too weak for my liking

Album Rating: 4.5

This review was much better than the other one. However this review still suffers from a few problems the other one did as well. These problems are founded mainly within the first paragraph. An unrelated, non-needed, subjective as all hell description of the necessity of The Arcade Fire and for some reason a targeted attack on Sufjan Stevens.



Elliot Smith, Andrew Bird, Rufus Wainwright, Belle & Sebastian. These figures are important to Baroque Pop as well, meaning we should not worry about a forebear. It was more of a collaborative move, a group of artists pushing towards the sound and change. The way the paragraph came off was ignorant and needlessly aggressive/defensive. Remember the modern Baroque Pop is a resurgence, not a creation.



Otherwise I wish you gave some more lyrical examples in your second paragraph, I would have liked that. Great review regardless. Definitely better than the other one, that's for sure.

Album Rating: 3.5

this is quite good, about on par with Neon Bible for me

Album Rating: 4.0

agreed

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

how is the first paragraph a targeted attack on sufjan stevens what the fuck

Album Rating: 4.0

fucking cruise missile to the throat it was

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

hipster taliban

Album Rating: 4.0

rofl

Album Rating: 3.0

the other one



interesting how many arcade fire fans made accounts on the site after mine and tyler's suburbs reviews

Album Rating: 4.0

You're the Rainmaker, man.

Album Rating: 3.0

read that as rainman twice before i read it correctly. was quite confused lol

Album Rating: 4.0

Well....

any favorite of David Bowie is a favorite of mine

Album Rating: 4.0

Right. Well. This is great. Really great.



Needs a few more listens but I'm quite impressed.

Album Rating: 4.0

really looking forward to hearing this

Album Rating: 4.0

I think I prefer this to Neon Bible now. This has more stand out tracks.

Album Rating: 3.5

ok i quite like this

Album Rating: 4.5

Knott- "how is the first paragraph a targeted attack on sufjan stevens what the fuck"



It's a targeted attack because he brings Sufjan into the article when there is no need or requirement, especially when it is in regards to Funeral and Illinois, and really has nothing to do with The Suburbs. This is clearly targeting Sufjan, I hope you understand. He then goes on to describe something Sufjan has been praised for, then negates it, instead saying that it was The Arcade Fire because "no one cared about Michigan until after the fact" and that apparently regardless to the reviewer "Funeral is a better album than either of Sufjan’s albums anyway." One definition of attack is to criticize or oppose, so that was clearly, by definition, a targeted attack due to the criticism and opposition to the singled out Sufjan.



However what really bothers me is that he made the subjective remarks about a number of albums and an entire musical genre in an objective way. That is a pet peeve of mine, one I have come to expect in reviews but cannot stand if it is unrelated to the subject of the review which is why it stands out so much to me.

need money to get this

Album Rating: 3.0

which, seeing as arcade fire fans mostly suck, is legitimate