Victoria Segal

Victoria Segal’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 10 reviews, going back to 2005, each next to the album’s Breakdown.

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Writes for

  • Mojo 2017–2023 · 4 reviews
  • Q 2007–2019 · 3 reviews
  • NME 2005 · 3 reviews

What they review

  • Indie & Alternative 70%
  • Pop 10%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 10%
  • Rock 10%

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By the numbers

1A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
19years of their reviews we track, 2005 to 2023
3outlets their reviews here ran in
How their scores spread
  • 0–490
  • 50s0
  • 60s1
  • 70s0
  • 80s9
  • 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. BlurThe Ballad of Darren 80 Mojo
  2. MadonnaMadame X 80 Q
  3. The 1975A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 80 Mojo
  4. Depeche ModeSpirit 80 Q
  5. RadioheadAmnesiac 80 NME

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
BlurThe Ballad of Darren“Blur go hand in hand through their midlife on ninth LP, The Ballad Of Darren”Mojo via Wikipedia80 4/5832023
MadonnaMadame XQ via Wikipedia80 4/5732019
The 1975A Brief Inquiry Into Online RelationshipsMojo via Wikipedia80 4/5832017
Depeche ModeSpiritQ via Wikipedia80 4/5732016
The Cure4:13 DreamQ via Wikipedia60 3/5642007
RadioheadAmnesiac“As the rapid response to ‘Kid A’, there’s an expectation that ‘Amnesiac’ will at last reveal Radiohead‘s secret cache of pure-gold songs, the band stepping out of their closely guarded…”NME via Wikipedia80 8/10802005
InterpolTurn on the Bright Lights“When it comes to comebacks, only Elvis can match The Dark. If 2001 saw American bands tapping local heritage from Detroit to NYC, this year a grey-skinned British past is…”NME via Wikipedia80 8/10832005
Missy ElliottUnder Construction“Female hip-hop icons might be thin on the ground but it would be a shame if Missy Elliott‘s weight overshadowed her fourth album. After all, any fears that she’s slimmed…”NME via Wikipedia80 4/5752005
Franz FerdinandRight Thoughts, Right Words, Right ActionMojo via Wikipedia80 4/572
The CureSongs of a Lost WorldMojo via Wikipedia80 4/590

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