Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 11,989 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:
11989 music reviews
    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A generic gem, full of virtuosic playing, breathtaking three-part harmonies and memorable, melodic songs about the human condition. [May 2023, p.32]
    • Uncut
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Lankum have found a convincing way to keep the damn hulk going, stoking the engines of folk tradition and setting course to who knows when. [May 2023, p.24]
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Moskowitz takes the role of wise guide, ruminating on life and the cosmos with a grandmotherly warmth. [Apr 2023, p.32]
    • Uncut
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Too many artists on this well-intentioned and occasionally even enjoyable tribute album seem to forget they're country artists. [May 2023, p.38]
    • Uncut
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    September November is undeniably a vital, relevant 21st-century artefact. [Apr 2023, p.22]
    • Uncut
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Love In Exile stands as a worthy summation of the trio's alchemical live shows. But there's enough here to dangle the promise that this trio formation could run and run, and this remarkable collaboration is hopefully just the beginning. [May 2023, p.33]
    • Uncut
    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Over the full 82 minutes, though, 93696 can feel a little relentless, undone by the scale of its own ambition. [Apr 2023, p.32]
    • Uncut
    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Fantasy is a spellbinding return to form for the French producer. [May 2023, p.31]
    • Uncut
    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Their most powerful work this century. It's the sound of a band entering a final act with a renewed sense of purpose, and sharp, sober new focus. [May 2023, p.26]
    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It works at least as well [as 2018's The Colorist & Emiliana Torrini] on this collection of new originals. [Apr 2023, p.38]
    • Uncut
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    V
    The clarity and effervescence of much of V can seem revelatory. [Apr 2023, p.34]
    • Uncut
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    As a whole, the record is a persuasive parcel of slick Americana with just enough redneck grit in the oyster. [Mar 2023, p.26]
    • Uncut
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    His latest album triumphs on levels beyond its inimitable Holley-ness. On the one hand, it reads like another act of spontaneous divination, revisiting past traumas with pained understanding, yet also hopeful and celebrating the wonder of life. But it’s also his most substantial and accessible album yet. [Apr 2023, p.18]
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Gendel makes it all appear effortless - as usual. [Apr 2023, p.26]
    • Uncut
    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Aşk feels like a liberation, bursting out exuberantly in all directions as they boldly rework a set of ancient Turkish folk tunes with characteristic invention. [Apr 2023, p.23]
    • Uncut
    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    it's another kaleidoscopic exploration of neo-psych and garage. [Apr 2023, p.24]
    • Uncut
    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The highlights are splendid: a brass-embellished "Red Hill Mining Town", a languid piano-led "Beautiful Day", a near-calypso "Miracle of Joey Ramone". [Apr 2023, p.38]
    • Uncut
    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Milk For Flowers is intimate, introspective and melancholic, yet peppered with moments of joy, elation and hope. His best album so far. [Apr 2023, p.29]
    • Uncut
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Though Cleveland's delivery is generally far more subdued, Manzanita shares a similarly transportative, anciently psychedelic feel with The Incredible String Band's magical '60s work. [Apr 2023, p.24]
    • Uncut
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Her newest pushes the format to its fullest form, wrapping expansive and intricate interpretations of the decade's sonic touchstones - synth washes, gated drums, pulsating beats, guitar jangle and romantic vocals - into tidy three- and four-minute packages. [Apr 2023, p.36]
    • Uncut
    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Exhaustive in the best way possible, emphasising the logistical nightmares of hosting such a big event but also putting listeners right there in the stadium. [Apr 2023, p.41]
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Mods return with fury unabated. [Apr 2023, p.36]
    • Uncut
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On this evidence, enough to suggest that Birch, now into her late sixties, might just be entering her next great creative phase. [Apr 2023, p.39]
    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Moving On Skiffle is richer and more sophisticated [than 1998's The Skiffle Sessions] but has a lightness of touch that recalls Bruce Springsteen's delightful 2006 album of Pete Seeger reinterpretations, We Shall Overcome. [Apr 2023, p.27]
    • Uncut
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Fever Ray's records may be less boldly subversive than The Knife's, but there are plenty of artful thrills and pleasures here. [Apr 2023, p.26]
    • Uncut
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    All are rapturous in their repetition and irresistibly otherworldly. [Apr 2023, p.29]
    • Uncut
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Taken From Life offer[s] a fascinating new perspective on the collaboration. ... But the real find on this new disc, almost justifying the box on its own, is "Look Up Again." ... It's further testament to the strength of this collaboration, amply bolstered by live performances of Bacharach and Costello songs old and new on disc three and four. [Apr 2023, p.44]
    • Uncut
    • 81 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    WOW
    She's pushed through the looking glass on WOW to conjure a zany world of pixelated pop for her avatar Kate NV to stumble around, dazed and amused. In Many ways she's just as provocative, albeit in a different musical language. [Mar 2023, p.32]
    • Uncut
    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Hypnogogue is like every other Church album, and nothing quite like any of them; both statements are intended as compliments. [Apr 2023, p.26]
    • Uncut
    • 82 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His melodic approach remains minimalist, dependent on hypnotic rhythms and crescendo - there's also a Screamadelica familiarity to "The People Say" and "Let It Go" - but his sloganeering encourages unifying empowerment. [Apr 2023, p.32]
    • Uncut