Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 12,056 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
| Highest review score: | Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975 The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Let Me Introduce My Friends |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9,070 out of 12056
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Mixed: 2,912 out of 12056
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Negative: 74 out of 12056
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Phillips has released a dozen solo albums characterised by a vivid lyricism and a rootsy, melodic sensibility, paired with the ability to throw in an unconventional chord so the song never goes quite where you expect. Those qualities are as strong as ever on In The Hour Of Dust. [Oct 2025, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Sep 11, 2025 -
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The overall sense here is of old friends reunited, not taking themselves too seriously, still making a thrillingly ramshackle racket. [Sep 2025, p.37]- Uncut
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Mehldau brings the influence front and centre, with bittersweet, often lovely arrangements of even the darkest moments in the Smith songbook. [Sep 2025, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Sep 10, 2025 -
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As steel guitar groans and floats away like dying stars at the close and Raymond bends drones to her will, John Cale's singular Welsh spirit feels near. [Oct 2025, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Sep 10, 2025 -
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Things are really supercharged here by Epworth's electronic touch. It's a highly potent and undeniably successful combination. [Oct 2025, p.24]- Uncut
Posted Sep 9, 2025 -
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Jump Into Life feels like a vital reminder of how the expression of joy can serve as both an act of resistance and a demonstration of resilience. [Jul 2025, p.33]- Uncut
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Smith sees the fragments left behind by an old songwriting mentor - paintings, cups of coffee, the gift of her first guitar - as things to be celebrated, and the same is true of these 10 fragments of herself. [Jul 2025, p.37]- Uncut
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Fractures sound healed, leaving Sunflower Bean's classicist optimism intact. [Jul 2025, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Sep 8, 2025 -
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"Time" hits hardest, a righteous prayer riding on Stax brass and gospel harmonies toward safe harbour. [Oct 2025, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Sep 5, 2025 -
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Beautifully curated collection. .... It's rare for familiar work to be re-contextualised in such a way that you hear it with new ears. But that's exactly what happens here. [Oct 2025, p.48]- Uncut
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The playing is admirably under stated throughout, and the highlights numerous. [Sep 2025, p.29]- Uncut
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Edwards sounds comfortable and confident in this setting, although occasionally she indulges some awkward, first-draft lyrics. [Sep 2025, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Sep 3, 2025 -
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Who Is The Sky? benefits greatly from Byrne's singular perspective as a songwriter. It also shows how much more expressive he continues to become, even here in his eighth decade on Earth. [Oct 2025, p.26]- Uncut
- Posted Sep 2, 2025
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Like all the best goodbyes, Saint Etienne bow out on top form and affectionate terms. [Sep 2025, p.26]- Uncut
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A flood of captivating images are buoyed along by the rich musical tapestry and a song that's illustrative of the broader mood: uplifting and open-hearted, looking backwards and forwards without blame or trepidation. [Sep 2025, p.22]- Uncut
- Posted Sep 2, 2025
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Antidepressants is the most unhinged, intoxicating Suede album since Coming Up, and boasts the best first side of a goth album since the Banshees' Juju. [Oct 2025, p.22]- Uncut
- Posted Sep 2, 2025
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A little like The Strokes of Is This It trying their hand at metronomic Can jams or mesmeric slowcore. And yet melody is key throughout. [Sep 2025, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Aug 29, 2025 -
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You Heartbreaker, You lands like an accusation, with love (and other) songs which draw blood. [Oct 2025, p.23]- Uncut
Posted Aug 28, 2025 -
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Excellent news that Price has re-embraced the old-school virtues that got her noticed in the first place: the rowdy yet droll honky-tonk tear-up, heard here on such Southern soul-infused cuts as "Losing Streak" and "I Just Don't Give A Damn". [Oct 2025, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Aug 27, 2025 -
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The whirl of ideas is intoxicating. .... But there's space for moments of straightforward beauty too. [Sep 2025, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2025 -
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Only Frozen Sky Anyway is a seriocomic meditation on the absurdity of humanity, unfailingly generous in music and spirit alike. [Oct 2025, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2025 -
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Take the modulated soundscapes of, say, Terry Riley or Max Richter, add some beats, more warm analogue synth arpeggios and some fuzzy vocals and you've got a close approximation of Gush. [Sep 2025, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2025 -
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A finely judged set that draws deep from his Texan heritage and that of nearby Louisiana, a favourite teenage haunt of his. [Oct 2025, p.24]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2025 -
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Engaging New Zealanders The Beths masterfully marry muscle and vulnerability here. [Sep 2025, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2025 -
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Strong on characterful production, writing and lyrical fronts, it's a country-pop tour de force that showcases her insight and humour as she addresses everything from the economic precarity of her homeland to the devastating harm done by body shaming. [Sep 2025, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Aug 25, 2025 -
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There's barely a track above three-minutes as it charges along with spiky intent, bursting with energy. [Sep 2025, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Aug 25, 2025 -
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While the earlier albums had a rich dramatic and conceptual structure, things feel looser thus time round. [Sep 2025, p.39]- Uncut
Posted Aug 22, 2025 -
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Short and sweet, with an alluringly timeless analogue feel. [Oct 2025, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Aug 22, 2025