Chris Dahlen

Chris Dahlen’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 11 reviews, going back to 2003, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 45%
  • Rock 45%
  • Electronic 9%

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By the numbers

3A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
1album given a perfect score
6years of their reviews we track, 2003 to 2008
How their scores spread
  • 0–491
  • 50s1
  • 60s0
  • 70s4
  • 80s1
  • 90+4

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

Their favorites

  1. DJ ShadowEndtroducing….. 100 Pitchfork
  2. Joanna NewsomYs 94 Pitchfork
  3. TV on the RadioDear Science 92 Pitchfork
  4. YesClose to the Edge 90 Pitchfork
  5. Brian EnoMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts 85 Pitchfork

A-Sides they reviewed

3 albums that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 3 of them 75 or higher.

Every review

Outlet
TV on the RadioDear Science“Musically shit-hot but also brainy and ambivalent, the latest from TV on the Radio cements them as a true Event Band, and the sign o’ the times they capture here…”Pitchfork via Wikipedia92 9.2/10892008
Joanna NewsomYsPitchfork via Wikipedia94 9.4/10852006
Bright EyesDigital Ash in a Digital UrnPitchfork via Wikipedia72 7.2/10662005
TelevisionAdventurePitchfork via Wikipedia77 7.7/10862003
Jane's AddictionStraysPitchfork via Wikipedia58 5.8/10752003
YesClose to the EdgePitchfork via Wikipedia90 9.0/1090
DJ ShadowEndtroducing…..Pitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/1094
The VinesHighly EvolvedPitchfork via Wikipedia41 4.1/1074
Brian EnoMy Life in the Bush of GhostsPitchfork via Wikipedia85 8.5/1092
PJ HarveyUh Huh HerPitchfork via Wikipedia76 7.6/1077
The HivesVeni Vidi ViciousPitchfork via Wikipedia74 7.4/1086

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