Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 11,991 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:
11991 music reviews
    • 85 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    In short, it needs a rigorous editor. [Feb 2005, p.94]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too eclectic for his own good, perhaps? [Sep 2005, p.100]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Without DFA tricknology to enliven their mix, they struggle with monotony over the course of an album. [Mar 2005, p.94]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Occasionally, the sunniness and repetition of the songs can be exhausting, despite the provocative semiotic games Gibb is playing. [Aug 2004, p.100]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's the inclusion of [Disc 2] that makes this essential. [Dec 2004, p.140]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An experimental and melancholic set. [Dec 2004, p.157]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The band's trademark cracked songcraft... is here in spades. [Nov 2004, p.99]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    For all their deft intricacies, they're somewhat characterless. [Dec 2004, p.140]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is seriously literate stuff, and all the better for it. [Nov 2004, p.120]
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    • 57 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A startling album of high-spirited pick'n'mix pop. [Nov 2004, p.122]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rarely has an anachronism sounded so revolutionary. [Mar 2005, p.92]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    All in all, an admirable comeback. [Nov 2004, p.108]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    That gloriously stupid clod-hopping mash-up formula remains. [Nov 2004, p.99]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Often recalls 1992's Automatic For The People in its sobriety of purpose. [Nov 2004, p.100]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    [An] intimate, woody collection of fractured folk. [Nov 2004, p.120]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Waits is still taking more risks than most US 'singer-songwriters' of his generation, and parts of this album rock righteously. It's just that some of Waits' musical modes... have been done before, and much better. By him. [Nov 2004, p.110]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It is definitely deserving of the cult status that it will inevitably earn. [Dec 2004, p.138]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    The heart of The Lost Riots is drowned in bombast, and Sam Herlihy's vocals are nowhere near strong enough to compete with the melodramatic, if prosaic, arrangements they're pitted against. [Sep 2004, p.107]
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    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times thrilling and at times frustrating. [Feb 2005, p.83]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Revels in its own thudding nastiness but brings few new ideas to the table. [Dec 2004, p.138]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Weirdly affecting. [Dec 2004, p.151]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Much of the album lacks cohesion, and even seems lazy. [Nov 2004, p.109]
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    • 97 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A unique and unlikely moment of retrieval, restoration and renaissance. [Nov 2004, p.98]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    It's hard to believe there will be a better record than Last Exit released this year. [Jul 2004, p.102]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Grae cruises eloquently over booming, soul-sampling backdrops that recall Jay-Z's recent triumphs. [Dec 2004, p.150]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    They've burrowed a slick, haughty electro-pop slot between Propaganda and [Gary] Numan. [Sep 2004, p.108]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A strong and lusty country-punk album placing him in Tom Waits or Neil Young territory. [Nov 2004, p.104]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fans will be relieved to know that although it pulls few lyrical punches, slam-dancing is still possible. [Nov 2004, p.119]
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    • 47 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A less full-tilt affair than their first effort... but no less fun. [Jul 2004, p.95]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A guilty, gleeful indulgence. [May 2004, p.93]
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