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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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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Writers Without Homes
    Whey-faced romantics in black clothing should form a queue. [Aug 2002, p.131]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Travelogue
    Revitalises originals such as Hejira and For The Roses while staying faithful to them. [Jan 2003, p.120]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Whip It On
    It really is hard to distinguish between the eight tracks here, but when a theme's this good, the variants are never going to be a problem. [Mar 2003, p.113]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Slicker Than Your Average
    When songs hit their mark, his latest incarnation squares up impressively to his Stateside heroes. [Dec 2002, p.97]
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    • 52 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This Is Me... Then
    There's little sign of obvious hits. [Feb 2003, p.104]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Machine Says Yes
    It's big and it's clever.
    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Last Temptation
    Initially arresting, after a while it gets claustrophobic, leaving the listener punch-drunk and weary. [Jan 2003, p.111]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Quality
    Sonically, his second solo effort is dry and unimaginative. [Feb 2003, p.97]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Audioslave
    A remarkable record. [Feb 2003, p.96]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Up!
    Stuff with hooks, freakishly frisky and using everything in the producer's cupboard... Up! contains 19 new tunes that play shamelessly to the gallery. [Feb 2003, p.109]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    More Than You Think You Are
    Mostly it's too laboured to uplift. [Apr 2003, p.109]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Loose Screw
    A proper, reggae-tinged rock album. [Jun 2003, p.104]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Riot Act
    An adult rock record in which nuance succeeds over bombast. [Dec 2002, p.108]
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    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Testify
    Middle-age is no excuse for such an unforgivably bland collection of over-emoted love songs. [Dec 2002, p.102]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Under Construction
    Fortunately, Elliott and Timbaland's idea of old school is rather unorthodox. [Jan 2003, p.121]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse
    Eclipsing last year's Blueprint, it throws down the gauntlet to challengers Murder Inc. [Jan 2003, p.120]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    3D
    Though not what Lopes or TLC will be remembered for, it's a solid effort. [Jan 2003, p.124]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The Phoenix Album
    They make a noise disquietingly similar to The Dandy Warhols, only without the wit or the tunes. [Apr 2003, p.114]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A New Day At Midnight
    So is it White Ladder II? In a word, "yes." [Nov 2002, p.94]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Touching Down
    Fine for the dancefloor, less so the sofa. [Dec 2002, p.112]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    We Are Science
    A startling fusion of ethereal singing with churning, computer-generated beats and ambience. [June 2002, p.110]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    American IV: The Man Comes Around
    The only top notch effort is the title track--Cash's first composition for years and among the best he's ever written. [Jan 2003, p.114]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Have You Fed the Fish?
    Finds Gough at his most stylistically promiscuous to date. [Nov 2002, p.102]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    You Can Feel Me
    All a bit silly, but actually quite good. [Apr 2003, p.104]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Justified
    He's an even limper pastiche of [Michael] Jackson than Jackson himself. [Jan 2003, p.123]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Red Letter Days
    Jakob Dylan shakes off dad's shadow to make music that sounds like... Tom Petty. [Feb 2003, p.109]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Yanqui U.X.O.
    The usual barrage of angry cello instrumentals. [Dec 2002, p.103]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    ()
    A masterpiece of bombed orchestral elegance, at once expansive and intense. [Dec 2002, p.112]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Lucky Day
    The attentions of trendsetting producer Dave Kelly ensure the music is tight where it matters. [Dec 2002, p.112]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    American Supreme
    They've unfortunately discovered dance music several years too late. [Dec 2002, p.112]
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