Al Horner’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 10 reviews, going back to 2014, each next to the album’s Breakdown.
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NME 2014–2015 · 9 reviews
The Guardian 1 review
What they review
- Indie & Alternative 50%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 20%
- Rock 10%
- Pop 10%
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By the numbers
2years of their reviews we track, 2014 to 2015
2outlets their reviews here ran in
How their scores spread
- 0–490
- 50s0
- 60s3
- 70s2
- 80s4
- 90+1
More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.
Their favorites
Every review
| Outlet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 RaekwonFly International Luxurious Art | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 68 | 2015 |
 Modest MouseStrangers to Ourselves“Modest Mouse’s 22-year career to date is something of a Cinderella story. Despite a frontman in throaty philosopher Isaac Brock who sounds like Tom Waits shouting into a wood-chipper; despite…” | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 70 | 2015 |
 Manic Street PreachersFuturology | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 83 | 2014 |
 Lana Del ReyUltraviolence“Like Morrissey, Lana Del Rey has mastered song titles that perpetuate her reputation with a knowing wink. The tracklisting of her second official album could form her manifesto: ‘Sad Girl’,…” | NME via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 75 | 2014 |
 ColdplayGhost Stories“Once upon a time, picking over Chris Martin lyrics was a sport, a race to guess the rhyming word. Like Noel Gallagher — and doesn’t that just trip off the…” | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 61 | 2014 |
 SwansTo Be Kind“In 2010, after a 13-year break, Michael Gira resurrected his experimental post-punk outfit Swans. Avant-garde to the extreme, Gira’s music is an all-encompassing experience that somehow affects your entire sensory…” | NME via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 83 | 2014 |
 Kid CudiSatellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 70 | 2014 |
 DeftonesKoi No Yokan“Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.” | NME via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 84 | |
 Justin BieberPurpose | NME via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 66 | |
 VolbeatRewind, Replay, Rebound“It may be their seventh album but on this evidence the eclectic Danish metal four-piece are not prepared to go quietly” | The Guardian via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 73 |
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