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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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    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What Now
    Some might find it a mixed bag due to its atypical diversity, but the songs aren’t too contrasting to be deemed incohesive. Her lyrics are still sharp and impactful, with a little sprinkle of playfulness to fit the dominant genres. The album’s a joyous journey outside the bounds of – and without alienating – the usual, a testament to her considerable, well-rounded talent.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dark Rainbow
    Choruses are plentiful, tactile songwriting makes for a spectacularly fun listen.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Peacemaker
    Sola concludes Peacemaker much as she launches it, striking a sublime balance between pop know-how and theatrical flair.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Prelude To Ecstasy
    The Last Dinner Party don’t leave one dramatic stone unturned. Pleasurably satisfying, you can’t help but come back for more.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Iechyd Da
    It’s futile to pick highlights from an album that is so uniformly inspired that even the one far-out diversion from the heartfelt script (“…And The Sea…”, a woozy instrumental featuring Michael Head reciting from James Joyce’s Ulysses) works perfectly.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What Do We Do Now
    What Do We Do Now has some interesting moments on its first side, but quite a bit of it does feel leaden and lacking in energy.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    New Last Name
    There's a distinct and purposeful artifice surrounding New Last Name that lends it enough intrigue and depth while still being able to simply say, "See, we can do this too." And you know what? They can!
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    What an Enormous Room
    The praise and adoration of 2021’s album Thirstier perhaps acts like a precursor to this newfound confidence and it genuinely feels like now is TORRES time after a decade of musically searching for this exact point in time.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    MADRA
    While the signature style they have debuted with is admirable, some time to experiment and push the boundaries just a little further will make NewDad a true force to be reckoned with.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    People Who Aren't There Anymore
    More than any record in their discography, People Who Aren’t There Anymore is as newly accessible as it is relishing in prior experience.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Blue Raspberry
    Potently precise and exceedingly witty, Kirby’s lyrical prowess is written all over Blue Raspberry, showcasing its sheer range from the earnest theatrics of "Drop Dead" to the quiet craving on "Wait Listen".
    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Saviors
    At its high points, Saviors is a reminder of why you fell in love with Green Day, a triumphant outing that will surely silence the critics.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Orquídeas
    Although refreshing, the many influences of the second half are quite a hard contrast to the first ten tracks, whose productions are meditative and intuitively balanced. Although there are constantly new elements appearing, the crisp tracks never get overcrowded, giving the project a luxurious finish.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Little Rope
    In the end, Sleater-Kinney’s ongoing evolution may divide opinion, but there’s no doubt that this is a band that still has important stories to tell.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Lovegaze
    Lovegaze treks further into the shadows to present a murkier, more mysterious sound, full of fog and strange potions, while still remaining rooted in substantial songwriting. The end results are often disarmingly beautiful.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Big Sigh
    The album fades out gently, a dissipation of tension and emotion that you don’t realise is cathartic until it’s over – for this reason, Big Sigh doesn’t just feel like Hackman’s best, but it feels like a distinct chapter marker in her catalogue. She closes the last decade stunningly, and nudges open the next.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Letter to Self
    Letter To Self feels like the kind of showpiece debut release that could put them over the edge. It’s a thumping statement that can challenge and charm in equal measure.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Am I British Yet?
    This album not only heralds the return of a singular talent in contemporary popular music, it’s the demonstration of art actioning change in real-time.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Think Later
    She’s infectious on stage, and her videos and performances are all planned and conceptualized. But THINK LATER is a little too hollow, a little too cohesive, to make any big statements right now.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    I Get Into Trouble
    Alongside a natural tendency to sustain tensions and avoid convenient certainties – what the poet Keats called negative capability – is a sophisticated pop flair. With I Get Into Trouble, Zietsch emerges as one of the more eloquent singer-songwriters of her generation.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Accompany
    All told, Accompany provides compelling testimonial for the case that Michael Nau is one of the most underrated singer-songwriters currently in circulation: an album you’re guaranteed to want to, er, accompany you for months to come.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rat Wars
    In fully owning their anguish and collective past, present and future, HEALTH have yet another essential record to their name - one which fully and flawlessly embraces savagery and sincerity in equal measure.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Complete Budokan 1978 [Live]
    The unreleased cuts provide many of the highlights. Two takes on obscure vintage rhythm & blues cuts hit a raw energy that the more heavily polished arrangements lack.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Golden
    GOLDEN comes out guns blazing, full of personality, and as a result feels very front-loaded. Jung Kook’s desire to do his best work is obvious, but a little bit of pacing of the tracklist wouldn't have gone amiss, as energy levels (and featured artists) peter out all too quickly.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bad Dream Jaguar
    While the album is surely born of a specific shared experience, Sun June creates enough space to leave that jaguar’s identity up to interpretation for the listener.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Blanket
    The stories he attempts to weave into each track mistake frankness for plainness, venting with both the vagueness and the strange specificity of an Instagram story stating, “Only the real ones will know.”
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Higher
    There are a couple of songs on here – like the dull "Crosswind" – which play it too safe, but for Stapleton, a more succinct record is no bad thing because his talent is pretty direct in the first place. In short, as the country scene gets more crowded, Stapleton remains its finest voice.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Quaranta
    Though it may confound the fans who want more of the yelping renegade of old, this is Brown’s most personal and cohesive record to date; difficult, timely, and necessary. To the man’s credit, he can drop so many of his signature tics and tricks without becoming any less captivating an artist.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Spiritual Cramp
    While the record doesn’t necessarily uncover any new ground not previously telegraphed by its first half, letting the beat ride until the end of “Addict” will reveal a welcome surprise: you’ve been conned out of a half-hour.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hadsel
    Emerging from the Norwegian shadows, the gentle genius has again struck with his best work to date.
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