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Old Nov 6, 2011, 03:33 AM
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popularity != quality != enjoyableness != whatever

the thing i find about album reviews is they're often not written from a musical perspective, and more from the perspective of social significance, the message/what it means, authority of the musicians involved and so on, and they're written by established music critics who are often not familiar with writing music themselves. basically everything that's secondary to the music itself. that's what annoys me the most. it's never useful to me to read about who the person is and why they're important and what it makes me if i listen to it and enjoy it.

ultimately they are just opinions and that's fine, whatever methods people use to justify their opinions is up to them. i guess i just don't like the false seniority of reviews.

also i'd be unlikely to buy an album with a title like this one. it is only a marketing term, but the more oblivious among us will take it seriously.
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