B-Side Guys

Stephen Erlewine

Stephen Erlewine

Stephen Erlewine’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 19 reviews, going back to 2006, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

What they review

  • Rock 47%
  • Folk, Country & Americana 26%
  • Indie & Alternative 16%
  • Pop 11%

By the numbers

1album given a perfect score
2outlets their reviews here ran in
63%of their scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (19 albums)
How their scores spread
  • 0–491
  • 50s1
  • 60s2
  • 70s8
  • 80s6
  • 90+1

Their favorites

  1. The KinksArthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) 100 AllMusic
  2. DeftonesDiamond Eyes 80 AllMusic
  3. Imagine DragonsEvolve 80 AllMusic
  4. HalseyManic 80 AllMusic
  5. Robert PlantRaise the Roof 80 AllMusic

Every review

Outlet
Tenacious DThe Pick of DestinyAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/5582006
The KinksArthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)AllMusic via Wikipedia100 5/590
AudioslaveAudioslaveAllMusic via Wikipedia60 3/562
Leona LewisChristmas, with LoveAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/553
Kacey MusgravesDeeper WellAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/576
DeftonesDiamond EyesAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/575
Imagine DragonsEvolveAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/552
StingIf On a Winter’s Night…AllMusic via Wikipedia50 2.5/543
Linkin ParkLiving ThingsAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/564
HalseyManicAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/579
QueenNews of the WorldAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/564
The Black KeysOhio PlayersPitchfork via Wikipedia72 7.2/1064
Jason AldeanOld Boots, New DirtAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/547
Robert PlantRaise the RoofAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/577
I'm with HerSee You AroundAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/577
Bob DylanShadow KingdomAllMusic via Wikipedia80 4/583
James BluntSome Kind of TroubleAllMusic via Wikipedia70 3.5/554
Bon JoviWhat About NowAllMusic via Wikipedia40 2/555
John FogertyWrote a Song For EveryoneAllMusic via Wikipedia60 3/563

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