Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 12,018 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: 9,035 out of 12018
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Mixed: 2,909 out of 12018
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Negative: 74 out of 12018
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Their no-frills shtick excites in small doses. [Apr 2011, p.89]- Uncut
Posted Mar 29, 2011 -
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You don't need a working knowledge of baseball to appreciate this second installment of true-life sporting tales from Steve Wynn, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Linda Pitmon. [Jun 2011, p.92]- Uncut
Posted May 13, 2011 -
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The faux-naif schtick still grates somewhat, but there's also real substance, wit and heart here. [Nov 2011, p.91]- Uncut
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No real lost treasure, then, but some interesting baubles. [Apr 2013, p.89]- Uncut
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The beautiful, feathery songwriting featured on Boson-based Casy Dienel's previous album as White Hinterland has had a steroidal pumping. [May 2014, p.83]- Uncut
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Bailey Rae's third LP transcends earthbound elements to create its own weightless astral soul. [Jun 2016, p.69]- Uncut
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A record that provides few surprises but at least captures the feral energy of their live shows. [Sep 2016, p.78]- Uncut
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Despite its old-school roots, Lady Parts sounds sharp and invigorating. [Oct 2016, p.31]- Uncut
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The default setting for Venn's debut album is a kind of punky Krautrock, all finger-bleeding ostinato basslines and hypnotic beats wreathed in doomy electronics. [Apr 2017, p.40]- Uncut
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Her faintly punch-drunk voice sometimes sounds just a kilojoule of energy (or lack thereof) from uninterested, but just as often she's as winsomely weary as she is vulnerable, and the impeccably stylish decoration seals our seduction. [Nov 2018, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Sep 25, 2018 -
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Lars Andersson and Phillip Dornauer commit themselves wholeheartedly to epic objectives. [Aug 2019, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Jun 27, 2019 -
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Layered guitars make s luscious soundtrack to get lost in, but relatable lyrics will guide you home. [Mar 2020, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Feb 27, 2020 -
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There’s a strong Big Thief vibe to tracks like "Lot's Wife" and "Silsbee" - named after the small town where the album was recorded - but Why Bonnie have a more traditional concept of melody, best expressed on the excellent "Sharp Town". [Oct 2022, p.36]- Uncut
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A set full of dynamic nuance with a filmic scope. [Mar 2023, p.23]- Uncut
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Like their debut, Not To Disappear evokes bot the gauzy fragility of Cocteau Twins and the offbeat ingenuity of Kristin Hersh, though this time it cranks up the amps. [Mar 2016, p.72]- Uncut
Posted Jan 29, 2016 -
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Newman's a decent songwriter whose songs never quite ignite--their seemingly light touch feels rather hard-won. [Dec 2012, p.75]- Uncut
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Grey Britain builds upon its predecessor without diluting any of its rabid energy and grinding, oppressive negativity. [Jun 2009, p.86]- Uncut
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The approach is scattershot, but the pace of his productivity means that you're never far from a great song. [Nov 2008, p.124]- Uncut
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There's a haunted, frequently unhinged quality to its songs and performances. [Nov 2014, p.83]- Uncut
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While tunes like "Honeymoon" and "Trick Mirror" have a graceful Fleetwood Mac-style charm, they lack the lyrical bite that was one of her early USPs, and the vocal rasp heard on live performances seems smoothed off. [Sep 2021, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Aug 10, 2021 -
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While the debut was full of witty, Sparksy songs, Yes, Virginia is awash with mawkishly earnest ballads that suggest Tori Amos after a spell at drama school. [May 2006, p.104]- Uncut
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Nikolaj Manuel Vonslid's choirboy vibrato lends a ghostly quality to these 10 pretty synth tunes, all of which fuse north European wistfulness and vaguely Oriental motifs in soothing manner. [Jul 2011, p.103]- Uncut
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Avant-folk with a thin glaze of psychedelia and gurgles of electronica on songs that draw their charm from the contrast between Dyble's crisp enunciation and vaguely experimental settings. [Sep 2017, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Aug 15, 2017 -
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Depending on which Paul McCartney you like the most, you may or may not like what he’s done. But the best thing about Electric Arguments is that it sounds like the work of someone who doesn’t give a stuff what people are going to think. About time, too.- Uncut
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Sparke emphasises the intimacy and immediacy of her performances on this debut, which sounds like you've walked into her rehearsal space. [Feb 2021, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Feb 25, 2021 -
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Though garlanded in elegant strings, it's as furiously seething a record as she's made in 20 years. [Mar 2007, p.82]- Uncut
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A mature album that's abrasive but not "freaky" or "weird", that enjoys its moments of harmony when it finds them, and is as serious-minded as the times demand. [Apr 2012, p.76]- Uncut
Posted Mar 13, 2012 -
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Lyrically on "Men" they come for the jugular of the patriarchy. ... It's not all tension and frantic energy, however. [Feb 2021, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Dec 15, 2020 -
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The industrial-inflected sound Numan has explored since Sacrifice remains a bedrock, but "Bed Of Thorns" and "Pray For The Pain You Serve" realise the concept neatly, blending crunchy synth riffs and brooding choruses with fragments of Arabic melody. [Nov 2017, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Sep 22, 2017