Andrew Unterberger

Andrew Unterberger’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 13 reviews, going back to 2014, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

  • Spin 2014–2015 · 13 reviews

What they review

  • Pop 54%
  • Indie & Alternative 31%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 8%
  • Rock 8%

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By the numbers

1A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
2years of their reviews we track, 2014 to 2015
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s1
  • 60s3
  • 70s6
  • 80s2
  • 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

  1. Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit 90 Spin
  2. BlurThe Magic Whip 80 Spin
  3. Charli XCXVroom Vroom 80 Spin
  4. DrakeIf You’re Reading This It’s Too Late 70 Spin
  5. One DirectionFour 70 Spin

A-Sides they reviewed

1 album that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 1 of them 75 or higher.

Every review

Outlet
Mumford & SonsWilder Mind“5SPIN Rating: 5 of 10Release Date: May 07, 2015Label: Island / GlassnoteHere's a sentence that would've made absolutely no sense in 2005 (and only”Spin via Wikipedia50 5/10632015
BlurThe Magic Whip“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 27, 2015Label: ParlophoneSometime in the year 2023, Blur and Radiohead will release the exact same album. As”Spin80 8/10752015
MadonnaRebel Heart“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: March 10, 2015Label: InterscopeAs the woman who reinvented and ultimately defined what pop stardom means, Madonna”Spin via Wikipedia60 6/10662015
DrakeIf You’re Reading This It’s Too Late“In a week that was already hardly lacking in hip-hop excitement, Drake had to go and drop a surprise mixtape last night. It may take us the full All-Star”Spin via Wikipedia70 7/10752015
Mark RonsonUptown Special“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: January 13, 2015Label: RCAOne can never fault bi-continental producer/DJ/sporadic lead artist Mark Ronson for a lack of”Spin via Wikipedia60 6/10752015
One DirectionFour“7 SPIN Rating: 7 of 10 Release Date: November 17, 2014 Label: Columbia/Syco Four might seem like a boring title, if not an outright cliché at this point,”Spin70 7/10672014
Taylor Swift1989Spin via Wikipedia70 7/1074
Florence + the MachineHow Big, How Blue, How BeautifulSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1076
Justin BieberPurposeSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1066
Fifth HarmonyReflectionSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1073
Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitSpin via Wikipedia90 9/1090
5 Seconds of SummerSounds Good Feels GoodSpin via Wikipedia60 6/1065
Charli XCXVroom VroomSpin via Wikipedia80 8/1068

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