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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Even the production on Beyond sounds plucked from the trio's Bug heyday. [May 2007, p.85]- Spin
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Quieter and more uniform in sound than the wilfully eclectic Let It Die, the new album emphasizes her sumptuous vocals and ear for a handsome melody. [May 2007, p.85]- Spin
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Valedictorian frequently collides with bracing beauty, sometimes of the of the conventional sort, but more often like nothing else before it. [May 2007, p.85]- Spin
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Skirting the emotional depths that marked his past work, Callahan's new persona feels almost shallow. [May 2007, p.84]- Spin
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The harder the music hammers, the flatter the lyrics get. The more the band holds back, the stronger the songs become. Consequently, there's half of a great album here. [May 2007, p.83]- Spin
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The moody effects and oblique lyrical affectations quickly wear thin. [May 2007, p.88]- Spin
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The vibe here is mellow, unremarkable, and a touch contrived. [May 2007, p.85]- Spin
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You'll immediately recognize the masterful melodies and rock'n'roll sentiment, for better and worse. [May 2007, p.86]- Spin
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The Best Damn Thing rarely takes itself too seriously. [May 2007, p.89]- Spin
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A sweaty, first-take orgy that sometimes suggests Tom Waits fronting the Stones, only clumsier. [May 2007, p.84]- Spin
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The songs drag in the middle, choruses become interchangeable, and too many tracks end with the same electronic stuttering. [May 2007, p.84]- Spin
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The hooks are stronger, the production richer, and the scale grander. [May 2007, p.84]- Spin
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The result is one of Cave's hardest-rocking records, but also one of his funniest. [Apr 2007, p.86]- Spin
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Oberst's countryish genre studies have deepened with a very adult loneliness. [Apr 2007, p.89]- Spin
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Amedeo Pace's wailing, overemotive tenor invites the mess of Blonde Radiohead jokes the band will inevitably receive. [Apr 2007, p.86]- Spin
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Ant perfectly underscores Ali's gruff cadence, simultaneously self-assured and stressed, with a melodic lope that scrunches soul voclas underneath loops of bluesy guitar. [Apr 2007, p.86]- Spin
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[It] threads seductive, chiming melodies through robotic, New Order-style rhythms. [May 2007, p.90]- Spin
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It's like an alt-rock adaptation of a John Cheever anthology. [Apr 2007, p.87]- Spin
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[They] downplay the hip-hop boom-bap... in favor of busy pop jams that mirror the overstimulation of 21st-century life. [Apr 2007, p.93]- Spin
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The Twilight Sad walk a fine line between drippy sentimentality and rough-edged realism. [May 2007, p.91]- Spin
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There are awkward attempts at the strutting pomp rock of Queen, the pop reggae of the Police, and the wardrobe of the Strokes. [Apr 2007, p.86]- Spin
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There are no real highlights among these soggy minimalist jams. [Apr 2007, p.87]- Spin
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With such sharp detail, Kaiser Chiefs have elevated themselves from a singles band to a group that's capable of both having a laugh and making a focused statement about life's less gleeful side. [Apr 2007, p.92]- Spin
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The gripping Strangelet strives for a tricky balance of darkness of light... and mostly succeeds, thanks to the raw charisma of Phillips' hangover vocals. [Apr 2007, p.94]- Spin
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There are a few clunky dance tracks... but it's Madden's search for love in the L.A. wasteland that gives Revival a certain charm. [Mar 2007, p.86]- Spin
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Sometimes he veers too close to his source material and surrenders to sap... but mostly this U.K.-chart-topping magpie makes good with bountiful tunes and Broadway vocal dazzle that could slay even the High School Musical crowd. [May 2007, p.88]- Spin