Pitchfork’s album reviews that count toward B-Side Breakdowns: 2,060 reviews of 2,060 albums, going back to 1995, each next to the album’s Breakdown. 1,734 of them come from Wikipedia ratings boxes, mostly for older albums.
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- Stephen M. Deusner 48 reviews
- Ryan Dombal 45 reviews
- Stuart Berman 40 reviews
- Jayson Greene 38 reviews
649 reviews with no named critic yet.
What it reviews
- Indie & Alternative 24%
- Rock 22%
- Hip-Hop & Rap 18%
- Pop 14%
- Electronic 6%
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72average score it gives, on the 0 to 100 scale (2,060 reviews)
49%of its reviews score an album 75 or higher
17points: how far a typical review lands from its own average score
79albums given a perfect score (3.8% of its reviews)
141A-Sides reviewed, the albums the critics rate highest
310different critics with a byline on its reviews here
62%of its scores landed within 10 points of the other critics’ average for the same album (2055 albums)
11points, on average, between its release-week reviews and where the other critics ended up (374 reviews)
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- 60s382
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- 80s453
- 90+303
Its top scores
The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceAre You Experienced 100 
Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty 100 
Talking HeadsFear of Music 100 Jayson Greene
King CrimsonIn the Court of the Crimson King 100 
De La Soul3 Feet High and Rising 100 Jeff Chang
Brian EnoBefore and After Science 100 Douglas Wolk
Public Image Ltd.Metal Box 100 Simon Reynolds
Prince1999 100 Maura Johnston
Its newest 200 reviews
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 HeathersAwesome | Sam Goldner Read the review | 71 7.1/10 | not yet | Oct 30, 2026 |
 DIIVZIRP! | Larry Fitzmaurice Read the review | 70 7/10 | 75 | Oct 30, 2026 |
 AdélaPrima | Walden Green Read the review via Wikipedia | 57 5.7/10 | 67 | Sep 9, 2026 |
 Janet JacksonAll for You | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 78 7.8/10 | 63 | Jul 26, 2026 |
 Charli XCXMusic, Fashion, Film | Anna Gaca Read the review via Wikipedia | 82 8.2/10 | 82 | Jul 24, 2026 |
 Gracie AbramsDaughter from Hell | Molly Mary O'Brien Read the review via Wikipedia | 62 6.2/10 | 66 | Jul 17, 2026 |
 RushPower Windows | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 83 8.3/10 | 62 | Jul 12, 2026 |
 MuseThe Wow! Signal | Liam Inscoe-Jones Read the review via Wikipedia | 45 4.5/10 | 76 | Jul 1, 2026 |
 Miles DavisFilles de Kilimanjaro | Andy Beta Read the review via Wikipedia | 92 9.2/10 | 90 | May 31, 2026 |
 DrakeIceman | Jayson Greene Read the review via Wikipedia | 48 4.8/10 | 55 | May 18, 2026 |
 SantanaCaravanserai | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 90 | May 10, 2026 |
 Kacey MusgravesMiddle of Nowhere | Molly Mary O’Brien Read the review via Wikipedia | 76 7.6/10 | 80 | May 1, 2026 |
 DidoLife for Rent | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 76 7.6/10 | 71 | Apr 19, 2026 |
 MorrisseyMake-Up Is a Lie | Ben Cardew Read the review via Wikipedia | 61 6.1/10 | 67 | Mar 10, 2026 |
 GorillazThe Mountain | Jazz Monroe Read the review via Wikipedia | 67 6.7/10 | 83 | Feb 27, 2026 |
 Charli XCXWuthering Heights | Harry Tafoya Read the review via Wikipedia | 74 7.4/10 | 79 | Feb 19, 2026 |
 Florence + the MachineEverybody Scream | Jaeden Pinder Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 83 | Nov 4, 2025 |
 Ed SheeranPlay | Shaad D’Souza Read the review via Wikipedia | 43 4.3/10 | 53 | Sep 17, 2025 |
 Justin BieberSwag II | Rich Juzwiak Read the review via Wikipedia | 52 5.2/10 | 50 | Sep 10, 2025 |
 Earl SweatshirtLive Laugh Love | Alphonse Pierre Read the review via Wikipedia | 85 8.5/10 | 82 | Aug 28, 2025 |
 Toni BraxtonSecrets | Clover Hope Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 84 | Aug 10, 2025 |
 The Black KeysNo Rain, No Flowers | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review via Wikipedia | 54 5.4/10 | 65 | Aug 7, 2025 |
 Justin BieberSwag | Rawiya Kameir Read the review via Wikipedia | 73 7.3/10 | 66 | Jul 16, 2025 |
 KeshaPeriod | Claire Lobenfeld Read the review via Wikipedia | 51 5.1/10 | 66 | Jul 9, 2025 |
 Lil WayneTha Carter VI | Paul A. Thompson Read the review via Wikipedia | 29 2.9/10 | 57 | Jun 12, 2025 |
 TurnstileNever Enough | Nina Corcoran Read the review via Wikipedia | 78 7.8/10 | 87 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceAre You Experienced | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 100 | Jun 1, 2025 |
 PinkPantheressFancy That | Harry Tafoya Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 81 | May 14, 2025 |
 SkrillexFuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! | Andrew Ryce Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 68 | 2025 |
 Black FlagMy War | Stuart Berman Read the review | 90 9/10 | 57 | 2025 |
 DrakeSome Sexy Songs 4 U | Alphonse Pierre Read the review via Wikipedia | 59 5.9/10 | 50 | 2025 |
 Father John MistyMahashmashana | Anna Gaca Read the review via Wikipedia | 83 8.3/10 | 82 | 2024 |
 Missy ElliottDa Real World | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 79 | 2024 |
 Fontaines D.C.Romance | Margaret Farrell Read the review via Wikipedia | 77 7.7/10 | 85 | 2024 |
 XSmoke & Fiction | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review via Wikipedia | 77 7.7/10 | 84 | 2024 |
 ClairoCharm | Marissa Lorusso Read the review via Wikipedia | 75 7.5/10 | 82 | 2024 |
 Metro BoominWe Still Don’t Trust You | Dylan Green Read the review via Wikipedia | 71 7.1/10 | 53 | 2024 |
 Sheryl CrowEvolution | Claire Shaffer Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6/10 | 75 | 2024 |
 TylaTyla | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 81 | 2024 |
 Metro BoominWe Don’t Trust You | Alphonse Pierre Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7.0/10 | 60 | 2024 |
 Schoolboy QBlue Lips | Dylan Green Read the review via Wikipedia | 83 8.3/10 | 84 | 2024 |
 MGMTLoss of Life | Andy Cush Read the review via Wikipedia | 69 6.9/10 | 74 | 2024 |
 Cocteau TwinsHead over Heels | Simon Reynolds Read the review via Wikipedia | 96 9.6/10 | 84 | 2024 |
 21 SavageAmerican Dream | Matthew Ritchie Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 72 | 2024 |
 Lil WayneWelcome 2 Collegrove | Paul A. Thompson Read the review via Wikipedia | 58 5.8/10 | 64 | 2023 |
 ParamoreRiot! | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 67 | 2023 |
 Peter Gabrieli/o | Sam Sodomsky Read the review | 74 7.4/10 | 77 | 2023 |
 Mary J. BligeThe Breakthrough | Clover Hope Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 78 | 2023 |
 Neil YoungChrome Dreams | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review via Wikipedia | 85 8.5/10 | 82 | 2023 |
 Sigur RósÁtta | Ian Cohen Read the review via Wikipedia | 72 7.2/10 | 79 | 2023 |
 The LemonheadsCome On Feel The Lemonheads | Ian Cohen Read the review via Wikipedia | 71 7.1/10 | 77 | 2023 |
 Jack HarlowJackman | Heven Haile Read the review via Wikipedia | 64 6.4/10 | 56 | 2023 |
 The ByrdsThe Notorious Byrd Brothers | Jeremy Gordon Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 9.1/10 | 93 | 2023 |
 MadonnaMusic | Shaad D’Souza Read the review | 80 8/10 | 80 | 2023 |
 PrinceThe Gold Experience | not named Read the review | 81 8.1/10 | 80 | 2023 |
 SkrillexQuest for Fire | Chal Ravens Read the review via Wikipedia | 77 7.7/10 | 71 | 2023 |
 RayeMy 21st Century Blues | Aimee Cliff Read the review via Wikipedia | 66 6.6/10 | 78 | 2023 |
 Margo PriceStrays | Shaad D’Souza Read the review | 74 7.4/10 | 78 | 2023 |
 Living ColourVivid | Stuart Berman Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9.0/10 | 74 | 2022 |
 The 1975Being Funny in a Foreign Language | Brady Brickner-Wood Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 84 | 2022 |
 Ghostface KillahIronman | not named Read the review | 94 9.4/10 | 90 | 2022 |
 Kid CudiEntergalactic | Evan Rytlewski Read the review via Wikipedia | 65 6.5/10 | 72 | 2022 |
 George MichaelOlder | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 70 | 2022 |
 The GameDrillmatic – Heart vs. Mind | Matthew Ismael Ruiz Read the review via Wikipedia | 57 5.7/10 | 57 | 2022 |
 Calvin HarrisFunk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 | Owen Myers Read the review via Wikipedia | 52 5.2/10 | 58 | 2022 |
 Trent Reznor and Atticus RossThe Social Network | Jayson Greene Read the review via Wikipedia | 87 8.7/10 | 76 | 2022 |
 Joey Bada$$2000 | Dylan Green Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 66 | 2022 |
 Ja RulePain Is Love | Brady Brickner-Wood Read the review | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2022 |
 Lupe FiascoDrill Music in Zion | Peter A. Berry Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 78 | 2022 |
 Ethel CainPreacher’s Daughter | Evan Rytlewski Read the review via Wikipedia | 64 6.4/10 | 84 | 2022 |
 Florence + the MachineDance Fever | Dani Blum Read the review via Wikipedia | 71 7.1/10 | 81 | 2022 |
 The Black KeysDropout Boogie | Stuart Berman Read the review via Wikipedia | 60 6.0/10 | 68 | 2022 |
 The SmileA Light for Attracting Attention | Ryan Dombal Read the review via Wikipedia | 86 8.6/10 | 82 | 2022 |
 Bloc PartyAlpha Games | Patrick Lyons Read the review via Wikipedia | 52 5.2/10 | 70 | 2022 |
 Fontaines D.C.Skinty Fia | Stuart Berman Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 89 | 2022 |
 Father John MistyChloë and the Next 20th Century | Anna Gaca Read the review via Wikipedia | 79 7.9/10 | 84 | 2022 |
 The SpecialsThe Specials | Madison Bloom Read the review via Wikipedia | 93 9.3/10 | 96 | 2022 |
 TrickyMaxinquaye | Ben Cardew Read the review via Wikipedia | 93 9.3/10 | 93 | 2022 |
 John LegendGet Lifted | Clover Hope Read the review | 88 8.8/10 | 82 | 2022 |
 Tears for FearsThe Tipping Point | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review via Wikipedia | 75 7.5/10 | 82 | 2022 |
 Stevie WonderA Time to Love | Elizabeth Nelson Read the review via Wikipedia | 74 7.4/10 | 72 | 2022 |
 Animal CollectiveTime Skiffs | Stuart Berman Read the review via Wikipedia | 84 8.4/10 | 80 | 2022 |
 Busta RhymesWhen Disaster Strikes…“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 the 1997 album from…” | not named Read the review | 75 7.5/10 | 79 | 2022 |
 Rick RossRicher Than I Ever Been | Dylan Green Read the review via Wikipedia | 67 6.7/10 | 64 | 2021 |
 The BandCahoots | Stephen M. Deusner Read the review via Wikipedia | 58 5.8/10 | 66 | 2021 |
 Robert PlantRaise the Roof | Olivia Lane Read the review via Wikipedia | 73 7.3/10 | 77 | 2021 |
 Kacey MusgravesStar-Crossed | Sam Sodomsky Read the review via Wikipedia | 77 7.7/10 | 72 | 2021 |
 Erykah BaduBaduizm | Clover Hope Read the review via Wikipedia | 95 9.5/10 | 83 | 2021 |
 ChvrchesScreen Violence | Katherine St. Asaph Read the review via Wikipedia | 72 7.2/10 | 76 | 2021 |
 HalseyIf I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power | Dani Blum Read the review via Wikipedia | 70 7.0/10 | 78 | 2021 |
 The KillersPressure Machine | Shaad D'Souza Read the review via Wikipedia | 66 6.6/10 | 80 | 2021 |
 Foo FightersHail Satin | Marc Hogan Read the review via Wikipedia | 54 5.4/10 | 68 | 2021 |
 MigosCulture III | Paul A. Thompson Read the review | 69 6.9/10 | 76 | 2021 |
 Maroon 5Jordi | Dani Blum Read the review via Wikipedia | 47 4.7/10 | 41 | 2021 |
 The Black KeysDelta Kream | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 69 | 2021 |
 Paul McCartneyMcCartney III Imagined | Stuart Berman Read the review via Wikipedia | 66 6.6/10 | 74 | 2021 |
 Madison BeerLife Support | Dani Blum Read the review via Wikipedia | 59 5.9/10 | 70 | 2021 |
 Zayn MalikNobody Is Listening | Dani Blum Read the review via Wikipedia | 56 5.6/10 | 58 | 2021 |
 Kid CudiMan on the Moon III: The Chosen“The latest, underwhelming installment of the rapper’s cosmic album series arrives 11 years after the original and coasts on a legacy built a lifetime ago.” | Alphonse Pierre Read the review via Wikipedia | 49 4.9/10 | 73 | 2020 |
 UsherConfessions | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9.0/10 | 70 | 2020 |
 Lil Uzi VertPluto × Baby Pluto | Brandon Callender Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 65 | 2020 |
| Grateful DeadAmerican Beauty | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 98 | 2020 |
 T.I.The L.I.B.R.A – Legend Is Back Running Atlanta | Trey Alston Read the review via Wikipedia | 54 5.4/10 | 69 | 2020 |
 INXSListen Like Thieves | not named Read the review | 80 8/10 | 78 | 2020 |
 SadeStronger Than Pride“Sade’s third album turned the band’s elegant, composed music into meditation, exploring romance as an interior experience.” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 82 8.2/10 | 68 | 2020 |
 Fleet FoxesShore“On their fourth album, singer-songwriter Robin Pecknold refines and hones the band’s crisp folk-rock sound, crafting another musically adventurous album that is warm and newly full of grace.” | Matthew Strauss Read the review via Wikipedia | 83 8.3/10 | 85 | 2020 |
 UGKRidin’ Dirty“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 Pimp C and Bun…” | Brandon Caldwell Read the review | 95 9.5/10 | 95 | 2020 |
 Alanis MorissetteSuch Pretty Forks in the Road | Katherine St. Asaph Read the review via Wikipedia | 65 6.5/10 | 75 | 2020 |
 Fontaines D.C.A Hero’s Death | Elizabeth Nelson Read the review via Wikipedia | 81 8.1/10 | 83 | 2020 |
 Bad BrainsI Against I“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 the hard-fought third album…” | Nabil Ayers Read the review via Wikipedia | 93 9.3/10 | 91 | 2020 |
 WipersYouth of America“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 the gnarly, psychedelic, and…” | Stacey Anderson Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 9.1/10 | 83 | 2020 |
 Pink FloydMeddle | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9.0/10 | 78 | 2020 |
 HaimWomen in Music Pt. III“The third album from the trio is far and away their best. Intimate, multidimensional, and wide-ranging, the songwriting shines with personality and a great curiosity for melody and style.” | Aimee Cliff Read the review | 86 8.6/10 | 81 | 2020 |
 Neil YoungHomegrown | Emilie Friedlander Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 86 | 2020 |
 Elliott SmithElliott Smith | Sam Sodomsky Read the review via Wikipedia | 95 9.5/10 | 88 | 2020 |
 Bad BunnyLas que no iban a salir | Matthew Ruiz Read the review via Wikipedia | 72 7.2/10 | 77 | 2020 |
 XTCSkylarking“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 the masterful chamber-pop of…” | Jazz Monroe Read the review | 93 9.3/10 | 88 | 2020 |
 David BowieChangesNowBowie“This set of cozy, stripped-back rehearsal recordings, later broadcast in a 1997 special, finds Bowie in a valedictory mood.” | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review | 60 6/10 | 77 | 2020 |
| Talking HeadsFear of Music“Talking Heads’ third album revealed a band to be relentless interrogators of music and its place in culture. It is a landmark album for the past and present of art-rock,…” | Jayson Greene Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 96 | 2020 |
 Rina SawayamaSawayama | Katherine St. Asaph Read the review via Wikipedia | 77 7.7/10 | 87 | 2020 |
 Craig DavidBorn to Do It | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 72 7.2/10 | 73 | 2020 |
 Paris HiltonParis“The celebrity socialite’s alluringly empty 2006 debut gets a vinyl reissue. It’s a concept album whose concept is: What if Paris Hilton made an album?” | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 52 5.2/10 | 58 | 2020 |
 MorrisseyI Am Not a Dog on a Chain“Mildly captivating, occasionally repetitive, and frequently ridiculous, the 13th studio album from the fabulous sulk turned red-pill pharmacist is Moz’s vision of radical truth-telling.” | Mina Tavakoli Read the review via Wikipedia | 61 6.1/10 | 65 | 2020 |
 Niall HoranHeartbreak Weather“For his catchy but charmless second solo album, the pop singer offers a loose-concept record that explores every angle of a breakup through the most pitiful of conversation starters: the…” | Quinn Moreland Read the review via Wikipedia | 47 4.7/10 | 58 | 2020 |
 Megan Thee StallionSuga“The relatively short project from the Houston rapper reasserts her absolute domination on the mic and takes her to new melodic spaces to mixed effect.” | Mankaprr Conteh Read the review | 70 7/10 | 75 | 2020 |
 LauvHow I’m Feeling“Pop singer Ari Leff advocates powerfully for being forthright about your feelings, but his album’s whopping 21-song tracklist is underwhelming and repetitive.” | Cat Zhang Read the review via Wikipedia | 51 5.1/10 | 75 | 2020 |
 Pet Shop BoysHotspot | Alfred Soto Read the review via Wikipedia | 61 6.1/10 | 76 | 2020 |
 Steely DanThe Royal Scam“By 1976, Fagen and Becker pushed their music to feel as grotesque as their words. The result is the bleakest and most narratively vivid album of their career, as well…” | Winston Cook-Wilson Read the review via Wikipedia | 83 8.3/10 | 83 | 2019 |
| King CrimsonIn the Court of the Crimson King | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 93 | 2019 |
 FKA twigsMagdalene | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Read the review via Wikipedia | 94 9.4/10 | 86 | 2019 |
 BabymetalMetal Galaxy | Grayson Haver Currin Read the review via Wikipedia | 47 4.7/10 | 68 | 2019 |
 Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsGhosteen“Forty years into his career, Nick Cave emerges with one of his most powerful albums yet, an endlessly giving and complex meditation on mortality and our collective grief.” | Grayson Haver Currin Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 95 | 2019 |
 Blink-182Nine“The shiny, beat-heavy sound of nu-blink-182 works in starts and stops, but feels half as fun as the band used to be.” | not named Read the review | 52 5.2/10 | 66 | 2019 |
 Tove LoSunshine Kitty“The Swedish pop star’s fourth album contains some of her most vulnerable writing inside her clubbiest record.” | Dani Blum Read the review via Wikipedia | 72 7.2/10 | 73 | 2019 |
 Jay-ZIn My Lifetime, Vol. 1 | Paul A. Thompson Read the review via Wikipedia | 84 8.4/10 | 78 | 2019 |
 Taylor SwiftSpeak Now“Swift’s third album is her most unabashedly transitional work: between childhood and adulthood, innocence and understanding, country and pop.” | Sam Sodomsky Read the review | 82 8.2/10 | 77 | 2019 |
 Rick RossPort of Miami 2 | Evan Rytlewski Read the review via Wikipedia | 66 6.6/10 | 68 | 2019 |
 Bon IverI, I“On his fourth album, Justin Vernon reassembles the familiar Bon Iver elements like a cubist collage, with his voice fearlessly front and center. The result is his most honest and…” | Matthew Strauss Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 75 | 2019 |
 Stevie WonderStevie Wonder’s Journey Through “The Secret Life of Plants” | Andy Beta Read the review via Wikipedia | 77 7.7/10 | 76 | 2019 |
 StereolabEmperor Tomato Ketchup“Their fourth album revealed the band to be unparalleled pop architects. They were brilliant in the studio, crafting groovy, socialist call-to-actions with a sound from out of time and place.” | Jesse Dorris Read the review via Wikipedia | 94 9.4/10 | 89 | 2019 |
 StereolabMars Audiac Quintet | Philip Sherburne Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 9.1/10 | 81 | 2019 |
 AaliyahAaliyah“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 Aaliyah’s final album, her…” | Rawiya Kameir Read the review | 93 9.3/10 | 78 | 2019 |
 The RaconteursHelp Us Stranger“After an 11-year hiatus, the first album from Jack White’s other other band floats in weightless, haughty bliss through a perpetual 2008.” | Peyton Thomas Read the review via Wikipedia | 64 6.4/10 | 78 | 2019 |
 Neutral Milk HotelOn Avery Island“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 the oft-overshadowed debut from…” | Sasha Geffen Read the review | 88 8.8/10 | 76 | 2019 |
 MorrisseyCalifornia Son“Morrissey and some (barely audible) high-profile guests rework 12 of his favorite ’60s and ’70s songs by American artists to mixed results.” | Ben Hewitt Read the review via Wikipedia | 59 5.9/10 | 55 | 2019 |
 Carly Rae JepsenDedicated“On her fourth album, the Canadian pop star is doing what she does best, calibrating lovesick or lovelorn synthpop that’s neither too hot nor too cold—and sometimes, regrettably, only lukewarm.” | Anna Gaca Read the review via Wikipedia | 73 7.3/10 | 80 | 2019 |
 CiaraBeauty Marks“The singer’s seventh album moves between frothy pop-R&B and stale empowerment anthems that leave her talents largely underused.” | Eric Torres Read the review via Wikipedia | 65 6.5/10 | 59 | 2019 |
 Sonic YouthExperimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Steve Kandell Read the review via Wikipedia | 68 6.8/10 | 76 | 2019 |
 L7Scatter the Rats“The grunge act's first LP in 20 years fails to summon the revolutionary fire that made them such a force of nature in the mid-'90s.” | Dayna Evans Read the review via Wikipedia | 66 6.6/10 | 65 | 2019 |
 Fontaines D.C.Dogrel | Stuart Berman Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 84 | 2019 |
 David CrosbyIf I Could Only Remember My Name | Sam Sodomsky Read the review via Wikipedia | 87 8.7/10 | 84 | 2019 |
 21 SavageI Am Greater than I Was | Paul A. Thompson Read the review via Wikipedia | 78 7.8/10 | 78 | 2018 |
 Zayn MalikIcarus Falls“Zayn’s reputation as a skillful interpreter of pop is tested on his second solo album, a tome of love songs with a concept that hinges on excess and its trickery.” | Maura Johnston Read the review via Wikipedia | 64 6.4/10 | 69 | 2018 |
 Avril LavigneLet Go“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 teenage fever dream,…” | Jamieson Cox Read the review | 66 6.6/10 | 69 | 2018 |
 Van MorrisonMoondance“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 Van Morrison’s 1970 classic.” | Ryan H. Walsh Read the review | 84 8.4/10 | 96 | 2018 |
 The Smashing PumpkinsShiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.“The legends of ’90s alt-rock have reunited only to bring this puzzling, indecisive husk of an album into the world.” | Jayson Greene Read the review | 34 3.4/10 | 45 | 2018 |
 RosalíaEl Mal Querer | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 88 8.8/10 | 90 | 2018 |
 Missy ElliottSupa Dupa Fly“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 Missy Elliott’s debut, a…” | not named Read the review | 90 9/10 | 84 | 2018 |
 Greta Van FleetAnthem of the Peaceful Army | Jeremy D. Larson Read the review via Wikipedia | 16 1.6/10 | 59 | 2018 |
 T.I.Dime Trap“For the first time in years, the trap music co-architect sounds less like a copyright lawyer and more like a contributor to a culture he loves, even if he gets…” | Stephen Kearse Read the review via Wikipedia | 74 7.4/10 | 79 | 2018 |
| De La Soul3 Feet High and Rising | Jeff Chang Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 92 | 2018 |
 Animal CollectiveTangerine Reef | Sasha Geffen Read the review via Wikipedia | 69 6.9/10 | 60 | 2018 |
 John ColtraneBoth Directions at Once: The Lost Album | Ben Ratliff Read the review via Wikipedia | 86 8.6/10 | 87 | 2018 |
 Death GripsYear of the Snitch | Ian Cohen Read the review via Wikipedia | 73 7.3/10 | 70 | 2018 |
 Mike ShinodaPost Traumatic“On his debut solo album, the Linkin Park rapper and producer mourns the death of his bandmate Chester Bennington but never translates that grief into candid lyrics or inspired songwriting.” | Stephen Kearse Read the review via Wikipedia | 38 3.8/10 | 71 | 2018 |
 NasNasir“No longer able to summon his mythical sense of storytelling, Nas sounds lost on his 11th studio album. Kanye’s production doesn’t help, either.” | not named Read the review | 61 6.1/10 | 58 | 2018 |
 Curtis MayfieldSuperfly – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack“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 political soul of…” | Mychal Denzel Smith Read the review via Wikipedia | 91 9.1/10 | 96 | 2018 |
 Father John MistyGod’s Favorite Customer“Josh Tillman is still self-absorbed. But his fourth full-length as Father John Misty exhibits a new sense of empathy and vulnerability while losing none of his wit.” | Jeremy D. Larson Read the review via Wikipedia | 85 8.5/10 | 82 | 2018 |
 Pusha TDaytona“Produced entirely by Kanye West, the spare and serrated solo album from Pusha-T is a near-airtight exercise in flair and focus.” | not named Read the review | 83 8.3/10 | 83 | 2018 |
 Bruce SpringsteenThe Ghost of Tom Joad | Sam Sodomsky Read the review via Wikipedia | 76 7.6/10 | 78 | 2018 |
 Kali UchisIsolation | Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Read the review via Wikipedia | 86 8.6/10 | 87 | 2018 |
 The KinksSomething Else by The Kinks | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 93 9.3/10 | 93 | 2018 |
 TurnstileTime & Space“The “experimentation” on the Baltimore band’s latest album is hesitant and unfocused. It’s a punishingly familiar collision of yesteryear's crossover rock with textbook hardcore bluster.” | Sam Lefebvre Read the review via Wikipedia | 54 5.4/10 | 74 | 2018 |
 "Weird Al" YankovicStraight Outta Lynwood“The 15-disc box set of puns and polka is a monument to pop music’s once symbiotic relationship with parody—a linkage that has dissolved in the wake of the monoculture’s demise.” | Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read the review via Wikipedia | 73 7.3/10 | 66 | 2017 |
 Lou ReedMetal Machine Music“Lou Reed’s 1975 album has been called one of the worst albums ever made. The truth is it is the product of genuine love and passion, still exhilarating and bursting…” | Mark Richardson Read the review | 87 8.7/10 | 43 | 2017 |
 Tove LoBlue Lips | Cameron Cook Read the review via Wikipedia | 71 7.1/10 | 73 | 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.” | Sam Sodomsky Read the review via Wikipedia | 57 5.7/10 | 64 | 2017 |
 21 SavageWithout Warning | Sheldon Pearce Read the review via Wikipedia | 80 8.0/10 | 70 | 2017 |
 DanzigDanzig III: How the Gods Kill“On the third album he made with his biggest band, Glenn Danzig lived up to his larger-than-life metal-god myth in ways he’s rarely done since.” | not named Read the review | 87 8.7/10 | 72 | 2017 |
 MisfitsWalk Among Us | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 94 9.4/10 | 88 | 2017 |
 WeezerPacific Daydream“On their 11th album, Rivers Cuomo and co. aim for a hook-filled tribute to California guitar pop but the production gloss suffocates any personality these songs could have had.” | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni Read the review via Wikipedia | 43 4.3/10 | 68 | 2017 |
 John CaleWrong Way Up“Brian Eno and John Cale’s 1990 collaboration is an album of contention, contrasts, cycles, and pop songs so layered and euphoric it is one of the best albums either artist…” | Chris O’Leary Read the review via Wikipedia | 87 8.7/10 | 81 | 2017 |
 Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersDamn the Torpedoes | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 92 9.2/10 | 88 | 2017 |
 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh PrinceHe’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper“The duo’s 1988 goofy but undeniably catchy double-album mixed hip-hop bona fides with an effervescent MC. It would win over Middle America and score the first-ever Grammy for a rap…” | not named Read the review | 72 7.2/10 | 84 | 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…” | Sam Sodomsky Read the review via Wikipedia | 84 8.4/10 | 86 | 2017 |
 LCD SoundsystemAmerican Dream | Ryan Dombal Read the review via Wikipedia | 85 8.5/10 | 89 | 2017 |
 Lil Uzi VertLuv Is Rage 2“Uzi’s latest project comes very close to delivering on the chaotic, sublime promise of “XO Tour Llif3.” It’s the Philly rapper’s most musically developed work to date.” | not named Read the review | 77 7.7/10 | 70 | 2017 |
 Brand NewScience Fiction“Brand New’s fifth album stands as a monument to their gradual evolution. It is a wise and vulnerable conclusion for a rock band who were crucial in shaping a scene,…” | Ian Cohen Read the review | 83 8.3/10 | 82 | 2017 |
 Fiona AppleTidal | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 90 9.0/10 | 78 | 2017 |
| Brian EnoBefore and After Science“Brian Eno’s run of rock albums in the ’70s was an unprecedented achievement in music built on aleatory synth settings, fiery guitar work, subconscious lyrics, and of course, Oblique Strategies.” | Douglas Wolk Read the review via Wikipedia | 100 10/10 | 92 | 2017 |
 21 SavageIssa Album | Sheldon Pearce Read the review via Wikipedia | 65 6.5/10 | 71 | 2017 |
 TLCTLC | Julianne Shepherd Read the review via Wikipedia | 74 7.4/10 | 64 | 2017 |
 Fleet FoxesCrack-Up“The band’s third album is their most complex and compelling to date. Robin Pecknold’s songwriting retreats inward while around him dense folk compositions rise and fall on a massive scale.” | Ian Cohen Read the review via Wikipedia | 87 8.7/10 | 78 | 2017 |
 DanzigBlack Laden Crown | Andy O'Connor Read the review via Wikipedia | 65 6.5/10 | 63 | 2017 |
 LogicEverybody | not named Read the review via Wikipedia | 52 5.2/10 | 65 | 2017 |
 SadeLove Deluxe | Ivy Nelson Read the review via Wikipedia | 93 9.3/10 | 76 | 2017 |
 Father John MistyPure Comedy“Father John Misty is a consummate entertainer. On Pure Comedy, he questions the value of entertainment, capitalism, and everything else in a grueling odyssey through the psyche of Josh Tillman.” | Jazz Monroe Read the review via Wikipedia | 76 7.6/10 | 87 | 2017 |
 Bob DylanTriplicate“*Triplicate, *again, features Dylan singing tunes from the Great American Songbook. His voice is filled with character, though the cumulative impact of the 30-song set is somewhat dimmed.” | Mike Powell Read the review via Wikipedia | 65 6.5/10 | 80 | 2017 |
 MastodonEmperor of Sand“Full of melodic singing and zig-zagging riffs, the new Mastodon LP reins-in the Atlanta metal band’s technical abilities without watering them down—though it smooths out some of their angular edges.” | Saby Reyes-Kulkarni Read the review via Wikipedia | 76 7.6/10 | 77 | 2017 |
 Rick RossRather You Than Me | Paul A. Thompson Read the review via Wikipedia | 69 6.9/10 | 68 | 2017 |