Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 11,993 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:
11993 music reviews
    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    For My Parents is an sentimental as it is majestic. [Oct 2012, p.84]
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    • 55 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Mostly, though, Morrisette succumbs to her dual predilections for quasi-spirituality and stultifying sappiness. [Oct 2012, p.84]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sun
    This, then, is a rich and strange new sound for Marshall. [Oct 2012, p.85]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The remainder of In Limbo colonises the liminal space between harmony pop and spacecraft noise with giddy style. [Oct 2012, p.86]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This compellingly skewed mix of '60s neat, garage psych and country folk is business as (un)usual. [Oct 2012, p.86]
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    • 91 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Sumptuous and sprawling, his major label debut comfortably backs up the hype. [Oct 2012, p.86]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    More of this arch British sourness next time. Please. [Oct 2012, p.86]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Drew's desire to be all things to all 'hoods is the weakness of the soundtrack to his debut movie. [Oct 2012, p.86]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Ethan Johns-produced follow-up sees their punky, Spectorish pop continue to evolve.[Oct 2012, p.87]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Number 14 sees them rejigged as a quintet, allowing their reverb-drenched sounds to spread where they will. [Oct 2012, p.87]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    TOY
    "The Reason Why" and "Motoring" swath Tom Dougall's sighed vocal in sheets of Ride-like guitar. [Oct 2012, p.87]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Trent is as solid as an anvil in his straightman's role, while Hearst is a real firecracker. [Sep 2012, p.85]
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    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Porterfield has a way of entwining lyrical detail and broad sentiment that is compelling and original. [Sep 2012, p.76]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Given a fuzzed-out, subterranean production glaze, Butter filters everything from surf and lounge touches to Spaghetti Western flourishes, but is best when spinning cool pop hooks up out of the muck. [Oct 2012, p.87]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Centipede Hz is an album that both gazes up into the cosmos, and stares down into the dirt--and perhaps that's not so weird.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Tempest is in many respects the most far-reaching, provocative and transfixing album of Dylan's later career.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Live with it a little and Algiers reveals itself to be a warm and compassionate affirmation of the band's deep-rooted DNA, with enough fresh twists to keep this compelling story moving forward.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Pleiades may not live up to the cerebral promise of its title, but boats songs, in the likes of "Play," "Sunset & Echo," and single "Further." [Sep 2012, p.74]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The soundtrack works beautifully without reference to the [1975] movie. [Sep 2012, p.96]
    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Orfeo's spare soundscape can sometimes seem a bit frugal, but Hield proves a versatile frontwoman. [Aug 2012, p.73]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The irony is that Mature Themes, full of nonsense and wonderful ideas, further cements his reputation as one of the more vital voices of his generation.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Yirga wears his influences too obviously on the introspective solo pieces, but these are early days. [Aug 2012, p.83]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    On cutesy likes of "King And Lionheart," they're closer in spirit to the plague of emoters loosed upon the world by the success of Mumford & Sons. [Sep 2012, p.81]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Barwuick's reliably beautiful voice sits at the back of the mix, observing the shimmering sonic haze below her. [Sep 2012, p.81]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Hot Cakes adds little to their hybrid Queen, AC/DC, Van Halen and Gun N' Roses, but their air-punching thrills of "Forbidden Love" and "Concrete" are undeniable. [Sep 2012, p.74]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    They appear to have moved back into full-on Afrika 70 revivalism. [Sep 2012, p.73]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    The songs are assured, strident and catchy, but often fairly cringeworthy too. [Sep 2012, p.73]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's clear that if he wants to, he could easily command proceedings alongside his pals Walls and Four Tet. [Sep 2012, p.75]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's very earnest. [Sep 2012, p.79]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Chi-Lites' "Stoned Out Of My Mind" is ruined by needless melismatics, and the Broken Bells cover is no match for the White Stripes track on Vol. 1. But Gems include a half-tempo version of the Womacks' "Teardrops" and a stately reading of Eddie Floyd's "Nobody But You." [Sep 2012, p.86]
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