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
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A wildly energetic record. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mostly the results are pleasingly wry and wise. [Sep 2005, p.118]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In shifting from decks to band, he has also checked the imagination which marked him as an original. [Sep 2005, p.114]
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    • 40 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A nice enough idea, but being much quieter and more pastoral, it is also somewhat anti-climactic. [Aug 2005, p.128]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's little that's newly inspired and, aside from the understated Always Tomorrow, nothing superior to past glories. [Aug 2005, p.132]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    He certainly pushes the right commercial buttons. [Mar 2006, p.108]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sounds at once familiar yet new. [Aug 2005, p.127]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This unassuming record certainly deserves as much attention as [his] former big noise. [Sep 2005, p.116]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His mutation into Hank Williams may be unlikely, but it also proves to be rather charming. [Aug 2005, p.126]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An epic backdrop for that next Pacific Coast Highway road trip. [Jun 2005, p.102]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    What it needs is some incident--a clanging glockenspiel, say. At least that would liven up proceedings a bit. [Aug 2005, p.129]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Understanding raises their game, mainly with its careful attention to one key musical detail: great tunes. [Aug 2005, p.132]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If not Elliott's most inventive album, The Cookbook is certainly her most colourful and entertaining. [Aug 2005, p.124]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stevens's love for the region, its people and legacy is palpable and infectious enough to send the curious scuttling straight towards the bookshelves to discover more. [Aug 2005, p.137]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Glows with retro colour. [Jul 2004, p.110]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A blistering song set with the playful spirit of '80s Prince. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An unpolished gem. [Feb 2006, p.104]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's... plenty for the merely curious to enjoy. [Aug 2005, p.142]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A most pleasant surprise. [Jul 2005, p.122]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    So retro it's pratcially an historical document. [Mar 2005, p.100]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A red letter day for fans of classic songwriting. [Aug 2005, p.132]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The bulk of the album is pure Kano--deft wordplay and a range of musical reference points. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    [Her] voice [is] as clear as a Great Smoky Mountain stream. [Aug 2005, p.127]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's nothing as heroic as Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight Tonight, but Now (And Then) is a surprisingly successful attempt at emotion. [Jul 2005, p.113]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Music of stark, placid beauty. [Apr 2005, p.121]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A too-well-buried treasure. [Aug 2005, p.129]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Brassbound is more convincing than their debut.... But it's hardly adventurous. [Jul 2005, p.113]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A self-contained gem. [Jul 2005, p.112]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There's nothing here that's especially revolutionary, but Dressy Bessy... do power pop better than most. [Sep 2005, p.115]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Despite some affecting songs and intriguing production quirks, it lacks that kind of magic [of his 1970s albums]. [Jul 2005, p.113]
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