Comments on: Pitchfork’s Joanna Newsom Review http://www.quarterlifeparty.com/pitchforks-joanna-newsom-review/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: fountain http://www.quarterlifeparty.com/pitchforks-joanna-newsom-review/comment-page-1/#comment-51269 fountain Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:02:56 +0000 http://www.quarterlifeparty.com/?p=4305#comment-51269 Pitchfork is predictable in their assignment of the "best new music" (BNM) tag; and you're right in that you could see the BNM tag coming for this album months ago (when P4K started writing about every rumor that surfaced regarding the album). I also agree with you regarding the quotes from the review itself. How can an album - especially a bloated one like this - be a great album if you need to hit the "skip" button to get through it? By comparison, how many songs did P4K recommend a listener skip on "In Rainbows," or on "The Joshua Tree"? Easy...none. Hell, even their review of the unbelievably pretentious Dirty Projectors album didn't suggest the listener skip any songs. The conclusion here is skipping tracks is the first sign that - just maybe - the album you're listening to isn't great. In fact, maybe P4K's review criteria is akin to "the emperor's new clothes" - a lot of great words talking about something that really isn't there. Pitchfork is predictable in their assignment of the “best new music” (BNM) tag; and you’re right in that you could see the BNM tag coming for this album months ago (when P4K started writing about every rumor that surfaced regarding the album).

I also agree with you regarding the quotes from the review itself. How can an album – especially a bloated one like this – be a great album if you need to hit the “skip” button to get through it?

By comparison, how many songs did P4K recommend a listener skip on “In Rainbows,” or on “The Joshua Tree”? Easy…none. Hell, even their review of the unbelievably pretentious Dirty Projectors album didn’t suggest the listener skip any songs.

The conclusion here is skipping tracks is the first sign that – just maybe – the album you’re listening to isn’t great. In fact, maybe P4K’s review criteria is akin to “the emperor’s new clothes” – a lot of great words talking about something that really isn’t there.

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