Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)'s Scores
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For 811 reviews, this publication has graded:
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86% higher than the average critic
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1% same as the average critic
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13% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.5 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 81
Highest review score: | Harmlessness | |
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Lowest review score: | Fashionably Late |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 757 out of 811
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Mixed: 48 out of 811
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Negative: 6 out of 811
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This is not disposable music--it’s exhausting and exhilarating and desolate and hopeful all at once--and there are layers both musically and lyrically that’ll reveal themselves with each subsequent spin. Pianos Become The Teeth’s third record is the most captivating and rewarding record of 2014--one that will be remembered as a classic within the genre and a gateway to those outside it.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Nov 11, 2014
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Rice hasn’t changed his sound much, but his writing is still every bit as visceral as it always has been, and his long-awaited third album, called My Favourite Faded Fantasy, absolutely lives up to the legacy of his previous work.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Nov 10, 2014
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Take the time to listen to this album, front to back. Pick up on the subtleties and metaphors, because you don't hear this kind of poetry from a band every day.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Nov 6, 2014
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Pleasant Living is anything but a happy album, but that doesn’t mean it can’t point us in the direction of better times.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Nov 5, 2014
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It's under-produced on essentially all aspects of the musicianship, while Jordan Pundik's hyper-nasally vocals are mixed poorly and too sugar-coated.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Nov 4, 2014
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Absent Sounds is one of those records where favorite songs change by the hour. And it’s also a record that understands your perceived meaning is the most important one.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Nov 4, 2014
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Taylor still crams an awful lot of herself into these verses and choruses, to the point where most of these songs hit a new sound, but are still unmistakably her.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 27, 2014
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Within its contents the album very much feels like the debut record from a solo artist trying to feel things out on his own as a songwriter.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 22, 2014
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The beauty of a record like I’ll Be The Tornado, which spends so much time in the devastating minutiae of heartbreak and pain, is its realization that the bad can still do lots and lots of good. It’s a fairy tale thought to think that life won’t get in a gut punch or two, and Dads have made a record that revels in failure for truly triumphant results.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 17, 2014
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There are moments of despair, but on the whole, Lift a Sail rings as an uplifting testament to love and human resilience.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 16, 2014
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Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness is especially welcoming given that it’s probably his most consistent front-to-back set of songs since Transit.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 14, 2014
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It makes for a mixed bag of an album--occasionally the band sticks to their wheelhouse and sounds great, occasionally their normal stuff gets a bit stale; sometimes they experiment and it goes well, sometimes not.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 13, 2014
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Full of tenderness and vulnerability yet also razor-sharp and raucous moments, it makes the record even more charming due to the relatable nature of the constant battle with internal monologues.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Oct 10, 2014
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If you’re already a fan of the band, Hold On Pain Ends delivers in every way.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 30, 2014
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It's a record full of beauty and heartache, confidence and fear, and these ends pull at each other for one of the most captivating records to come out this year.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 29, 2014
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I Don't Dance is a sprawling, thought provoking work from an artist who is just now hitting his stride.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 17, 2014
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Easily their most consistent release yet, it’s unquestionably one of the best albums of the year.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 17, 2014
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Foundations of Burden is the sound of an already excellent band reaching their potential, and in the process setting a new standard for the genre.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 15, 2014
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El Pintor is a well-produced album that proves Interpol are still a quality band, even without the extreme hype to back them.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 15, 2014
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Songs of Innocence is a great record. Not a perfect one, mind you: for one thing, Danger Mouse, the record’s primary producer, uses a few too many of his tired stock tricks along the way, making the record sound more generic than it would with Brian Eno behind the boards.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 15, 2014
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While Ryan Adams doesn’t take as many chances as some of the other records that Adams has made in the past decade, it’s also as cohesive and consistent an album as any he has ever made.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 10, 2014
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For a producer who had such a big hand in one of the best records of the year, though, 10 Summers is just too by-the-numbers to excite anyone.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 9, 2014
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On They Want My Soul, Spoon’s most wide-ranging and eclectic album of its career, this isn’t a band who are settling in to their collective stride, but searching for new places entirely.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 9, 2014
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Unfortunately, Rustie’s seemingly inherent need to zig when expected to zag has resulted in an awkwardly stitched together ragdoll of otherwise intriguing and successful pieces.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 9, 2014
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A shake up in the lyric department would be nice to see next time around, but on this outing Lana Del Rey is able to sell it with striking vocal performances and breathtaking compositions.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 9, 2014
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Nearly every song on this record is misogynistic in some regard, from the obvious predatory ramblings of “Animals” to the Robin Thicke-level douchebaggery of “Feelings.”- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 5, 2014
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Branan is a supremely confident songwriter who is not too proud to poke fun at both his craft and his profession. That sense of levity makes The No-Hit Wonder worth many repeated listens. Easily one of the best country albums of 2014.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 3, 2014
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In between, we get plenty of striking melodies, at least a dozen quotable lyrics (“Tomorrow’s the name we changed from yesterday to blame when the train just don’t stop here anymore” is an instant Duritz classic), and an arrangement that shows off the Crows at their loosest and most vibrant.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Sep 3, 2014
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Lese Majesty is an entirely different beast than Black Up, and the group manages to continue sticking out in the hip-hop world for their incomparable creativity.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Aug 28, 2014
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It’s all well and good to deal with tough topics through music, but My Everything puts on a breezy pop face that severely hinders the potential poignancy of Grande’s words, morphing them into a more disquieting figure.- Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
- Posted Aug 26, 2014
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