B-Side Guys

Mark Deming

Mark Deming’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 24 reviews, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Folk, Country & Americana 38%
  • Rock 29%
  • Indie & Alternative 17%
  • Metal & Punk 8%

By the numbers

3A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
2albums given a perfect score
67%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (24 albums)
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s1
  • 60s3
  • 70s3
  • 80s9
  • 90+8

Their favorites

  1. Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell 100 AllMusic
  2. Richard ThompsonShoot Out the Lights 100 AllMusic
  3. FlipperAlbum – Generic Flipper 90 AllMusic
  4. Richard Hell and the VoidoidsBlank Generation 90 AllMusic
  5. Richard ThompsonFront Parlour Ballads 90 AllMusic

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

A-Sides they reviewed

3 albums that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 3 of them 75 or higher.

Every review

Outlet
Richard Thompson13 RiversAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/582
Richard ThompsonAcoustic Classics IIAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/575
FlipperAlbum – Generic FlipperAllMusic via Wikipedia90 4.5/589
Emmylou HarrisAll I Intended to BeAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/580
Richard Hell and the VoidoidsBlank GenerationAllMusic via Wikipedia90 4.5/584
Sufjan StevensCarrie & LowellAllMusic via Wikipedia100 5/590
Ryan AdamsDemolitionAllMusic via Wikipedia50 2.5/572
Richard ThompsonFirst LightAllMusic via Wikipedia60 3/569
Richard ThompsonFront Parlour BalladsAllMusic via Wikipedia90 4.5/573
Ryan AdamsGoldAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/579
Richard ThompsonHand of KindnessAllMusic via Wikipedia90 4.5/583
Emmylou HarrisHard BargainAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/570
Ryan AdamsHeartbreakerAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/582
Willie NelsonLast of the BreedAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/568
LambchopNixonAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/584
Richard ThompsonRumor and SighAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/583
Richard ThompsonShoot Out the LightsAllMusic via Wikipedia100 5/599
Faith No MoreSol InvictusAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/577
Emmylou HarrisStumble into GraceAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/584
The DictatorsThe Dictators Go Girl Crazy!AllMusic via Wikipedia90 4.5/587
The Only OnesThe Only OnesAllMusic via Wikipedia90 4.5/590
The StoogesThe WeirdnessAllMusic via Wikipedia60 3/548
Alison KraussWindy CityAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/581
Joey RamoneYa Know?AllMusic via Wikipedia60 3/562

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