Sam Richards’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 11 reviews, going back to 2007, each next to the album’s Breakdown.
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- Indie & Alternative 55%
- Rock 18%
- Electronic 18%
- Pop 9%
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By the numbers
1A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
10years of their reviews we track, 2007 to 2016
2outlets their reviews here ran in
How their scores spread
- 0–490
- 50s0
- 60s0
- 70s4
- 80s7
- 90+0
More numbers (how close they land to the other critics, release-week calls) appear once we track 15 of their reviews.
Their favorites
RadioheadA Moon Shaped Pool 80 NME
ArcaMutant 80 NME
David BowieBlackstar 80 NME
Zayn MalikMind of Mine 80 NME
RideNowhere 80 Uncut
Artists they keep coming back to
Their scores for each artist, in release order.
- Radiohead 2 reviews80The Bends80A Moon Shaped Pool
A-Sides they reviewed
1 album that earned an A-Side, the critics’ top tier; they scored 1 of them 75 or higher.
Every review
| Outlet | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RadioheadA Moon Shaped Pool“The NME review of Radiohead's 'A Moon Shaped Pool' from 2026” | NME via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 88 | 2016 |
 The Last Shadow PuppetsEverything You’ve Come To Expect | Uncut via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 71 | 2016 |
| ArcaMutant“Even before the release of his debut album ‘Xen’ last year, Arca (aka Alejandro Ghersi) had already been recruited by FKA Twigs, Kanye West and Björk, becoming the main creative…” | NME via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 82 | 2015 |
 Modest MouseWe Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 77 | 2007 |
| David BowieBlackstar | NME via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 86 | |
 The Black KeysEl Camino | NME via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 82 | |
| Zayn MalikMind of Mine | NME via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 75 | |
 Fleetwood MacMirage | Uncut via Wikipedia | 70 7/10 | 76 | |
| RideNowhere | Uncut via Wikipedia | 80 8/10 | 87 | |
 RadioheadThe Bends | Uncut via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 95 | |
 The Chemical BrothersWe Are the Night | Uncut via Wikipedia | 80 4/5 | 69 |
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