Space Cowboy Posted May 21 Posted May 21 2 hours ago, Blackout2006 said: Even if you do not like the album, it still doesn't make sense to give HMHAS a 6.8. Subjective opinions are different ofc and you can rate it as low as you want, but I thought critics are supposed to give scores from the most objective angle? In that light, the production and vocals alone feel underrepresented by such a score. Theneedledrop is hard to satisfy and he gave it a 7 so why does Pitchfork insist on 6.8? It's giving edgy wannabe ?? Opinions are always subjective. 1
Marla Singer Posted May 21 Posted May 21 7 is a fair score for this album. It's good, but not great or anything special. 6.8 is pretty much a 7. 3 2
Trainwreck Posted May 21 Posted May 21 5 hours ago, Pop Fan said: Thank you Pitchfork. This praise was getting out of hand. It's a solid album but it's not nearly as good as NFR, Melodrama or folklore. It's a crime to compare HMHAS to those actual masterpieces. Exactly, it would be insulting putting this album next to these three masterpieces. Don't get me wrong, the album is good, but you'd think that with only 10 songs most of (if not all of) them would be nothing but stellar, sadly there's only 2 great song, (maybe 3, counting 'Wildflower') on the album and the rest are just there 2 1 1
Scandalous Posted May 21 Posted May 21 between this and TTPD why has everyone been acting like they gave out a 2 or something the 6-7 range is great, it's just not realistic to expect your fav to get a 9-10 review every time 1
Squall Posted May 21 Posted May 21 (edited) They are just clowns, it's blending so many genres and the productions are amazing. Yet, they call it « repetitive ». They only give big scores to Beyoncé anyway. Edited May 21 by Squall
John Slayne Posted May 21 Posted May 21 6 hours ago, Born to Run said: Exactly. wait a Taylor Swift stan wrote the review? that makes sense, they wouldn't know about good writing or production 1
Cloröx Posted May 22 Posted May 22 7 hours ago, John Slayne said: wait a Taylor Swift stan wrote the review? that makes sense, they wouldn't know about good writing or production Honestly the review has nothing to do with score, it's staff consensus which is why people are complaining before that why certain articles are so overwhelming positive yet albums didn't get BNM.
John Slayne Posted May 22 Posted May 22 5 hours ago, Cloröx said: Honestly the review has nothing to do with score, it's staff consensus which is why people are complaining before that why certain articles are so overwhelming positive yet albums didn't get BNM. they need to change their methodology imo, the staff consensus just means every album gets a 6 from them
Patient Zero Posted May 22 Posted May 22 On 5/21/2024 at 8:41 PM, Trainwreck said: Exactly, it would be insulting putting this album next to these three masterpieces. Don't get me wrong, the album is good, but you'd think that with only 10 songs most of (if not all of) them would be nothing but stellar, sadly there's only 2 great song, (maybe 3, counting 'Wildflower') on the album and the rest are just there 2 good songs on a 10 track album is still a better than 2 good songs on a 31 track album
no_better Posted May 23 Posted May 23 I knew they can't be taken seriously anymore when they gave Ethel Cain's Preacher's Daughter 6.4 And then they solidified my opinion with a 6.4 for The Last Diner Party, and PinkPantheress And now 6.8 for HMHAS which is definitely too low... Still, they do give good scores to some of the indie records I have been loving this year The poptism is truly over
Hex Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Fitting score for a slightly decent album. It's nothing monumental nor really shows any growth artistically but it's good.
Hex Posted May 23 Posted May 23 On 5/22/2024 at 1:53 AM, Taemira said: such a try-hard attention-seeking publication lol This is literally a good score lol it's basically a 7/10 which seems very fair.
fromily Posted May 23 Posted May 23 1 hour ago, no_better said: I knew they can't be taken seriously anymore when they gave Ethel Cain's Preacher's Daughter 6.4 Ok a 6.4 for preacher's daughter is actually a joke... Having said that, i think most people complaining about the score (and pitchfork in general) don't even take the time to check what kind of music they DO give positive reviews to. Their main focus is and has always been underground & experimental stuff which is why they never even used to review these super mainstream releases. Honestly I like HMAS but ia w pf that a lot of the hype is to do w the shock factor of the changing instrumentals. With that being the case, it will be interesting to see how well it holds up once that initial shock has worn off. Will probably still be incredible live tho. Spoiler OT but also not OT my first thoughts when billie started belting was "someone's been listening to ethel cain" 1
no_better Posted May 23 Posted May 23 25 minutes ago, fromily said: Ok a 6.4 for preacher's daughter is actually a joke... Even the edge lords at Sputnik knew this album is a 10 1
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