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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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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    kiCK iiiii
    The last installment of the KICK cycle is much more tame, less experimental, less intricate than the three others. It’s almost hollow in comparison to its counterparts, paradoxically harder to make sense of than the more frantic entries released at the same time. Arca adds a new dimension to the mix with kiCK iiiii’s insistence on centering silence within the music.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stranger in the Alps
    Once the record's over, you'll feel like you’ve been dropped in a dark part of town after being left heartbroken--which is exactly what music like this should do.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Shackles Gift
    Minor misstep aside this is a kaleidoscopic album, dazzling in it’s detail, impressive in it’s intricacies and, best of all, one drawn from so many disparate styles, forms and functions that you could spend months digging through the cultural and musical references to satisfy the kind of musical curiosity it sparks.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rapture
    It's an aesthetically immaculate, existential, emotionally intense experience. Listening to this album is an emotionally draining exercise--but believe me, it's worth it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Paradise State of Mind
    Paradise State of Mind is a refreshing modern offering from the LA-duo, their numbers may have dwindled by half, but their sound is bigger than ever.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Milano
    On paper Milano should be a mess, but it's a resounding triumph. Luppi has crafted a fast-paced and fashionable record which taps into the lifeblood of his beloved Milan; seductive, hedonistic and super stylish.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    DJ-Kicks
    It might not be enough to breathe new life into DJ-KiCKS but he’s created a new blueprint for every other curator to follow. This is brilliant, and mix number 47 has got some way to go to match it.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Key Markets
    Williamson is so quick and witty with his references that it's not until two or three plays that you actually spot the humour in what he's expressing. It's got a way of making each track funnier, and more prescient, with every spin.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Glass Boys
    Perhaps that great crossover will now never happen, but they’ve made a refreshing, bold record here, that, a few trips aside, leaps the barriers of genre with ease and satisfies throughout.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Saints & Sebastian Stories
    You can come here for the unsuspecting pop songs, the meditations on traditional Scandinavian folk music, the strange humour and infectious friendships. Against the great abyss of tangled internet information, Saints and Sebastian Stories is an unobtrusive gem.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Guts
    The result is a raw, confessional album more interested in telling Rodrigo’s story than conforming to the standards of popular music.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pursuit of Momentary Happiness
    They find even more to dig up and use as coal for their runaway train. Imagine a rollercoaster that immediately starts on a death-defying drop, that you’re white-knuckling through with a chorus of cackles and joy, which swiftly takes you on a psychedelic mosey through a twisted fairytale tunnel - and that’s just the first three songs.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Songs of a Lost World
    This is The Cure’s finest work since Thatcher was in power.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Balloonerism
    Balloonerism is an emotive and plaintive testament to Miller’s lasting legacy and firmly establishes the profound impact he’s had on shaping rap.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dreaming in the Dark
    Stylistically it continues the sounds explored on Cranekiss, perfectly fusing moody dreampop with massive pop choruses, although the monochrome of her earlier material still lurks darkly during proceedings, she splatters the pallet with sprightly moments of pop sensibility in a campy pop gothic stew.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Babelsberg
    The lens of amusement and sympathy through which Rhys views the turning world around him brings new life to the lineage he draws and draws from.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Apple
    Apple is barely a whisper in the breeze by comparison at ten tracks long, and in the way that 7G meticulously unpicked Cook’s innards so fans could see the master’s mind at work, Apple weighs out the specifics and pours them into the meting pot.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Secret Love
    Shaw’s untreated voice speaks directly into your ear, and Tom Dowse’s layered guitars are bright and upfront, doing so much melodic and textural work that they seem to wrap around and fill the space in every song.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Your Favorite Toy
    This is a snapshot of a band that has conquered mountains and achieved grand things while proving you can still find those edges at the peak that go a little higher.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Turn Out the Lights
    It’s so cohesive in its theme that it can become overwhelming.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    II
    II is another step forward for a band who were once a side project, but now stand firmly alone and away from the shade cast by others.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Days Are Gone
    Overall, Days Are Gone showcases the band’s individual strengths that have been pulled together to create a collective group with intensity and depth of potential.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Give or Take
    Adding to the growing list of albums with a deeply personal approach released this year, this might be the most heartfelt and longing. The matured viewpoint of a growing artist is worth the due diligence alone.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Material
    While certain songs definitively outshine others, they all contain their own character and energy resulting in something not only haunting and enigmatic, but something rather stunning.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Tell Me How You Really Feel
    At its heart, Tell Me How You Really Feel offers a sense of encouragement, finding reassurance in transience and seeking out a little beauty amidst chaos and turmoil.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    moisturizer
    Teeming with overt-love metaphors, insatiable lust and uncaring attitudes, Wet Leg walked so Moisturizer could run, and boy, did she run.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Monument Builders
    Monument Builders doesn’t offer a happy ending, but nor is it devoid of hope. Perhaps Loscil’s most confrontational record, it processes the darkness in order to expunge it.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Cupid Deluxe
    Hynes’ decision to collaborate broadly on Blood Orange proves a masterstroke in terms of the record’s diversity.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A Sun Full and Drowning
    The melodies are coated in finely woven layers which aren’t as straight-forward as they seem to be. And with dense lines to dismantle in addition to the materials they’re carefully wrapped in, prepare to invest time in this true love of a band.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Grid of Points
    It was written and recorded in only a week and a half, and this is the beauty of it. Harris has managed to capture an emotion and deliver it in its rawest and purest form.
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