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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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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Honey
    Honey also lack the narrative depth that invited us in so close on Suddenly. If you look beyond the sweet, sticky surface, you'll likely be left craving more substance—until you're distracted by melodies that spin you into infatuation once again. For newer Caribou or Daphni fans who aren't as concerned about the polarising split between Snaith's two projects, Honey still services that dance floor giddiness—with a subtle drip of bittersweetness.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Movement
    Movement, then, is more a proof of concept than a fully fleshed-out thought, though Herndon brings enough passion to her sound to suggest one is coming.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In Technicolor
    Too much of the album feels restrained, unable to truly revel in the bliss of melody.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Amok
    Though far from the full-on dance album Yorke's DJ gigs and 50 Weapons single had presaged, Amok does feel like a collection of tracks, not songs.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wraetlic
    Wraetlic has the lingering feeling of prematurity, offering snatches of brilliance too easily snuffed out by its own tendency to hide its features in the dark.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Drank
    The music sometimes suggests inventive new directions, but the strange, tonal weirdness of the vocals doesn't always sit right, and ends up sucking out the individuality from Pharrell and Kendrick Lamar alike.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Panorama Bar, Vol. 05
    Homogenous and slightly predictable, Panorama Bar 05 is not Steffi at her most adventurous.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
    Overstuffed with ideas, some of Magic Oneohtrix Point Never's odd juxtapositions and clever references feel merely "neat." You don't get the sense Lopatin's deeply invested—more that he's throwing concepts at the wall and seeing what sticks. There are stunning moments on Magic Oneohtrix Point Never.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Starfire
    Starfire won't get stuck in your head for days, but you could spend weeks unpacking it and still never quite get to the bottom of it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Drop the Vowels
    A solid diversion from two artists who we know can do better.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Phoenix
    If The Phoenix is that feature film we were waiting for, it could stand an edit or two.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Audio, Video, Disco
    Audio, Video, Disco may not be as clever and as original as Justice think it is, but it definitely isn't as terrible as everyone else would want you to believe.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    MST
    The fundamental problem with Mst is not that it sounds like someone else, but that these ten tracks rarely match the profound emotional gravitas of that significant other.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    EUSEXUA Afterglow
    Although the album has energy in spades early on, its momentum crashes four tracks in by design—by the time it's over, you wonder if maybe FKA twigs should have just called it a night.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Modern Worship
    There are many occasions on Modern Worship when the surging synths sweep you along with the force of a dopamine rush, but there are a few others when you're left with a nagging sense that Hyetal could take things that little bit further.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Letherette
    Too often, Letherette is synthetic and manufactured, but in those slower, stranger moments it feels like the real deal.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Portraits
    Portraits resonates at a level of button-pushing sentimentality, but Maribou State are such deft directors of their sound, and so melodically gifted, that they still create moments of magic.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Waiting Room
    While McIlwain is operating within more rigid structures, another hangover from his ambient productions is that he can sometimes sound a bit directionless.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Still Trippin'
    Still Trippin''s sound design too often lacks textural depth, and it sometimes undermines otherwise good songs. The hip-hop tracks are a mixed bag as well.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Love Letters
    Love Letters is more mature, doleful and disconnected from club trends.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Jamie Lidell
    As ever, there are great songs here, underpinned by sharp, imaginative production.... The problem is that Lidell doesn't go far enough.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hotel Amour
    Hotel Amour doesn't cover new sonic ground.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Again
    It's an album that sounds less extreme than it has any right to, inspiring a cold and technical appreciation for Lopatin's craftsmanship, but not necessarily excitement.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Don't Get Too Close
    The album gets off to a rough start with "Don't Leave Me Like This," whose poppy melancholy could be better appreciated if Bobby Raps's vocals weren't distorted to an infuriating chipmunk pitch. ... But on tracks like "Way Back," Moore shines, and his knack for earworm melodies, genre mashups and collaboration comes through.
    • 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.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Parallel Memories
    For something as weighty as a debut album from a hotly-tipped artist, Parallel Memories feels a little too light for its own good.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Animated Violence Mild
    Some of the work Power did as one half of Fuck Buttons matched the grandiosity of this record's melodies, but did so with emotional resonance. But with the sense of plastic emptiness so ever-present, Animated Violence Mild too directly mirrors the very thing it's critiquing.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Turn Blue
    On Turn Blue you can tell the duo remain integral and solidly at the core, new influences or not.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Ex
    The first new Plastikman material in over ten years was always going to carry some high expectations, and as solid as it is, this one doesn't quite match up.
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