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Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins

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imagist42:
Seriously? Don't pay attention to reviews with numbers, much less a site that does nothing but average said numbers. Case in point: the 2008 top 10 currently includes the new Protest the Hero album.

And especially don't pay attention to Rolling Stone. For anything. Ever.

Tom:
I think this can all be explained with the use of a Venn diagram...

Johnny C:
Numerical scoring is the single worst thing to ever happen to the critical establishment.

Also, I feel obligated to remind everyone who read that Rolling Stone review (or even looked at the URL, frankly) that this is the magazine which called Pinkerton the worst record of the year way back in '96.

EDIT: I'd just looked at the URL. That's a really positive review and why it has a mere three stars is beyond my understanding.

Tom:
I've always found numbers to be arbitrary, I just pay attention to what is said. There is no empirical system for numerically rating things such as music, the scores themselves fail to communicate the creativity and nature of the album under review whereas words manage to do it to a higher degree.

Melodic:
I give this thread eight out of a possible ten wookies.

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