oct 2005, p.120]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Children moan, accordions groan and Bjork's disembodied voice occasionally growls into earshot. [Sep 2005, p.114]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    [An] album of considerable grace and poise. [Apr 2005, p.116]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If you dance easily at weddings then this album is very good news. [Aug 2005, p.129]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The melancholy is relentless and ultimately rather suffocating. [Sep 2005, p.115]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Very New York and strongly redolent of the whole DFA/LCD sound. [Jul 2005, p.114]
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