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pizzamachine 05.23.11	They don't effect me at all, honestly.
Electric City 05.23.11	depends on who writes it/how well its written
FromDaHood 05.23.11	I listened to TDAG for a second time because of Chan's review. Other than that, no.
DarkNoctus 05.23.11	depends on the content of the review :]
Sowing 05.23.11	If I really want to listen to an album, sputnik has no bearing on my decision. Usually the only time I act on a sputnim review is if someone i respect posts a well-written positive review of a band i didn't know about - then i check them out
pizzamachine 05.23.11	Yeah, if it sounds like something up my alley, I'll check it out.
Satellite 05.23.11	not really. like, at all. that's not (or shouldn't be) the purpose of album reviews, though.
foreverendeared 05.23.11	not at all
Hyperion1001 05.23.11	Pretty much everything sowing said.
savagecabbage 05.23.11	not in the slightest. The only review I've read that is worth a shit is BigHans review of hulk rules.
Deviant. 05.23.11	I don't trust anyone on here so no
wabbit 05.23.11	Well I only read the reviews of the people who's opinions I value so yes. I mean I have never gone 180 on an album because Adam wrote a good review. Discussions change my opinions far more.
pizzamachine 05.23.11	@ Dev: that's not a surprise
NigelH 05.23.11	Sometimes a good review can help me see an album in a way I hadn't looked at before, and that has helped me get into some albums that I had originally dismissed. Other than that, no.
AngelofDeath 05.23.11	Reviews and average ratings a lot times effect my interest in checking out albums but never my opinion of them. Don't see why they should.
rasputin 05.23.11	a well written review should affect your willingness to hear an album, it shouldn't make you like it any more or any less. unless you can't actually think for yourself, which goes for the majority of people (on this site or otherwise)
Aids 05.23.11	not at all unless Deviant likes it then it gets an extra .5
Satellite 05.23.11	rasputin is the only one who thinks for himself (on this site or otherwise)
PlaygroundFading 05.23.11	of course they affect me i try to mold my opinions to best match the sputnik collective
DinoX 05.23.11	Unless I was previously interested in the album on my own, I won't bother checking out an album that wasn't rec'd to me or isn't rated high.
Aids 05.23.11	they tried to tell me not to 5 Emery's last album I didn't listen O_O
AnotherBrick 05.23.11	nope generally because i disagree with about 95% of sputnik on good music and also i hardly ever read the reviews
climactic 05.23.11	i usually download any album i hear that sounds like something i'd enjoy. i don't read many reviews tbh. short attention span ftl
ffs 05.23.11	yes, entirely
pmmets07 05.23.11	affect* effect is not a verb JUS SAYIN
Kimm 05.23.11	Ugh pmmet beat me to it!
RavenRock 05.23.11	Well, if it's a 5 out of 5 by the staff, I might look up one or two tracks. But no.
sifFlammable 05.23.11	seems like im repeating the common sentiment here, but yeah I don't see how a review can change my opinion of albums.
ProYiffer 05.23.11	I usually look at the rating and the number of people who rated it, and most of the time I tend to agree to it.
illmitch 05.23.11	if sputnik hiveminds an album i refuse to listen to it
Grimlin 05.23.11	i don't even use sputnik to find bands anymore, and a lot of bands i listen to aren't even on the database here so, no... really, i haven't depended on reviews, in general, all that much either. eh...
Satellite 05.23.11	"if sputnik hiveminds an album i refuse to listen to it" how open-minded of you
thatoneguy726 05.23.11	I mostly use average rating to decide whether to check something out. I weirdly use the reviews to appreciate albums even more. If I get something and am absolutely loving it, I find the most positive review and read the whole thing just to feel that much better about it.
acorncheese 05.23.11	yeah, i'm definitely influenced by this site. and there's nothing wrong with that. there've absolutely been times when an album made a strong first impression on me after i'd read a positive review of it, and times when i've been underwhelmed after reading a negative review; all the while i knew that i'd have different feelings about the album had i not read the review. that's just life. we're highly suggestible whether we like it or not.
Satellite 05.23.11	*affect
illmitch 05.23.11	sorry satellite but people on sputnik have bad taste in music get used to it
Satellite 05.23.11	okay, kid who gave nelly a 4
illmitch 05.23.11	country grammar is a classic early 2000s rap album im sorry ur too close-minded to appreciate it
crazyblinddude 05.23.11	I'll usually use them to see if that album would appeal to me. But I form my own opinion on the album after listening to it.
demigod! 05.23.11	sometimes but not very often. honestly it's the average rating that effects my intuition to check something out more than anything, as sheepish as that sounds
Dev518 05.23.11	Sometimes a review can help me realize certain aspects of an album that I might have missed on first listen which can change my opinion and positive ratings will certainly get me to check a band out.
rasputin 05.23.11	'rasputin is the only one who thinks for himself (on this site or otherwise)' yes exactly, and i also don't have predictable taste (satellite or otherwise) also, lol mitch
Loanshark 05.23.11	Yep, reviews definitely have an effect on me.
Knott- 05.23.11	If you're going to be grammar nazis, pmmets07 and kimm, at least be right, because while "affect" is the right word here, "effect" can most definitely be a motherfucking verb.
illmitch 05.23.11	Sometimes, reviews effect a change in the way I view an album. You could say they affect my views.
PlaygroundFading 05.23.11	I am often affected by the effects featured in the programs broadcasted on FX.
starry 05.23.11	I only glance through reviews normally, I read more of the comments below than the actual review. And I don't let it affect me much.
liledman 05.23.11	cant like an album unless it has a 4.1 avg rating
Puzzles 05.23.11	Everything I do in life is influenced by the Sputnik.
rockandmetaljunkie 05.24.11	maybe a little bit...
WashboardSuds 05.24.11	it sometimes opens my eyes to things I never noticed before but in the end I always say to myself "I like it anyway"
saucy 05.24.11	Half of my music library is due to sputnik reviews. 4 is aoty all years.
Psilocyanide 05.24.11	Might make me check something out I normally wouldn't, but I'd never stop liking an album just cause someone gave it a 2 or something.