Record Collector's Scores
- Music
For 2,506 reviews, this publication has graded:
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51% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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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: | Queen II [Collector's Edition] | |
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| Lowest review score: | Relaxer |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,665 out of 2506
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Mixed: 835 out of 2506
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Negative: 6 out of 2506
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A savvy set oozing with all the assuredness and class one might suspect from a bunch of wisened sixty-somwting. [May 2026, p.102]- Record Collector
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Look For Your Mind! is another winner for the d'Addarios, packed tight with stunning musicianship, sparkling songcraft and ingenious arrangements. [May 2026, p.98]- Record Collector
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The ball keeps rolling. A rare hushed ditty, That Was My Brain On elves, is surreal and witty. The other five have muddy, chunky basslines and spearing guitars. [May 2026, p.102]- Record Collector
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Throughout, a balance of reflection and celebration is finely struck: while Feist-sung elegy What Happens Now is a tender beauty, Paying For Your Love blasts off like an indie E Street Band in full flow. [May 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
- Posted May 4, 2026
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Self-produced, the accompaniment is lush, woody, spatial, and rich in unexpected details. [Jun 2025, p. 101]- Record Collector
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Angel In Plainclothes is an intensely quiet - and quietly intense - listening experience that infuses itself into your veins. [May 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
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It’s their fuzz-guitar take on Dr Feelgood’s She Does It Right that holds the, ahem, key to the majority of selections. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Casey spend a lot of the record mining the catalogues on non-household names from the world of blues. [May 2026, p.100]- Record Collector
- Posted Apr 29, 2026
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This package gathers all the hit albums in both mono and stereo mixes, a brace of quirkier film soundtracks, plus a couple of solid but comparatively underwhelming post-Sebastian releases, all with a generous helping of bonus cuts. [Apr 2026, p.98]- Record Collector
- Posted Apr 27, 2026
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The album has a twin-guitar roar urging forward fast, furious and catchy numbers - (How How How) How Do You Wanna Be Loved - but there's also a thoughtful side, a deft delicacy on tracks such as Ramona. [Apr 2026, p.98]- Record Collector
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A fearless oasis of natural calm for a world that desperately need it. [May 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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Sharpening her songs' focus and melodies with spartan precision. [May 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
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Weller's maturing voice, grainy, textured, and perfect for singing Stax. Another high is provided by Have You made Up Your Mind. [May 2026, p.96]- Record Collector
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There are fever-dream phases of Queen II which are as thrilling as anything made that dazzling decade. .... Its reissue is significant. [May 2026, p.97]- Record Collector
- Posted Apr 23, 2026
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If all Kneecap offered was the spectacle of someone stirring shit up, like the Pistols, PE and early Manics in previous generations, they would still be worth having around. But Fenian offers far more. Their day has come. [May 2026, p.100]- Record Collector
- Posted Apr 23, 2026
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As If You're Here has a sunny, surging drive-time glint to it too, but a little too much of Romanticize... is all clinical chill and no thrill. [May 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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13 glides fluently from the Russ Ballard-ish Chew Nails to the funky Crossfyre, delicious dub-pop of standout Keep Calling Me (Baby) and Beck-ish squelch funk of That's Rap. [May 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
Posted Apr 22, 2026 -
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It's not as immediately brilliant as its predecessor, but still possessing some fine moments. [May 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
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A fourth album full of vibrant, varied takes on pop interspersed with some more downbeat, sensitive ruminations. [May 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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This fine album is further evidence of the innovative artistry of contemporary folk-related performers. [May 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
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This Richmond, Virginia quintet bring as much energy and focus to the music as they ever did. [May 2026, p.92]- Record Collector
Posted Apr 17, 2026 -
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There's plenty of fun but there's also melancholy too. [May 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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Posted Apr 14, 2026 -
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Butler's increasingly woodsy timbre serves People Move On nicely. It's not as stirring, with Butler's intimate tilt at post-Suede liberation anthem Not Alone losing the original's euphoric flush, though the trio's euphonious harmonies prove reliable - if occasionally drowsy - elsewhere. [Apr 2026, p.105]- Record Collector
Posted Apr 3, 2026 -
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There are numerous examples of predictable usual suspects (the fuzzy goth of The Cure's Primary, a trippy twist on The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck), but deeper riches are found in what, on the surface, might be seen as curveball choices. [Apr 2026, p.105]- Record Collector
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Birding takes wing with mellifluous delicacy and sturdy dynamism, held in fine balance. [Apr 2026, p.105]- Record Collector
Posted Apr 3, 2026 -
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Indigo Park is effortlessly one of the most intriguing, accomplished, inventive and rewarding records of Hornsby’s long career, rich in the mellow vibes of his most radio-friendly past recordings, but at the same time resolutely, restlessly pushing envelopes, and its perpetually inspired maker. [Apr 2026, p.102]- Record Collector
- Posted Apr 2, 2026
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