The Line of Best Fit's Scores
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For 4,086 reviews, this publication has graded:
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66% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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30% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 4 points higher than other critics.
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Average Music review score: 77
Highest review score: | Am I British Yet? | |
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Lowest review score: | Supermodel |
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Positive: 3,681 out of 4086
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Mixed: 389 out of 4086
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Negative: 16 out of 4086
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This is Bey’s talent as an instrumental storyteller; genres are sequenced and held for their parts, yet respected like caged animals. Organs are the sound of the beginning, pianos of a demise; a dance groove is the motion of the middle, and forthright attitudes are evergreen.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 10, 2024
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Blending the raw energy of punk with the gritty realism of folk, the result being a potent double pint of catharsis and confrontation. There’s seemingly several albums worth of material on display, from industrial poetry to showmanship indie, held together by its narrative which howls to the struggles of the everyman, from the depths of addiction to the despair of a nation in decline.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 9, 2024
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Death Jokes is a complex chasm of fractured, intertwining ideas, songs that grasp for purpose, songs with drops of sorts.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 8, 2024
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After a string of EPs, Chinouriri arrives at her first full-length with confidence and ease. Devastation has never sounded so fun.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 3, 2024
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Vu didn’t invent tragi-pop (she wouldn’t deny her numerous progenitors, from Cat Power to Julien Baker); however, her airy melodicism and meme-friendly lyrics, coupled with her technically grounded yet mercurial voice, make for a signature presence.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 2, 2024
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Nobody needs to know the details of Lipa’s real life to lend her songs weight, but there should still be something in her performance, delivery, songwriting or production that sets them apart from platitudes, from background noise.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 2, 2024
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Calling this album consistently satisfying might come off like a dig. Quite the opposite, actually. It's the mark of a classic.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 2, 2024
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t's ultimately perhaps telling that the most compelling departures from set templates are more naturally aligned with the territory of Washington’s past triumphs.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 2, 2024
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If you’ve heard a previous Moctar record and pieced together the best bits, you’ll have an imitation of Funeral for Justice’s righteous glory, but if you haven’t, use this record as a roadmap in discovering the previous odd-decade of Moctar’s talent.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 2, 2024
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Pratt has long been a consummate texturalist; mining the pop playbook in resourceful ways, she’s now an exemplary tunesmith as well – the result is sublime.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 2, 2024
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On his third album, he continues crafting his inimitable blend of pop, R&B, and electronica, ferociously cementing his place amongst the very best at work today.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted May 1, 2024
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Porij’s confident and assured debut delves into their love for not settling for one genre. Taking you on an adventure through emotions and soundscapes, it’s a fluid record that never stands still. It will appease long-time fans with its infectious and catchy grooves, as well as welcoming new fans to the party with open arms.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 26, 2024
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While the record feels like a new iteration, it is also an evolution of a deeply familiar form. At the record’s core, it ultimately is more of Hovvdy and at their best, these songs envelop the listener in the same way Hovvdy songs always have.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 26, 2024
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Ultimately the album's uneven tempo and uncertainty at its heart make it unclear what Hyperdrama wants to be and to whom they still appeal.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 26, 2024
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Nonetheless feels airy and welcoming, qualities that have sometimes eluded its more recent predecessors, it resonates emotionally in ways that befit elder statesmen who can look to the future while comfortably acknowledging the past.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 25, 2024
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This is the sound of releasing a lifetime’s worth of strife and unease. That sounds, it turns out, is pretty damn excellent.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 25, 2024
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It changes its arm in a myriad of directions, with only a few really working, but they remain a band set apart from those around them, even if here they stumble.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 24, 2024
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Quirky yet profound, playful but often deeply moving, Light Verse is a record to savour in one sitting, its ten tracks comprising a seriously impressive whole that’s considerably more potent than the sum of its unfailingly impressive individual parts.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 24, 2024
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Amorphous and difficult to pin down, this undefinable hypnagogia is the lasting identity of Chanel Beads, and Your Day Will Come is the vessel from which it was formed.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 22, 2024
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It's less playful than before but feels like an evolution rather than an adjustment. There's a more textural feel than before, edging closer to the muted space of Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher, or Antonoff's work with Lana Del Rey, and it suits Swift well as this point in her career.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 18, 2024
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There are times throughout that Viscius appears at ease and elsewhere there are signs she’s simply exhausted and drained. All cried out. But as the album ebbs away with the hushed tones of her singing, “No one loves me anymore” on “No One” it’s as if a huge burden has lifted, finally.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 18, 2024
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We’re left reveling in an album that is grand in ambition and execution – a sweeping journey of highs and lows worth celebrating.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 18, 2024
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On Found Heaven, the wreckage of love overstays its welcome; sadly, profundity gives in to frustrating familiarity.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 16, 2024
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It’s always charming, but in its best moments, Don’t Forget Me is often phenomenally well-written, a solid show from an artist who’s likely to linger in your memory for a while.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 16, 2024
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The constant zigzag between tempos and moods is tiring. The album is a true testament to her strengths as a lyricist and melodic writer but should have been allowed to be as chaotic as it first seemed to promise.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 12, 2024
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On Abomination there’s a more cohesive sense of vulnerability even contemplation that the attention-seeking initial EP songs clamoured for so brazenly.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Wrapping the messiness of post-breakup emotions into rule-bending pop cuts, it once again proves that nobody does heartbreak anthems quite like FLETCHER.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 11, 2024
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Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace isn’t an easy sell at a time thoroughly infested with quick thrills and instant gratification. Give it time to bloom, however, and these tracks are infused with plenty of the qualities referred to in the album’s title.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 10, 2024
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The album could be one of the finest debuts of the decade, with every band member shining in their ability and craftsmanship.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 10, 2024
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Ultimately these songs work their sly magic in subtle and nuanced ways and here may lie the risk for BODEGA. Their, at first seemingly modest, charms need re-evaluating when on the third or fourth listen it all clicks and you realise what appeared modest is in fact pretty sublime.- The Line of Best Fit
- Posted Apr 10, 2024
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