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For 4,495 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 64% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.8 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 77
Highest review score: 100 Adore Life
Lowest review score: 20 143
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4,040 out of 4495
  2. Mixed: 438 out of 4495
  3. Negative: 17 out of 4495
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    What's Wrong With New York?
    The Dare is trying to present the New York songbook to the Zoomer masses with such generality that he legally cannot be paternity-traced to any one act. Slap a bass on top of some rumbling rhythms and a synth so glitchy that every line feels like a mis-input that made it through post, and all that’s left to do is pull a line from your notebook of “TikTok virality potential.”
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Noctunes
    This is a soul record that sounds pristine and yet feels raw--whatever else might’ve happened in the last couple of years, Beal’s voice--both literally and creatively--has not been withered.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Four (Acts of Love)
    There is more than enough genuine, heartfelt emotion and originality coursing through Four (Acts Of Love), with Mick Harvey proving himself yet again to have a tender touch when it comes to the delicate business of affairs of the heart.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Chinese Fountain
    Ultimately, the Growlers’ sunny disposition and incredibly natural, economical style of songcraft carries them through Chinese Fountain, an album which manages the impressive feat of leaving the listener both utterly satisfied and hungry for more.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Revelations
    Shamir represents what it is to be an outsider, with each of Revelation’s nine tracks teaching us to face our insecurities and embrace our weirdness. Even in the darkest times, Shamir’s brilliance continues to shine through
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)
    Gibson’s talent isn’t in question here, there’s a reason he’s built a reputation as one of the UK's best production talents and it’s in full display in Actual Life 3. However, it's hard to put a finger on what the album's intent is.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Adult Contemporary
    Adult Contemporary is a whole lot of fun, and furthers Chromeo’s mission to take the seriousness out of modern day music. Chromeo’s trajectory remains in tact with this release, and shows that funk truly never goes out of style.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    World Wide Pop
    Ultimately, World Wide Pop works best in small doses. Still, Superorganism’s displays of creativity and personality are admirable and will get them farther than most in modern indie pop.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This Is Not a Safe Place
    For those that grew up with the band that they would even release a second post reunion record is probably enough. For those that have joined the party late however, it does nothing we haven’t heard before. And unfortunately, those moments where the album soars instead of stalls, come too infrequently to leave any lasting impression.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sugar at the Gate
    At first listen, Sugar at the Gate could be deemed overly saccharine, but the production is so flawless they inevitably give you permission to revel in all of your rose-tinted dreams.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Deap Lips
    Deap Lips, is less of a synthesis and more of a compromise. A diamond in the rough rather than a crown jewel. Undoubtedly more experimental than the Lips’ last collaborative effort, the music is still tinged with that same whiff of self-indulgence.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Ridge
    The Ridge continuously strikes a fine balance between the heady grandeur of classical music and the restless creative exploration of the current indie scene, striking a similar resonant chord with music fans who either came across the album due to their interest in Arcade Fire or Mozart.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Amen & Goodbye
    With the aid of deft production and mild restraint, Amen & Goodbye is well within therapeutic range. Its hybrid of analogue and digital techniques have allowed Yeasayer to create their most enthralling and satisfying record to date.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Range Anxiety
    Twerps couch enough of a dark streak beneath their mostly sunny exterior to promise future explorations outside their current box.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Born Pink
    The execution itself often falls frustratingly flat, lacking originality and a clear-cut focus. With its limited scope of musical conceptions, Born Pink, therefore, sounds strangely restricted, as if detained in a confined space wherein it longs to escape.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Wolf
    Wolf is both a departure and a refinement for Tyler, combining his best traits in such a way as to nearly eliminate his weaknesses.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sistrionix
    They’ve given the folk-drenched musical world of the last few years a well timed kick in the balls.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Know It All
    Despite her enormous talent, Know-It-All can feel a little rushed. Fair play to want to capitalise on momentum, but artistically it would have been interesting to hear what could have been achieved with a little more time spent finding Cara's own sound, rather than mixing so many in to ten tracks.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Till It's All Forgotten
    Till It’s All Forgotten is a fine debut, showcasing an artist of remarkable invention and instrumental talent.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    When We Stay Alive
    Taken all together, When We Stay Alive is the sound of an individual and a band finding a new purpose, a new way to live and create – even if it is within the confines of familiarity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
    Not all of it sounds like a string quartet pulling itself apart, or a piano chewing up its own keys. Polished, radio friendly pop hooks snag on the acute, serrated edges of Black Thought’s gloomy verses.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Damage and Joy
    The Jesus and Mary Chain are trapped in amber on Damage and Joy, untouched by the very different musical climate to the one they last sent an album out into. Good job, then, that it contains far more hits than misses.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Cope
    It certainly sounds like black and white and red, but while it’s quite clearly in a better way than a sunburnt penguin, its attempts at something completely dramatic and bold aren’t quite as successful as Spielberg’s iconic scene.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Welcome the Worms
    Bleached don’t really break away from the tried-and-true pop-rock template here. When it’s done quite this energetically, though, it’s hard to care--especially when the sense of catharsis is so palpable.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Magnifique
    the New York duo have shown that they indeed own that genre because well, it’s their own genre. Thankfully, the same feelings are still mustered with new offering Magnifique--and then some.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Semicircle
    Semicircle is enthusiastic and a little rough around the edges, although this is absolutely intentional.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre)
    With Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre), Apparat has created yet another awesome dimension to his diverse catalogue of releases.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fantasy
    Lightning Dust’s giving close attention to details of composition, resisting the temptation to stretch material or ideas too thinly, has brought about an album of ambition and maturity, of subtle shades of darkness and light, of promise fulfilled.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Tonight You Look Like a Spider
    The album is best viewed as an extension of his physical artwork rather than musical endeavours: dark abstractions and brutally grim representations of mood rather than straightforward instancy.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bitter Rivals
    Bitter Rivals' more diffuse nature seems to have prevented them from impressing their personality on their music in quite the same manner; it’s difficult to rate it as highly as a result, but this remains a solid effort.
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