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For 1,177 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 53% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: 100 Biokinetics [Reissue]
Lowest review score: 36 Déjà-Vu
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,018 out of 1177
  2. Mixed: 158 out of 1177
  3. Negative: 1 out of 1177
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Am Jordan
    Both introspective and marking the importance of community and friendship, I AM JORDAN is energising music that can only instill joy and catharsis.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Olympic Mess
    Ambiguities can make Olympic Mess's charms difficult to excavate, but it's well worth making the effort to do so.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Glass
    Glass isn't a concept album, though, nor does it need to be. Music this impressive is a statement in and of itself.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Fingers, Bank Pads and Shoe Prints
    This new LP is understated by comparison, with fewer jarring moments and more shifting grooves.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The Centre Cannot Hold
    The Centre Cannot Hold is about flux, about the flow of change through cycles of destruction and serenity. It's a more hopeful record than you might think.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 72 Critic Score
    1-800 Dinosaur Presents Trim
    Trim definitely isn't stuck on stupid, but a bit more self-awareness wouldn't go amiss.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Fifth Season
    Lafawndah's stripped-down approach invites us to sit in these new environments, culminating in an album that feels as thoroughly absorbing as a good novel.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    PL
    There isn't a track on the record that isn't somehow scuffed, bruised or degraded. The recording fidelity is uniformly scruffy but not at the expense of dance floor efficacy—you'll have punchier music in your collection, but these tracks should still cut through.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Smalhans
    There are no new tricks at hand here, no experimental forays into the goonier psych-prog ends of the space disco genre. And you know what? Thank f*** for that.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    Mother Earth's Plantasia [Reissue]
    Its tackiness has transformed over time into a thing of beauty. A perfect reflection of the flora in your life, Mother Earth's Plantasia is garish, green and hopelessly sincere. It never fails to put a smile on your face or pull the sunshine into every room.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Radio Libertadora!
    For a while, "Techno De Favelado" locks into a satisfying techno kick, before hollowing out and ultimately collapsing into a familiar funk pattern. At times, the record's use of popular dance music tropes fails. .... But really, Radio Libertada ! is mostly spice, and rarely sugar.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Personality
    Brimming with standalones ... but it sometimes feel[s] more like a collection of songs than a singularly-minded and cohesive album.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lonely At the Top
    Atonal but definitely not without its charms, it's the producer's most distinctive statement yet.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    Air Lows
    A graceful continuation of her catalogue, Air Lows has an alluringly frosty charm.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Care
    There's a dreamlike logic to much of Care: it's atmospheric, but it doesn't make sense.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Models
    Gamble successfully deploys his robotic collaborators as tools in his sonic worldbuilding rather than as ends in themselves.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Killer
    The Killer seems to reveal a pattern on Pawlowitz's part, yet it somehow remains every bit as viscerally captivating as his best material, a formula still as cryptic as it ever was.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Calling from the Stars
    The end result sounds like a shameful karaoke. Nonetheless, fans of Miss Kittin should still give Calling From The Stars a go, as it remains her most accomplished solo release to date.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 56 Critic Score
    Unspell
    Beneath its stylish veneer, Unspell lacks substance.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 58 Critic Score
    The Gamble
    After working together on and off for years, this trio obviously have a special connection, but it's only apparent in fits and spurts.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    Utility
    For all of its differences, Utility only sounds unnatural in the Kowton discography when it undermines the strengths of the music before it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Seven Steps Behind
    Seven Steps Behind is too unfocused to be a slam dunk, but there's potential for something truly new here. In an era where club classics in the concert hall have lost their novelty, it's thrilling to hear orchestral instruments twisted like this.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Feel It Break
    Feel It Break feels a bit front-loaded: its second half sags a bit with more ballad-oriented material, but closes on a strong note with "The Beast."
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Endgame
    Endgame excels when its structures are more orthodox.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Parodia Flare
    Tropics' debut album stands its ground as a promising start for an artist still figuring out exactly what he wants to say.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pop Ambient 2014
    Pop Ambient 2014 is the fluffiest, most cushioned set of zone-outs in the series' recent history.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Totem
    Most tracks have so much going on that it begins to feel like tectonic plates pulling in opposite directions, heaving two ways at once and leaving the listener dizzy and disoriented. It's Ryat's crystal clear, wriggling voice that's the glue just barely holding everything together.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3
    Do you love sick beat drops? Then you'll probably love Skrillex's new album. .... The diversity here is astonishing, if at times schizophrenic.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Mature Themes
    The album has a swampy, overheated feel, which takes some of the impact away from its sharper moments but enhances its more languid stretches.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Cheetah [EP]
    The record hews especially close to a strain of plush acid, albeit with Aphex Twin's inimitable charm. But a short change of pace arrives from the dissonant "CHEETA1b ms800" and "CHEETA2 ms800," which seem to be brief tests of rich, textured patches from the Cheetah. These tracks complete a record that finds inspiration and style from obstacles and restrictions.
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