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Sits like jqbx2/18/2023 Pitchfork’s ratings are arbitrary!” - Joel Kahn, senior video producer at Lifehacker I don’t really read it or care what they say too much. “I check Pitchfork every morning to see what just came out they publish 4-5 album reviews a day.From there you’ll find review sites like these: Metacritic Music averages critical reviews, so it’s a good starting point, and shows you what’s controversial or universally acclaimed.If you find a site whose taste matches yours, great! If not, you can still use these to just see what’s out this week. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: A doorstopper of a book reviewing all the essential albums from the 1950s to 2005.Rate Your Music has over 40,000 user-created lists scroll to the “popular lists” section or browse the list of “ultimate box sets,” which compile the best of niche genres like Belgian techno, neoclassical dark wave, and mumble rap.(I’m currently working through Q Magazine’s 40 cosmic rock albums and Rolling Stone’s 50 greatest prog rock albums.) But so will sites dedicated entirely to that one genre, which will choose deeper, more distinctive cuts. Pitchfork and Rolling Stone will show up a lot, as will NPR, Complex, and Uproxx. Or search “best ” and find a source you like. AllMusic doesn’t rank its listings, instead breaking out alphabetical lists by genre. AllMusic’s annual best album lists are beautifully presented, with album art and a short description that links to a longer review.Pitchfork digs a little deeper than Rolling Stone, with a little less concern for an album’s mass appeal.Īnd the Slog culture blog loves to tell you what Pitchfork missed. Pitchfork collects the top 100 or 200 albums of every decade: the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. The list is a mix of music so popular it’s painfully clichéd, and important albums that you probbly missed if you weren’t in the right generation. Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Fill out your knowledge of canonical popular music with one of the most famous “greatest music” lists, published in 2012. If you’re getting into a new era or genre, or if you just want to “be more of a music person,” you might enjoy a guided tour.
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