Jesse Cataldo

Jesse Cataldo’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 21 reviews, going back to 2008, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

  • Slant 2008–2016 · 21 reviews

What they review

  • Hip-Hop & Rap 33%
  • Rock 33%
  • Indie & Alternative 24%
  • Pop 5%

Find Jesse Cataldo

By the numbers

9years of their reviews we track, 2008 to 2016
43%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (21 albums)
15points, on average, between their release-week reviews and where the other critics ended up (14 reviews)
How their scores spread
  • 0–495
  • 50s6
  • 60s5
  • 70s4
  • 80s1
  • 90+0

Their favorites

  1. Bill CallahanSometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle 80 Slant
  2. DrakeViews 70 Slant
  3. RaekwonShaolin vs. Wu-Tang 70 Slant
  4. Katie MeluaThe House 70 Slant
  5. The Dead WeatherSea of Cowards 70 Slant

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

Every review

Outlet
DrakeViews“Drake continues to reflexively balance out this egotism by dredging up old demons and initiating new beefs.”Slant70 3.5/5712016
Neil YoungThe Monsanto YearsSlant via Wikipedia40 2/5692015
RaekwonFly International Luxurious ArtSlant via Wikipedia50 2.5/5682015
Wu-Tang ClanA Better Tomorrow“The Wu-Tang Clan struggles to present a unified front on what’s purportedly the clan’s last official album.”Slant via Wikipedia60 3/5652014
WaleThe GiftedSlant via Wikipedia60 3/5662013
The StoogesReady to Die“Ready to Die is dumber, louder, and raunchier than any previous Stooges album.”Slant via Wikipedia30 1.5/5682013
The GameThe R.E.D. Album“The R.E.D. Album may be the most distilled expression yet of Game’s manifold insecurities.”Slant via Wikipedia60 3/5632011
RaekwonShaolin vs. Wu-TangSlant via Wikipedia70 3.5/5732011
Bright EyesThe People’s KeySlant via Wikipedia40 2/5652011
Jerry Lee LewisMean Old Man“Mean Old Man may be a fundamentally lazy album, but it works in the right places.”Slant50 2.5/5732010
Katie MeluaThe HouseSlant via Wikipedia70 3.5/5642010
Lil JonCrunk Rock“The ambition level of Crunk Rock, Lil Jon’s long-delayed follow-up to Crunk Juice, is revealed almost immediately.”Slant50 2.5/5532010
The Dead WeatherSea of CowardsSlant via Wikipedia70 3.5/5772010
ParamoreParamore“It’s the interplay between cheesy and catchy that makes the album a worthy genre time-capsule piece.”Slant60 3/5802009
Bill CallahanSometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle“Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle once again proves Bill Callahan to be as ageless as the forest.”Slant80 4/5832009
Fall Out BoyFolie à Deux“Folie à Deux seems to prove that Fall Out Boy is good at masking its best qualities and pushing forward its most annoying ones.”Slant50 2.5/5702008
Ryan Adams & the CardinalsCardinology“Smooth and mostly sunny, Cardinology hums along on the fumes of better Ryan Adams material.”Slant50 2.5/5692008
RöyksoppJuniorSlant via Wikipedia60 3/5702008
RazorlightRazorlight“Razorlight is the latest in a long line of unconvincing Trojan horse projects.”Slant30 1.5/5502008
Neil Young and Crazy HorseAmericanaSlant via Wikipedia40 2/560
Paul McCartneyNew“New is an almost perversely titled album that, at least on the surface, seems like business as usual.”Slant via Wikipedia50 2.5/575

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