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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Although this is certainly flawed, the Cardigans deserve kudos for recognising their faults, trying with all their might to rectify them. [Apr 2003, p.103]- Q Magazine
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Crass, brash, open freeway excess at its best. If only he didn't spend half the album apologising for them. [Jul 2004, p.118]- Q Magazine
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It's the laziest of comparisons, but their harmonies--and they do it expertly live, so fear not--do have the ring of The Beach Boys. [May 2003, p.99]- Q Magazine
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[They] continue precisely where they left off on 2002's Static Delusions..., bashing their way through 11 indistinguishable songs without recourse to wit, style or tune. [Jul 2004, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Her attempts to swagger on songs like Dirty Dog will fool nobody. [Aug 2004, p.112]- Q Magazine
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It's too wordy by half, but underneath the psychobabble lies the most solid collection of AOR you're likely to encounter this year. [Jun 2004, p.105]- Q Magazine
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Mclusky are unique and getting better. [Jul 2004, p.118]- Q Magazine
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Teeters between over-studied perfection and heavenly pop glory. [May 2004, p.101]- Q Magazine
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Terrifying, but in a good way. The bar is raised. [Jun 2004, p.105]- Q Magazine
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Perfectly pleasant, but with none of the edge that might mark them as another Arcade Fire. [Oct 2005, p.117]- Q Magazine
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Like a technology-phobic Beck, Desser tells his off-kilter tales with a wry eye. [Sep 2004, p.119]- Q Magazine
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Kanye West's debut aside, it's the essential hip hop album of the year so far. [Jun 2004, p.102]- Q Magazine
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It is by turns funny, dark, ridiculous, exhilarating and -- most strikingly of all -- relentlessly personal. [Apr 2004, p.104]- Q Magazine
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A spiralling blend of infectious psychedelic pop that froths and fuzzes for a noisy hour. [Jul 2004, p.122]- Q Magazine
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In Our Trip and Remember Today, the trio manage to strike the right balance between amp-popping fury and pop finesse--unfortunately everywhere else, they don't. [Jul 2004, p.124]- Q Magazine
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Once you've bequeathed them your synapses, the rewards are great. [Aug 2004, p.116]- Q Magazine
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The best album of 2004 so far, and by some distance. [Jun 2004, p.92]- Q Magazine
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Those looking for the kind of soaring poetry that defined The Smiths will surely be depressed by lyrics that are often boringly solipsistic and prosaically worded. [Jun 2004, p.106]- Q Magazine
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There's such a huge feelgood swagger it's impossible not to be swept along in its wake. [Jun 2004, p.96]- Q Magazine
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It's all linked by a sense of dignity, wisely chosen collaborators and David Hidalgo's voice. [Aug 2004, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Geographically, one would here have to imagine a borough between The Stills and The Walkmen. [Nov 2004, p.120]- Q Magazine
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Sounds like a recently awakened Aphex Twin in warm snooze mode. [Oct 2004, p.133]- Q Magazine
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Even more mesmeric and deep into Nick Drake territory: intense and slightly damaged. [Jun 2004, p.94]- Q Magazine
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Much of it is lovely, but marred somewhat by the whispery sub-Kate Bush vocals of Kristin Valtysdottir. [Apr 2004, p.117]- Q Magazine