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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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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Risk To Exist
    Overall, this is a much better album from the now quartet from the North-East. While it is still a long way from achieving the status of A Certain Trigger, Risk To Exist reveals Maxïmo Park in a new light and is certainly a step in the right direction.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Triplicate
    The sheer volume of material on offer soon succumbs to the law of diminishing returns.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Belong
    Belong would still be getting outright praise along with their slightly more subdued self-titled debut. Previous work aside, this is still an intricate, technically awe-inspiring LP with many narrow pathways to explore.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Kidal
    Kidal is first and foremost a kick-ass, spirited rock 'n' roll album that demands to be heard far beyond any 'World Music' specialist interest circles.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Arca
    The anguished sentiments of the songs resonate whether you understand Spanish or not, with the celestial tones of the tracks serving as an illuminating pathway to either heaven or hell.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    IV
    IV is not all fuzzy skull-rattling stoner jams. Repeated listens (especially those at high volume) reveal a clever use of melody and a clever structural awareness.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    That's Your Lot
    The album is inner thoughts given flesh, a voice of candour and comfort soaring towards the future. Where it's leading is anyone's guess, but that's not the point. The point is right here. The point is right now. The point is the almost-hour you spend listening to these songs. And it's nothing short of magnificent.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Siberia
    Even without the visuals, the mood and narrative of Vanbot’s journey are sometimes sharply articulated, sometimes mysterious--we can piece together a story, or just sit back and observe as it passes.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    More Scared of You than You Are of Me
    Blending the brash with the heartfelt is something The Smith Street Band have always succeeded in doing. Here they take that to the next level, deftly executing a record that’s as bombastic as we’ve come to expect from the band, and isn’t afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Careless People
    On the whole, Careless People could do with a bit more weirdness.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Love in the 4th Dimension
    Sometimes all you need is an escape; a world of fun to jump into when you need a little pick me up. ... With Love in the 4th Dimension, they’ve capitalised on that feeling and make a truly stonking debut.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    All-Amerikkkan Bada$$
    It’s concise and straight-to-the-point, with no signs of over-indulgence. In short, it’s the album fans of the New York rapper always knew he was capable of making.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Pure Comedy
    For now Pure Comedy is another elongated and extensive example of Misty’s intense outlook on cliché, contradictory and conceived contemporary life. If misunderstood, it’s easy to believe that the signified still signifies the signifier, but call Pure Comedy boring at your peril.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    We All Want the Same Things
    Finn has created a great album here, horn-drenched and hazy in its instrumentation, precise, prescient and poetic in its words.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Swear I'm Good at This
    At just 30 minutes long, it never outstays its welcome and, often times, you’ll find yourself hitting ‘repeat’ just to get another hit.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sincerely, Future Pollution
    Sincerely, Future Pollution continues to raise the band’s crooked bar.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Silver/Lead
    Silver / Lead is a record with density but one that is also light on its feet.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Emperor of Sand
    While Emperor of Sand is amongst their heaviest, proggiest material to date, it’s also the quartet at their most emotionally bare. Mastodon have dug deep into their darkest moments and have surfaced with one of the best albums of their career.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Sillion
    Sillion will leave you feeling drained, but also enriched. It's a piece of art.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Look at the Powerful People
    It's still early days, but this London-based quintet have delivered a debut with all the hallmarks of a band who will continue to refine their own distinctive niche.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Darling of the Afterglow
    Here, it’s clear Ainsworth understands the importance of experimentation, building something familiar yet otherworldly.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    Runes
    Post punk of course is a genre totally played out, but VENN’s approach is a new perspective on the genre. Runes is fresh, wildly innovative, and utterly essential.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    In the Same Room
    The great success of In The Same Room is that it achieves the admirable feat of making us feel intimately close to each performance.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Doris & the Daggers
    Kannberg-led songs on Pavement albums were always immediately identifiable not just for his voice, but also for their lack of lyrical obfuscation. His perspective remains direct and perhaps more openhearted than ever.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Elektrac
    Some of his trademark glitchiness is gone, but it's replaced with masterfully skillful composition and delivery and, like a Squarepusher record, Elektrac does not simply fade in the background; rather it requires an active listener and results in total appreciation of the talent.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Providence
    While Providence is by no means a failure or throwaway LP, as a body of work, it doesn't quite keep you enthralled and, more than often, leaves you grimacing at the cacophony of, at times, irritating sound that's pummelling your eardrums.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 55 Critic Score
    So Good
    It doesn’t as a whole compete with its first offerings.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Concrete Desert
    Concrete Desert is not intended to fade away and become background music or some meaningless soundscape. Rather, it's a captivating effort that leaves the listener exhausted, but ready to spiral again.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Eternity, In Your Arms
    The mystery of James Scythe, Room 309, and The Callous Heart that unfolded on the run up to this release acted as a rabbit hole gateway into rock and roll at its most theatrical. Eternity, In Your Arms loses none of that sense of spectacle.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 85 Critic Score
    The Far Field
    Future Islands seem to communicate certain fundamental truths about the travails and triumphs of themselves and their compatriots with an eloquence that is unparalleled by virtually any of their current peers; moreover, they have obtained access a significant international audience for their ideas without compromising their artistic approach.
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