Q Magazine's Scores

  • Music
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:
8545 music reviews
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Both inspiring and inspired, Godfather completes Wiley's reclamation of self brilliantly. [Mar 2017, p.110]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The whole thing is a bit of a grower and a tentative flex in a new direction with just about enough of their old sound to keep fans happy. [Mar 2017, p.111]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The result is classic rock with a sneer. [Mar 2017, p.108]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's an atmospheric and absorbing piece, a deep, dark pool of music. [Mar 2017, p.108]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The xx are too smart to get caught in that trap, extending past glories rather than copying them, finding new places for the spotlight to fall. [Mar 2017, p.109]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is compassion delivered with the force of a jackhammer. [Mar 2017, p.107]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A mind-expanding trip for sonic explorers. [Mar 2017, p.107]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Happily, after nearly four decades, The Blue Aeroplanes can still bottle lightning. [Mar 2017, p.107]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hang is brilliantly ludicrous and ludicrously brilliant. [Mar 2017, p.106]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The only real issue is that at times the vibe is so laid-back there;s a slight danger of dropping off rather than simply blissing out. [Feb 2017, p.116]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It still occupies dark territory but this time excellent songs like Hidden Knives are defined by urgency, as well as venom. [Feb 2017, p.111]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This triumphant Brixton Academy show, though, proves that it didn't harm the ascent of their stirring mix of electornic rock and vintage voice samples. [Feb 2017, p.116]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    He surprises with an unexpectedly stark romanticism inspired at least partly by his love for Isaac Hayes and Ray Charles. [Jan 2017, p.108]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It amounts to Mark Eitzel's best album in years. [Feb 2017, p.112]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's nothing fatally wrong with Trails & Truths--and fans of bearded cosmic Americana will find much right with it. What Horse Thief really need to rustle up, though, is their own distinct identity. [Feb 2017, p.115]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Voyage, ironically, takes us nowhere we haven't been, but has a blast revisiting Vitalic's favourite haunts. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's less emotionally instinctive LP than his debut, but over time those new pop hooks prove hard to shake. [Feb 2017, p.116]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's the anti-hygge of records: cold, hard, and anything but comfortable. [Feb 2017, p.111]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With Oczy Mlody, they remind us once again that they're also great songwriters. [Feb 2017, p.110]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Occasionally, Byrne subtly expands her musical palette with strings and woodwind, but never at the expense of her own guitar and vocals. [Feb 2017, p.111]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is a great album first, and a great Christmas album second. [Feb 2017, p.115]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    10 tight tunes of heart, soul and intricate craftsmanship. [Dec 2016, p.105]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's no doubt they're here to carouse, but beware the hangover. [Jan 2017, p.104]
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This compilation of that [debut] album, Apple, plus preceding EP Shine, show what all the fuss was about. [Jan 2017, p.117]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Calder employs a startling falsetto over tightly wound tunes that twist your emotions from the gently reflective to swelling with longing in a heartbeat. [Jan 2017, p.115]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    None of it should work, but it does. [Sep 2016, p.105]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No question, Ultrasound are carving a very nice late-career niche out for themselves. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A specialist interest. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Tesfaye can't decide if he's having the best time f his life or the worst. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's a solid enough LP, but it's hard to see this appealing very far beyond their fanbase. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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