Spin's Scores
- Music
For 4,305 reviews, this publication has graded:
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47% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.5 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
| Highest review score: | Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf's Up Sessions 1969-1971 | |
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| Lowest review score: | They Were Wrong, So We Drowned |
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Positive: 3,099 out of 4305
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Mixed: 1,151 out of 4305
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Negative: 55 out of 4305
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Dear infuses the snapping, beeping compositions of his second album with a sincere yearn, broadening the genre in the process. [Jul 2007, p.96]- Spin
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Bettencourt's howling power-glam riffs pair well enough with Farrell's alley-cat wail. [Jun 2007, p.95]- Spin
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Of course, the main attraction remains his bristling, zigzag guitar licks, which still astound nearly 40 years on. [Jun 2007, p.96]- Spin
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High drama of the blunt, uncliched sort unheard since the Afghan Whigs' '90s heyday. [Jun 2007, p.94]- Spin
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[Wheat's] most rousing collection. [Jun 2007, p.97]- Spin
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Zoom in on this overproduced second album, dripping with newly emboldened lyrical pretensions, and you'll find cracks in the enjoyable cliches. [Jun 2007, p.91]- Spin
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The only misstep is frontman Adam Levine's raunchy lyrics. [Jun 2007, p.94]- Spin
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While the Used honestly want to move away from their time-tested sound, the experiments come off as unfocused and confused. [May 2007, p.90]- Spin
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Miracle Fortress' jubilant indie pop effortlessly integrates cuddly mammalian coos, cottony guitar fuzz, and gentle falsetto choruses.- Spin
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The Horrors are too shackled by kitsch to scare life into such creaky punk posturing. [Jun 2007, p.94]- Spin
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The songs are actually strong enough to hold the weight of the over-the-top arrangements. [Jun 2007, p.96]- Spin
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A near-perfect album by a band that seems, finally, to have found their identity. [Jun 2007, p.89]- Spin
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At its best ("Great Wide Open"), Tales recalls Foo Fighters' wimpier singles, but for the most part, it's just a reminder of why even Dave Grohl turns up the screaming now and then.- Spin
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The pub stompers are as rowdy as ever, but they're balanced here by laid-back ruminations on romance. [Jun 2007, p.91]- Spin
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Even with the occasional middling moments, it's hard to deny the band's clever, boisterous spirit. [May 2007, p.86]- Spin
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[It] succeeds best when it shakes off the doldrums. [Jun 2007, p.92]- Spin
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Even when Electrelane ditch the cheer completely, they inspire more smiles than growls. [Jun 2007, p.92]- Spin
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Prekop's crew have mastered a more intricate approach, seasoning their gently introspective tales of "distracted and lazy" lovers with stronger ingredients. [Jun 2007, p.95]- Spin
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The strongest [tracks]... get to Smith's best impulse: a willingness to find the innocence in life. [May 2007, p.94]- Spin
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The veteran group's dizzying flows remain flawless. [Jun 2007, p.90]- Spin
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The songs are about love and sex, but a hint of nihilism still lingers in Wolf's melodramatic vibrato. [May 2007, p.91]- Spin
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Trading obscure metaphors for assertive personae, Amos sings with a remarkably forceful focus. [Jun 2007, p.92]- Spin
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