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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Posted Jun 8, 2018 -
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Bad Contestant may sound studiously restrained, but Maltese never lets things stagnate, buoying the album along with his amusing lyricism. [Jul 2018, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jun 8, 2018 -
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Politically charged, smart, melodic and irrepressible--it's a fascinating record. [Summer 2018, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 6, 2018 -
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These songs come with fuzzy edges, a puff of smoke, a gentle wobble. It's Owen's solid songwriting skills that tether them to Earth, though. [Summer 2018, p.109]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jun 6, 2018 -
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No Shame is a reminder that this is what Allen does, and she does it very well. [Summer 2018, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 6, 2018 -
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Perhaps in time she will dig deeper, but it's an assured start. [Summer 2018, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 6, 2018 -
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A parade of intriguing timbres and textures ensures each song is as seductive as the last. [Summer 2018, p.113]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 5, 2018 -
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Fans of Four Tet and Jon Hopkins are advised to check out this master at work. [Summer 2018, p.110]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 5, 2018 -
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Murky depths, glittering enchantment, and the swell of heightened grandeur. [Summer 2018, p.109]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 5, 2018 -
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Through its trippy ballads and spacey funk, Childqueen is quite a sonic journey. [Summer 2018, p.106]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 5, 2018 -
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On his masterful second album, the choirboy-turned-beat-maker beds down in this uneasy state, lacing opulent production with minor-key anxiety. [Jul 2018, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 4, 2018 -
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Howard's evolving sound is fast becoming distinctively his own. [Jul 2018, p.118]- Q Magazine
Posted Jun 4, 2018 -
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The yelpy, sub-Beasties rapping from Clams Baker renders Whale city all but unlistenable. A shame, because the backing tracks' raucous Fall-isms consititute a long-anticipated high-energy flipside to the smacky languor of Adamczewski's main band. [Jul 2018, p.118]- Q Magazine
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Posted Jun 1, 2018 -
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Daltrey climbs inside every song, slaps it around a bit and makes it his own. [Jul 2018, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted May 30, 2018 -
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The sense here is of two artists drawing creative sustenance from new light. [Jul 2018, p.112]- Q Magazine
Posted May 30, 2018 -
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By the end, Lopatin has captured the uneasy calm of a mind unhinged by information overload. [Jul 2018, p.115]- Q Magazine
Posted May 29, 2018 -
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Even if there's a sense of darkness descending, in his best solo album yet, Gruff Rhys paints with bright and uplifting colours. [Jul 2018, p.109]- Q Magazine
Posted May 25, 2018 -
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The result is a surprisingly jubilant follow-up, with the Richmond, Virginia-based singer-songwriter largely disposing of her delicate sound in favour of groove, R&B and '80s pop. [Jul 2018, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted May 24, 2018 -
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It shows that whatever life brings her, Case can turn it into something startling. [Jul 2018, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted May 24, 2018 -
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Modest and muted they may be, but after the mid-'80s bombast, what comes through is the nuance and intimacy of the songs. [Jul 2018, p.121]- Q Magazine
Posted May 23, 2018 -
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A sparkling record whose polished exterior barely masks the turmoil at its heart. [Jul 2018, p.116]- Q Magazine
Posted May 23, 2018 -
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[The] sun-flecked sense of bliss is present throughout and halfway through they even drop in something approaching a conventional pop song with the cooling breeze of Already Gone. That lightness of touch is the real revelation here. [Jul 2018, p.118]- Q Magazine
Posted May 22, 2018 -
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This is a heady journey through excess, absurdity and 21st century mores from arguably the world's most eloquent singer-songwriter, which seems to take us that bit closer to who he really is. [Jul 2018, p.117]- Q Magazine
Posted May 22, 2018 -
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Lovelaws feels like an act of introspection that's gone too far, one that might have benefited from a breath of fresh air, a trip outside its head. [Jul 2018, p.118]- Q Magazine
Posted May 21, 2018 -
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An intriguing, if not quite essential, addition to the Maus canon. [Jul 2018, p.115]- Q Magazine
Posted May 21, 2018 -
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Love Is Dead's songs, however, don't so much burrow into your brain as thwack you over the head, and the band's tendency to fashion refrains from little more than the song titles means some tracks are memorable simply by dint of merciless repetition. [Jul 2018, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted May 21, 2018