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
    • 88 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The nostalgic tug of the earlier, dancier singles remains strong, but as a bonus disc of rarities demonstrates, their experimental side is equally compelling. [Mar 2012, p.101]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Here, we find the mufti-instrumentalist in his natural habitat, leading a band in seven pieces that blend Eastern-tinged melody, courtly medieval music and modern composition. [Mar 2012, p.90]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Political metaphors abound on this eclectically ramshackle collection. [Mar 2012, p.98]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The good news is [single "You Don't Know How Lucky You Are"] is not even the best song on his debut album. [Mar 2012, p.89]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Venture further into Our Version of Events and it's clear Sande has in fact modeled herself on Leona Lewis with a series of sappy ballads bulging with lyrical truisms. [Mar 2012, p.89]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too much of the rest is forgettable. [Mar 2012, p.87]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    BPM works its vibrational magic with quietude and organic peace, and comes across more like a n ancient Zen ritual. [Apr 2012, p.71]
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    • 53 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    They cite Wagner as an influence, sharing his bombast but none of the drama. [Apr 2012, p.69]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [A] feisty, psych-tinged hook up with Tim "White Fence" Presley. [May 2012, p.80]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Rufus reins in his extravagant tendencies for a subtly shaded, seductive album that radiates warmth and contentment. [May 2012, p.84]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It has its Mr. Fox-y moments but this feels like a minor clanger. [May 2012, p.83]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This is a bold and engaging revolution. [May 2012, p.75]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Benson's fifth solo album rarely deviates from his established modus operandi. [May 2012, p.67]
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    • 60 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's a more anthemic, traditional and radio-friendly Feeder that greets is on their eight album. [Apr 2012, p.77]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    She builds on that promise [from her last album, Lights Out Zoltar!] with a skittish yet evocative album that draws on surf-rock. [May 2012, p.72]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A definite return to form. [May 2012, p.77]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The less mannered material shines brightest. [Apr 2012, p.75]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Dark, funny and teetering on the verge of Phil Ochs delusional, Macaroni is a assault on hipster apathy. [May 2012, p.69]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    No museum piece, Urstan energizes the past. [May 2012, p.80]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The rest is a warm and hilarious mediation of mortality. [May 2012, p.83]
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    • 67 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you worship Wavves, or the epic SoCal proto-hardcore of the first Redd Kross and Adolescents record, kneel and marvel. [May 2012, p.67]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The album is drenched in Hawaiian guitar and wah-wah, making the title perfectly apt. [May 2012, p.67]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's a surly, spiky piece of work, on which the few shafts of sweetness are soon soured with guilt, recrimination and reproach. [May 2012, p.66]
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    • 62 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Music without charm or purpose, with all the nutritional value of a Twinkie. [Apr 2012, p.71]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The songwriter is in fine form--but it's sometimes hard to suppress doubts over the need for solo Pollard now GBV are back. [Apr 2012, p.83]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An epic hour of music. [May 2012, p.69]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    At low levels, this record will work nicely as aural wallpaper for cocktail parties, but turn it on and slap on a pair of headphones and the effect is transporting. [May 2012, p.69]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Sadies are one of the finest backing bands around, and team up adroitly with John Doe to produce a cracking set of country classics. [May 2012, p.71]
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    • 68 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The Wilderness is more like a Junkies album as we'd previously appreciated them. [May 2012, p.71]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Too often, though, these chant-a-long anthems are too damn chirpy for their own good. [May 2012, p.71]
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