- Artist
- Blur
- Album
- The Magic Whip
Early reviews. Based on 3 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| musicOMH | 4/5 | 80 | “With the bulk of the material recorded in Hong Kong over seven days during a lull in touring, for a while it looked like The Magic Whip might never see” |
| Slant | 3.5/5 | 70 | “The Magic Whip is a mature, measured document from a band that’s never rested on its laurels.” |
| Spill Magazine | 7.0/10 | 70 | “Blur Magic Whip Warner Music Canada Twelve years after their last album and recorded in Kowloon, Hong Kong (which might explain the album cover), Blur is back with an album…” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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