Steve Kandell

Steve Kandell’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 13 reviews, going back to 2007, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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What they review

  • Rock 69%
  • Indie & Alternative 31%

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By the numbers

1A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
14years of their reviews we track, 2007 to 2020
2outlets their reviews here ran in
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s0
  • 60s2
  • 70s6
  • 80s5
  • 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

  1. AC/DCBack in Black 88 Pitchfork
  2. INXSListen Like Thieves 80 Pitchfork
  3. Jack WhiteBlunderbuss 80 Spin
  4. Arctic MonkeysSuck It and See 80 Spin
  5. Band of HorsesInfinite Arms 80 Spin

Artists they keep coming back to

Their scores for each artist, in release order.

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
INXSListen Like ThievesPitchfork80 8/10782020
Sonic YouthExperimental Jet Set, Trash and No StarPitchfork via Wikipedia68 6.8/10762019
Green RiverRehab Doll“Now reissued in expanded editions, the first official Sub Pop release—and its full-length follow-up—deserve more than historical footnote status.”Pitchfork via Wikipedia79 7.9/10702019
Jack WhiteBlunderbuss“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: April 23, 2012Label: ColumbiaThe first time I saw the White Stripes, in 1999, everyone walked out with one question”Spin80 8/10832012
Bruce SpringsteenWrecking Ball“7SPIN Rating: 7 of 10Release Date: March 06, 2012Label: ColumbiaBruce Springsteen has come unstuck in time. At 32, he released Nebraska, a stark acoustic”Spin70 7/10742012
Arctic MonkeysSuck It and See“8SPIN Rating: 8 of 10Release Date: June 07, 2011Label: DominoFive years ago, the only people who seemed impervious to Monkeymania were Arctic Monkeys”Spin80 8/10782011
Band of HorsesInfinite ArmsSpin via Wikipedia80 4/5732010
Bruce SpringsteenMagic“For a minute there, it looked like Bruce Springsteen was acting his age. Last year's early-Americana romp We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions may have”Spin via Wikipedia70 3.5/5842007
Green Day21st Century BreakdownSpin via Wikipedia60 3/572
Van HalenA Different Kind of TruthSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1073
AC/DCBack in BlackPitchfork via Wikipedia88 8.8/1091
Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersTom Petty and the HeartbreakersPitchfork via Wikipedia70 7.0/1078
Against Me!White CrossesSpin via Wikipedia70 7/1076

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