Uncut's Scores
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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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Cleverer and more talented people--say Clive James and Pete Atkin--have tried to make such collaborations work, and failed. Folds and Hornby join the line, a faint whiff of misogyny trailing behind them. [Oct 2010, p.97]- Uncut
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There's a self-indulgence at play when can become aggravating. [Nov 2006, p.128]- Uncut
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Five years in gestation, these revved-up anthems are fuctional enough, but none have the catchy ska-punk bounce of the band's late 1990s commercial peak. [Sep 2008, p.99]- Uncut
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While he recreates his past modes, he can't recapture the audacious conceits or raptures of Liberation and Promenade. [Jul 2006, p.90]- Uncut
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Without DFA tricknology to enliven their mix, they struggle with monotony over the course of an album. [Mar 2005, p.94]- Uncut
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The emotional distance in their music is hard to bridge. [Jun 2006, p.126]- Uncut
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Shadowed by a might past, in Ersatz GB, this is a strictly prefabricated Fall. [Dec 2011, p.82]- Uncut
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Elastic raps from Q-Tip and Spank Rock, plus some ballsy vocals at last from Rose Elinir Dougall, save the venture from total ignominy. [Oct 2010, p.105]- Uncut
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Two years of constant touring, countless festivals, a loss of a member (bassplayer Ira) and the addition of Gwen Stefani's producer, and something's gone awry.- Uncut
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Doesn't pack enough hooks to make it memorable. [Apr 2005, p.105]- Uncut
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For the most part, For Now is characterised by a lack of personality and charm. [Apr 2009, p.80]- Uncut
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While there's plenty of laidback sheen, the collection is void of original hooks. [Sep 2019, p.24]- Uncut
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All albums are vanity projects, but this vanity may be in vain. [Feb 2003, p.76]- Uncut
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[His] voice bulldozes everything in its path, flattening melody and obliterating nearly every sentiment on this overzealous album. [Feb 2018, p.24]- Uncut
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Here they often come across as Hard-Fi playing the songs of The New York Dolls--infinitely more irritating. [Nov 2007, p.104]- Uncut
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It's disappointing that nothing else on the record even enters the same solar system [as "1 Thing"]. [Aug 2005, p.92]- Uncut
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In among the glitch and twitch, however, lies the odd choice moment. [Nov 2005, p.114]- Uncut
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System is like travelling backwards to a time when Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson ruled the earth, except this time the studio overlord is Madonna collaborator, Stuart Price. [Jan 2008, p.100]- Uncut
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Its wilful eccentricity distracts from the Native Tongues style that's their strongest card. [Mar 2009, p.107]- Uncut
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The results sound like an update of the kind of AOR racket Pat Benatar and Heart were making in the '80s. [Nov 2007, p.116]- Uncut
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His vechile of expression alternates between acoustic confessional and clapped-out pub rock, leaving Dangerfield pootling down the middle of a fairly nondescript road. [Feb 2010, p.81]- Uncut
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The endless drug references now seem calculating rather than risque, while the daft lyrics simply grate. [Apr 2006, p.106]- Uncut
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Bob Rock's big production ladles on the reverb, merely emphasizing hollowness at the core. [Dec 2011, p.81]- Uncut
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With every element wound so tight, the relentless pace grows exhausting over the long haul. [Jul 2010, p.108]- Uncut
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For anyone else, Going Back is a heartfelt but pointless exercise in ersatz soul. [Nov 2010, p.84]- Uncut