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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It's so out of step with most indie rock it's as if it's been beamed from outer space. [Apr 2005, p.126]- Q Magazine
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They still sound best when playing fast and loud and are only hampered by the album's terrible title and some bizarre lyrics. [Oct 2004, p.123]- Q Magazine
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It's all terrifically boring, naturally, but her voice is exquisite. [Nov 2004, p.117]- Q Magazine
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Deep voiced, disquieting and bristling with intelligence, Hobo Sapiens is a reminder of how intoxicating an artist Cale can be. [Nov 2003, p.107]- Q Magazine
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Innovation isn't on the agenda, but thanks to some stomping tunes and Auerbach's oak-smoked vocals, it's another rock-solid enterprise. [Sep 2004, p.119]- Q Magazine
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Shows he still has few peers when whipping up a likeable mix of energy, melody and glistening harmonies. [May 2005, p.117]- Q Magazine
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The threesome do manage to build up a decent head of steam on the motorik Just To Play, but Olivier's bored tones guarantee the feeling is fleeting. [Mar 2005, p.104]- Q Magazine
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There's nothing wrong with this record... Yet it's only on Feel The Beat, in which he lets his ego off the leash, that LL gets into gear. [Oct 2004, p.128]- Q Magazine
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This record... is brimming with character, easily surpassing their debut, its energy level like a battery charge. [Sep 2004, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Her voice is versatile, the beats delicioiusly languid, but it's the songwriting that shines. [Oct 2004, p.129]- Q Magazine
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The few electronic beats and textures are deft, discreet soundbeds for the lush intimacies of the vocals, which slip from soothing to strident. [Oct 2004, p.120]- Q Magazine
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There's not much to tie it to the present day, but when the template is this well tuned that's no great problem. [Oct 2004, p.129]- Q Magazine
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Finds GBV playing to their long-standing strengths. [Oct 2004, p.124]- Q Magazine
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[Clinic] has misplaced the groove and settled for a rut. [Sep 2004, p.117]- Q Magazine
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Neil Finn's gift for driving songs remains as strong as ever. [Sep 2004, p.118]- Q Magazine
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A glossy production makes for ear candy, but it's bereft of edge. [Feb 2005, p.102]- Q Magazine
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The lyrics tend towards the banal and, at times, there is a palpable sense of awkwardness. [Dec 2004, p.134]- Q Magazine
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It's not an earth-shattering account of the last year, but maybe the most affecting in its ordinariness. [Jun 2004, p.102]- Q Magazine
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Returns to the epic beauty that characterised their early work. [Aug 2004, p.116]- Q Magazine
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Patchy... Little of his indignant bluster hits the mark. [Oct 2004, p.130]- Q Magazine
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Were he only able to drop the naff drum machines, this would be a classier piece of classicism all round. [Sep 2004, p.117]- Q Magazine
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She recalls the emotionally raw folk of... Kristin Hersh. [Sep 2004, p.118]- Q Magazine