Jon Young

Jon Young’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 16 reviews, going back to 2008, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 44%
  • Folk, Country & Americana 19%
  • Rock 13%
  • Metal & Punk 13%

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By the numbers

7years of their reviews we track, 2008 to 2014
2outlets their reviews here ran in
44%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (16 albums)
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s4
  • 60s4
  • 70s4
  • 80s3
  • 90+1

Their favorites

  1. Kathleen EdwardsVoyageur 90 Spin
  2. Tegan and SaraHeartthrob 80 Spin
  3. Mumford & SonsSigh No More 80 Spin
  4. Steve EarleTownes 80 Spin
  5. Neil YoungA Letter Home 70 Spin

Every review

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Neil YoungA Letter Home“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: May 27, 2014Label: Reprise"What the hell?!?" is an appropriate first response to Neil Young's A Letter Home. Not for”Spin via Wikipedia70 7/10732014
Tegan and SaraHeartthrobSpin via Wikipedia80 8/10812013
Kathleen EdwardsVoyageur“9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: January 17, 2012Label: Zoe/RounderAin't love grand? Not according to Voyageur, the gently devastating fourth album from”Spin90 9/10742012
Angels & AirwavesLove: Part Two“Handsomely produced, energetically performed, and crushingly familiar, the latest epic from blink-182 vet Tom DeLonge's other band follows last year's”Spin via Wikipedia50 5/10592011
Mumford & SonsSigh No More“With the heroically stomping folk songs on this winning debut, Marcus Mumford and his hale mates (who aren't kin) employ the soft-to-loud strategy with”Spin via Wikipedia80 8/10662010
Charlotte GainsbourgIRM“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: January 26, 2010Label: Because Music/ElektraBest known as an acclaimed, risky actress — she starred in the disturbing”Spin via Wikipedia70 7/10792010
The FratellisHere We StandSpin via Wikipedia50 2.5/5512008
Arctic MonkeysAMSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1084
Flogging MollySpeed of Darkness“Relocating from Los Angeles to recession-plagued Detroit, Flogging Molly tap directly into the area's working-class anger, but stay in their sonic comfort”Spin via Wikipedia60 6/1070
The Beach BoysThat’s Why God Made the RadioSpin via Wikipedia60 6/1068
Brandy NorwoodThe Best of Brandy“The 37th issue of Blender magazine, cover dated June 2005. Published in the US by Dennis Publishing, Inc. Coldplay is featured on the cover. Volume 4, No….”Blender via Wikipedia60 3/579
BabyshamblesThe Blinding EPSpin via Wikipedia50 2.5/565
MegadethThirteenSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1073
Steve EarleTownes“Ignored by record buyers, the late Townes Van Zandt was beloved by colleagues, including Steve Earle, who named his son Justin Townes Earle to honor the”Spin via Wikipedia80 4/583
Green Day¡Dos!“6SPIN Rating: 6 of 10Release Date: November 13, 2012Label: RepriseMidway through their ongoing, three-album 2012 stunt, Green Day soothe any concerns”Spin via Wikipedia60 6/1073
Cobra Starship¡Viva la Cobra!Spin via Wikipedia50 5/1061

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