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For 491 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 51% higher than the average critic
  • 6% same as the average critic
  • 43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
Lowest review score: 32 Something To Be
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 427 out of 491
  2. Mixed: 59 out of 491
  3. Negative: 5 out of 491
491 music reviews
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    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Am A Bird Now
    I Am A Bird Now is a beautiful-sounding record, and though it doesn’t contain anything as remarkable and emotionally piercing as the debut’s “Cripple and the Starfish,” it nonetheless reveals a band and lead artist refining a musical universe populated by drag queens, cabaret dancehalls and a tolerant and open community.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fishscale
    On balance, Fishscale earns its street-cred stripes and adds another worthy release to the Great Wu-Tang Best Solo Effort debate.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Arular
    Arular is an impressive first outing, even if it does suffer from repetitive drill syndrome... and too often favors a smart hook over offering anything politically relevant to say.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Person Pitch
    Person Pitch is a paradoxically personal yet expansive work, a set that seems incredibly intimate to Lennox but universally open to a world of possibilities.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    College Dropout
    College Dropout is a competent if overlong debut, which serves up solid but by no means groundbreaking production work a little too dependent on familiar hooks from '70s R&B staples.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Decoration Day
    An even stronger collection of songs that builds on it's predecessor's sonic foundations while refusing to get stuck in them.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    Showtime
    Whereas Boy In Da Corner was the sound of a young man expressing the fear and frustration of growing up in a dangerous and bleak environment, Showtime reflects the confidence and ebullience of a maturing artist optimistically embracing a bright and hopeful future.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 88 Critic Score
    The Dirty South
    South undeniably positions the group as a hard-rocking roots act, and further as one of today's most assured rock bands, period.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 62 Critic Score
    Franz Ferdinand
    Franz Ferdinand's music possesses an intriguing, passive-aggressive kind of wasted elegance that never quite pays off.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Neon Bible
    In the end, underneath the strings and the percussion and the guitars, that is what The Arcade Fire has been about: making us want to do. That the band again achieves that goal, after changing its scope and refocusing tis sound, makes Neon Bible a success.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    Stumble Into Grace
    Stumble Into Grace's saving grace, naturally, is Harris's voice, possessed of a mature poignancy that transcends pedestrian production; it's far too genuine an instrument for the lackluster arrangements offered here.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    Phantom Power
    There's a newfound depth to the Furries' music, a sense that no matter how hard the band tries to keep things positive, the darkness in the world has managed to encroach on its outlook and musical approach.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Sound Of Silver
    Mostly he just wants to make big, fun, Bowie-esque declamations or work out a nervy punk jones.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    One Word Extinguisher
    At 23 tracks (including two strong bonus cuts at the end), One Word Extinguisher simply tries to say too much, dragging noticeably during the final third, thus weakening the final impact.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
    Dead Cities reinforces the French pair's penchant for distorted vocals and cheesy synthesizers, but the tracks here ultimately add up to far less than the sum of their assorted parts.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Separation Sunday
    Separation Sunday isn’t quite on par with Almost Killed Me, primarily because it won’t stun listeners with its freshness.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 66 Critic Score
    The Decline Of British Sea Power
    The diverse influences are still percolating, and any sense of cohesive absorption of earlier rock outfits' methods and styles never quite congeal into original expression.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    You Forgot It In People
    A mixed bag of hit-or-miss pop-oriented tunes.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Minimum-Maximum [Live]
    Emphatically validates just how fresh and alive Kraftwerk’s heavily manipulated compositions sound.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 74 Critic Score
    Thunder, Lightning, Strike
    Like a deliriously evanescent pep rally from the Outer Limits.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 96 Critic Score
    Welcome Interstate Managers
    Not only their crowning achievement to date but also one of the year's finest albums, period.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2
    Buffs the rough edges of Words & Sounds, Vol. 1 but sacrifices some of that record's spirited adventurousness.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 84 Critic Score
    LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem doesn't quite overcome the high bar set by its bonus disc. That might sound rough, but fortunately, just compiling all of Murphy & Co's singles on one handy CD provides a valuable service for newcomers to his eclectically retro style.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Black Sheep Boy
    Black Sheep Boy has bold ambitions, but Okkervil River hasn’t quite reached the point where polished execution equals or surpasses preliminary concept.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 76 Critic Score
    The Futureheads
    The group's edgy, fast-paced New Wave 2K brand of rock recalls the sharp, nerdy delivery of XTC, the impassioned focus of the Jam and ping-ponging hooks reminiscent of the Vapors.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 78 Critic Score
    Chavez Ravine
    Chávez Ravine suffers from an uneven flow due to the varying quality of the material.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 86 Critic Score
    The Wind
    The end result is a first-class effort that will not disappoint die-hard Zevon fans. But it's not just for the faithful: First-time listeners will certainly pick up The Wind out of curiosity, and there's no doubt that they will discover what they have long been missing.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 82 Critic Score
    The Lemon Of Pink
    While The Lemon of Pink might not sport individual tracks as strong as [Thought For Food's] "Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again" or "All Bad Ends All," it's nonetheless a stronger effort overall, revealing a band growing in confidence with the application of its ideas.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 68 Critic Score
    The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
    Eggs fails to engage with the unpredictable inventiveness of Swimming Hour, and lacks the skillful brevity of Weather Systems.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
    Fox Confessor is often striking, intermittently dazzling and occasionally puzzling.
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