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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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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Bar At The End Of The World
    An eerily precise facsimile of the grandiose, broken-down dream rock of The Verve.... Close your eyes and it could be 1997 again. [Nov 2002, p.105]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Boomslang
    Boomslang labours under the delusion that The Stone Roses' Second Coming was a good idea worth pursuing in greater detail. [Feb 2003, p.100]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Let Go
    A more mature mix of intelligent guitar tunes and acoustic noodling. [Oct 2002, p.113]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Loose Fur
    In its own fragile way, a delight. [Mar 2003, p.111]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Televise
    The results are vintage sounding yet wholly fresh. [Feb 2003, p.98]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Other People's Songs
    So ill-conceived and shoddily executed it could well finish them off altogether. [Feb 2003, p.102]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mary Star of the Sea
    This genuinely feels like a fresh start rather than time-killing. [Mar 2003, p.100]
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    • 54 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Raven
    Inevitably, it's a bit of a mess.... But if you like Poe, or Reed, and can tolerate the incoherence, there's fun to be had. [Feb 2003, p.105]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Master And Everyone
    His most poignant and accessible work to date. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sunshine Hit Me
    This is a beguiling breeze of an album that never loses its cool.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Fine Art of Self-Destruction
    These folk and country-tinged tunes are melodic, deft and emotive. [Dec 2002, p.108]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Looks At The Bird
    Nothing scary or difficult ever happens. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hate
    Though the pace is a little too consciously measured at times, and there is a certain sameyness about the arrangements, it's a record that, given time, yields up great rewards. [Nov 2002, p.100]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    One Bedroom
    Their poppiest album to date. [Feb 2003, p.107]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Lovebox
    Groove Armada continue to have mislaid that sparkledust. [Dec 2002, p.105]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Illumination
    [His] new-found security has enabled Weller to refine his art in the manner of Travis and all those accused of making the same record over and over again. [Oct 2002, p.113]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    God's Son
    Jigga may have the edge right now, but on this evidence Nas looks the better bet in the long run. [Mar 2003, p.112]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Electric Circus
    It works... stretching rap into weird new shapes. [Feb 2003, p.97]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Just Whitney
    There's nothing as wonderfully warm as My Love Is Your Love, as grandstanding as Exhale (Shoop Shoop), or as innovative as Its Not Right But Its OK. [Feb 2003, p.104]
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    • 43 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Charmbracelet
    She has a fine technical voice but the emotional resonance of a car park. [Feb 2003, p.98]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Evil Heat
    On the down side, it's a record that fails to keep pace. [Aug 2002, p.133]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It Ain't Safe No More
    When it works, it's exhilarating, but elsewhere the poor lamb sounds a touch jaded. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Boss
    A mess. [Feb 2003, p.107]
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Phrenology
    It is their way with a collaborator, though, that sets them apart. [Feb 2003, p.97]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Redemption's Son
    Solid rather than spectacular. [June 2002, p.110]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Does This Look Infected?
    Throughout, the bouncy enthusiasm of old has become heavier, louder, faster and stronger. [Jan 2003, p.113]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Steal This Album
    Whatever it lacks in cohesive identity it more than makes up for in chaotic invention. [Feb 2003, p.107]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Brainwashed
    About as well-rounded and polished as albums get. [Dec 2002, p.100]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Last Night
    Pippen's lush tones are again a good foil for Defever's haunting music. [Oct 2002, p.109]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    More Than A Woman
    Despite a late lapse into mediocrity, the good here far outshines the bland. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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