Classic Rock’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 12 reviews, going back to 2018, each next to the album’s Breakdown.
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By the numbers
2A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
1album given a perfect score
4years of their reviews we track, 2018 to 2021
How their scores spread
- 0–490
- 50s1
- 60s0
- 70s3
- 80s1
- 90+7
More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.
Their favorites
Van HalenVan Halen 100 Louder
Blue Öyster CultSecret Treaties 90 Louder
Mother Love BoneApple 90 Louder
AC/DCHighway to Hell 90 Louder
Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin III 90 Louder
Artists they keep coming back to
Their scores for each artist, in release order.
A-Sides they reviewed
2 albums that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 2 of them 75 or higher.
Every review
| Outlet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Öyster CultSecret Treaties“Secret Treaties was the third album by Blue Oyster Cult, and the one where they really figured out what it was they did: darkness, perversion, and sonic eccentricity” | Louder via Wikipedia | 90 4.5/5 | 88 | 2021 |
| Mother Love BoneApple | Louder via Wikipedia | 90 4.5/5 | 63 | 2020 |
 Blue Öyster CultBlue Öyster Cult“Blue Oyster Cult's debut album: the first forays into sonic exploration from the thinking man’s rock band” | Louder via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 80 | 2019 |
 The Crazy World of Arthur BrownThe Crazy World of Arthur Brown“Arthur Brown's debut album is infamous for one song… but does it deserve more respect?” | Louder via Wikipedia | 50 2.5/5 | 53 | 2018 |
| AC/DCHighway to Hell | Louder via Wikipedia | 90 4.5/5 | 87 | |
| Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin III | Louder via Wikipedia | 90 4.5/5 | 90 | |
 AC/DCLet There Be Rock | Louder via Wikipedia | 90 4.5/5 | 78 | |
 Black SabbathMob Rules | Louder via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 60 | |
 MotörheadOverkill | Louder via Wikipedia | 90 4.5/5 | 83 | |
 Emerson, Lake & PalmerTarkus | Louder via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 60 | |
| Van HalenVan Halen | Louder via Wikipedia | 100 5/5 | 96 | |
 Black SabbathVol. 4 | Louder via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 75 |
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