Ross Horton

Ross Horton’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 13 reviews, going back to 2020, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Rock 46%
  • Indie & Alternative 38%
  • Metal & Punk 8%
  • Folk, Country & Americana 8%

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By the numbers

1album given a perfect score
5years of their reviews we track, 2020 to 2024
2outlets their reviews here ran in
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s0
  • 60s1
  • 70s0
  • 80s7
  • 90+5

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

Their favorites

  1. Leonard CohenThanks for the Dance 100 The Line of Best Fit
  2. Billie EilishHit Me Hard and Soft 90 musicOMH
  3. David BowieChangesNowBowie 90 musicOMH
  4. Jack WhiteNo Name 90 musicOMH
  5. John CalePOPtical Illusion 90 musicOMH

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

Every review

Outlet
Billie EilishHit Me Hard and Soft“Tender, weird, emotional, surreal, and completely unique – this might be the very best pop album of 2024”musicOMH90 4.5/5852024
RammsteinZeit“Endlessly replayable, tough but not taxing, for all its heft and might there’s a surprising amount of levity and relief to be found”musicOMH via Wikipedia80 4/5812022
alt-JThe DreamThe Line of Best Fit via Wikipedia80 8/10762022
GorillazSong Machine, Season One: Strange Timez“Seven albums in, and Damon Albarn and his revolving stage of guest stars feel like they’re just getting started”musicOMH80 4/5792020
Fontaines D.C.A Hero’s DeathThe Line of Best Fit via Wikipedia85 8.5/10832020
David BowieChangesNowBowie“Proof that when he was committed to a project and having fun, he was the greatest musical artist that Earth has ever seen”musicOMH90 4.5/5772020
The Smashing PumpkinsAtum: A Rock Opera in Three ActsmusicOMH via Wikipedia60 3/562
Kings of LeonCan We Please Have FunmusicOMH via Wikipedia80 4/577
Jack WhiteNo NamemusicOMH via Wikipedia90 4.5/582
John CalePOPtical IllusionmusicOMH via Wikipedia90 4.5/584
Leonard CohenThanks for the DanceThe Line of Best Fit via Wikipedia100 10/1086
InterpolThe Other Side of Make-BelievemusicOMH via Wikipedia80 4/571
Kings of LeonWhen You See YourselfmusicOMH via Wikipedia80 4/569

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