Ben Hewitt

Ben Hewitt’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 6 reviews, going back to 2013, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 67%
  • Folk, Country & Americana 17%
  • Pop 17%

Find Ben Hewitt

More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.

Their favorites

  1. Kate BushThe Sensual World 94 Pitchfork
  2. MorrisseyWorld Peace Is None of Your Business 90 NME
  3. Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit 80 NME
  4. SuedeBloodsports 70 NME
  5. Leonard CohenThanks for the Dance 69 Pitchfork

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

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

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MorrisseyCalifornia Son“Morrissey and some (barely audible) high-profile guests rework 12 of his favorite ’60s and ’70s songs by American artists to mixed results.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia59 5.9/10552019
MorrisseyWorld Peace Is None of Your BusinessNME via Wikipedia90 9/10742014
SuedeBloodsportsNME via Wikipedia70 7/10772013
Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitNME via Wikipedia80 8/1090
Leonard CohenThanks for the DancePitchfork via Wikipedia69 6.9/1086
Kate BushThe Sensual World“Never did Kate Bush sound more grounded, more in control of her songwriting than on her sixth album from 1989, featuring stories that play out like intimate vignettes rather than…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia94 9.4/1085

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