Here's how a sampling of music critics from across the country grade 10 current releases.
Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head CAPITOL
B ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times B GREG KOT Chicago Tribune A EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today B EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald B SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY B+ CRITICS' AVERAGE
Dixie Chicks, Home OPEN WIDE/COLUMBIA
B+ [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]B- [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]A- [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]A- [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]A [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B+ [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Missy Elliott, Under Construction ELEKTRA
B+ [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]B [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]A- [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]A [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]B+ [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B+ [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Jay-Z, The Blueprint2: The Gift & the Curse DEF JAM
B [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]C [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]B- [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]B+ [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B+ [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]C+ [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B- [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Avril Lavigne, Let Go ARISTA
B- [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]C [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]C [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]B [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B- [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]B- [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]C+ [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Santana, Shaman ARISTA
B- [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]B- [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]B [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today] -- [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]B- [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B- [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Sum 41, Does This Look Infected? ISLAND
C [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]C [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]C+ [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today] -- [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]C [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]B- [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]C+ [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Justin Timberlake, Justified JIVE
C- [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]B- [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]C [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]C [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]B [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]C+ [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Shania Twain, Up! MERCURY
B- [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]C [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]C [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]C+ [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]B- [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]A [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B- [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
Various Artists, 8 Mile soundtrack INTERSCOPE
B [ROBERT HILBURN Los Angeles Times]B- [GREG KOT Chicago Tribune]B+ [EDNA GUNDERSEN USA Today]A- [EVELYN MCDONNELL The Miami Herald]C+ [SONIA MURRAY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]B- [ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY]B [CRITICS' AVERAGE]
