Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 12,008 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: 9,027 out of 12008
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Mixed: 2,907 out of 12008
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Negative: 74 out of 12008
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The songwriter’s takes on treacherous relationships come with a Vampire Weekend-ish talent for a multi-part melody and Phoebe Bridgers’ ear for pertinent one-liners, the stately “Underwater”, “Move Me”, the title track and bedsit-ABBA kiss-off “Cold” all deep, powerful, overwhelming. [Sep 2022, p.23]- Uncut
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A few tracks fell like sketchy fragments, but the best have real grandeur and ambition. [Feb 2023, p.28]- Uncut
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Throughout, his mellowness of tone is the album's defining feature. Miraculously, thanks to the minutiae of the arrangements, it's a sound that never becomes one dimensional. [Oct 2009, p.96]- Uncut
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Highlights include the distinctly Davis-ish "Apples And Oranges", the spectral soul of "Giddy Up", and the country trundle of "A Puppy & A truck". [Jul 2023, p.30]- Uncut
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Tindersticks have returned refreshed, but some of the old dissolute glamour is gone.- Uncut
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The songs' operatic grandeur evokes the music of Dead Can Dance and Diamanda Galas at its most epic-scaled. [Oct 2017, p.40]- Uncut
Posted Aug 29, 2017 -
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Living With Yourself showcases McGuire's playing with minimal adornment. [Nov 2010, p.94]- Uncut
Posted Mar 10, 2011 -
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Too much of it is lost in homogeneous country balladry more often associated with Trish Yearwood and all the other Nashville guff. A pity, because Moorer's voice is an expressive thing. [Mar 2010, p.94]- Uncut
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"Normal" offers the most accessible punk foot-tapper that races past but leaves you wanting more. [Nov 2010, p.97]- Uncut
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It's stuffed with Staxy beats, clicking bass and Hi-Life bounce. [Jun 2015, p.81]- Uncut
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It's a stunning showcase of his emotional, slippery, psychologically fraught production style. [Dec 2014, p.71]- Uncut
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It's a neat homage to '60s girl groups and C86 bands they inspired, spooked-out bubblegum delivered in singer Dee Dee's naive but infectious sing-song. [Jun 2010, p.98]- Uncut
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This is space-age folk music from an elaborate sound sculptor. [Jul 2013, p.75]- Uncut
Posted May 23, 2013 -
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The music does not so much take off as forever taxi toward the boundary fence. [Dec 2013, p.70]- Uncut
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This is as good as the "soundtrack for an imaginary movie" gets. [Aug 2014, p.78]- Uncut
Posted Jun 26, 2014 -
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Lyrically, he hasn't lost the Archer's edge--the sonic tenderness through which such sentiments are conveyed, however, is reflective of a wisdom that comes with hindsight and forgiveness. [Oct 2018, p.24]- Uncut
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It's all done with a wry, matter-of-fact wit rather than self-pitying sadness, and the spirit and sound of Pulp hang over much of the album. [Nov 2018, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Sep 20, 2018 -
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Tuscaloosa is an incredibly valuable document of Neil Young in 1973, battling his demons in front of thousands and delivering some of his most deeply felt music. [Jul 2019, p.42]- Uncut
Posted Jun 7, 2019 -
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The swooping strings and Escher-like melodic structures of "Camion" and "Yard Bull" are reassuringly familiar to Vannier enthusiasts. ... Patton rises to the occasion throughout. [Oct 2019, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Sep 12, 2019 -
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There is a dreamy, unconscious quality to the way Marshall inhabits a song. The covers sessions were big on spontaneity. [Feb 2022, p.22]- Uncut
Posted Jan 7, 2022 -
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While songs like “Nashville Mess Around” heighten the good-time vibes, Crooked Tree’s often playful manner is balanced by deeper considerations.- Uncut
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The psychedelic delirium of the music is all we really need to know. [Nov 2022, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Oct 21, 2022 -
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[Clemintine] has a rich, resonant baritone which adds gravitas to every note. It is also, perhaps, a trick to his songwriting: there are big truths about love, self, family and identity buried in this collection, but Clemintine is careful to keep the details to himself. [Jan 2023, p.17]- Uncut
Posted Nov 15, 2022 -
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Although the record is unlikely to convert any sceptics, the presence of wide-eyed improviser Alex Ward gives Thomas the perfect foil. [Jul 2023, p.33]- Uncut
Posted May 30, 2023 -
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All expertly tied together by Tuttle's rare gift for nuance and colour. [Aug 2023, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Jul 17, 2023 -
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Sola can be detached but is at her best when she leans into the songs. [Feb 2024, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Feb 1, 2024 -
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Throughout his three-decade career, E has brought a hushed beauty to the act of staring into the abyss, and his use of space on EELS TIME! (all caps for added irony) makes this lonely guy seem that much more lost in space. [Jul 2024, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Jun 7, 2024 -
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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
Posted Sep 11, 2025 -
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Tim Wheeler's flair for crashing power-chord melodies and happy-sad lyrics remain undimmed. .... Graham Coxon makes two slight but likable cameo appearances. [Nov 2025, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Oct 3, 2025 -
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Queasy nostalgia suits Clinic. ... Wheeltappers offers more of the same--but you knew that. [Jun 2019, p.26]- Uncut
Posted May 13, 2019