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
    • 56 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    As bland as paint. [May 2005, p.110]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A trip worth taking. [Jun 2005, p.116]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Her voice is a thing of wonder. [Apr 2005, p.123]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Like R.E.M. when they were good, [The National's] superficially simple songs have a real depth and resonance. [May 2005, p.114]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The beautiful lap steel and accordion arrangement of Beneath The Rose, majestic duet I Still Remember and lilting waltz Stand In My Way only make the roaring violence of On My Way more startling. [Sep 2004, p.126]
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    • 46 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    They remain spirit-crushingly average. [May 2005, p.114]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Subtle, suggestive songs. [May 2005, p.117]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sadly, Open Season's one-pace '80s guitar rock lags a bit behind the narrative. [May 2005, p.110]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Three albums in the air of quirky, mad-scientific investigation is now a constant. [May 2005, p.121]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    These 13 songs do the simple things, but do them wonderfully well. [May 2005, p.106]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Successfully bring[s] new features to familiar territory. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Heralds a move from mine-shaft fug to West Coast freeway haze. [Jun 2005, p.120]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Chic but charmless. [Jun 2005, p.111]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Not for the unquesting. [Mar 2005, p.101]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An absorbing, exuberant flourish of outwardly incompatible genres. [Apr 2005, p.122]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Brave and ambitious. [Jul 2005, p.122]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The production lacks the loose-fit liveliness and lightness of touch which was The Dust Brothers' trademark back in the mid-'90s. [Apr 2005, p.114]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Stereophonics have never sounded so brooding, mysterious and -- dammit -- sexy. [Apr 2005, p.122]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If The Killers hadn't got there first with Hot Fuss, The Bravery's debut would have been revolutionary. Instead it is merely a brilliant pop record. [Apr 2005, p.115]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He may not have Mos [Def's] lyrical depth, but his vocal style is assured and refreshingly direct. [Apr 2005, p.121]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    He's still in lovely voice... and he deploys it on a selection of material that revels in past glories while showcasing his current triumphs. [May 2005, p.104]
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    M.I.A.'s style mag-cool pop-rap doesn't have the substance to carry the dark subtext of the title. [May 2005, p.107]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An album of great craft, emotion and warmth. [Apr 2005, p.125]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An arty, confident and exhilarating debut. It's everything pop music should be. [Mar 2005, p.94]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It delivers considerable entertainment value. [Apr 2005, p.122]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    When it works... he is as heroically spirit-raising and stomach-tighteningly emotional as he was on Play.... Yet, when Moby plods, it's as if the world is burning with boredom. [Apr 2005, p.121]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Like LCD [Soundsystem], Out Hud spice up electronic grooves with lithe basslines and post-punk guitars, albeit with less finesse. [Apr 2005, p.123]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Subtle contributions from left-field electronic artists like The Books and Broadcast add variety, but at 21 tracks, it's still a marathon. [Apr 2005, p.126]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Precise, tough, tuneful, ambitious and sexy as hell. [Apr 2005, p.112]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sweet, subtle and quietly insidious. [May 2005, p.111]
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