Uncut's Scores
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For 11,991 reviews, this publication has graded:
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On average, this publication grades 0.8 points lower than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 72
| Highest review score: | Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975 The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Let Me Introduce My Friends |
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Mixed: 2,906 out of 11991
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Negative: 74 out of 11991
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When the adrenalin stops pumping, the reality is that labelmates The Constantines do this stuff much more effectively. [Dec 2006, p.118]- Uncut
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Breathless power-pop offset by an innuendo-laden lyricism. [Mar 2006, p.98]- Uncut
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Amid snatches of skewed beauty, it seems Akron/Family have lost a sense of who they really are. [Dec 2006, p.101]- Uncut
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The Information often feels hygienised and missing some grit. [Nov 2006, p.100]- Uncut
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Finn’s writing is sharper than ever, the various narratives driven less by the wordy exposition of yore than acute observation, devastating detail, by turns exclamatory, epigrammatic and grainily authentic.- Uncut
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This... is still very much a Dears record: confused and unfocused, a messy kind of masterpiece. [Sep 2006, p.90]- Uncut
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With Shine On, Jet manage to establish a common ground between Badfinger and AC/DC. [Nov 2006, p.110]- Uncut
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A 10-track masterclass in spectral, psychedelicised pop, it's awash with great tunes and soaring arrangements. [Nov 2006, p.117]- Uncut
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Neither beholden to tradition nor self-consciously moderne, she crafts skeletal songs of great warmth and grace. [Oct 2006, p.117]- Uncut
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He concocts a series of dazzling interior epics with just a fingerpicked acoustic guitar and his echo-drenched voice. [Nov 2006, p.101]- Uncut
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[It] revisits the chamber pop of their 1998 debut... equalling it in beauty and surpassing it in punch. [Nov 2006, p.123]- Uncut
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Through the simplicity of their languid melodies, Beach House access a portal into pop's truly uncanny nature. [Jan 2007, p.93]- Uncut
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The problem... is that size seems to be used as an excuse for the lack of musical ideas. [Nov 2006, p.102]- Uncut
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A moody, giddy, charming album, as ragged and dynamic as those the band were making half a lifetime ago. [Oct 2006, p.100]- Uncut
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The second brilliant Scissor Sisters longplayer and the greatest album John/Taupin never made. [Oct 2006, p.96]- Uncut
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It's unmistakable, unsettling, classic Linkous. [Oct 2006, p.120]- Uncut
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Haines... is shaping up as the most impressive writer of the current wave of Canadian indie. [Jul 2007, p.103]- Uncut
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A near-perfect balance of industrial threat, hardcore power and black comedy. [Oct 2006, p.134]- Uncut
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It can take its place alongside Live At Leeds, Rock Of Ages and Wilco's more recent Kicking Television as a live classic. [Nov 2006, p.104]- Uncut
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Burke... intuitively transforms a bunch of country tunes into gospel rave-ups and secular hymns. [Nov 2006, p.101]- Uncut
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The boundary-trampling spirit that makes their music stretch out almost infinitely live remains barely tapped. What keeps The Zutons special is singer David McCabe's lyrics. [May 2006, p.108]- Uncut