The Line of Best Fit's Scores

  • Music
Select another publication »
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
4495 music reviews
view
per page
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Heavy Nights
    The record makes constant reference to dreams, with the theme appearing in seven of its eight songs. At times it symbolises a joyful disbelief, at other times a moment away from a heavy reality, and at others still a world shared between two lovers. More than anything, the recurring idea of dreams softens the edges of the earth-shaking changes to Bonnetta’s life, letting him drift gently between real life and the inside of his head in search of a view of it all that makes sense.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paid Salvation
    A.Swayze & The Ghosts prove that songs with substantial lyrical content don’t have to be preachy at all, and Paid Salvation is a confident debut from one of the more impassioned and exhilarating bands around.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    American Noir [EP]
    Some of Creeper's tricks may have become repetitive and predictable, but whichever direction they take after the SD&IV cycle, they probably can't go wrong as long as there are plenty of Greenwood's vocal contributions. The interludes create smooth transitions, guitar crescendos build a gorgeous cinematic effect, especially on the EP's centerpiece "America At Night" and the anthemic "One Of Us", which sounds a bit like Green Day.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Marriage
    Marriage is an impressively balanced album with highs and lows, and songs to make your adrenaline rush while others make you feel perfectly submerged in pensive emotion. The evidence is clear, Deap Vally have really come into their own here, encompassing everything you could ask for from a rock album - ego and bravado diluted by cold hard self-reflection.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ali
    Both parties benefit from the collaboration on Ali: Touré gets to paint the songs he loves with a wider palette without diluting the power of the source material, and Khruangbin’s add some welcome grit to their smooth and hazy signature sound.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Drunk on a Flight
    Eloise is an artist that’s been an exciting prospect for some time, and Drunk On A Plane has delivered what we were all hoping it would.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Karpeh
    Like the tracks themselves, the album as a whole contains a breadth in the way of sounds and styles, but less so in depth. Confused and trying on more hats than a grandfather at a beachfront souvenir shop, Cautious Clay flickers with interest and leaves without a second thought.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Club Shy [EP]
    The entire EP clocks in at just under 15 minutes. Despite this, this has ensured quality over quantity and makes up for the potential disappointment felt by listeners due to Club Shy’s speedy turnaround. The synths are fat, Shygirl’s voice steps into places she rarely visits, and it's absolutely everything you could want from a Shygirl club cut, soaring as it takes a victory lap around what has played prior.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Thee Black Boltz
    Even though Thee Black Boltz may fall short in comparison with the band’s best records, it still offers flashes of brilliance and maybe even some comfort if you’re going through a difficult patch.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life
    A curious, engrossing listen.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Bang
    Bang is a great album, but more crucially, it’s an important one.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Hurts Like Hell
    Hurts Like Hell may feel unremarkable to some, but for those who are constantly contemplative of where one used to be, its subtle yet deeply personal storytelling will be much more touching than expected.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Keepsake
    Keepsake has an inexplicable familiarity even as it bursts with new ideas. It is a document capable of throwing us into our own pasts, the perfect score for the movies we make in our minds.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Take Off and Landing of Everything
    They didn’t quite manage to move past The Seldom Seen Kid on Build a Rocket Boys!, but with Take Off, they’ve both cemented their place as a British institution and hinted that their best might yet be to come.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Pretty Years
    Pretty Years is one of the best guitar albums of the year.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Charli
    Charli is almost there. Ultimately she’s too gloriously messy and multitudinous to produce such a thing. Although she could often benefit from an editor, her process and vision doesn’t adhere to the music industry’s prioritisation of the album format – which feels right for an artist whose music could be read as an attempt to dissolve time itself.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Hot Dreams
    Timber Timbre, in crafting Hot Dreams, have cultivated an immensely strong record and an alternate sonic dimension you can spend a lifetime exploring.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Night Thoughts
    Where similarly grandiose songwriters like Chris Martin and Bono flail at balancing the huge and intimate, the personal and mass appeal, Anderson strikes the perfect balance on Night Thoughts.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
    With art this bold and ambitious, Halsey doesn’t really have to choose between love and power: they deserve both.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This Is How Tomorrow Moves
    Thanks to Rubin’s acoustic method, which encouraged Laus to play solely on an instrument before working on the production, most pieces have attained what may possibly be called “skeletal beauty”.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Salt River
    Throughout this record, a steady vocal belies a complex layering of acoustic and electronic sounds. So many of these selected covers deconstruct into quirky, experimental instrumentals.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
    Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not is more than just a routine 8/10 Dinosaur Jr album, it’s their most satisfying and realized post-reunion album yet.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    {Awayland}
    There’s a balanced mix of wistful folk, and rockier, more radio-friendly offerings which lure in the casual listener, ensuring an enduring record that warms the cockles in these frosty fledgling weeks of 2013.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Retrash
    Uncomplicated, doing precisely what it says on the tin, Retrash might not be an album of the year contender or a game-changer; but for pure unadulterated fun Oozing Wound are pretty hard to beat.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Carnival of Souls
    This is a Pere Ubu album. It is exactly what you expect and exactly what you don’t. The variety and subtlety and diversity and ferocity of this collection defies belief, much like their last, fantastic record.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quietly Blowing It
    In its own way, Quietly Blowing It is great just like how the first few Paul McCartney solo records are great, or Tom Petty’s Wildflowers and Bob Dylan’s New Morning are great, or even albums by contemporaries like Laura Marling and Waxahatchee are great – it’s just pure, no bullshit emotional sincerity made for folks who need to feel a little connection to the wider world, to a greater consciousness. Best enjoyed often and amongst friends.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Care
    As well as succeeding in being both a culturally appropriate expression of catharsis, Care also pushes the band further in their musical development.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    C'est La Vie
    C’est La Vie once again finds Houck creating sumptuous soundscapes of scorched Americana that range from slow burning laments to tipsy waltzes, but this time around with a renewed flow and finesse.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fading Lines
    One of the most infectious collections of pop songs written on an electric guitar this year.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Yes Lawd!
    There are a few outright duds on the record.... Hopefully the next NxWorries LP sees .Paak challenging himself a bit more, because the duo have the talent to put out a truly transcendent record.
Page: