Dan Martin

Dan Martin’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 27 reviews, going back to 2004, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

  • NME 2004–2013 · 26 reviews
  • Uncut 1 review

What they review

  • Rock 37%
  • Indie & Alternative 19%
  • Pop 19%
  • Electronic 11%

By the numbers

10years of their reviews we track, 2004 to 2013
2outlets their reviews here ran in
59%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (27 albums)
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s1
  • 60s3
  • 70s5
  • 80s14
  • 90+4

Their favorites

  1. My Chemical RomanceThe Black Parade 90 NME
  2. MuseAbsolution 90 NME
  3. U2How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 90 NME
  4. KasabianEmpire 90 NME
  5. Atoms for PeaceAmok 80 NME

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

Every review

Outlet
Atoms for PeaceAmokNME via Wikipedia80 8/10752013
Enter ShikariA Flash Flood of ColourNME via Wikipedia80 8/10722012
ColdplayMylo Xyloto“When Chris Martin admitted the other week that he doesn’t make his kids, Apple and Moses, listen to Coldplay at home, it was the latest in an endless line of…”NME via Wikipedia50 5/10662011
Lady GagaBorn This WayNME via Wikipedia80 8/10802011
LostprophetsThe BetrayedNME via Wikipedia70 7/10782010
Bright EyesCassadaga“If there’s one rock specimen in mortal need of stamping out, it’s the morose singer-songwriter. Its tyranny can be seen all over our once-pure landscape: Nutini, Morrison, Blunt et al,…”NME via Wikipedia80 8/10812007
My Chemical RomanceThe Black Parade“You may want to sit down. We have some very upsetting news. My Chemical Romance are dead. And so is their friend ‘The Patient’. There was nothing that anybody could…”NME via Wikipedia90 9/10832006
OutKastIdlewild“Of all the entries in The Bumper Book Of Hip-Hop Clichés (the clothing line, the Mini-Me, the Phil Collins cover…) the riskiest must surely be the vanity movie. Do it…”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5702006
MuseAbsolutionNME via Wikipedia90 9/10812005
Funeral for a FriendCasually Dressed & Deep in ConversationNME via Wikipedia80 8/10752005
Queens of the Stone AgeLullabies to Paralyze“It’s either fluke or a reassuring testament to the universal morality of rock’n’roll. But either way, it’s terribly bloody sad. The Atlantic Ocean, in rock-demographic terms, couldn’t be wider right…”NME via Wikipedia80 8/10752005
U2How to Dismantle an Atomic BombNME via Wikipedia90 9/10772004
The Rolling StonesA Bigger BangNME via Wikipedia60 6/1075
The KillersDay & AgeNME via Wikipedia70 7/1070
KasabianEmpireNME via Wikipedia90 9/1063
Queens of the Stone AgeEra VulgarisUncut via Wikipedia80 4/574
Fall Out BoyFolie à DeuxNME via Wikipedia80 8/1070
The KillersHot FussNME via Wikipedia70 7/1076
Scissor SistersNight WorkNME via Wikipedia70 7/1065
PrincePlanet EarthNME via Wikipedia60 6/1070
MuseThe 2nd LawNME via Wikipedia80 8/1067
Missy ElliottThis Is Not a Test!NME via Wikipedia80 8/1076
Daft PunkTron: LegacyNME via Wikipedia80 8/1071
PinkTry ThisNME via Wikipedia60 6/1070
RihannaUnapologeticNME via Wikipedia70 7/1067
Lamb of GodWrathNME via Wikipedia80 8/1073
Pet Shop BoysYesNME via Wikipedia80 8/1073

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