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
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[Disc 1] is impressive stuff--the sound of a muse regained. Pity the acoustic disc is nowhere near as good. [Jul 2005, p.109]- Q Magazine
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Less lush than their previous affairs, but still rich in Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies. [Jul 2005, p.120]- Q Magazine
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Works on the age-old theory that if it ain't broke, don't fix it--and it is all the better for it. [Jul 2005, p.120]- Q Magazine
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In spite of some good songs... the band's urge to be monumental at the expense of their vulnerability is ill-advised. [Oct 2004, p.122]- Q Magazine
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While the icy Joy Division guitar chords and singer Davide Jones's faux-cockney delivery never sound entirely natural, their energy is compulsive. [Jul 2005, p.113]- Q Magazine
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A substantially more visceral and emotionally rewarding experience than both its predecessors. [Jul 2005, p.106]- Q Magazine
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Monkey Business proves that less could have been more. [Jul 2005, p.110]- Q Magazine
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With each release, they tweak and slightly reinvent their wheel--and use it, happily, to keep on trucking. [Jun 2005, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Very possibly, an even better album than Elephant. [Jul 2005, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Cut, copy and paste this definitive record into your world. [Jul 2005, p.115]- Q Magazine
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The attention does wander over two CDs... but vigorous renditions of Bring It On and Get Myself Arrested are reminders that Gomez's psych-blues revivalism really was quite special. [Aug 2005, p.128]- Q Magazine
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Butler's attempts at the old guitar dramatics are hopelessly overwrought. [Jul 2005, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Almost entirely instrumental, but full of a subtlety often obscured by words. [Jul 2005, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Pointless drifting that fails to grip even on repeated listening. [Jun 2005, p.118]- Q Magazine
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The Gallaghers sound more comfortable than ever in their skins. [Jun 2005, p.102]- Q Magazine
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A band clearly in awe of Jarvis Cocker's lyrics and the sound of spiky guitars. [Jul 2005, p.119]- Q Magazine
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There's... a luxuriant, bubble bath-like quality to proceedings so often lacking in imitators. [Aug 2005, p.134]- Q Magazine
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A diverting synthesis of analogue old-schoolery and modern genre-hopping. [Nov 2004, p.117]- Q Magazine
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[Danger Mouse's] stunning flourishes... help place Demon Days notches above any vaguely electronic release in recent memory. [Jun 2005, p.104]- Q Magazine
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A muscular piece of work... [but] a tangible sense of genuine passion is, ultimately, absent. [Jul 2005, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Common's best album so far, one that proves hip hop can be both smart and mainstream. [Jul 2005, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Costa's capable of holding her own, making the most of [Prince's and Lenny Kravitz's] skills while imposing her identity. [Sep 2005, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Opinions will still be divided--Murdoch as literary giant or self-important art school berk?--as, over 25 tracks, there's evidence of both. [Jul 2005, p.129]- Q Magazine
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The Secret Migration shows a group in complete control of their cosmic idiom, familiar by now yet still seductive. [Jan 2005, p.120]- Q Magazine