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
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rarely are albums this thrillingly original. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Here, they are hitting their stride. [Feb 2005, p.98]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    There's little here that lingers. [Jun 2005, p.111]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Though Strange Sensation guitarist Liam "Skin" Tyson is no Jimmy Page, Plant can still strut with the vigour of a man half his age. [May 2005, p.114]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's a bewitching formula. [Jun 2005, p.120]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hints that Cuomo may be approaching some sort of personal epiphany about his place in the world. [Jun 2005, p.116]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    A lot of the goofy teenage kicks have been replaced with more tiresome sex raps. [Sep 2005, p.115]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hal
    The sort of tunes The Beautiful South mislaid on the nation's pub jukeboxes years ago, often tinged with a soulful alt-country lilt. [May 2005, p.116]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Captures her in full, unrepentant swing. [Jun 2005, p.111]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An acquired taste. [Jul 2005, p.119]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A winning combination. [Jun 2005, p.120]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Another marathon slog through the alt-country undergrowth. [Jun 2005, p.118]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A familiarly kaleidoscopic whirl of retro-futuristic sounds. [May 2005, p.111]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There are songs here that count among the best they've made. [May 2005, p.119]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sketched out over a dozen songs, the idea doesn't quite hang together. [May 2005, p.114]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At times, a work of considerable beauty. [Jun 2005, p.108]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    It's just artful karaoke. [Jun 2005, p.116]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Reveals a keen mind at work. [Nov 2005, p.123]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Seventy minutes of mind-bending, head-spinning hip hop is a lot to take in one sitting, but this is nevertheless hugely inventive stuff if taken in smaller doses. [Jun 2005, p.116]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A patchy affair. [Apr 2005, p.124]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Some rather ordinary, slightly tuneless indie rock. [Jul 2005, p.112]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A calmer work than its harrowing semi-classic prequel, Blinking Lights... is also less startling or focussed. [May 2005, p.109]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He has finally shed some of his ironic detachment. [Jun 2005, p.111]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In time, Devils & Dust will be regarded as an inspired stopgap. [Jun 2005, p.105]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    [Her] reinvention, no matter how calculated, has worked wonders. [Aug 2005, p.127]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Smith's greatest talent lies in his surreal, witty wordplay and avuncular tone, and the way they combine to make what could be the usual rap anger sound both intimate and strangely uplifting. [Feb 2005, p.95]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Most is all too predictable and finds Autechre stuck in an experimental rut. [May 2005, p.121]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As good as it should be. [Jul 2005, p.120]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A welcome change of gear. [Jun 2005, p.118]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Not for everyone. [Jun 2005, p.120]
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