Maddy Costa

Maddy Costa’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 6 reviews, going back to 2008, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 50%
  • Pop 50%

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More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.

Their favorites

  1. KeaneStrangeland 80 The Guardian
  2. Leonard CohenOld Ideas 80 The Guardian
  3. FoalsTotal Life Forever 80 The Guardian
  4. Mumford & SonsBabel 60 The Guardian
  5. DidoSafe Trip Home 60 The Guardian

Every review

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Mumford & SonsBabel“Mumford & Sons are vilified as often as praised, and their second album will do little to change that, reckons Maddy Costa”The Guardian via Wikipedia60 3/5632012
KeaneStrangeland“Keane's fourth album is full of more airy platitudes than a self-help manual, but there's no denying the tunes, writes Maddy Costa”The Guardian via Wikipedia80 4/5542012
Leonard CohenOld Ideas“Humour and sincerity sit side by side on another fine album from Leonard Cohen, writes Maddy Costa”The Guardian via Wikipedia80 4/5812012
FoalsTotal Life Forever“The Oxford quintet have discovered stillness and hush, and new depths of emotion. By Maddy Costa”The Guardian via Wikipedia80 4/5752010
DidoSafe Trip Home“Her voice is so lacking in expressiveness that words and emotions drift by, too wan to strike home”The Guardian via Wikipedia60 3/5692008
DuffyRockferryThe Guardian via Wikipedia60 3/5702008

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