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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:
  1. Positive: 4,112 out of 8545
  2. Mixed: 4,355 out of 8545
  3. Negative: 78 out of 8545
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Panic Movement
    Barrera's vocals lack the sneer to carry the heavier moments, and a couple of songs are little more than lame US rock-lite. [Oct 2003, p.106]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Misery Is A Butterfly
    An otherworldly, richly cinematic adventure. [May 2004, p.98]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Animal Serenade
    Even on a daft live album, he refuses to coast. [May 2004, p.106]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Fly Or Die
    It's often fascinating only in the details. [May 2004, p.110]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Till Death Do Us Part
    A funk-driven return to familiar ground, laced with dark imagery, beefy hooks and sharp vocal trading. [Jun 2004, p.97]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Peace Love Death Metal
    Splendidly queasy listening. [May 2004, p.100]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Our Endless Numbered Days
    Even more delicate and autumnal. [May 2004, p.104]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ambulance Ltd
    Ambitiously wide-ranging. [Apr 2005, p.118]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Finally Woken
    The joyful whole has a depth and swagger that is as life-enhancing as popular music should be. [Mar 2005, p.100]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Winning Days
    About as personality-free as rock music gets. [Apr 2004, p.115]
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    • 93 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Madvillainy
    One utterly badass album. [Jul 2004, p.116]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Ten
    They've sadly cranked up the wackiness. [Apr 2004, p.108]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Grown Backwards
    Extends the with-strings concept of last year's Lead Us Not Into Temptation and is equally arresting in its breadth of content and creativity. [Apr 2004, p.107]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Seven Swans
    Stevens is... smart enough to offset the egghead subject matter with a batch of deceptively simple tunes. [May 2004, p.108]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Baby Blue
    [Saloman's] sharply observed tales of lost love and hopeless hopes fit Lord's airy vocals snugly. [Jun 2004, p.102]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Ultravisitor
    Another complex, atmospheric set. [Apr 2004, p.120]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pawn Shoppe Heart
    Pawn Shoppe Heart is a party album, albeit soundtracking the sort of party where too much alcohol causes lifelong friends to come to blows. [Feb 2004, p.96]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
    It's Prince, it's Eno, it's PiL, it's The Coasters and all at once. At times, that jars. At others... it's as exhilarating as a kiss. [Jul 2004, p.124]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Franz Ferdinand
    The most ebullient British debut since Elastica. [Mar 2004, p.102]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    When It Falls
    A sublime collection that surpasses its predecessor. [Apr 2004, p.121]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
    Part Sly Stone, part raving Baptist minister, Cee-Lo proves he's every bit as exceptional as his neighbours. [May 2004, p.100]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Schizophrenic
    The only area in which JC tops Justin is cheesy double entendres. [Jun 2004, p.96]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose
    An impressively thoughtful album. [Oct 2003, p.103]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
    Like other scary experiences, it's also frequently exhilarating. [Mar 2004, p.107]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Between Darkness & Wonder
    Previous albums threatened to impress but always came with bits missing. This is the finished article. [Dec 2003, p.130]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Virginia Creeper
    [His] gravel-like vocals envelop the album, while his well-travelled eyes ensure the lyrics are filled with knowing experience. [Mar 2004, p.109]
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    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Candi Staton
    That they've been forgotten for 30 years seems almost a crime, because they've got just about everything real soul music needs. [Feb 2004, p.118]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Shadows Collide With People
    His rudimentary songwriting skills and questionable quality control render this an exasperating experience. [Apr 2004, p.110]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Liberation
    There is something unceasingly engaging about Trans Am. [Apr 2004, p.122]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Monsoon
    The album heats up nicely, with songs like Line It Up far easier to warm to than former Pavement buddy Steven Malkmus' solo work. [Feb 2004, p.105]
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