Resident Advisor's Scores
- Music
For 1,111 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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6% same as the average critic
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41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.9 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 75
Highest review score: | Biokinetics [Reissue] | |
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Lowest review score: | Déjà -Vu |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 965 out of 1111
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Mixed: 145 out of 1111
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Negative: 1 out of 1111
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Not only is Looping State of Mind Willner's most diverse and satisfying statement to date, it's an album that establishes him as one of electronic music's more subtly lateral thinkers.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Oct 5, 2011
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Bronsert and Szary rarely break the mould here but it's instead one of the most accessible and effortlessly enjoyable dance music albums of the year.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Oct 5, 2011
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- Posted Oct 3, 2011
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The result, for its few flaws and its exhilarations, at the very least, sounds fantastic, production-wise; Grace finds the band melding tooth-ground guitar assaults; '80s throwback candy pop; fluttery house templates; dusty, almost Stax-worthy soul getaways and sample-laced electro throbs into an album willing to sacrifice sonic exactitude for a mélange of sounds, tempos and genre exercises that still feels very much of a singular-albeit kaleidoscopic-piece.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Sep 8, 2011
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- Posted Sep 6, 2011
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Rapping with Paul White combines a series of moods and ideas and ties them together with quirky skits and a varied palate of samples, all with the charm we've grown to expect from White.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 31, 2011
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See Birds, was a promising debut, but Wander / Wonder is the kind of record that can pull you into its emotional undertow from the minute those helium angels start singing.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 31, 2011
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Rather than crystal-clear crooning, we get choirs of Tesfayes swirling and winding around elaborate, meandering songs.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 31, 2011
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Aptly-titled, Fever Dream's gentle and imaginative hip-hop beats waft by leisurely, attractive on the surface but substantive and personal on the inside.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 30, 2011
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Sure, it's still quite messy, but in separating the vast array of influences and ideas present in Ras G's deceptively complex music, Earth lays it all out in a much more digestible manner.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 23, 2011
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It's another triumph for Friends of Friends, and it's a breakthrough for a young producer finally emerging with an individual and inventive style previously only hinted at.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 22, 2011
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Those of you disappointed in similar efforts this year by Hercules & Love Affair or, say, Jessica 6 will find many of their itches scratched here.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 19, 2011
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It's an album of gorgeous sounds and textures that prefer to lay in the dark and be discovered rather than assert themselves.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 10, 2011
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Ada's lengthy absence has allowed her the freedom to switch creative modes without any seemingly abrupt transitions. Meine Zarten Pfoten is bright and soft and tender, a kind of warm-bath comfort that should be perfect for those downy hours before you put the day behind you.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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Feel It Break feels a bit front-loaded: its second half sags a bit with more ballad-oriented material, but closes on a strong note with "The Beast."- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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They'll be fully outted soon--with an album this good, the backstory can't help but see the light of day--but even without the anonymity, Tiger & Woods will be plenty spicy.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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Even the way it flows (abrupt and jerky) has the haphazard momentum of an unofficial mixtape. At the same time, Electronic Dream feels like a lovingly considered record, with the gaps between tracks blurred and bled like the fuzzy borders of a drug-induced dreamworld.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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While, in a sense, Room(s) is by definition an amalgamation of most of the trends and ideas floating around in the electronic music sphere at the moment, it sounds like nothing else, and its execution is so cutthroat and streamlined that it's nearly flawless.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 2, 2011
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While that pop sense is here yet again on THEE PHYSICAL, the difference on this album is that it feels written, large empty structures playing host to actual songs.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 1, 2011
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It's hard to argue with the result anyway: Its slow build and aching vocals stand out as a purposeful moment of perfection on a record chock full of them.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 1, 2011
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SBTRKT isn't going to break down any barriers in the obsessively experimental world that it was birthed, but it's a thoroughly solid listen all the way through. Which is a lot more than his supposed peers could say about their debut albums.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 1, 2011
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The result could have been an album so mournful as to lose itself in self-serious introspection, but Dedication's brief track lengths mean the album is breezy in a manner unbefitting of its ostensibly grave subject matter.- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 1, 2011
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While some of Black Up isn't a million miles from his former group's darker corners, it's not particularly like much else. It's all present tense, in a way too little is, and brash, bold, and weird about it. Per one of his more baffling lines: "up, or don't toss it at all."- Resident Advisor
- Posted Aug 1, 2011
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