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For 4,492 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: 4,038 out of 4492
  2. Mixed: 437 out of 4492
  3. Negative: 17 out of 4492
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    • 87 Metascore
    • 95 Critic Score
    All Hail West Texas [Reissued]
    There’s simply not a wasted second on the record; all fourteen songs are simple and direct, immediately recorded in inglorious mono with nothing--save the cheap Casio autochord presets on ‘Blues in Dallas’--but voice, guitar and the album’s secret third instrument--the insistent hum of an increasingly-broken boombox.... The main draw of this reissue for hardened Mountain Goats fans, an obsessive breed at the best of times, are Darnielle’s new liner notes and a selection of seven bonus tracks from the same era.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    About Farewell
    Her ability to craft songs that are both delicate and incredibly powerful, along with her stunning, effortless voice prevent the honesty from being alienating.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Body Music
    It’s a record certainly fine enough to ensure the pairing will have no issues sprinting to the upper echelons of pop aristocracy.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rock and Roll Animals
    While this might not be among the (minimum) of three absolute masterpieces he’s created over the last two decades (pick your own), it deserves your full attention, indulgence and sick laughter all the very same.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Inheritors
    While The Inheritors isn’t the pinnacle avant-garde electronic music it’s hailed as, it’s a damn fine collection of songs.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Argument
    There’s decidedly no fall from grace here for Grant Hart on The Argument, his most ambitious and accomplished album in years.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Pura Vida Conspiracy
    There is as much tenderness as there is explosiveness on Pure Vida Conspiracy and the band once again demonstrate their depth, breadth and potential for excellent showmanship.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Slow Focus
    Here, finally, is some of the ebb and flow, some of the emotion that’s been lacking on the album up to this point. What a shame that it comes so close to Slow Focus’ end.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Any Port in a Storm
    From the song structure to the vocal delivery, everything’s fairly laid-back and far from groundbreaking, but such is its lo-fi garage aesthetic.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Embracism
    Although at times Embracism feels like a meandering listen or musical stream of consciousness, Callinan’s songwriting skills have allowed him to find cohesion throughout its ten songs, a consistency that a less engaging personality certainly wouldn’t have struck upon.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Lickety Split
    Randolph has come home and he’s never sounded better.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Love Your Dum and Mad
    There are few albums that will make you experience so many emotions concurrently, and even fewer that will still give you chills hours later. Even though it may be tough to swallow some of the brutish feeling, it’s an exceptional record.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Big Dream
    Despite it being a visionary work from an artist seldom seen nowadays, The Big Dream is more cohesive, more coherent but all the less fearless because of it.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Honey Locust Honky Tonk
    A surprising and moving step forwards in the restless career of a master melodian.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Slave Vows
    Cardamone’s crew are at their peak when moving between the simmering heat and the fireball, and these drawn-out song structures give them more space than ever to explore the tension between nervy build-up and cathartic release.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Stills
    It’s very hard to understand where the identity of the band will finally settle when it alters its mask so numerously and swiftly across these ten disparate tracks.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Long Enough to Leave
    Equal parts Nuggets era-psych as it is The Cure and The Smiths, it is certainly an interesting avenue of songwriting they’ve chosen to explore. As with most exploration, however, there are missteps and wrong directions.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Electric
    Electric is a work of renewed purpose, whose short time-frame and scant tracklist (no PSB album has ever clocked in shy of ten songs) belie the gems that lie within.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unreal
    Unreal is a labyrinthine effort you’ll find almost impossible to not get lost in.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Where the Heaven Are We
    Where The Heaven Are We ably showcases their innate knack for massive hooks--it’s a rock-solid debut with something for everyone.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Afraid of Heights
    With Afraid of Heights, a record that, for the most part, is the sound of a band treading water. It’s perfectly lovely water, all the same; there’s a slew of songs more than worthy of the record’s predecessor.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Vicissitude
    To put not too fine a point on it, Vicissitude is bland.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    One True Vine
    It may not always live up to its title, but it’s certainly an interesting branch of what will hopefully continue to be a long and fruitful partnership.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Apocalypse
    Immerse yourself, revisit, peel back the layers and thoroughly dissect Thundercat’s artistry before reconstructing it again--you’ll find one of the year’s finest experimental pop albu
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Magna Carta Holy Grail
    The bizarre juxtaposition of Jay-Z on hit and miss form and a borderline-perfectly produced record makes it a trying listen.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You're Always on My Mind
    It’s somewhat beyond comprehension that their unique remedy to feeling down in the dumps hasn’t broken in the UK yet, but believe us when we say that this is an album, and a band, that deserves your full attention.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Comfort
    For a debut album that finds her moving away from her comfort zone as much as revelling in it, Maya Jane Coles has delivered something very fine indeed.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    Icky Blossoms
    While their sound might indicate that the Icky Blossoms walk the streets at night in search of fresh blood, the overall affect is quite a bit less dramatic.
    • 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.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Ceremony
    Ceremony is not going to be to everyone’s taste, but this doesn’t take away from the fact that it is a stunning piece of work, which--with the time and attention it deserves--proves to be a thoroughly rewarding listen.
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