The 405's Scores
- Music
For 1,530 reviews, this publication has graded:
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57% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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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: | Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Revival |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,296 out of 1530
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Mixed: 209 out of 1530
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Negative: 25 out of 1530
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It's a good album, full of high points, but it never excites in the way it threatens to.- The 405
- Posted Jun 30, 2015
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Inji is an erratic debut album, an invitation to go forward into weirder territories with Dust in the future. As invitations go, however, it's intriguing enough to take up.- The 405
- Posted Jun 30, 2015
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Based solely on intuitive improvisations between musicians, he has produced an engaging interpretation of the ominous air and electricity Schipper creates. Victoria, and its music, seizes the beauty and terror we find within those moments when we throw ourselves into a new, uninhibited context.- The 405
- Posted Jun 25, 2015
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While unrelentingly committed to his personal story, Vince rapturously integrates dense and conscious-filled narratives of his inner life, packaged vibrantly over layered and unpredictable production executively produced by No I.D with support from DJ Dahi, Clams Casino and Christian Rich. Among 20 tracks, there's no filler to be found.- The 405
- Posted Jun 24, 2015
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- Posted Jun 24, 2015
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Enjoyment of Mercy as a whole hinges on whether you consider the boyish, faltering vocal to be strong or cheesy.- The 405
- Posted Jun 22, 2015
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It's better paced than Arc, which had great songs but grew tiresome. It's the insular nature of these songs that makes the album better than their previous efforts, a purity emerges from their new found restraint, there is depth to be found in its breathing room.- The 405
- Posted Jun 22, 2015
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Son Lux's remix value is through the roof, settling nicely along the lines of Purity Ring's debut, The xx, or even some of Thom Yorke's solo tracks. That said, each of these examples are revered, but not lived up to.- The 405
- Posted Jun 16, 2015
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PINS architect and frontwoman Faith Holgate has always stressed the band's desire to maintain a disparate sonic palette and it's an MO that can be felt throughout the first half of the album.- The 405
- Posted Jun 11, 2015
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With Grievances, Rolo Tomassi seem ready to take their first step onto the stage in front of a wider audience.- The 405
- Posted Jun 10, 2015
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is an arena-ready and festival-ready record that, in true Florence and the Machine fashion, is packed to the brim with alarmingly catchy hooks and astounding vocal theatrics from its vocalist.- The 405
- Posted Jun 10, 2015
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Moroder's attempts at creating a 21st century version of his prior success results in painfully artificial, sterile, boring music.- The 405
- Posted Jun 9, 2015
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In Colour breaks no new ground to be sure, but as an accessible crossover record it does a perfectly serviceable job. It's light, breezy and pretty, as ephemeral as the exhilaration of clubbing without really evoking the thrill of it all.- The 405
- Posted Jun 8, 2015
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They can be packed to the brim with the thoughts and feelings of a whole collection of people. For Algiers, it is this ability to connect with hearts and minds that ultimately makes their record among 2015's strongest thus far.- The 405
- Posted Jun 8, 2015
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The musical event drips in unprecedented additions that welcome alternative vocals from Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae and Jesse Boykins III to the track list, along with fervent features from King Louie, Big Sean, J Cole and Quavo, that lure the rap artists out of their comfort zones and onto intricate live compositions.- The 405
- Posted Jun 5, 2015
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There's a cracking EP in amongst the tracks on Boys, but no shortage of filler, too.- The 405
- Posted Jun 5, 2015
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While it is a solid, if unspectacular debut with promise for the future, it's difficult to fight the feeling that Before We Forgot How To Dream is an album which hides behind big production because it is afraid to be intimate.- The 405
- Posted Jun 5, 2015
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If each of these eleven songs didn't deviate from their affective formula until now, there's not much reason to change it up. I do wish I could hear more lyrics and emotional sentiment.- The 405
- Posted Jun 4, 2015
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The record's ability to be simultaneously dense and accessible, joyful and thoughtful, inspiring and cautionary, allows it to make a case for being an essential record for anyone in their twenties.- The 405
- Posted Jun 3, 2015
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The world it creates is in many ways richer, more affecting and bolder than the ones that came before.- The 405
- Posted Jun 2, 2015
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Compactness aside, the tracks here don't give up on lyrical imagination.- The 405
- Posted Jun 2, 2015
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It has interesting moments and one cannot really fault Kozelek for looking to present a different narrative than his previous record. But there is no denying that Benji set a high bar and this record borrows elements from it, but does so with disappointing results.- The 405
- Posted Jun 2, 2015
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Valet's third LP is proof that hazy guitars and dream-pop vocals aren't just for smoke-filled basements. When done right, anyone can take the journey and float with the music rather than get buried inside.- The 405
- Posted Jun 1, 2015
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Sonically the album is engaging and intriguing, but that's only the first layer. The lyrics are poetry, each word there on purpose, just like each note and beat.- The 405
- Posted May 29, 2015
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A$AP Rocky has always been an innovator and his creative attempts have always been bold. At.Long.Last.A$AP is no different there.- The 405
- Posted May 29, 2015
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All in all, When The Night Comes is unsettlingly monitored and controlled--but that kind of discomfort makes for a pleasantly digestible experience.- The 405
- Posted May 28, 2015
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While it was a throwaway reference earlier, the contrast between Girlpool and LCD Soundsystem exhibits why Before The World Was Big is such a refreshing listen.- The 405
- Posted May 28, 2015
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The end result of Unknown Mortal Orchestra's third outing is a intoxicating concoction of brooding psychedelic musings, complete with otherworldly synths and fluttering modulations, on one of the most complicated and divisive topics one could imagine a pop record taking on.- The 405
- Posted May 28, 2015
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Shortly after the release of Swimming Through Sunlight, Brown complained that he was already bored with its songs and admitted the band hadn't considered how it would feel to be bashing out the same garage band combinations a year later (the answer: tedious, if their new material-heavy live sets were anything to go by). With Heydays, they needn't stress about falling into that trap again.- The 405
- Posted May 22, 2015
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This is music full of heart and imagination and it is well worth investigating, even though some long standing fans of hers may be puzzled at first.- The 405
- Posted May 21, 2015
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