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For 1,530 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 57% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.9 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: 100 Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
Lowest review score: 15 Revival
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,296 out of 1530
  2. Mixed: 209 out of 1530
  3. Negative: 25 out of 1530
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Yours Conditionally
    If you're paying attention, there's a minor treasure at hand. Ease on in.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    50 Song Memoir
    50 Song Memoir is as much the story of Stephin Merritt’s life as it is a love letter to song. It is a certifiable masterpiece and one that music lovers ‘round the world will not soon forget.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Prisoner
    It’s full of layers and little emotions, rather than just being a slave to the bigger issues and emotions, and that’s what makes it authentic.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reassemblage
    So whilst there are shades of Jan St. Werner, Brian Eno and Yellow Magic Orchestra, the result is a series of soundscapes like nothing else.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    World Eater
    It’s coherent, exciting, and strong, and it gives you an in-depth idea of how you can articulate experimental soundscapes with rough portions of sound that cause commotion.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Moh Lhean
    Moh Lhean sounds just as complete as any other WHY? record. This album is the mark of a man who knows where he is in life.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Drunk
    He hasn't lost a step, returning with an album that reminds of Lotus in its sprawling, rapidly transitioning 23-song tracklist. There is little else to compare, here, Thundercat--already a musical wunderkind--truly grows into his own as a presence.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Volcano
    Volcano's songs seem to lack the spontaneity Sun Structures was built upon.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Tears in the Club
    Tears in the Club acts as yet another testament to Kingdom’s skill as an innovative musician; many try to fuse inspirations from numerous styles, eras and artists, but few do it quite so effortlessly.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Infinite Worlds
    Infinite Worlds is accomplished and stirring, but it’s also sprinkled with surprise intimacies, distinguishing it as one of the most remarkable and challenging releases so far this year.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Impermanence
    Silberman’s compositions are packed with poignancy and are captivating.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Gang Signs & Prayer
    Gang Signs & Prayer is as insightful as it is extravagant, gracious as it is haughty, and divine as it is gritty, which is both a blessing and a curse depending on whether or not you were looking for more gang signs than prayer.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Flying Microtonal Banana
    Their homemade studio occasionally shows its flaws, but this is simultaneously heartening. King Gizzard are easy to forgive and fun to like, showing that it’s more than a record about reliving psychedelic music’s prototypes.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Dirty Projectors
    Reduced to his own devices, our gentleman hero has crafted both the most intrinsically soulful, emotional, and heartfelt record of his career. No less, he's delivered on one of music's greatest archetypes--and with aplomb.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Pink Sunset for No One
    Noveller is nothing if not consistent and A Pink Sunset Over No One is another fine example of such success.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Future
    After a year of baited breathing, we seem to have arrived at an in-between. There's still plenty of fun to be had in the waiting room, but let's hope he has more in store for the next appointment.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Heba
    Lowly make it clear throughout that they look upon life and all of its intricacies as a gift, and they have translated that wonderment and thankfulness into a beautiful ode to the world on their debut album.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Life Will See You Now
    There is a wide-eyed optimism pulsing through the heart of it which, twinned with Jens’ lovelorn, quirky poetry, is a sincere, open-hearted invitation. The least it deserves is the same uncynical embrace from the listener.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Drogas Light
    You’d hope that Lupe would trust himself enough to deliver the kind of music he’s capable of making. Instead, we get a terrible album--a new low in a career that already has too many down moments.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Themes for Dying Earth
    By listening to it, you are induced to disconnect from your surroundings, and to appreciate and find peace within the chaos of the everyday life and modern struggles. It’s not an isolation capsule, but you’ll definitely feel as though you’re floating to safety.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fin
    Fin is a mature, if slightly restrained debut.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Process
    This is not an album for a breakthrough, nor is it a bastion in the storm. It's something grander.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Silhouette
    Although sometimes the journey gets bumpy, and Aquilo lose their way to sleepy filler, they always manage to find their way back to the dreamy, lush pop and rich electronic tapestries that makes part of this record such a triumph.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Occult Architecture, Vol. 1
    . The more challenging half of the record may still to be released, but judging by the vibrant band on display on Volume 1, we need not worry.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tourist in This Town
    She not only tells a story, she takes it a step further, peeling back the façade and interacting with the truths that haunt us all in those late night hours. And it is that bravery that truly propels Tourist in This Town.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    After the Party
    After The Party is resurgent by rediscovering everything that’s exciting about The Menzingers’ esotericism, and it’s fresh through galvanising this logical step in their thematic journey with a goodie-bag of gratifying surprises.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Pace of the Passing
    There is an authenticity that bleeds through this album. It is proper DIY- rugged and unique enough to know this is coming from a human, yet polished and carefully crafted enough to feel the pride and excitement in sharing a work of art for the public to claim.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    C U L T U R E
    Migos see no need for a limit to the fun, and invite you in with familiarity, guiding you right into the consistency that follows throughout the album.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    SweetSexySavage
    In an engaging and accessible way, Kehlani uses her sharp pen game to detail her experiences navigating relationships and her career as best she can, despite her past impacting many facets of her future.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Ty Segall (2017)
    What sets Ty Segall apart from Slaughterhouse--and most of his albums--is the well-measured balance between the heavy Ty and the more melodious Ty. He moves back and forth throughout, but easily maintains unison under his idiosyncratic character; and the album is crafted to ebb and flow.
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