Record Collector's Scores
- Music
For 2,508 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 |
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Positive: 1,666 out of 2508
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Mixed: 836 out of 2508
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Negative: 6 out of 2508
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Born Horses was a slow process – Donahue compares the patient approach to recognising the “statue already inside the marble” – but it has given rich rewards; a change in focus that remains unmistakably Mercury Rev. [Oct 2024, p.98]- Record Collector
- Posted Sep 9, 2024
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Their first since Ghosteen is rich in the singer’s blend of archness and romantic yearning, while his simpatico cohorts’ dynamics throb and tingle. [Oct 2024, p.100]- Record Collector
- Posted Sep 9, 2024
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Against the odds, it is worth the wait. .... The 12 new songs mostly recall the commercial peaks of Mind Bomb and Dusk, and there’s a comforting, analogue hum to the proceedings. A Johnny Marr-esque lick here, and a Bernard Herrmann horn stab there: all help create the warm, dusty sound instantly recognisable as The The.- Record Collector
- Posted Sep 3, 2024
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This is Amy's album, wild, sometimes snarling songs that, with a twinkle in the eye, namecheck everyone from Warren Beatty to Marianne Faithfull to Hannibal Lecter. .... Very enjoyable. [Sep 2024, p.133]- Record Collector
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It is a contemporary sounding album full of songs worth revisiting, out of love, not some old Floydian care of duty. [Sep 2024, p.130]- Record Collector
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The storytelling is more linear and less elliptical than we might expect from Anderson, though any restraint in the storytelling services the cinematic scope of the project, where soundscapes segue with ease as vertiginous strings swoop and dive, and Anohni provides vocal interjections. [Sep 2024, p.130]- Record Collector
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These ruminations on love form what could be described as a grownup concept album, with the Norwegian singer using all her experience and expertise wisely and reassuringly. [Sep 2024, p.133]- Record Collector
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Highlights come thick and fast, but toe-tapping and self-referential opener Enjoy The Ride, the 70s funk of 1972 and the exquisitely expressive Let it Burn do a good job of framing this exciting release. [Sep 2024, p.130]- Record Collector
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Gillan isn't quite the octave-busting vocalist of old, while his lyrical subject matter often recalls the laddishness of his erstwhile self-named group. [Sep 2024, p.131]- Record Collector
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Although troubled themes lurk in the lyrics, boogie-driven closer Daily Blues encapsulates the album’s appeal neatly: for pure retro-rock escapism, this Flight is just the ticket.- Record Collector
- Posted Aug 13, 2024
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While their familiar stargazing disco again dominates, the songwriting is at its sharpest as fresh influences add bite. [Aug 2024, p.103]- Record Collector
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File under late and inessential. [Jul 2024, p.101]- Record Collector
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It all adds up to a stylish album that rolls back the years yet sounds right up to date without ever deviating from what Gouldman knows and does so well. We have no notes for you, Graham Gouldman. [Aug 2024, p.100]- Record Collector
- Posted Jul 17, 2024
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The opening Introduction To Why I Did It is a pocket masterpiece, a lyrical meditation on lost smalltown 80s indie youth, but often this musically satisfying album feels wanting for more of the story which inspired it. [Aug 2024, p.105]- Record Collector
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Infused with ennui and a fascination with death, with a sense of teenage mopiness hitting the listener like waves of passive aggression coming through a bedroom wall. Nevertheless, it's not without its charm. [Aug 2024, p.105]- Record Collector
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The music on II is undoubtedly a gorgeous trip, but it's a sound which many producers have caught up with in the last decade. [Aug 2024, p.104]- Record Collector
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It's introspection with a keen ear for accessible melodies that help sweeten the bitter pills with which he's self-medicating. [Aug 2024, p.105]- Record Collector
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It's rock in the same way that Springsteen rocks, rollicking and without a preconceived direction. [Aug 2024, p.105]- Record Collector
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The torch chanteuse of yore is still much in evidence, but with some pleasing detours into more varied terrain. [Aug 2024, p.105]- Record Collector
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The results occasionally come within touching distance of essential. .... Yet more often than not it resembles a New York-flavoured spin in the retro coffee table house of Zero 7 or Lamb. [Aug 2024, p.105]- Record Collector
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True, the stoner-rock Passengers interrupts the flow - but not for long. Ironically, it makes for Kasabian's most epic album since Empire 18 years ago. [Aug 2024, p.104]- Record Collector
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My Light, My Destroyer is the work of a master storyteller, capable of inhabiting characters with real empathy and noticing evocative details. [Aug 2024, p.104]- Record Collector
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Harmonics is another bold step in the world of the grown-up youth club. [Aug 2024, p.104]- Record Collector
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X's unspools warm, rarefied variants on his meticulously maintained minimalism. [Aug 2024, p.103]- Record Collector
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Overall, the record harks back to past glories, but it's doubtful it would have reversed his fortunes quite so dramatically as the Rubin makeover. [Aug 2024, p.103]- Record Collector
- Posted Jul 15, 2024
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The intimate piano ballad Poor Symmetry, indie-pop of Sign Of A Past Life and the anthemic Wild Geese, Wild Love (think Cat Power fronting War On Drugs) emphasise her versatility. [Aug 2024, p.103]- Record Collector
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It’s a whole lot of matter for Mind, but it acts as a fascinating documentary, as does the extensive, detailed book. What are the takeaways? It’s like finding a hidden treasure in the middle of a catalogue that is well-known but only partially adored; Out The Blue, Aisumasen (I’m Sorry) and I Know (I Know) are deeply confessional and equal to anything Lennon has ever written. [Aug 2024, p.90]- Record Collector
- Posted Jul 12, 2024
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