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TWGMTR Official Reviews
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Not sure if there is a consolidated thread for press reviews yet, or whether it's necessary but here goes anyway.
3 1/2 stars and a very positive review from All Music:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-why-god-made-the-radio-mw0002362118
And looking slightly jaundiced on Metacritic (although early days to be fair):
http://www.metacritic.com/music/thats-why-god-made-the-radio
Guardian (3 stars), for anyone that missed it:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/31/beach-boys-thats-why-review
Independent (3 stars):
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-beach-boys-thats-why-god-made-the-radio-capitol-7813308.html
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John and Linda McCartney's 1971 album composed at their farm in Scotland is re-released as a four CD/DVD set that includes the original mono recording,
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Quote from: FatherOfTheMan on June 04, 2012, 03:58:06 AM
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Re: TWGMTR Official Reviews
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All Music is usually my go-to site for reviews, but the grammar in that article was appalling!
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Quote from: buddhahat on June 04, 2012, 03:49:17 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/31/beach-boys-thats-why-review
I just read this and realized that the lyric in Spring Vacation is "Easy Money" NOT "Peas And Honey"...I knew that couldn't be right, but I kept listening over and over and couldn't decipher it. Now I know!
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Quote from: Eric Aniversario on June 04, 2012, 04:23:30 AM
Quote from: buddhahat on June 04, 2012, 03:49:17 AM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/31/beach-boys-thats-why-review
I just read this and realized that the lyric in Spring Vacation is "Easy Money" NOT "Peas And Honey"...I knew that couldn't be right, but I kept listening over and over and couldn't decipher it. Now I know!
i thought it was "Bees and Honey" for a while.
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heeeyyyy 3.5/5 from allmusic is pretty good. i'm not gonna look at metacritic too much. I don't think it's gonna get much better than 3/5
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allmusic gives 4/5 to almost anything that gets released. It gives 4.5 and 5 to many that dont deserve it. Slightly optimistic critics at that site for my taste but great for the group!
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Quote from: Cabinessenceking on June 04, 2012, 09:03:11 AM
allmusic gives 4/5 to almost anything that gets released. It gives 4.5 and 5 to many that dont deserve it. Slightly optimistic critics at that site for my taste but great for the group!
They gave 2/5 to a great Rufus wainwright album and some really good mando diao albums. So I have my issues with them ha. I think TLOS got a 3/5 from them
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Quote from: Cabinessenceking on June 04, 2012, 09:03:11 AM
allmusic gives 4/5 to almost anything that gets released. It gives 4.5 and 5 to many that dont deserve it. Slightly optimistic critics at that site for my taste but great for the group!
MIU, LA and The Beach Boys (1985) each got 2 stars on AllMusic. KTSA got 1.5.
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Quote from: Runaways on June 04, 2012, 09:08:53 AM
Quote from: Cabinessenceking on June 04, 2012, 09:03:11 AM
allmusic gives 4/5 to almost anything that gets released. It gives 4.5 and 5 to many that dont deserve it. Slightly optimistic critics at that site for my taste but great for the group!
They gave 2/5 to a great Rufus wainwright album and some really good mando diao albums. So I have my issues with them ha. I think TLOS got a 3/5 from them
TLOS got a 2.5 actually which I thought was crazy.
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in the allmusic listing for TWGMTR, Beaches in Mind is checked off as one of the four best tracks! Suck it all you haters!! That is an AWESOME song!!! (as are the rest on the album)
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Why the hate for Metacritic itself? It's just a compendium. Do you hate Rotten Tomatoes also?
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I don't understand, metacritic says the Independent gave the album a forty, when this link says it received three out of five stars. Hmm...
I'm pretty happy with the allmusic review. I don't particularly like that site at all, but they seem to rate nearly everything and people seem to see it. So a three and a half out of four stars is really quite good.
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It's actually on a 5-star scale.
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Quote from: onkster on June 04, 2012, 02:47:56 PM
Why the hate for Metacritic itself?
Because everyone is an asshole.
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Quote from: Billy C on June 04, 2012, 03:09:44 PM
It's actually on a 5-star scale.
Oops. I meant five. Typo.
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Quote from: onkster on June 04, 2012, 02:47:56 PM
Why the hate for Metacritic itself? It's just a compendium. Do you hate Rotten Tomatoes also?
Read the quote in fatheroftheman's post and it might make more sense. I don't think anyone actually hates Metacritic.
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Quote from: Zach95 on June 04, 2012, 03:01:25 PM
I don't understand, metacritic says the Independent gave the album a forty, when this link says it received three out of five stars. Hmm...
I'm pretty happy with the allmusic review. I don't particularly like that site at all, but they seem to rate nearly everything and people seem to see it. So a three and a half out of four stars is really quite good.
Confusingly the independent have given the album two separate reviews: one rated two stars and the other rated three. Metacritic are listing the lower score.
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Quote from: buddhahat on June 04, 2012, 03:19:59 PM
Quote from: Zach95 on June 04, 2012, 03:01:25 PM
I don't understand, metacritic says the Independent gave the album a forty, when this link says it received three out of five stars. Hmm...
I'm pretty happy with the allmusic review. I don't particularly like that site at all, but they seem to rate nearly everything and people seem to see it. So a three and a half out of four stars is really quite good.
Confusingly the independent have given the album two separate reviews: one rated two stars and the other rated three. Metacritic are listing the lower score.
What the heck! That's not fair! That's bringing the average down!
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Quote from: Zach95 on June 04, 2012, 06:00:24 PM
Quote from: buddhahat on June 04, 2012, 03:19:59 PM
Quote from: Zach95 on June 04, 2012, 03:01:25 PM
I don't understand, metacritic says the Independent gave the album a forty, when this link says it received three out of five stars. Hmm...
I'm pretty happy with the allmusic review. I don't particularly like that site at all, but they seem to rate nearly everything and people seem to see it. So a three and a half out of four stars is really quite good.
Confusingly the independent have given the album two separate reviews: one rated two stars and the other rated three. Metacritic are listing the lower score.
What the heck! That's not fair! That's bringing the average down!
I imagine one will have been in the Independent and one in The Independent On Sunday, which has a totally different editorial staff but shares the same website.
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Amazing review in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/arts/music/new-releases-from-the-beach-boys-and-alan-jackson.html?ref=arts
And another positive one from PopMatters:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/159260-the-beach-boys-thats-why-god-made-the-radio/
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cbs news: very positive
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501368_162-57446660/review-brian-wilson-writes-new-beach-boys-album/
usa today: also positive
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/story/2012-06-04/beach-boys-thats-why-god-made-the-radio/55385752/1
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So, does metacritic simply ignore the reviews without numbers?
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Quote from: Zach95 on June 04, 2012, 07:18:12 PM
So, does metacritic simply ignore the reviews without numbers?
Nope. It included the NYTimes review, ranking it as a 70 (which seems a bit low). They do not include all media outlets, though.
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