B-Side Guys

Jason Josephes

Jason Josephes’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 11 reviews, going back to 1998, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

What they review

  • Rock 64%
  • Indie & Alternative 18%
  • Pop 9%
  • Metal & Punk 9%

By the numbers

1A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
1album given a perfect score
How their scores spread
  • 0–492
  • 50s0
  • 60s0
  • 70s2
  • 80s3
  • 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. The Flaming LipsThe Soft Bulletin 100 Pitchfork
  2. The KinksPreservation Act 1 98 Pitchfork
  3. KissDressed to Kill 95 Pitchfork
  4. The KinksPreservation Act 2 95 Pitchfork
  5. The KinksMuswell Hillbillies 89 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

Outlet
Belle and SebastianThe Boy with the Arab StrapPitchfork via Wikipedia8 0.8/10781998
KissCreatures of the NightPitchfork via Wikipedia15 1.5/1049
KissDressed to KillPitchfork via Wikipedia95 9.5/1073
David BowieEarthlingPitchfork via Wikipedia80 8.0/1073
KissKissPitchfork via Wikipedia80 8.0/1078
The KinksMuswell HillbilliesPitchfork via Wikipedia89 8.9/1092
Green DayNimrodPitchfork via Wikipedia70 7.0/1073
The KinksPreservation Act 1Pitchfork via Wikipedia98 9.8/1072
The KinksPreservation Act 2Pitchfork via Wikipedia95 9.5/1062
KissRock and Roll OverPitchfork via Wikipedia75 7.5/1070
The Flaming LipsThe Soft BulletinPitchfork via Wikipedia100 10/1086

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