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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While Glenn gamely belts out every song like it's a Broadway audition, his band's appeal remains some distance short of universal. [Aug 2014, p.111]- Q Magazine
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The first 25 minutes are exhilarating if a little one-dimensional, but eventually they rein in the noise slightly. [Aug 2014, p.107]- Q Magazine
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Songs is uplifting, his clever wordplay and minor chord piano and guitar ballads reminiscent of his hero Townes Van Zandt. [Aug 2014, p.106]- Q Magazine
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Barely rising above the soft purr of a sleepy summer morning, DB are all about mood and ambiance. [Aug 2014, p.103]- Q Magazine
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Anderson's anger, defiance and pride are all here, but what comes out is peculiarly beautiful and affecting. [Aug 2014, p.108]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 10, 2014 -
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It's chillingly powerful, but the band sell short their cinematic ambitions with just 33 minutes of music. [Aug 2014, p.102]- Q Magazine
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Trux obsessives will be drawn to Eve's Child--a nod to her old production alter-ego--but it's the sense of Herrema shaking off her troubled past which impresses. [Aug 2014, p.103]- Q Magazine
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It all has an airy charm, though it benefits hugely from a Daft Punk-y electro injection on Rick l'Adolescent and Aller vers le Soleil, both which transcend cheerful pastiche. But Tellier's opulence has limits. [Aug 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 8, 2014 -
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A strange dream state, then, with not a smiley or glow-stick to be seen. [Jul 2014, p.100]- Q Magazine
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A few more laughter-lines wouldn't have gone amiss. [Aug 2014, p.112]- Q Magazine
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Get past its duffel coat and its 14 layers of cardigan, though, and there's a warm and lovely heart at this record's centre. [Aug 2014, p.105]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 7, 2014 -
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There's barely a wasted note on these nine tracks. [Aug 2014, p.104]- Q Magazine
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The record's strongest, strangest moments come, however, when he lets himself go. [Aug 2014, p.100]- Q Magazine
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Overall the glory years seem a long way off and metal fatigue sets in long before the end of its 63 minutes. [Aug 2014, p.108]- Q Magazine
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There is occasional subtlety and drama amid the bombast. [Jul 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 3, 2014 -
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A lack of sonic variety and a mild sense of deja vu won't help to advance his cause. [Aug 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
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All compensate in quality for what they lack in originality. [Aug 2014, p.107]- Q Magazine
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It's true that there's no grand new ground broken here, but Bright Light Bright Light has a pastel-coloured appeal that's all Thomas's own. [Aug 2014, p.104]- Q Magazine
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Their heritage might be clear, but over 10 songs and 22 minutes, their grip on the present never lets up. [Aug 2014, p.115]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2014 -
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His personal universe may be smaller, but here Tom Vek opens himself up to a wider world. [Aug 2014, p.114]- Q Magazine
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Same Emotions, meanwhile, sounds like a lovingly recreated homage to the soft rock of Journey, Toto, et al. Best of all is his deeply personal tribute to the late Jason Molina. [Aug 2014, p.113]- Q Magazine
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Stylish yet raw and angry yet enchanted, Bauer creates a smouldering album with a kooky heart. [Aug 2014, p.86]- Q Magazine
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In The Lonely Hour starts promisingly.... The second half declines into self-pity, windy balladry and squeaky-strings-as-authenticity cliche. [Aug 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2014 -
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Tortured and in need of an edit, it's not for the casual listener. [Aug 2014, p.111]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2014 -
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Mastodon return to the dense riffing of old. [Aug 2014, p.109]- Q Magazine
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It all serve to confirm Cutler as one of contemporary electronica's most gifted and distinctive sonic manipulators. [Aug 2014, p.110]- Q Magazine
Posted Jul 2, 2014