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Rating changes (Allmusic, Scaruffi, etc.)
New place for reporting of rating changes, or missing ratings on AM.
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Here the post for the spreasheet updated with the errors or missings ratings.
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Elvis Presley's A Date with Elvis and For LP Fans Only have both been upped to 5 stars on AllMusic.
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Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by allmusic.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/hand-can ... 0002806391
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Note for The Brabra Streisand album, there's no rating in guide du cd, inversion with the Broadway Album which has well 2 stars
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1989 by Taylor Swift has been upgraded to 3.5 stars on AllMusic.
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The self-titled debut by Roxy Music has (finally) been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic.
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This may not be the right place to post this, but I figure it's worth it - AllMusic has become very dicey to visit lately. In the past few weeks I've gotten serious virus warnings on both my home and workplace computers after visiting the site (I thought my home computer was going to be damaged, until I ran a quick antivirus check). I've been avoiding it altogether. Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
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I haven't had any problems like that with virus warnings, maybe because I have a pop-up blocker and virus protection on my pc but I've been on it the past couple of days and notice that it runs slow and locks up sometimes.Harold wrote:This may not be the right place to post this, but I figure it's worth it - AllMusic has become very dicey to visit lately. In the past few weeks I've gotten serious virus warnings on both my home and workplace computers after visiting the site (I thought my home computer was going to be damaged, until I ran a quick antivirus check). I've been avoiding it altogether. Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
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Yeah, the notifications coming from your browser/antivirus are because of the ads on the site. I've never actually been infected by them but they are annoying. There are a number of ways to get around them.
The two methods AllMusic prefer are paid subscritpion to their site or downloading the Support Free Content browser app, which (from what I can gather) records personal browsing information to send it directly to sites like AllMusic.
The last one, as Bootsy suggested above (but is not supported by AllMusic) is getting an Adblocking app like Adblock Plus for your broswer.
The two methods AllMusic prefer are paid subscritpion to their site or downloading the Support Free Content browser app, which (from what I can gather) records personal browsing information to send it directly to sites like AllMusic.
The last one, as Bootsy suggested above (but is not supported by AllMusic) is getting an Adblocking app like Adblock Plus for your broswer.
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Some AllMusic ratings for updating:
Dizzy Gillespie's Groovin' High - 3 stars
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's Ella and Louis - 4.5 stars
Sonny Rollins' Plus 4 - 5 stars
Dizzy Gillespie's Groovin' High - 3 stars
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's Ella and Louis - 4.5 stars
Sonny Rollins' Plus 4 - 5 stars
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AllMusic have upgraded the following albums to a full five-star rating:
- Actress - Splazsh
- Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
- Baroness - Blue Record
- Boris - Pink
- Broadcast - The Noise Made by People
- Broadcast - Haha Sound
- Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
- D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
- Deafheaven - Sunbather
- Four Tet - Rounds
- J Dilla - Donuts
- Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
- The Knife - Silent Shout
- Kvelertak - Meir
- M.I.A. - Kala
- Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
- The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
- Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- Robyn - Robyn
- Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
- Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Bark Psychosis - Hex
- Björk - Post
- Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
- Green Day - Dookie
- Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
- The Roots - Things Fall Apart
- Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
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Upgraded to 5 stars on AllMusic:
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton
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As well they should be. Keep voting in MAA!Shakermaker wrote:Upgraded to 5 stars on AllMusic:
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton
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While readying to post their review for Ye, AllMusic have upgraded their rating for 808s & Heartbreak to 2.5 stars.
It's fantastic to see Tunnel of Love receiving a full five-star rating. It's usually underrated when compared to its predecessors. Conversely, I'm puzzled that AllMusic still hold to their opinion that Darkness on the Edge of Town isn't a full five-star album. It's generally considered to be one of Springsteen's most essential records.
Huh, hadn't noticed that the Hamilton soundtrack was listed on AM. Nice catch.Shakermaker wrote:Upgraded to 5 stars on AllMusic:
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Original Broadway Cast Recording - Hamilton
It's fantastic to see Tunnel of Love receiving a full five-star rating. It's usually underrated when compared to its predecessors. Conversely, I'm puzzled that AllMusic still hold to their opinion that Darkness on the Edge of Town isn't a full five-star album. It's generally considered to be one of Springsteen's most essential records.
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The Glow Part 2 has always been a favorite of mine. It really helped me get through a break up and a death in my family 13-14 years ago, when I was still in college.Matski wrote:AllMusic have upgraded the following albums to a full five-star rating:
Update - Last week it was albums from the 00s & 10s that gained five-star ratings, this week there are some from the 90s..:
- Actress - Splazsh
- Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
- Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
- Baroness - Blue Record
- Boris - Pink
- Broadcast - The Noise Made by People
- Broadcast - Haha Sound
- Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
- D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah
- Deafheaven - Sunbather
- Four Tet - Rounds
- J Dilla - Donuts
- Jamey Johnson - The Guitar Song
- The Knife - Silent Shout
- Kvelertak - Meir
- M.I.A. - Kala
- Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
- The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
- Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
- PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
- Robyn - Robyn
- Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
- Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
...and some from the 80s:
- Bark Psychosis - Hex
- Björk - Post
- Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
- Green Day - Dookie
- Red House Painters - Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
- The Roots - Things Fall Apart
- Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Of course, as the resident Wilco geek, I'm ecstatic to see their masterpiece finally get 5 star recognition. What's even cooler is that they didn't drop Summerteeth to do it, which AMG often does, to keep an artist from getting too many 5 stars.
If you drop The Whole Love a half star, and bump A Ghost is Born and Mermaid Avenue Vol 1 up a half star, AMG's Wilco ratings would perfectly match mine.
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AllMusic have posted a new review for Version 2.0 by Garbage, upgrading its rating to 4.5 stars.
It's true that AllMusic sometimes drop one five-star record to upgrade another - happened to Jane's Addiction a few years ago. Other times they will hand out more than one five-star rating to an act in a single session - see Queens of the Stone Age and more recently Broadcast. Then there's what happened to Wilco - where AllMusic waited before handing out multiple five-stars. Also see Green Day, M.I.A. and The White Stripes. Based on a pattern in those re-ratings, I believe that Cocteau Twins' Treasure and Agalloch's The Mantle will also receive five-star ratings next time.Jonathon wrote:...
Of course, as the resident Wilco geek, I'm ecstatic to see their masterpiece finally get 5 star recognition. What's even cooler is that they didn't drop Summerteeth to do it, which AMG often does, to keep an artist from getting too many 5 stars.
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Upgraded to 5 stars on AllMusic:
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
Downgraded to 4.5 stars:
The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
Downgraded to 4.5 stars:
The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer
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Allmusic knocked sunbather back down to 4.5. It's reign as a 5-star release didn't last long at all.
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Geez, I hope they don't keep changing their mind on Roger the Engineer or Sunbather like they did with Use Your Illusion II. Out of all the metal albums that they recently upgraded, Sunbather wasn't the most questionable choice of the bunch either.
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Childish Gambino's “Awaken,My Love!” has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by Allmusic
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by AllMusic.
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Sizzla's Black Woman & Child has been downgraded to 4 stars by Allmusic
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Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated at Last has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by AllMusic.
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Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
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Brockhampton - Saturation II has been downgraded to 3.5 stars by AllMusic. Tut-tut, bad AllMusic.
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Another questionable change - Photek - Modus Operandi has been downgraded to 3.5 stars by AllMusic.
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Strange. Browsed through Sizzla's AllMusic profile this week and it seems like they've now removed the review and the rating to Black Woman & Child. They've replaced it with a blank entry, using a 2009 release date...NPG0607 wrote:Sizzla's Black Woman & Child has been downgraded to 4 stars by Allmusic
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Still seems to be on the site - it's been oddly relisted as a self-titled Sizzla album with a 1993 release date instead.Matski wrote:Strange. Browsed through Sizzla's AllMusic profile this week and it seems like they've now removed the review and the rating to Black Woman & Child. They've replaced it with a blank entry, using a 2009 release date...NPG0607 wrote:Sizzla's Black Woman & Child has been downgraded to 4 stars by Allmusic
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Thanks for highlighting that. I'm only starting to explore Sizzla's music so maybe this is incorrect but from what I understand he didn't start recording music until 1995. Black Woman & Child isn't a re-release of his early material, so the change is a bizarre one for AllMusic to make. I'll forward this issue to their admins.
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Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
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Still a little surprised that they preferred Iridescence over S2,and shouldn't they rate S3 already?Matski wrote:Brockhampton - Saturation II has been downgraded to 3.5 stars by AllMusic. Tut-tut, bad AllMusic.
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It's a label debut that has sold well and outside of the RYM-core followers it's generally well-regarded (see metacritic). That it became AMG's choice pick isn't too surprising. It's just disappointing that they felt the need to downgrade S2. AMG possibly did it just to differentiate their ratings in Brockhampton's discography but I can't help but feel that once the band have more releases under their belt that such a change will seem unnecessary.
As to S1 & S3; when Brockhampton started gaining a big following last year many music publications took a while to catch on. AMG only reviewed them at the end of 2017, once their popularity had become apparent. The site didn't dedicate enough resources to reviewing all three releases. If Brockhampton stick around long enough and continue to gain popularity then AMG may eventually review S1 and S3 too. Their recent review of Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 as an example of them doing this.
As to S1 & S3; when Brockhampton started gaining a big following last year many music publications took a while to catch on. AMG only reviewed them at the end of 2017, once their popularity had become apparent. The site didn't dedicate enough resources to reviewing all three releases. If Brockhampton stick around long enough and continue to gain popularity then AMG may eventually review S1 and S3 too. Their recent review of Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 as an example of them doing this.
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AllMusic rating for Wild Nothing's Gemini isn't currently listed - it's 4 stars.
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AllMusic:
Stromae Racine carree > 4
Moses Sumney Aromanticism > 4.5
Christgau:
Sun Kil Moon Benji > B+
Scaruffi:
Subtle For Hero: For Fool > 7
Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway > 6
Stromae Racine carree > 4
Moses Sumney Aromanticism > 4.5
Christgau:
Sun Kil Moon Benji > B+
Scaruffi:
Subtle For Hero: For Fool > 7
Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway > 6
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Rosalía - Los ángeles has been downgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
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Matski wrote:Rosalía - Los ángeles has been downgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.
And this is NOT because they have given a higher rating for ”El mal querer” instead!
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Up until last weekend, Los Ángeles had actually been downgraded to 3.5 stars but someone at AMG must have thought that was too harsh. Giving it such a low grade looked silly next to all the praise Mariano Prunes had given it in the review.
I didn't realise that the album had made it onto the AM database until today. If I had, that 3.5 star regrading would've been reported on this thread a few weeks ago.
I didn't realise that the album had made it onto the AM database until today. If I had, that 3.5 star regrading would've been reported on this thread a few weeks ago.
An update on this one for anyone who cares; AMG have restored the correct date and title to this entry now.Shakermaker wrote:Still seems to be on the site - it's been oddly relisted as a self-titled Sizzla album with a 1993 release date instead.
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Prince | Pitchfork
Dirty Mind | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21866-dirty-mind/
Around The World In a Day | 8.8 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... -in-a-day/
Purple Rain | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21841-purple-rain/
Controversy | 9 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21843-controversy/
Parade | 9.1 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... on-parade/
Diamonds and Pearls | 8.3 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... nd-pearls/
1999 | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21842-1999/
Sign "O" the Times | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... the-times/
Dirty Mind | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21866-dirty-mind/
Around The World In a Day | 8.8 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... -in-a-day/
Purple Rain | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21841-purple-rain/
Controversy | 9 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21843-controversy/
Parade | 9.1 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... on-parade/
Diamonds and Pearls | 8.3 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... nd-pearls/
1999 | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21842-1999/
Sign "O" the Times | 10 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/218 ... the-times/
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The Residents' Meet the Residents has Been Upgraded to 8.5(from 8)by Scaruffi
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Scaruffi's rating for the self-titled Buffalo Springfield debut is missing: 6/10
https://www.scaruffi.com/vol1/buffalo.html
https://www.scaruffi.com/vol1/buffalo.html
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AllMusic has upgraded Howlin Wolf's Moanin' in the Moonlight to 4.5/5 from 3.5/5
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Downgraded to 3.5 stars:
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
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Christgau's rating of the White Stripes Elephant has been upgraded to an A-
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one "cars" change on All Music:
Candy-O > 4.5
Cloud Nothings "Life Without Sound" is A- on Christgau
Candy-O > 4.5
Cloud Nothings "Life Without Sound" is A- on Christgau
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AllMusic:
Suprême NTM Paris sous les bombes > 4.5 https://www.allmusic.com/album/paris-so ... 0000413131
Sylvian, David Gone to Earth > 3.5
Christgau:
Taylor Swift 1989 > A-
Taylor Swift Reputation > ***
Syd Fin > A-
SZA Ctrl > ***
Scaruffi:
Superchunk Majesty Shredding > 5
Suprême NTM Paris sous les bombes > 4.5 https://www.allmusic.com/album/paris-so ... 0000413131
Sylvian, David Gone to Earth > 3.5
Christgau:
Taylor Swift 1989 > A-
Taylor Swift Reputation > ***
Syd Fin > A-
SZA Ctrl > ***
Scaruffi:
Superchunk Majesty Shredding > 5
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Broke With Expensive Taste is A on Christgau
https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_art ... alia+Banks
https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_art ... alia+Banks
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Jacques Brel Enregistrement public à l'Olympia is 4 on Allmusic under this 1996 version
https://www.allmusic.com/album/olympia- ... 0000472355
https://www.allmusic.com/album/olympia- ... 0000472355
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Downgraded to 4 stars on AllMusic:
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Bikini Kill - The C.D. Version of the First Two Records
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Bikini Kill - Pussy Whipped
Bikini Kill - The C.D. Version of the First Two Records
Zero 7 - Simple Things