GREAT site for reviews

[Bags]

Don't know how many of you enjoy reading album reviews (I can imagine the posts now, "I don't need to know what some hack from cincinnati thinks before I buy an album").
 
 Well, I peruse reviews often to find out what a band's like if I don't know them, etc.
 
 The greatest site is www.metacritic.com
 
 They compile reviews from all kinds of places and then give an album an aggregate score of 1 - 100(which is good for highlighting albums getting universal good reviews; I first looked into Super Furry Animals when I saw the score for Rings Around the World was over 90).  
 
 What's so cool, though, is that you can link from metacritic to any review that's available online, and they cull from a varied range of sources (allmusicguide, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Mojo, Q, Spin, NME, Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Splendid, PopMatters, Alternative Press).
 
 Plus, they review a lot of good non-mainstream albums.  The site is easy to navigate and really cool to just carouse in....
 
 Just an FYI.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

wow, cool site, especially for a numbers guy like me.
 
 it seems like often a lot of peoples tastes on this board are not consistent with critical opinion?
 
 i searched the pernice brothers album, and it had an 88 average. pretty good compared to other new releases:
 
 63 Alien Ant Farm
 truANT
 
 55 BT
 Emotional Technology
 
 xx Beulah
 Yoko
 
 72 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
 Take Them On, On Your Own
 
 67 Frank Black & The Catholics
 Show Me Your Tears
 
 72 Mary J. Blige
 Love & Life
 
 xx David Bowie
 Reality
 
 76 Broadcast
 Haha Sound
 
 52 Client
 Client
 
 89 The Constantines
 Shine A Light
 
 71 Dandy Warhols
 Welcome To The Monkey House
 
 80 Dashboard Confessional
 A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
 
 84 Dressy Bessy
 Dressy Bessy
 
 84 Elbow
 Cast Of Thousands
 
 77 Enon
 Hocus Pocus
 
 66 Michael Franti & Spearhead
 Everyone Deserves Music
 
 76 Guided By Voices
 Earthquake Glue
 
 78 Junior Senior
 D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
 
 75 Killing Joke
 Killing Joke [2003]
 
 82 Kings Of Leon
 Youth & Young Manhood
 
 75 Kraftwerk
 Tour de France Soundtracks
 
 76 My Morning Jacket
 It Still Moves
 
 74 Nappy Roots
 Wooden Leather
 
 69 The Neptunes
 The Neptunes Present... Clones
 
 76 Beth Orton
 The Other Side Of Daybreak
 
 xx OutKast
 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
 
 68 Pretty Girls Make Graves
 The New Romance
 
 80 Quasi
 Hot Shit
 
 82 Rancid
 Indestructible
 
 77 The Raveonettes
 Chain Gang Of Love
 
 78 Josh Rouse
 1972
 
 45 Shaun William Ryder
 Amateur Night In The Big Top
 
 53 Smash Mouth
 Get The Picture
 
 74 Spiritualized
 Amazing Grace
 
 66 The Star Spangles
 Bazooka!!!
 
 76 Stars
 Heart
 
 48 Stereophonics
 You Gotta Go There to Come Back
 
 76 Andrew W.K.
 The Wolf
 
 71 Ween
 Quebec
 
 58 Neil Young
 Greendale
 
 91 Warren Zevon
 The Wind

[sonickteam2]

89 The Constantines
 Shine A Light
 
  this is a GREAT album....everyone needs to buy it  

[Bags]

Yeah, Rhett, you'd probably like to go to the explanation section to see how they compile the scores, being a math guy and all.
 
 But, I will say, I've noticed that sometimes the number they assign a particular review doesn't seem to match the review when you read it all.  Still, it's a good barometer, and allows you to check for yourself on how different media entities charactarize and review the album.

[Joymonster]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  wow, cool site, especially for a numbers guy like me.
 
 it seems like often a lot of peoples tastes on this board are not consistent with critical opinion?
 
 i searched the pernice brothers album, and it had an 88 average.  

The Strokes got an 89, so they aren't any better than anyone who posts here.

[Bags]

The first Strokes album?  Moon, don't want to burst any bubbles, but that album was roundly well-reviewed, no matter what you think of them.  That's a score taken from 8, 10, 15 different magazines/ezines.  
 
 

Originally posted by Moon Mullins:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  wow, cool site, especially for a numbers guy like me.
 
 it seems like often a lot of peoples tastes on this board are not consistent with critical opinion?
 
 i searched the pernice brothers album, and it had an 88 average.  

The Strokes got an 89, so they aren't any better than anyone who posts here. [/b]

[ggw]

Originally posted by Moon Mullins:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  it seems like often a lot of peoples tastes on this board are not consistent with critical opinion?
 
 i searched the pernice brothers album, and it had an 88 average.  

The Strokes got an 89, so they aren't any better than anyone who posts here. [/b]

The Pernice Brothers are the new Strokes.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  wow, cool site, especially for a numbers guy like me.
 
 

yeah, numbers guy alright,unless it's regarding gross profit and percentages!  

[jadetree]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  89 The Constantines
 Shine A Light
 
  this is a GREAT album....everyone needs to buy it    

Because they are Canadian?  I have it by the way, and like it.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

never said i was a businessman or a capitalist.
 
 

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  wow, cool site, especially for a numbers guy like me.
 
 

yeah, numbers guy alright,unless it's regarding gross profit and percentages!    [/b]

[Joymonster]

Yeah, I know. I only mentioned The Strokes score because they bested Rhett's beloved Pernice Brothers.
 
 Highest score on that site was The White Stripes, btw.
 
 

Originally posted by bags:
  The first Strokes album?  Moon, don't want to burst any bubbles, but that album was roundly well-reviewed, no matter what you think of them.  That's a score taken from 8, 10, 15 different magazines/ezines.  
 
   

Originally posted by Moon Mullins:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  wow, cool site, especially for a numbers guy like me.
 
 it seems like often a lot of peoples tastes on this board are not consistent with critical opinion?
 
 i searched the pernice brothers album, and it had an 88 average.  

The Strokes got an 89, so they aren't any better than anyone who posts here. [/b]

[/b]

[ggw]

Originally posted by Moon Mullins:
  Yeah, I know. I only mentioned The Strokes score because they bested Rhett's beloved Pernice Brothers.
 
 Highest score on that site was The White Stripes, btw.
 

Further proof that by this time next year, The Pernice Brothers will be playing college gymnasiums or arenas.
 
 Of course, by then Rhett will have adopted his "I really only liked the early stuff and Joe's solo work" posture.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by jadetree:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  89 The Constantines
 Shine A Light
 
  this is a GREAT album....everyone needs to buy it      

Because they are Canadian?  I have it by the way, and like it. [/b]

maybe cause they're canadian.  I will say that i check out Canadian bands whenever I can. I wouldnt say i like bands for those reasons but they definitely get a better chance at me listening to them.

[Jaguär]

I rarely ever trust reviews unless I know and trust a particular person's general outlook. I'll trust this board or other friends first but even then, it's based on their taste vs my taste in music. Too many publications and professional critics are either playing a selling game for the record companies or way too set in their "when I was in college and (so and so) was the greatest show ever" days and comparing everything to that or below.

[Bags]

So do you love Sloan?  New Pornographers (I love how articles refer to them as a Canadian indie supergroup!)
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by jadetree:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  89 The Constantines
 Shine A Light
 
  this is a GREAT album....everyone needs to buy it        

Because they are Canadian?  I have it by the way, and like it. [/b]

maybe cause they're canadian.  I will say that i check out Canadian bands whenever I can. I wouldnt say i like bands for those reasons but they definitely get a better chance at me listening to them. [/b]