Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 11,996 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 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
Score distribution:
11996 music reviews
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Even though the Neptunes have long gone off the boil, their contributions are so much better than those of the other assembled "star" producers. [Jan 2012, p.96]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pleasingly, the most difficult thing about the album is its name. [Dec 2008, p.116]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's an inherent creepiness in his frequently audacious work that makes it hard to connect with on an emotional level. [Jul 2018, p.33]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In places it's impressively monolithic. [Feb 2011, p.82]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A set of 14 patrimonial ballads drawn from all corners of Britain's folk heritage. [Jun 2015, p.69]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Most of these songs remain too simple to bear the weight if their fuller, more conventional arrangements. As a result, St. Catherine often feels stodgy. [Aug 2015, p.73]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Atheist's Cornea fares best when shooting for extremes. [Sep 2015, p.73]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's far from original, but nonetheless highly effective, and the sweaty, lad-friendly nature of the title betrays its inherent good humour. [Aug 2011, p.82]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    There's plenty to admire--not least "Without You" and "Innocence"--but you sense their moment may have passed. [Oct 2014, p.71]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Like all the best of heavy metal, effortless dumb good fun. [Nov 2011, p.89]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nothing sounds more dated than an ageing futurist, and it's only when Trent cuts loose... that we get a glimpse of the world-beater we know he can be. [May 2007, p.103]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's all craftily entertaining, but loopy lead single 'Paris Is Burning' is the one track that escapes pastiche. [Oct 2008, p.94]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Wolf's twofold skillfulness and stirring guest performances compensate for the sometimes overcooked arrangements. [Apr 2010, p.109]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A move into electric guitar, Hammond organ and bass bring mixed results. [Aug 2013, p.79]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Their fourth LP together sees them ditch the punky uptempo tracks and instead wallow in mournful, funereal meditations that don't leave White with much to do. [Dec 2019, p.35]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times the elemental pounding can become an aural bludgeoning. [Oct 2014, p.80]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Evident is a sizeable debt to '80s electropop. [Aug 2006, p.84]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    This is a seriously dense and elaborate album. [Nov 2011, p.94]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times here it feels like Debbie Harry took a wrong turn on the way to Studio 54 and wound up with Shed 7.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The result is a little pick 'n' mix, but the delivery is great and songwriting assured. [Mar 2015, p.77]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Depleted, but not defeated. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too often, Belong manages the almost interesting feat of sounding both overcooked and half-baked. [May 2017, p.39]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A triptych of gauzy electro-country duests show what they can do when they shake off some of their self-conscious wackiness. [Dec 2008, p.92]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Their no-frills shtick excites in small doses. [Apr 2011, p.89]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The result is alternatively maddening and satisfying. [Apr 2014, p.74]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A rockabilly Jesus And Mary Chain. [Mar 2003, p.114]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    While they could use a second tune, this has bags of vitality and personality. [Sep 2009, p.84]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The chamber-pop arrangements make pretentiously snarled lyrics slip down smoothly. [Oct 2005, p.108]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The emphasis tends to be on hooks, not heart. [May 2005, p.100]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The naked, more soul-leaning titke track works nicely, as do the almost cosmic jazz explorations of "Didn't Come To argue" featuring Monica Martin), but for all the heavy sentiment and weight here, the results sometimes feel hollow. [May 2026, p.26]
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