Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 11,991 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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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 |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9,011 out of 11991
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Mixed: 2,906 out of 11991
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Negative: 74 out of 11991
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Emotional Mugger is as funky as it is twisted--a heavy rock record that truly groves in a way that heavy rock rarely does any more. [Feb 2016, p.85]- Uncut
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Santigold never flags in her campaign to capture the dwindling attention spans of modern pop fans. [Feb 2016, p.79]- Uncut
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Self-serious and low on humour, Suede sometimes mistake bigness for greatness, but they still generate enough lusty passion to set pulses racing and hearts aflame. [Feb 2016, p.83]- Uncut
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It's comforting and surprising, full of trad sounds electrified by the off-kilter vision of an artist whose recognition as one of Americana's finest voices is long overdue. [Feb 2016, p.67]- Uncut
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Their debut has a raucous charm that makes it easy to overlook their songs' emotional punch. [Feb 2016, p.77]- Uncut
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It all takes a bit of getting use to.... [M:FANS} is yet another fascinating maverick move. [Feb 2016, p.70]- Uncut
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Davis tends toward the archly self-conscious, and at times her music sounds oddly dated, but there is promise here. [Feb 2016, p.73]- Uncut
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Conor O'Brien's luminous, emotionally resonant songs suit the warmth and intimacy of a live setting. [Feb 2016, p.84]- Uncut
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Their latest leans Southern Gothic, in songs about death, drink and doing the hard thing. [Oct 2015, p.78]- Uncut
Posted Dec 24, 2015 -
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If the songwriting at times falls into cliche, the performances--passionate, eloquent, spilling over with regal harmonies--are anything but. [Jul 2015, p.72]- Uncut
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A different male duetting partner graces each track, with outstanding contributions from Jackson Browne and Willie Nelson among others. Yet all take a back seat tot he preternatural clarity of Collins' own soprano voice. [Nov 2015, p.73]- Uncut
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This highly agreeable live set assembles some of the choicest bits, harnessing prog, slinky space-funk and vivacious free-form jamming. [Jan 2016, p.73]- Uncut
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Caroline's 2CD sampler of her moonlighting efforts features charming interludes from past lives. [Nov 2015, p.96]- Uncut
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On I Abused Animals, Leigh works with stretched song forms--the result is remarkable. [Jan 2016, p.77]- Uncut
Posted Dec 22, 2015 -
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Ultimately the notion lingers that Wax Stag's gentle fantasy is more Bedford than Balaeric. [Apr 2015, p.84]- Uncut
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Happily, the overarching bleakness is sugared by Wells' brisk, sometimes cinematic instrumentation. [Jun 2015, p.84]- Uncut
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Nadia Reid's impeccable debut will maybe set a wider orbit in motion. [Dec 2015, p.77]- Uncut
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Safe to say Wild Winter is no Mariah-styled bauble-fest, but it's all the better for it. [Jan 2016, p.80]- Uncut
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Chorus shows that they are more than worthy of re-examination. [Jan 2016, p.91]- Uncut
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Substantial tranches of the Matrix Tapes have already appeared elsewhere. [Jan 2016, p.89]- Uncut
Posted Dec 11, 2015 -
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Their defining touchstones remain intact. [Jan 2016, p.81]- Uncut
Posted Dec 11, 2015 -
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As noise records go, it's a thing of relative restraint, and enjoyable in its own way. [Jan 2016, p.81]- Uncut
Posted Dec 11, 2015 -
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It is a fitting tribute and resounding success. [Jan 2016, p.81]- Uncut
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Modern Dancing suggests they're just as smitten with Pavement's affably skronky early works as they are with any '80s touchtones. [Jan 2016, p.81]- Uncut
Posted Dec 11, 2015