Billboard's Scores
- Music
For 1,720 reviews, this publication has graded:
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71% higher than the average critic
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2% same as the average critic
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27% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1 point higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 74
Highest review score: | The Boxing Mirror | |
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Lowest review score: | Hefty Fine |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1,457 out of 1720
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Mixed: 240 out of 1720
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Negative: 23 out of 1720
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"Alligator" is easily the National's best effort and quite possibly one of this year's finest records.- Billboard
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"Faith And Courage" is head and shoulders above what came before it. In fact, it is brilliant.- Billboard
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CYHSY is at the best point in the lifecycle of a band: un-styled, simply produced and deserving of the hype for what is -- quite possibly -- a nearly perfect album.- Billboard
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To say there isn't one bad track on this album would be a drastic understatement.- Billboard
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"Separation Sunday" is not only these Brooklyn transplants' best work to date (far surpassing the critically mis-hyped debut from last year), it is one of the grittiest, realest New York rock albums to come out since the Trouser Press folded.- Billboard
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"Solitary Man" may lack the immediate impact of its predecessors but is no less a masterpiece.- Billboard
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"Light" is considerably harder-edged and less accessible than the poppier tunes of their fellow Canucks, incorporating bits of soul, blues, punk, noise and even avant-jazz, in dizzyingly fresh ways.- Billboard
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The third in a trilogy of introspective masterworks sees no decline in genius but an uptick in rockability. [20 Aug 2005]- Billboard
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Hill lets her vocal gifts soar on an outstanding group of songs. [7 Aug 2005]- Billboard
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"Savane" is without question one of the finest efforts in his legendary discography.- Billboard
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What makes Equilibrium special is the wonderfully atmospheric combination of Shipp's most minimalist playing and Jamal's glowing vibes; the rhythms, too, have a hypnotic sense of groove.- Billboard
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One of America's greatest bands has never sounded better. [19 Nov 2005]- Billboard
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A wonderfully offbeat blend of atmospheric folk and lo-fi rock that never fails to charm.... One of the year's most well-rounded and consistently satisfying albums.- Billboard
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"Stars of CCTV" is that rare British import that lives up to the advance billing.- Billboard
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Steve Earle adds yet another masterwork to his disparate collection of classics...- Billboard
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"Kid A" immerses listeners in an ocean of unparalleled musical depth. It is, without question, the first truly groundbreaking album of the 21st century.- Billboard
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Power pop just doesn't get any more powerful or poppy than this, with all three singers in fine form and the band -- all high-strung keyboards and frenetic drums -- blazing away at the speed of sound.- Billboard
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This sounds very much like the record Deana Carter has always wanted to make- Billboard
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