Jonathan Bernstein’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 37 reviews, going back to 2005, each next to the album’s Breakdown.
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Rolling Stone 2020–2021 · 19 reviews
- Spin Alternative Record Guide 2005 · 5 reviews
Entertainment Weekly 9 reviews
Spin 2 reviewsThe Telegraph 1 review
- PopMatters 1 review
What they review
- Folk, Country & Americana 51%
- Pop 14%
- Indie & Alternative 11%
- Rock 11%
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By the numbers
2A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
1album given a perfect score
17years of their reviews we track, 2005 to 2021
6outlets their reviews here ran in
57%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (37 albums)
How their scores spread
- 0–490
- 50s1
- 60s3
- 70s12
- 80s16
- 90+5
Their favorites
BeyoncéLemonade 100 The Telegraph
Wyclef JeanThe Carnival 95 Entertainment Weekly
The AdvertsCrossing the Red Sea with The Adverts 90 Spin Alternative Record Guide
Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual 90 Spin Alternative Record Guide
The UndertonesThe Undertones 90 Spin Alternative Record Guide
Artists they keep coming back to
Their scores for each artist, in release order.
- Margo Price 2 reviews70All American Made80Strays
- The Undertones 2 reviews90The Undertones80Hypnotised
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 72 | 2021 | |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 83 | 2021 | |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 90 | 2020 | |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 68 | 2005 | |
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 85 B | 78 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 77 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 83 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 75 C | 56 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 81 B- | 56 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 88 B+ | 78 | ||
| Spin Alternative Record Guide via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 85 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 70 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 88 B+ | 66 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 76 | ||
| Spin Alternative Record Guide via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 81 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 75 C | 58 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 81 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 71 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 80 | ||
| The Telegraph via Wikipedia | 100 5/5 | 94 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 78 | ||
| Spin via Wikipedia | 50 5/10 | 40 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 88 B+ | 87 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 88 B+ | 75 | ||
| Spin Alternative Record Guide via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 84 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 82 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 80 | ||
| Spin via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 76 | ||
| PopMatters via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 76 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 76 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 78 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 60 3/5 | 77 | ||
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipedia | 95 A | 78 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 72 | ||
| Spin Alternative Record Guide via Wikipedia | 90 9/10 | 88 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 70 3.5/5 | 80 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 87 |
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