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    Posted: February 23 2014 at 04:07
This list from RYM has probably already been posted here, but if that's the case I haven't seen it as it will have been a long time ago. Amusing and interesting reading, first because it shows how much conventional wisdom on so many legendary records has changed since the time of their release, second because it shows how many of RS' writers might have been among the first to take rock music seriously as a form of art but certainly weren't very good at it.


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how about Rolling Stone's Worst-Written Reviews, that'd be good for a laugh
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^ Admittedly that's what I thought this was going to be.
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Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

^ Admittedly that's what I thought this was going to be.
I hoped that was what it was going to be. 
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Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2014 at 03:54
Well, that's partially what it is...

Originally posted by schmidtt schmidtt wrote:

The reviews generally break down into five categories:

(1) Poorly Written Reviews: Self-explanatory. Most of these were written when RS was in its infancy, and no one knew what the hell they were doing.


I actually find it more interesting how many sacred cow albums got a lukewarm or downright negative reception upon release, I always knew that could sometimes be the case but had no idea how often that happened. Really makes you think about the processes that causes music to be seen as "dated" because apparently it happens in reverse just as often.

(on a related note, I often wonder how much of music's datedness has to do with production technique)
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Rolling Stone reviews suck.

They are just one persons opinion. At least on here there are lots of one persons opinions so you get a broader view.
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Well, that's partially what it is...

Originally posted by schmidtt schmidtt wrote:

The reviews generally break down into five categories:

(1) Poorly Written Reviews: Self-explanatory. Most of these were written when RS was in its infancy, and no one knew what the hell they were doing.


I actually find it more interesting how many sacred cow albums got a lukewarm or downright negative reception upon release, I always knew that could sometimes be the case but had no idea how often that happened. Really makes you think about the processes that causes music to be seen as "dated" because apparently it happens in reverse just as often.

(on a related note, I often wonder how much of music's datedness has to do with production technique)

I don't believe production technique has anything to do with music sounding "dated". there are many jazz albums out there that are 60, 70 or more ears old, yet they sound hot and fresh. I don't give a heck about the production of an album. or perhaps I do, but rather the opposite way: I prefer a less than erfect production because it does not sound so sterile


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Well, there's some production technologies that are very specifically associated with particular times and places like vocoders with the disco age of the late 1970s or reverbed drums with the 1980s or "scooped" guitar sounds (all low-end/high-end with little mid-end) with the early 1990s.
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