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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World’s Gone Wrong may well turn out to be a landmark release in Lucinda Williams’ career. But it’s not only its uncompromising lyrical message but its musical direction that raises questions. You can’t recapture lightning in a bottle, and it may be that her future lies in a less quirky, more strident genre than previously. And that’s a choice she has earned the right to make. [Jan 2026, p.98]- Record Collector
- Posted Jan 20, 2026
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A recording half the length would have been more pleasurably effective. [Jan 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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An ornate folk album that brims with rich orchestration and incisive lyrics. [Jan 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
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They unleash 12 songs driven by earnest vocals, fuzz-tinged riffs and steady grooves. If there's a quibble, Selling A Vibe is often cohesive to the point of being monotonous. [Jan 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
Posted Jan 8, 2026 -
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The tunes are Tin Pan Alley, the lyrics a compassionate castigation of humanity. [Jan 2026, p.102]- Record Collector
Posted Jan 6, 2026 -
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Does a fine job of transmitting the spit and fury of their own shows, even o the studio setting. [Jan 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
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Secret Love follows 2022’s Stumpwork, an album that pushed Dry Cleaning’s sound towards more expansive routes, a direction of travel that, with the help of Cate Le Bon’s expert production, has led to their best work yet. It is also their most direct. [Christmas 2025, p.130]- Record Collector
- Posted Jan 6, 2026
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Enriched and incisive, expansive and introspective, The Demise Of Planet X never settles for second-hand goods. [Feb 2026, p.100]- Record Collector
- Posted Jan 6, 2026
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Complements her poetic lyrics with intricate, arpeggiated folk guitar to haunting effect. [Jan 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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Westerman has crafted a collection of songs steeped in nostalgia and simplicity. [Jan 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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The luxurious strings are heavenly, while the twang of an electric guitar and understated drums push it gently forward. [Jan 2026, p.103]- Record Collector
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There’s a taut, garage-like sensibility to the arrangements, a discipline lacking from the originals, in a satisfying, worthwhile salvage expedition. [Jan 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
- Posted Jan 5, 2026
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The four Memento Mori outtakes included are sub-par, but the concert material turns moody introspection into a black celebration of life with thunderously affirmative power. [Jan 2026, p.101]- Record Collector
- Posted Jan 5, 2026
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The nine studio rarities and 16 live tracks add light to the story. .... The live recordings from Los Angeles Sports Arena in April 1975 are a revelation. .... Wish You were Here 50, riding the gravy train or not, really does have plenty to delight. [Christmas 2025, p.120]- Record Collector
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Ultimately. Black And White deserves this bells-and-whistles resuscitation (though collectors may be stretched by Zoetrope and marbleised wax incarnations!). [Christmas 2025, p.129]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 5, 2025 -
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Spira finds Arnalds' talent revivified, blooming to earthy, dreamy and transporting effect. [Christmas 2025, p.132]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 5, 2025 -
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Holy Island is a magnificent opening statement and the mind boggles as to where they might venture next. [Christmas 2025, p.135]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 3, 2025 -
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His own trio take garage rock to new levels with the inane vocals, throbbing bass, crashing drums and screaming guitar of Sherlock.... [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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The latest from equally thunderous Childish girls for a mostly covers collection. .... On balance, the girls come out ahead, but get them both. [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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The voice is perhaps a little too polite in places, but lets loose in fine testifying form on the closing Heart Of Mine. [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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Expressive and resonant, this is an accomplished work. [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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Racing through 13 tracks in just 30 minutes, their third album (and first for new label, Domino) is no less succinctly potent. [Christmas 2025, p.135]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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The results plugs directly into Tron's AI-apocalypse mainframe. It's the end of teh world as we know it, essentially, but NIN fit in just fine. [Christmas 2025, p.134]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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Start casting the stage version now. [Christmas 2025, p.134]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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The music is as gauzy as sugar-spun candy floss. .... The downside of this approach is Liquorice largely lacks the distinctive moments of past Hatchie albums. [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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Tugs gently but effectively at every heart string. [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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Fans of Joni Mitchell and early PJ Harvey will relate to Fatal Optimist on a visceral level. [Christmas 2025, p.133]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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While unearthed solo cuts like the eerie Child Bride intrigue, it's the stab at rocking up one of the most wilfully unrocking albums in the canon which really fascinates. [Christmas 2025, p.128]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025 -
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While heavier moments such as the scuzzy, stoner-grunge Heaven's Breath and the Nick Cave-esque gothic folk epic The Ox Driver's Song shine, the more straightforward folk/country tunes are pleasant but not distinctive enough to be memorable. [Christmas 2025, p.132]- Record Collector
Posted Dec 2, 2025