Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 11,992 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:
11992 music reviews
    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The songs on 151a are most notable for their beautiful bursts of melody and soaring tunefulness. [Jun 2012, p.158]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    [The songs] shows, ultimately, the heights to which Jaffe can rise with time. [Jun 2012, p.158]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Confess is largely an impeccable sequel to an immaculate debut. [Aug 2012, p.82]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Bjork and Joanna Newsom are unavoidable reference pints for her hiccuping poetic whimsy. [Aug 2012, p.79]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Valley Tangents takes long, deep breaths, fuzz guitar scrawling over meandering piano in a humidified room. [Jul 2012, p.69]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A nifty wordsmith whose drawled delivery complements the menace of his woozy productions. [Aug 2012, p.80]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An affectionate collection of Walker's songs. [Aug 2012, p.80]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    A brilliant album. [Aug 2012, p.80]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A connoisseur-curated selection that manages to combine inspired innovation with wit, rich melodies and irresistibly squelchy basslines. [Aug 2012, p.96]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's the gravitational pull of Williams' great jowly voice that remains the defining feature of an often vitriolic set of songs that veer between snake-hipped R'n'B and blasted soul'n'roll.
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    For the first time, Longstreth's words offer real value rather than verbose decoration. [Aug 2012, p.81]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A head-first plunge into the psych-punk muck. [Aug 2012, p.76]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The melodies drift rather aimlessly but the wonderfully groggy textures will stay with you like the best kind of sonic Valium. [Aug 2012, p.75]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Heavy Blanket should weed out the part-timers. [Aug 2012, p.73]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Lyrically the tone is disappointingly mawkish. [Aug 2012, p.73]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    There's little discordance but much invention and beauty. [Aug 2012, p.73]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Sometimes, it's hard to remember who's influencing who. [Aug 2012, p.70]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Unsound is a corker, sounding fresh and full of great hooks and ideas. [Aug 2012, p.77]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This female-fronted quintet continues to connect the tuneful aggression of Blondie with the SoCal sassiness of Rilo Kiley. [Aug 2012, p.71]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's Apple's refinement as a writer that makes this harrowing psychodrama so gripping. [Aug 2012, p.69]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The highlights of their third album appear to have been forged rather than recorded. [Aug 2012, p.69]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Among The leaves is entirely consistent with the rest of Kozelek's fine catalogue. [Aug 2012, p.63]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    [A] striking debut. [Jul 2012, p.84]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Smith's heartfelt songs take on a more melancholic hue. [Jul 2012, p.70]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Tarnished Gold, mature, with a revelatory appreciation for the simple life, might prove to be the true spiritual heir to their auspicious 2000 debut. [Jul 2012, p.81]
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    • 95 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Copper Blue combined Hüsker Dü's passionate intensity with a new, steely pop resolve.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The album is filled with fascinating earworms. [Jun 2012,m p.69]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Her despondency is balanced with levity elsewhere. [Jul 2012, p.74]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It doesn't always Gel. But a horn heavy take on the Stooges' "Dirt" is satisfyingly ballsy. [Jul 2012, p.70]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's all very becalming, but not quite the nu-psychedelic staging post that we were hoping for. [Jul 2012, p.79]
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