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
    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Folds' heady tunes sparkle in these unconventional settings. [Oct 2015, p.75]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [A] wonderous first solo offering outside of Air. [Oct 2015, p.76]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Psychedelic touches percolate subtly through the songs. [Oct 2015, p.79]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The best of Faith In The Future is among the best of Finn. [Oct 2015, p.75]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Brun continues to confound expectations on a set of sonically adventurous songs. [Oct 2015, p.73]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His third album showcases Californian singer Marsa Pullman, setting her bell-clear voice against elegant country-soul settings that conceal lyrical darkness. [Sep 2015, p.76]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The latest from the three siblings plus mate chews gleefully through genres. [Oct 2015, p.73]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their imperial phase may have passed, but Slayer will not go easy. [Oct 2015, p.83]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Original Faces is very lovely indeed. [Oct 2015, p.77]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    [Brace The Wave] sounds like it was recorded in a toilet, with Barlow playing an adapted ukulele. The songs, though, are as good as anything he's done with Sebadoh or Folk Implosion. [Oct 2015, p.71]
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    • 96 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Between the orderly new overview. with its 15 previously unissued tracks, and McLagan's engagingly hodgepodge insider's portrait, we have as complete picture as we're likely to get. [Oct 2015, p.95]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their third and strongest album, pitching them closer to Captured Tracks labelmate Mac DeMarco. [Oct 2015, p.84]
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    • 64 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The listener is left longing for a change of texture and pace. [Sep 2015, p.81]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It begins as stormy Sabbath-inflected psych, but later takes some knowing stylistic detours. [Oct 2015, p.84]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [A] charming debut. [Oct 2015, p.71]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It drags and trundles in places, opting for plump maximalism over the lean, urgent minimalism of yesteryear.... All the same, Music Complete is easily New Order's best album since Technique, and probably their most musically diverse ever. [Oct 2015, p.74]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lyrically, Richards sometimes relies too heavily on the Random Stones Lyric Generator. But Richards has always worn his humour and his soul well, and these qualities are sympathetically served here. [Oct 2015, p.70]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A career peak. [Oct 2015, p.78]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A flexible lineup enabling The Arcs to experiment seamlessly with melody and structure. [Oct 2015, p.71]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    An epic, if somewhat ruminative tone dominates. [Oct 2015, p.77]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This addictive slab of retro rock is the work of gifted singer/guitarist Tash Neal and deft drummer.singer Chris St Hilaire, who've loaded the 13 tracks here with hooks. [Sep 2015, p.77]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    No surprises, no classic, but a warm and well-produced set. [Oct 2015, p.78]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Here are 10 tracks of undeniably well-engineered rock, but the sounds remain the same. [Oct 2015, p.83]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It can sometimes feel a little over the top but that's partly the point, and Fleming's voice has enough sincerity to hold it together. [Oct 2015, p.73]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Total 15 initially feels a bit slight. The second disc more than makes up for this though. [Sep 2015, p.83]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It is short--just over 30 minutes--but it feels sprightly and substantial. [Oct 2015, p.84]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Business as unusual for Twig. [Oct 2015, p.83]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Royal Headache's second album oscillates between slightly unconvincing punk throwback and much more effective complex numbers. [Oct 2015, p.81]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Their debut to Sam & Dave is plain, but there;s as much Alabama Shakes and a pre-stadia Kings Of Leon too. [Oct 2015, p.81]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Loving, not by the spoonful but by the bucketful. [Oct 2015, p.80]
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