Their favorites

1. Pink FloydWish You Were Here 100 Pitchfork
2. Elliott SmithElliott Smith 95 Pitchfork
3. DarkthroneA Blaze in the Northern Sky 92 Pitchfork
4. The Sisters of MercyFloodland 91 Pitchfork
5. DeathSymbolic 91 Pitchfork

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

• Neil Young 4 reviews67Peace Trail84Hitchhiker67The Visitor74Colorado
• Bruce Springsteen 3 reviews76The Ghost of Tom Joad82The Rising75Chapter and Verse
• Kacey Musgraves 2 reviews87Golden Hour77Star-Crossed
• Miranda Lambert 2 reviews80Crazy Ex-Girlfriend78The Weight of These Wi…
• King Crimson 2 reviews90Red88Discipline
• Sufjan Stevens 2 reviews70The Ascension86Javelin

A-Sides they reviewed

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

• Pink FloydWish You Were Here 100
• King CrimsonRed 90
• The WhoThe Who Sell Out 85

Every review

Album	Outlet	Their score	Breakdown	Published
Pink FloydWish You Were Here	Pitchfork	100 10/10	99	2024
Peter Gabrieli/o	Pitchfork	74 7.4/10	77	2023
Kacey MusgravesStar-Crossed	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	77 7.7/10	72	2021
John MayerSob Rock	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	61 6.1/10	68	2021
Elliott SmithElliott Smith	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	95 9.5/10	88	2020
Neil YoungColorado“Young’s fourth album of the century with his most famous band is simple and heartfelt, gritty and tender.”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	74 7.4/10	77	2019
Taylor SwiftSpeak Now“Swift’s third album is her most unabashedly transitional work: between childhood and adulthood, innocence and understanding, country and pop.”	Pitchfork	82 8.2/10	77	2019
David CrosbyIf I Could Only Remember My Name	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	87 8.7/10	84	2019
David SylvianBrilliant Trees“After the breakup of Japan, this reluctant star retreated into a series of four albums—including his masterpiece—built on noir balladry, instrumental abstraction, and an abiding sense of distance.”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	85 8.5/10	78	2019
Teenage FanclubBandwagonesque“These vinyl reissues of the Scottish power-pop luminaries’ outstanding Creation Records output showcase a band whose music captures the feeling of living with the music you love.”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	87 8.7/10	85	2018
Bruce SpringsteenThe Ghost of Tom Joad	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	76 7.6/10	78	2018
Jason MolinaThe Lioness	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	87 8.7/10	67	2018
Neil YoungThe Visitor	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	67 6.7/10	70	2017
MorrisseyLow in High School“Though the music is often engaging and exciting, Low in High School is Morrissey’s second consecutive release that feels regrettably tethered to his increasingly alienating public persona.”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	57 5.7/10	64	2017
Tom PettyWildflowers“When he was 44 years old, Tom Petty released his second and greatest solo album. It is a crucial entry to his catalog, one whose songwriting is elegantly spare, personal,…”	Pitchfork	88 8.8/10	83	2017
Phoebe BridgersStranger in the Alps	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	70 7.0/10	80	2017
Neil YoungHitchhiker“Recorded over one night in 1976, Hitchhiker is an acoustic snapshot of Neil Young’s creative process, captured at a time when he was crafting music strong enough to last his…”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	84 8.4/10	86	2017
Neil YoungPeace Trail	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	67 6.7/10	60	2016
Bruce SpringsteenChapter and Verse	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	75 7.5/10	78	2016
DarkthroneA Blaze in the Northern Sky	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	92 9.2/10	94
Margo PriceAll American Made“On her second album, one of Nashville’s biggest new stars ups the ante with a stark survey of a country in crisis.”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	76 7.6/10	77
Nine Inch NailsBad Witch	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	80 8.0/10	77
Miranda LambertCrazy Ex-Girlfriend	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	80 8.0/10	87
King CrimsonDiscipline	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	88 8.8/10	80
GenesisDuke	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	80 8.0/10	75
The Sisters of MercyFloodland	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	91 9.1/10	82
Kacey MusgravesGolden Hour	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	87 8.7/10	89
The ChicksHome“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a pure and quiet…”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	81 8.1/10	79
BeckHyperspace	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	65 6.5/10	68
Sufjan StevensJavelin	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	86 8.6/10	84
The 1975Notes on a Conditional Form	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	80 8.0/10	69
Morgan WallenOne Thing at a Time	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	41 4.1/10	47
King CrimsonRed	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	90 9.0/10	90
DeathSymbolic	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	91 9.1/10	78
Sufjan StevensThe Ascension	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	70 7.0/10	82
Sinéad O'ConnorThe Lion and the Cobra	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	91 9.1/10	83
Bruce SpringsteenThe Rising“The latest in Springsteen’s vinyl reissue series provides a few lost gems for record collectors and completists. But for these odd years, even for the uninitiated, there’s plenty of gold…”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	82 8.2/10	83
Miranda LambertThe Weight of These Wings	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	78 7.8/10	82
The WhoThe Who Sell Out	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	85 8.5/10	92
John FruscianteTo Record Only Water for Ten Days“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we explore the haunting and beautiful…”	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	80 8.0/10	70
Cannibal CorpseViolence Unimagined	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	73 7.3/10	76
Arcade FireWe	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	70 7.0/10	79
The CureWish	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	84 8.4/10	79
Zach BryanZach Bryan	Pitchfork via Wikipedia	67 6.7/10	76