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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It's not all bad, but Global suggest the hardest-working man in experimental pop needs a lie down. [Jun 2015, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Impressive and increasingly accessible, this is the sound of a major talent developing. [Jun 2015, p.104]- Q Magazine
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Platform is always engaged and engaging, the questions it raises never merely academic. [Jun 2015, p.107]- Q Magazine
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It does reconfirm her knack for making grown-up dance albums unlike anyone else. [Jun 2015, p.106]- Q Magazine
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While these songs still have Matsson's trademark melancholy at heart, there is a new kind of gladness and hope to them too. [Jun 2015, p.112]- Q Magazine
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This isn't just a new Faith No More record. It's one of their very best. [Jun 2015, p.113]- Q Magazine
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The follow-up [to 2013's All Hail Bright Futures] doesn't start well, picking up where that album's most irritating moments left off. [Jun 2015, p.100]- Q Magazine
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It's not quite the classic they desperately want it to be, but Danger In The Club exudes a ragged rock'n'roll spirit which simply can't be manufactured. [Jun 2015, p.109]- Q Magazine
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The songs occasionally thrill but tonally it all becomes just a trifle exhausting about halfway through. [Jun 2015, p.107]- Q Magazine
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Although it's all competently realised, it's hard to escape the feeling that this has been done many times over before. [Jun 2015, p.108]- Q Magazine
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FILA is not his monumental debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, but it maintains the revival in form that began with its 2009 sequel. [Jun 2015, p.111]- Q Magazine
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This is a record marked by its elegance, pace and excitement. [Jun 2015, p.110]- Q Magazine
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From start to finish, it's moving and beautiful stuff. [Jun 2015, p.105]- Q Magazine
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Such is the accessibility of the music here that its myriad stylistic zigzags don't jar, they simply thrill. [Jun 2015, p.104]- Q Magazine
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MG is a frequently intriguing set of intimate modernist atmospherics. [Jun 2015, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Hypnophobia is enjoyably immersive while it lasts, yet like so many dreams it's hard to recall any of the specific details once it's been and gone. [Jun 2015, p.106]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 29, 2015 -
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It's a challenging, ambitious combination of words and music that becomes increasingly absorbing over time. [Jun 2015, p.103]- Q Magazine
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Side one isn't bad either, even if it doesn't quite scale the same heights.... A mostly impressive set. [Jun 2015, p.103]- Q Magazine
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The mood is largely sombre, quiet reflection the order of the day, although the odd striking lyric does leap out.... A grower. [Jun 2015, p.102]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 29, 2015 -
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Complex listening that never gets too wrapped up in its own ideas, Braids here discover a perfect balance. [Jun 2015, p.102]- Q Magazine
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Why Make Sense? is a meaty electro-grooving celebration of love, hope, dancing. [Jun 2015, p.101]- Q Magazine
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The polished alt-rock on show here may be serviceable and vaguely reminiscent of Hole circa Live Through This, but it also lacks any of the band's own DNA. [Jun 2015, p.100]- Q Magazine
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Likely to frustrate fans of folk music as much as fans of 10,000 Maniacs, Twice Told tales is a double disappointment. [Jun 2015, p.99]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 29, 2015 -
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While it might not feature too many songs the faithful will be hollering for at gigs, it's crammed full of ear candy. [Jun 2015, p.98]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 29, 2015 -
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If Not Now, When? sounds like a band operating admirably in the present tense. ;[May 2015, p.100]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 27, 2015 -
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Fading Love is hard to fault on its own terms, but in a world where there's just so much music, sometimes being decent isn't enough. A bit of nastiness wouldn't go amiss. [May 2015, p.105]- Q Magazine
Posted Apr 27, 2015