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For 2,508 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 44% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Queen II [Collector's Edition]
Lowest review score: 20 Relaxer
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,666 out of 2508
  2. Mixed: 836 out of 2508
  3. Negative: 6 out of 2508
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole
    A record built around contemplations on healing and taking on your demons isn't always a soothing ride, though - at times the quirky freak folk elements come to the fore, somewhat shaking up the ground for meditation. Still, A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole is a bold and successful attempt to express oneself as he is. [Apr 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 24, 2025
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This Side Of The Island
    That voice is wisely placed front and centre, where it bristles with energy, elevating the superior indie-rock of Fist Of Flowers and Knockin' Heart into heart-in-mouth anthems. [Apr 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 24, 2025
    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis
    This isn't quite up there with his very best efforts, but it nevertheless includes some typically excellent (and poignant) reflections on human existence. [Apr 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 24, 2025
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Sinister Grift
    It's most intriguing when Lennox deviates from catchy pop nuggets. [Apr 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 24, 2025
    • 90 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Glory
    A fluid, fully felt album of artfully crafted confessionals and catharsis. [Apr 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 24, 2025
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Is
    Long-time Jacket-watchers might miss the wig-outs of their previous album, but the band’s range and power haven’t been compromised so much as integrated and harnessed. .... My Morning Jacket’s ongoing momentum feels earned and assured. [Mar 2025, p.102]
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Curious Ruminant
    Tull’s strangely titled 24th studio effort breaks no new ground, yet would fit seamlessly into the band’s run of polished 80s albums like Crest Of A Knave and Rock Island. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • 95 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Ghost Is Born [Deluxe Edition]
    Exhaustive and impressively curated. .... The "fundamentals" are a bit like Get Back without the laughs, exras surely reserved for the fanatics. Patience may lead to moments of revelation for intrepid listeners, though on the whole, these experiments demystify the process of songwriting itself. [Feb 2025, p.95]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 17, 2025
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Off With Her Head
    Banks forsakes "overthinking" on this slick, sensuous mix of seductions and aggressions. [Mar 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 11, 2025
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Earth-Sized Worlds
    This is a dreamily delightful debut. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 11, 2025
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Parallel
    Little here quite matches the inquisitive methodologies of Allison's Consciousology, but this like-minded pairing's double vison is a beguiling place to lose yourself in. [Feb 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 10, 2025
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Drive To Goldenhammer
    Possessing a kinetic, free-spirited energy. [Mar 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 4, 2025
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Here We Go Crazy
    The theme of loss crops up regularly in the lyrics, as well. Loss of what? You name it. Sleep. Youth. Innocence. Life. Looks. The list goes on. None of this is to say that Here We Go Crazy doesn’t still rock hard, however. [Mar 2025, p.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Service Station At The End Of The Universe
    Stylishly crafted. Manchester has an exciting new voice. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Mar 3, 2025
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Microtonic
    there's also a powerful, invigorating beauty about their best work yet, [Mar 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 27, 2025
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Luminescent Creatures
    Luminescent Creatures confirms Aoba as one of folk music's most consistently beguiling artists. [Feb 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 26, 2025
    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pinball Wanderer
    The album's experimental second half verges perilously on sketchy, but serene motorik closer Space Station Mantra offers a finely modulated sow of its maker's tastes and instincts. [Mar 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 26, 2025
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Constellations For The Lonely
    Doves have endured intact, hopeful, and with a document to perseverance that is fitting for one of indie-rock’s great survivors. [Feb 2025, p.100]
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Landfill
    Young Knives will thrill the faithful, but the lapsed should consider a catch-up, too. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Armageddon In A Summer Dress
    Armageddon In A Summer Dress is brimming with musical and lyrical invention. Sensational. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Enter Now Brightness
    Imaginative, reflective and confident, complemented by Thomas Healy and Samuel George Taylor's empathic production work, there's fine songwriting here. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cowards
    Ollie Judge's vocal drawl may remain slightly too post-punk 101, but otherwise Cowards teems with ideas that land. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Blindness
    Welcome evidence of a still young band stretching themselves and maturing at a pleasing pace. [Mar 2025, p.105]
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You Are The Morning
    A wonderful debut that's heartbreaking and heartwarming in equal measure. [Mar 2025, p.104]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cold Blows The Rain
    With Hayden's measured voice resembling a sigh from the grave and her plucked banjo brittle, When I Was In My prime exemplifies the record's sustained evocations of melancholy poise and elemental emotions. [Mar 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DÍA
    Manages to bridge the gap between electronic experimentation and unabashed pop. [Mar 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 24, 2025
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Automatic
    Their gentlest yet. [Feb 2025, p.104]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 14, 2025
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom
    Handled with a care the world has refused them, these characters' tales make for devastatingly immersive listening. [Feb 2025, p. 103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 11, 2025
    • 82 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Phonetics On And On
    The songwriting and its deadpan delivery are still engaging but the overall feel is so understated as to be frustratingly bashful. [Feb 2025, p.103]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 10, 2025
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    11:11
    With tracks often constructed with slick funk basslines and sleek electronics, there is much to enjoy in versatile songs that don't outstay their welcome. [Feb 2025, p.102]
    • Record Collector
      • Posted Feb 7, 2025
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