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
    • 57 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    At its best, in its stoned funk and stewed grooves, there’s enough to suggests they could even fulfill their early ambition to be the "Sly and the Family Stone of Salford." Double double good.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The real triumph of Easy Tiger is less rooted in the sound, more in the attitude. [Jul 2007, p.114]
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    • 61 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The Mix-Up is the best record collection ever thoroughly digested and re-imagined by a bunch of guys in love with sound.
    • 82 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [It] sidles forth with an easy-going aura, belying the artistry within. [Jul 2007, p.107]
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    • 50 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It smacks of compromise. [Jul 2007, p.109]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Translated From Love utterly captures Kelly Willis' oft-wayward talent. [Oct 2007, p.115]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Ferry's systematic methodology reveals the flaws as well as the qualities of the chosen material. [Apr 2007, p.105]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Every one of these 11 songs is a work of wayward genius. [Apr 2007, p.106]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A compellingly weird experience. [Jul 2007, p.92]
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    • 66 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    You can occasionally hear [Adem's and Hebden's] trademark sounds punctuate these proggy, Tortoise-like instrumentals. [Jul 2007, p.102]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Idealism is essentially a retread, but a superior retread with subtle character definition. [Jun 2007, p.97]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    They continue to find some clever ways to do a pretty dumb thing. [Jul 2007, p.112]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    At times here it feels like Debbie Harry took a wrong turn on the way to Studio 54 and wound up with Shed 7.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    As boisterously sentimental as The Cavern at closing time. [Jul 2007, p.106]
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    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    This is the kind of exploration of space and motivation that the dance-punk scene is supposed to be about. [Jun 2007, p.98]
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    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Another entry in Cornell's catalogue of partial successes. [Jun 2007, p.91]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [A] remarkable album. [Jun 2007, p.91]
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    • 63 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Musically, affairs lack Manson's customary anthemic poise, but tracks like "Heart-Shaped Glasses" draw on Berlin-era Bowie and Iggy's The Idiot with brooding panache. [Jul 2007, p.107]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    If nothing else, [his] accountant will be pleased with Maths & English's broad appeal. [Jul 2007, p.99]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    As spirited as this effort is, there's not much here to worry James Murphy. [Jul 2007, p.99]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    What has sadly gone missing here, however, is Farrell's voice. [Jul 2007, p.112]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    He sounds more like a loner--intense, precise, impervious to fashion--than ever. [Jul 2007, p.102]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The core of the album lies in a cluster of gorgeously restrained, piercingly evocative pieces built mostly from acoustic instruments. [Jun 2007, p.94]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Worth catching. [Jun 2007, p.87]
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    • 59 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The results will gladden devotees of fractured, footsore indie-rock. [Jul 2007, p.127]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Overall the record has the pleasantly hobbyish but inessential air of a gap year vanity project. [Jul 2007, p.103]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Those bel canto melodies will still be a little syrupy for some. [Jun 2007, p.94]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    there's a bit too much scene-setting and not enough storyline, but overall this is some rollicking debut. [May 2008, p.113]
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    • 71 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    It's complex, uncompromising stuff. [Apr 2007, p.106]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Possibly [his] best album. [Jun 2007, p.84]
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