Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 11,994 reviews, this publication has graded:
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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 |
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Positive: 9,013 out of 11994
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Mixed: 2,907 out of 11994
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Negative: 74 out of 11994
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Vincent Belorgey’s obsession with buffed-up synths and corny lyrics earnestly sung (“Reborn” by Romuald, “Renegade” by Cautious Clay) does pay off, but the air-tight production and endless cascade of saccharine arpeggios – plus a lovesick Sébastien Tellier pining on “Goodbye” – lays on thick the sentimental shtick. [Jul 2022, p.29]- Uncut
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"Another Shot" adds tension and atmosphere but a tendency toward the derivative come to the for on synth-centreed gloomfest "Can't Get Enough." [May 2012, p.77]- Uncut
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The results are frequently souless and over-produced. [October 2007, p.93]- Uncut
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One new track, "universal Child," fails to lighten the mood. [Jan 2011, p.94]- Uncut
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The generic patchwork of this debut LP suggests it's business as usual at the modern pop production line. [Oct 2009, p.102]- Uncut
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But though folky numbers like "I'm Thinking" are obviously heartfelt, there's sadly little on Goodnight Unknown that matches the glory of Barlow's best work. [Nov 2009, p.81]- Uncut
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Let Them Talk is competent and heartfelt but far from necessary. [Jun 2011, p.87]- Uncut
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Not that there isn't music on Russian Doll that's as lovely as any he's made, but it's brought crashing down to earth by deeply average singer Siobhan de Mare. [Jun 2004, p.86]- Uncut
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Rigidity is a hallmark of electropop, from Numan to Miss Kittin, but Ladytron's plodding rhythms and banal melodies straightjacket their songs. [Sep 2011, p.88]- Uncut
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This fourth offering crams 14 tracks into half an hour and sounds like a sketchbook of ideas rather than a fully formed expression of any kind. [Nov 2008, p.128]- Uncut
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While his unique but resolutely unchanging styles of slap bass shards and cut-up vocal syllables works well in a balanced DJ set, it wears quickly over 22 tracks. [Jul 2011, p.94]- Uncut
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Gomez's clattering eclecticism has won endless plaudits, but now seems like a red herring when their exploratory approach remains fixated on Dixieland, Seventies soul and hip hop. [Apr 2002, p.100]- Uncut
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The languid vocal delivery does little to dispel the Dido comparisions of old, the polite and impassionate tones irking the listener even in the smallest does. [Mar 2009, p.89]- Uncut
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If she began coasting on 2002's Under Construction, here pop's most innovative black female is on repeat mode. [Feb 2004, p.72]- Uncut
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Only the urgent title song stands out amid nursery-rhyme emotions. [Jun 2005, p.110]- Uncut
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The album runs out of steam halfway through as the songs become over-reliant on the production and Nat veers off into Dido territory. [Dec 2001, p.106]- Uncut
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The slow stuff exposes Dex's limited vocals, and his deliberately artless approach feels threadbare--but at least he doesn't take himself that seriously. [Aug 2011, p.97]- Uncut
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This large, noisy album will probably satisfy Embrace enthusiasts while continuing to baffle those who can't see the point. [May 2006, p.105]- Uncut
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Hooking up with Butch Vig, evidently--and trying for a heavier sound, It's a fair effort, certainly, but an unconvincing strategy. [Dec 2007, p.98]- Uncut
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Mostly, though, Morrisette succumbs to her dual predilections for quasi-spirituality and stultifying sappiness. [Oct 2012, p.84]- Uncut
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Connoisseurs of 1972 will be forced to conclude the poor boy's got sunstroke. [May 2006, p.119]- Uncut
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Only on the superb, slow-burning "Gravity" does he really sound like himself. [Nov 2006, p.119]- Uncut
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Instead of idling into wry balladry of the later works of their obvious idols The Replacements, which would have suited Green Day well, they've affected the airs of Serious Artists. [Jul 2009, p.88]- Uncut
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None of the 12 tracks on Heathen displays anything memorable in the way of melody or chorus, their phrasing short-breathed and tired, their sequences energyless. [Jul 2002, p.108]- Uncut
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A slightly disappointing attempt to hammer their quirks into a more commercial rock shape. [May 2004, p.99]- Uncut
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While Chain Gang Of Love only lasts 33 minutes, it still outstays its welcome. [Sep 2003, p.100]- Uncut
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The lovely packaging far outshines the formless and dated rumblings within. [Nov 2002, p.113]- Uncut
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They've perfected a kind of free-wheeling, self-conscious pop classicism with immediate surface appeal but little emotional depth, a disappointingly familiar amalgam of Coldplay, Cast, Arctic Monkeys and The verve. [Oct 2011, p.91]- Uncut
Posted Sep 9, 2011