still havent heard a whole tool lp and im willing to make that my new identity

If only one could be so lucky. I still haven't heard a System of a Down full LP and want to keep in that way low key

Album Rating: 5.0

They are perhaps overrated but they are amazing.

Album Rating: 2.5

Lateranus?

this is some good shit. I have a really nice vinyl of this, wasn’t cheap

Album Rating: 4.5

the type of band that refuses to put ‘side a’ and ‘side b’ on their records so you always put the wrong side on first

Album Rating: 2.5

slap a big healthy splodge of red paint on one side. Problem solved

Album Rating: 4.5

stop giving this low grades because their midget singer is a bigger man than you'll ever be plsss!!!!!!!

his balls are on my table
and so is the chopping board

This album has a 4.5 here? lmao damn

Album Rating: 2.5

51st place in average rating, all-time. Strange how there are more than 50 albums with averages that high, thinking about it - it's rounded up, but still surprising

appears to be 4th in total ratings, lol (at least in the top 100 for ave, not going lower)

Album Rating: 2.5

Incredibly overrated agreed.

Album Rating: 3.5

This has a 1.9 from Pitchfork and I can't for the life of me make sense of that slop they called a review. Not to say this is the greatest album ever but the Pitchfork review seems to take the piss and I'm just too smooth-brained to understand what that reviewer was going for back in 2001.

Album Rating: 5.0

That place has always been a magnet for the most cringe music fans.

p4k review is pretty straightforward satire of ye olde bongbrained tool devotee

Album Rating: 3.5

Taking that perspective, I guess I get it. But my god what a hamfisted way to say "I didn't like this album". It's an interesting creative writing exercise but it is an eye-rolling piece of wankery if it's considered an album review.

the level of wankery is a salient reflection on the album itself. doesn't necessarily redeem the reading experience, but it folds comfortably into the satire
most reviews that boil down to simple like/dislike impulses are hamfisted by nature. you either work in an informative cultural/contextual focus or some insightful analysis or get creative. not huge on the implication that being straightforward with that standpoint is typically an asset to traditional rev styles

Album Rating: 3.5

Oh for sure. Reviews written around a theme or central element is what makes them interesting my nature. However, I feel like it's a slippery slope into self-indulgence that mitigates the intent of the review. But maybe it's way more tongue-in-cheek than I'm giving it credit for. Matching wankery for wankery, especially when that subject is a Tool album, and you're basically creating a singularity.

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

>his balls are on my table



unsanitary af dont eat at johnny's place

Album Rating: 2.5

"you either work in an informative cultural/contextual focus or some insightful analysis or get creative."



Something I find that p4k writers are generally apt at. At least a bunch of years ago when I still checked out written reviews regularily.