- Artist
- Richard Thompson
- Album
- Hippies, Thugs and Heroes
Early reviews. Based on 6 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record Collector | 5/5 | 100 | “Richard Thompson earns five stars with Hippies, Thugs And Heroes, a vivid collection of folk-rock storytelling, guitar craft and memorable characters.Richard Thompson returns with Hippies, Thugs And Heroes, a richly…” |
| PopMatters | 9/10 | 90 | |
| Louder Than War | 4.5/5 | 90 | “Folk-rock veteran Richard Thompson is back with a powerful new album, Hippies, Thugs And Heroes. Robert Plummer turns on the bright lights.” |
| Americana UK | 8/10 | 80 | “Richard Thompson’s 20th solo album: musical treasures from a musical treasure. We could waste valuable review space confirming Thompson’s CV for you, and AUK has already warmed up this,…” |
| musicOMH | 4/5 | 80 | “The Brit folk legend's latest fits comfortably into his catalogue, all fiery Stratocaster riffs, doomy ballads and stories of vagabonds and ne'er-do-wells 20th solo album from Brit folk legend fits…” |
| Spectrum Culture | 66/100 | 66 | “Despite Hippies, Thugs and Heroes being a good and often great album, one may yearn for Richard Thompson to go outside his comfort zone, rather than match his output of…” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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