so /mu/, which album review made you discredit pitchfork?

Not that one.

File: p4k autism.png (55KB, 1047x323px) Image search: [Google]

55KB, 1047x323px

>>71271930
It's certainly not that one, I feel like a 7/10 is reasonable for that album

Frances the Mute got a fucking 2

>>71271930
no review has made me discredit pitchfork, since they have different writers, some reviews I definitely disagree with though are
>The Painters EP
>The Glowing Man
>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
>Any Mars Volta Review
>Any Tool Review
>Go 2 (although the score for English Settlement is spot on)
>Wild Honey
>Universal Themes
>Admiral Fell Promises

>>71271959
>>71271955
Demon Days is a 10/10, faggots.

>>71271998
Any Big Boi album

>>71271959
i went to read this, what the fuck? That was just autistic rambling

File: M&A.jpg (38KB, 690x558px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 690x558px

Should've been a 10, lads.

File: 1487204808037.gif (2MB, 400x267px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 400x267px

anything after 2014 when p4k became bizzaro-/pol/ and gave EVERY trans/black album a BNM or very high score

>>71271986
this

>>71272017
Write a detailed review explaining why. Use specific examples from the album.

>>71271986
>>71271959
I laugh my ass off at these. every goddamn time.

>>71272067
honestly without context it is impossible to tell if the author wrote that review as a joke to trigger tool fans or not

>>71271930
I've never read a review of a musician or album.

>>71272142
what did they mean by this?

>>71272201
Tool fans (and I'm a Tool fan) are pretty easily triggered

>>71272234
If only Tool could get on Spotify

File: Screenshot_10.png (169KB, 937x346px) Image search: [Google]

169KB, 937x346px

>>71271959
>>71272142

That's why they have staff vote on albums now, because when reviewers had bad days they'd take it out on albums like these.

pic related

File: agh.png (184KB, 1016x373px) Image search: [Google]

184KB, 1016x373px

this one hurts

>>71272264
No they need "MUH ARTISTIC INTEGRITY" and they need to give listeners "THUH FOOL ALBUM ESSPERIENCE"

File: Horse Jumper of Love Horse Jumper of Love Album Review Pitchfork.png (101KB, 1194x359px) Image search: [Google]

101KB, 1194x359px

>>71271930

>>71272325
I never listened to this album but that cover is cringy as fuck

i have to thank p4k for introducing me to some of my favorite artists today but idk i hate them now

>>71272432
wtf is even weezer

Last year's AOTY list should have been bad enough for anyone to discredit p4k, if they already haven't.

File: pitchfork-save-ferris-compressed.png (64KB, 541x423px) Image search: [Google]

64KB, 541x423px

>generic 90s ska band
>gives 9.5/10
>only review to be deleted to date

>>71272290
this one actually triggers me

>>71272068
that was a 10. they changed the score i guess because it was listed as a 10 when i was in highschool 5 years ago.

>using a website to decide what music you should like

are you 10?

>>71272826
no but according to them the blue album is

>>71272290
what the fuck

Lese Majesty by Shabazz Places

they give way higher scores to absolute shit hip-hop albums

>>71272142
First review best review tbqh

>>71271998
I Just read the painters review because of your post.
All I can say is what the fuck

File: Untitled.jpg (75KB, 1366x768px) Image search: [Google]

75KB, 1366x768px

"the album is a 30/10"

>>71272738
certainly not their only deleted review
Psyence Fiction by Unkle comes to mind
they gave it like a 9.8 review
not sure why it was removed

The Boy With the Arab Strap review got deleted as well because they gave it a 0.8 and had to back pedal when twee didn't die out and B&S kept releasing stellar albums

>>71273604
>not sure why it was removed
they removed a shit-ton of reviews for no good reason

>>71273635
well all the recently removed stuff was because Conde Nast bought Pitchfork and one of the old reviewers was threatening to sue them because they were making money off of his name via page views so they removed all his reviews and staff bio.

>>71273710
they removed reviews before that too

>>71273740
yes, as was already pointed out
I was just mentioning the reason for the most recent round of removals in case you didn't know

>>71272068
they also gave long drive a 6.8, and 8.5 upon reissue. That's the best mm album in my opinion.

The life of pablo did not deserve what p4k gave it, I think like 9.1 or 9.2 or something.

demon days also should have done better, although there were some shitty tracks like white light.

blackstar should have got higher than 8.5. lazarus was fucking amazing.

I thought the recent ratatat album (magnifique) was pretty good, they gave it like a 7, which I thought was unfair.

generally they are pretty good, best ranking there is (fantano fucks up real bad sometimes,) but I disagree with them a fair amount.

File: Screen Shot 2017-02-26 at 10.07.14 PM.png (697KB, 2334x726px) Image search: [Google]

697KB, 2334x726px

This holy fucking shit what the actual holy fuck jesus were they thinking my god and saviour is this shit?

>>71272738
reading this and knowing its a pitchfork review that got deleted gives it this weird urban legend kinda vibe

>>71272142
>>71272219
>>71273434

I just think it demonstrates how the times have changed. There are different reviews for different times, and I think a case can be made for both scores.

NIN's Downward Spiral, Einsturzende Neubauten's Tabula Rasa and Sonic Youth's Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star were the three most important albums of my teenage years.

I was in college when The Fragile was released and I was astounded at how terrible it was. Not only were some of the songs generic pop material, but other songs were clearly referencing (or if you prefer, "ripping off") artists that had gained in popularity in the five years between the Downward Spiral and The Fragile, such as Richard D. James and Roni Size.

Therefore, I can understand why Pitchfork would have originally given it a 2.0, because like me, I'm sure the reviewer (and many other fans) were disappointed by The Fragile.

However, I can also understand how Pitchfork gave it a much higher review upon re-review.

First, since the '90s, aggressive non-metal rock music has fallen out of favor with the public-at-large and self-styled music aficionados. Therefore, The Fragile's relatively poppier sound is more appealing to modern audience.

Second, as more time passes between the date of the album's release and the present, it becomes less likely that a listener will turned off by the album's derivative qualities because he or she would not be able to recognize them.

>>71274053
Valid points.
I'd like to think that this charitable view could hold true for most of the albums that were rated much higher upon reissue but sadly I think most of it is just the variance in different reviewers or simply Pitchfork not wanting to admit they were wrong.

File: sadness.png (257KB, 695x542px) Image search: [Google]

257KB, 695x542px

there are more other than this but this is a big one that I hate

>>71272017
Gorillaz is a boring, unimaginative band. Get over it.

>>71274220
accurate score

>>71272089
disagree but i lol

>>71274220
Paralytic Stalks is one of OMs best albums desu

>>71273884
underrated post
all of the 2015 9.3s in general actually

File: Kanye MBDTF.png (139KB, 1200x370px) Image search: [Google]

139KB, 1200x370px

>>71272432
>>71273513
These ones as well.
I never gave a shit about them, mostly because I knew about these ratings and some more.
They're ok and all, but meh.

File: horseshit.png (221KB, 1309x402px) Image search: [Google]

221KB, 1309x402px

Nothing even close to a 9 but whatever.

>>71272065
Settle down there. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is an underrated southern hip-hop gem.

>>71271959
Lol tool fans get wht they deserve

>>71272286
>They have a staff vote

they literally said in the reddit ama it's decided between the writer of the review and the editor

>>71271930
Anybody remember the animation that someone on youtube made for the John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard review? It got set to private and i cant find a mirror of it.

>>71274053
Wow, you couldn't be more wrong.

It's also clear you don't really know anything about the fragile deeper than surface level, how it was made and who was involved.

>>71271959
This has to be fucking fake

File: larrysawigger.rar.png (71KB, 1209x375px) Image search: [Google]

71KB, 1209x375px

according to pitchfork this is there worst album

>>71274053
It's not uncommon that when an album from an artist shows a stylistic change, it receives mixed and sometimes poor reviews but becomes more favored in retrospect (e.g. Animal Collective - Danse Manatee, Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, Public Image Ltd. - First Issue when you consider it as John Lydon's successive album after Never Mind The Bollocks).
You should also know that Pitchfork gave Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star a 0. Hilariously, most of the "review" is about Chicago's superiority over New York.

>>71271959
This has to be one of the weirdest things I've ever read online. It reads like the author was having an existential crisis or something.

>>71276044
*they're

>>71273884
Hey now. This album gets really shitty credit here in /mu/ because it is:

1. Liked by not just /mu/ (mostly white girls and that one guy who tried acid once and is now so """"""enlightened""""")

2. It was spammed like crazy when it first came out.

I really don't have any problems with this album as a whole. Great production and the songs are really well written and catchy. I can't really think of a song I don't like. It's really solid. It deserves its ranking.

>>71276258
*their

File: p4k.png (206KB, 1482x472px) Image search: [Google]

206KB, 1482x472px

6.9 is a perfectly good score for their worst album (not counting the fall)

pic related for me, although the bends getting a 10 is almost as bad

>>71271930
Yeah what the fuck, should at least be a 5 or a 4

>>71271930
yeah, this is way too high

>>71271959
>>71272290
>>71275571
these are accurate

File: Capture.png (165KB, 1191x369px) Image search: [Google]

165KB, 1191x369px

This guy needs to put out a review of his autism medication because its not working

>>71277034
edgy

File: Screenshot (47).png (195KB, 716x502px) Image search: [Google]

195KB, 716x502px

>>71271930

>>71277056
Why are you mad about an accurate review?

>>71277097
It was just a bitchy petty response to Gambino shittalking them. Pitchfork is a low tier hiphop blog.

>>71272432
pleb taste

>>71277148
Hiphop is low tier music. What do you expect?

>>71277179
Not that.

>>71276301
accurate

>>71271930

How's high school?

>>71274220
Yeah I think this one upset me the most out of all of them.

File: asdasd.png (137KB, 1096x346px) Image search: [Google]

137KB, 1096x346px

>>71277554
>stop liking things that most people like

>>71277517
>>71277525
>>71277534
>>71277543
>>71277554
Samefag (me)

>>71277562
was meant for >>71277562

>>71272738
>I think I came
holy fuck

>>71277534
Wait I don't get it, why the fuck did every single MV album get shit on without fail?

>>71275109
it was a staff vote at one point

>>71272142
Didn't Trent get butthurt over this?

>>71271930
wow that's way too high for that piece of shit

>>71277756
He said "Still cunts"

>>71274053
The Fragile is pop? The fuck dude. Some one listened only to the singles

>>71272142
still cunts

File: 1486880093063.png (99KB, 329x313px) Image search: [Google]

99KB, 329x313px

>>71277774

File: wow.png (82KB, 1136x358px) Image search: [Google]

82KB, 1136x358px

>>71277765
ex dee

File: 544.png (220KB, 373x327px) Image search: [Google]

220KB, 373x327px

>>71277774

>>71277563
nice lies

wow i didnt realize how many reviews are straight up bullshit. literally everything itt is wrong except the 10/10 for blue album

>Getting mad at a arbitrary score

I think the point is to make people discover new music. The review and score is just supposed to be entertainment. I can believe how autistic /mu/ is sometimes.

>>71277949
do you not feel pain?

>>71277949
It's not arbitrary if they grade a good album with 1.0 which basically means that it's barely worth a listen and some delusional nigger rapper gets a 9.232 BNM because the reviewer was on the hypetrain and because hip hop is the new white boys hipster genre to show how open minded they are.

>>71277909
low quality b8 senpai

>>71278107
sucks for you, this is accurate

>>71278173
>t. underaged "prog phase"

>>71278223
stop trying so hard

File: kek.png (151KB, 988x375px) Image search: [Google]

151KB, 988x375px

it's not a 10/10 but gimme a fucking break

File: you.jpg (9KB, 250x250px) Image search: [Google]

9KB, 250x250px

>>71278288
>Be me
>Be a connoisseur of the arts
>Read p4k for all my information
>One day read that Mars Volta got 2.0
>Start telling people that was the biggest disappointment of the year by far
>Act like I listened to the album
>P4k writes a review about MBDTF
>Know that Kanye is a complete idiot who creates controversy for media coverage
>See that p4k gave him a 10
>Finally recognize Kanye for the god he actually is
>2 years later,
>Randomly discover this album called Lamb's Anger.
>Every song has a fiery passion that makes me feel alive and pumped up
>Listening to it non-stop for days
>Suddenly occurs to me to see what it's score is
>Know it's easily BNM, just wondering how high.
>Open the HTML page
>See this bullshit
fuck pitchork

File: IMG_0774.jpg (68KB, 750x766px) Image search: [Google]

68KB, 750x766px

>>71271930
These fucking faggots

>>71277056
This is very accurate. Childish was never very good to begin with. His eps are utter shit

Pitchfork is now an entire website dedicated to legitimizing art through either being a black person or being a woman.

being both gets you into the top 3 - prove me wrong

File: file.png (126KB, 659x501px) Image search: [Google]

126KB, 659x501px

Yea they did this

>>71278488
and then named it the #3 album of the 00s
both ridiculous

>>71273876
fantano > p4k though
his videos are usually well thought out

File: Screen Shot 2017-02-27 at 11.02.19.png (204KB, 1196x364px) Image search: [Google]

204KB, 1196x364px

FUCK OFF!

File: file.png (249KB, 651x485px) Image search: [Google]

249KB, 651x485px

In case you aren't all upset enough

>>71278488
i absolutely fucking love discovery and can't help but agree with p4k. the lyrics are empty, even though the songs' progressions are amazing. daft punk are just a very good electronic duo who got lucky.

>>71271930
Made me rage

>>71278223

t. trying too hard to be different and unique phase

File: asd.png (105KB, 1024x338px) Image search: [Google]

105KB, 1024x338px

>not a 10

>>71278578
is it worth listening?

>>71272432
that's accurate, dummy.

>>71272299
Ive always thought this was a bullshit reason to refuse streaming music. Plenty of people listen to albums cover to cover on streaming services, as whole bodies of work.

As if people that buy their CDs dont skip haphazardly from song to song anyway.

>>71278626
got lucky eh?

>>71276587
*their'st

>>71276044
I would agree with them. Niggas on the Moon was an awful introduction to the vastly superior Jenny Death.

File: fuckoffp4k.png (199KB, 1154x347px) Image search: [Google]

199KB, 1154x347px

It deserved a lot more than a 7.8, as it's probably one of the best albums for 2016.

What bothers me the most is that the reviewer trashed the album for things they did right.

>>71271930
Gotta admit, I'm still triggered to this day by the Ulver-Perdition City Review.

>>71273884
literally 100% accurate

>>71273884
>>71279974
yeah i agree with this

>>71275774
>It's also clear you don't really know anything about the fragile deeper than surface level, how it was made and who was involved.

How it was made or who was involved have absolutely no bearing on the merits or value of the album.

>>71277821
>The Fragile is pop? The fuck dude. Some one listened only to the singles

Of course it's a pop album. How else can you explain its awful, compressed production? How else can you explain its absence of found instruments, which were so prevalent on The Downward Spiral? These were songs meant to be played on the radio. All of the songs. I don't know which were the singles.

>also know that Pitchfork gave Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star a 0.

Not surprised. Many people consider it among Sonic Youth's worst albums. I still love it.