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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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    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Encyclopedia
    Encyclopedia might not be a record to soundtrack cheery bank holiday getaways, but it provides enough counter-attack to its own bleakness that it's not an inherently malicious listen (although it does have its moments).
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Innerworld
    Innerworld is a bit of a mixed bag, but one that's absolutely worth dipping into--every now and then you'll pull out some real gems.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Death After Life
    It’s music that shakes you to your core, and even if you’re left frosty-hearted afterwards, you’ll be under the spell.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Voices In A Rented Room
    On the strength of the songs here and the pitch perfect atmosphere they’ve conjured it would be criminal if we didn’t hear more from them in the future.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    $ingle$ 2
    $ingle$ 2 acts as a highlights reel for the past five years, and its subtle shifts leave it feeling less like a compilation and more like an album on shuffle.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John
    TRather than being a simple tribute, Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John is a stunning addition to the story of both musicians. Thankfully, there are hundreds of songs left for Hatfield to do on Part II.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Age of Indignation
    By letting their political frustration run away with them, they’ve carved out their own identity and worn it on their sleeves; the results are engrossing.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Rainbow Edition
    Most of the tracks come in at under two minutes long; short drafts and ideas stitched together with smoky loops and obscure vocal samples. An atmospheric and pensive sound shrouds the majority of Rainbow Edition - the only thing missing is the underlying grooves that were found on their past releases, leaving some of these beats slightly too industrial and cold.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Someday, Buddy
    Someday, Buddy doesn’t shy away from its own big moments, but it does have a way of deflecting attention from them.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The 1975
    This is pop, pure and simple, and taken as such, is a rollicking pleasure.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Extra Painful
    Painful carries immense weight at all times, distorted or not. Cunningly titled Extra Painful, this reissue marks the 30th Anniversary of the band and offers futher insights into the Painfull sessions with acoutic, instrumental and unreleased gems on offer.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ores & Minerals
    There’s a tightness and economy to the sound that makes the album sound excitingly different.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Before We Forgot How to Dream
    Before We Forgot How To Dream is subtly uplifting, astute and speaks in the diction of a youth that may be tired of being talked at, rather than to.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Yhe album is as allusive as the rest of Del Rey’s discography; Robert Frost, Sylvia Plath, Slim Aarons and Stephen King are just a few of the notable individuals both subtly and explicitly referenced by the singer.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Hyperspace
    While there’s no memorable poppy chorus here, or lush, full-band arrangements, or zany quirkiness, Hyperspace is nevertheless totally Beck: an experiment in broadening his own horizons, trying something new, which yet again just so happens to sound quite refreshing. It’s a worthy addition to this musical chameleon’s catalogue.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Multi-Task
    There is a feeling that at times the record dips into repetition, particularly around the mid-point, though there’s no doubting that Omni’s intricate and deadpan approach is worth a visit for even the most casual of bystanders.
    • 54 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Prophets of Rage
    These tracks aren't revolutionary classics on the same level as “Killing in the Name” or “Fight the Power” just yet, but nevertheless, they raise a fist to all those who continue to fight ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality and the elite.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Modern Dancing
    As good as Modern Dancing is, it just doesn’t quite encapsulate the complete experience of TRAAMS.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Francis Trouble
    It’s hard to find fault with an album that feels so consistently representative of the mind that bore it. Francis Trouble is certainly Hammond finding a version of himself that’s pushing toward the future while never losing sight of who he really is.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Run the Jewels
    Run the Jewels not only surmounts Charybdis, but does so head held high, able to be considered--and enjoyed--upon its own merits.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Guy Walks into a Bar...
    Guy Walks into a Bar… is an album built on disco-dreams and broken hearts and is guaranteed to show you a good time.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Stage Four
    All in all, Stage Four is an exercise in catharsis and self examination of what it means to lose someone close to you, but instead of being dragged down into a spiralling bleakness, it's is an album that ultimately feels resolutely life-affirming.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Mediation of Ecstatic Energy
    On Mediation of Ecstatic Energy he is able to give that virtuosity a form that makes for a coherent, beautiful album.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Architect
    Much like an architect, C Duncan is an artist of creative design, and what he's produced is positively palatial.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Smash the System
    Smash the System isn’t too forthcoming with answers, but it is a fully engaged conversation with pop’s past and present.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ribbons
    There’s few missteps--a middle section which ventures off discordantly into murkier electronica never quite seems to fit a listen-through. But Wilkinson has once again proved his complete mastery of bottling a certain tone to his music through the right craft of sounds. With Ribbons, he has bottled springtime.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Twerp Verse
    This is the most listener-friendly and accessible that Speedy Ortiz have ever been. But the band hasn’t left behind their heavy grunge sound, despite what many long-time fans will think when they listen to Twerp Verse. They’ve just given their sound a clever makeover, and taken the next step in their evolution as a band by doing so.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sound & Color
    It is both brilliant and uneven. It defies expectations without disrupting the status quo.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Wake Up Now
    Ultimately Mulvey’s record is once again intriguing, engaging and diverse. A record that is equally accessible and rewarding on multiple listens, the softer side of pop can take plenty more of Nick Mulvey's music.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Bootleg Series, Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru
    Overall, this material is essential listening for hardcore fans of Bob Dylan, recommended listening for fans of Johnny Cash, and somewhat life-affirming for folks who have Nashville Skyline as their favourite ever album. But for everyone else, there is the sense that this material making up its own standalone set shows either a lack of foresight or a thirst for dollars.
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