The Line of Best Fit's Scores

  • Music
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:
4492 music reviews
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Deafheaven are the masters of tension and release, and this record reinstates that less is, in fact, more.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    With Woman on the Internet, she doesn’t sound lost at all. It’s been clear for a while, but this album will smother any doubt: Gartland herself is no longer just a woman on the internet. She’s a glistening popstar; a proficient musician; a scrupulous producer.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Each track is married in evoking a similar sense of a vast misty landscape and hazy melancholic mornings, though the albums finale does this particularly well.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    There’s fewer moments of Bird producing fireworks with her vocals throughout Different Kinds Of Light, and while that may leave some early fans feeling somewhat unfulfilled, it’s as strong a sign as any that she’s matured and is operating with a newfound dynamism as a songwriter – there’s more to her than just that huge voice.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    They've created something cinematic, pragmatic, and above all, fantastically like nothing we’ve heard from them before.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Meet Me @ The Altar know what they are going for, and they do it well - showing off an undeniable songwriting talent in the process.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Loving In Stereo is a wholehearted triumph for Jungle, yet again delivering something fresh and distinctive to cut through today’s music landscape.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    There’s not an ounce of fat, not a wasted moment, not a single beat that doesn’t suit its purpose to the letter. It’s a monolithic testament to a rapper tired of being treated as both the victor and the underdog at once. It’s undeniably clear just which one he is here. King’s Disease II is a victory lap that nonetheless never lets up its pace.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Foxing have crafted an album that expertly balances what drew in old fans in the first place – the borderline-unhinged emotional highs of their early math sound – with fresh, indie rock that is very likely to perk up the ears of new listeners.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While Independence Day doesn’t shine in the same way as the more refined Money Can’t Buy Happiness (executively produced by accolade heavy Dave), it shows a Fredo even hungrier, relentless and refusing to loosen his ties to the street.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Fusing progressive big-beats, deeply personal lyricism and intelligent song-writing, it once again reveals IDER as the indispensable voices of a generation. Utterly compelling listening.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Rashad’s gotten himself straight, and as a result he’s returned triumphantly from his 5-year absence with his best album yet.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    We’re All Alone In This Together truly lives up to the quality expected of Dave’s sophomore album and cements him in time as a fallible but even more forthright voice of UK culture.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's still an amicable charm to Take The Sadness Out Of Saturday Night but, overfilled with internal questioning and no reprieve of an answer, the sadness fails to truly lift.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    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.
    • 86 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    On Happier Than Ever the tempo never quite reaches fever pitch; instead, Eilish is content with the tranquillity of tried and tested methods - tentatively pushing boundaries, rather than cranking the distortion up to 10.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It may not astound, but like a visit from an understanding friend, it’s nice to have to lean on.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Not only is Gold-Diggers Sound the most cohesive release Bridges has put out to date, it’s also the most distinctive.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Thirstier seems to spin out of control in the name of artistic development. The daring dip into electronic garners mixed results.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An addicting 46-minute listen that grows with consecutive approaches.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Although Burch indulges herself in lovelorn lyrics for the entirety of the album, she manages to keep everything fresh and clean even when the tempo slows down.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Even while Spiral never quite touches on the grandeur of its predecessor, Jaar and Harrington here appear content as ever laboring over their unique vision.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yellow has the cosmological foundation, but Thackray sounds nothing like the spiritual jazz artists of the twentieth century, nor like Shabaka Hutchings. She’s a unique voice in the London scene, and, as Yellow shows, her range is vast.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Don’t be fooled by the dry, lilting manner of delivery behind these tracks - each one holds up to close inspection and there is charm to be found in them all.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Unlike the majority of [posthumous releases], Faith speaks to Pop Smoke’s perpetuity in hip-hop’s current context, serving as less of a lament of what could have been and more as a memorial for what was and still is.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Both his tone and skill compliment the instrumental arrangements on each track, often effortlessly switching between his head, the mix and chesty voice are inspiring.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Short and sweet at nine songs, a few struggle to stand alone.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    While the cosy acoustic folk of Sling is indebted to her influences — Joni Mitchell, Carole King, the Carpenters — Cottrill makes it wholly her own. ... While it’s a shift from the lovesick alt-pop of Immunity, it’s bound to be a transformative moment in her career. Whether she releases music for years or retires tomorrow, Cottrill can take solace in knowing she’s created something timeless.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    By the end of Baw Baw Black Sheep the one thing we’re left wanting more of is Snow himself. His presence feels secondary to the album’s weakest cuts but, when given space to shine, the artist dazzles.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As carefree as it is frustrated, as playful as it is temperamental, WILLOW’s lately I feel EVERYTHING is a straight up lively hit of jaded emo bangers that will have a new generation of listeners whipping their hair back and forth.