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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Tinashe's voice is pure and malleable, her lyrics suggestive and assertive. [Dec 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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Nobody... rekindles the dark brooding of their first two albums. [Dec 2014, p.117]- Q Magazine
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By recreating Britpop's also-runs so faithfully, Superfood run the risk of becoming one themselves. [Dec 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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A struggle to balance the killer riffs and aggression that the fans want with the melodicism that the band themselves seem far more interested in. [Dec 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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When countless Miracles anthologies exist, anyone who reaches for this is a bigger clown than the weepy one in Smokey's song. [Dec 2014, p.116]- Q Magazine
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For those yet to experience Reich's unique soundscapes, this is as good a place to start as any. [Dec 2014, p.115]- Q Magazine
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Extreme but accessible, they're best savoured with out namby-pamby earplugs, obviously. [Dec 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
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What distinguishes New Build is their lyrical inner monologue, which speaks of a reflective mind given to philosophical enquiry. [Dec 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Rice is much more appealing when he blatantly ramps up the theatre, sticks a bit of greasepaint over his sincerity, tips irreversibly into show business. [Dec 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
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You are, unfortunately, left wondering how the 26-year-old Dylan would have sung them. [Dec 2014, p.113]- Q Magazine
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Throughout, The Hum is a thrilling testament to Hookworms' single-mindedness and conviction. [Dec 2014, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Okereke's voice, at times feels a bit too up close and personal. [Dec 2014, p.111]- Q Magazine
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Idol's magnetism is simply colossal--an invaluable commodity in these times. [Dec 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Full marks for envelope-pushing, but this third album is very much an acquired taste. [Dec 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Rich in texture and tone, enlivened rather than swamped by guests and made thrilling by his ability to make his hyperactivity as restful as it is relentless. [Dec 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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Inevitably there are moments that would benefit from smoothing out, but part of the appeal is getting to ample Giannascoli's talent when it's still raw. [Dec 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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There's been a strong sense of diminishing returns. [Dec 2014, p.109]- Q Magazine
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While he's lost more of his craft, he's rarely sounded so at ease with himself. [Dec 2014, p.109]- Q Magazine
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Traces of other bands can be heard everywhere, from the scuzzy math-rock of Doom (Battles) to the hard-riffing Exit-Only (Jon Spencer) but with vocalist Satomi Matsuzaki ensuring that they never sound quite like anyone else. [Dec 2014, p.108]- Q Magazine
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In a sign that they've struggled to progress since [their debut], almost every song on this fifth alum similarly ends with Willett combusting into a figure of angst. [Dec 2014, p.108]- Q Magazine
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Seeds is not 1000 per cent their best work, but it's not far off. [Dec 2014, p.108]- Q Magazine
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The Endless River is an unsatisfying way for Pink Floyd to cease trading. [Dec 2014, p.107]- Q Magazine
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Most of the 10 songs here are still well-crafted exercises in ceaseless forwards momentum. [Dec 2014, p.106]- Q Magazine
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The album's dark Heart, though, is Forever, a mesmerising 13-minute-epic.... He's developing into one of UK electronica's most distinctive voices. [Dec 2014, p.107]- Q Magazine
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If the 17-track Pom Pom does little to un-muddy the waters, within its exploded binliner of '80s FM rock licks, novelty squelch noises and other home-recorded debris, songs of splendour lurk. [Dec 2014, p.106]- Q Magazine
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It's a decent enough introduction to Antony & The Johnson's early works.... Turning bursts into colour on the accompanying DVD. [Dec 2014, p.106]- Q Magazine
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This needling sense of disturbance is impressive, but it's still a relief when they break the mood more dramatically on the choral interlude Tender Shoots or the swamp-dark swing of The Monaco, reassuring signs they haven't yet become too set in their monochrome ways. [Dec 2014, p.106]- Q Magazine
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