Critics give Pete Yorn a B-Side Breakdown of 65 (D), from 10 reviews at outlets we track. Scores run 20 to 85.
The verdict on Pete Yorn
Critics split on this one: 3 of 10 liked it.
- Highest 85 Consequence
- Outlier 20 Drowned in Sound, 30 points below the next-lowest score
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence via Wikipediaby Chris Coplan | B | 85 | 2010 | “Everyone needs Frank Black in their ear.” |
| Spin via Wikipediaby Peter Gerstenzang | 8/10 | 80 | 2010 | “Pete Yorn's 2001 debut was so melodically and lyrically sharp that his subsequent releases (including last year's pairing with Scarlett Johansson) have” |
| The A.V. Club via Wikipediaby Christian Williams | C+ | 78 | 2010 | |
| Sputnikmusic via Wikipedia | 3.5/5 | 70 | 2010 | “Pete Yorn – Pete Yorn review: Pete Yorn's eponymous album is a rock album. Who'd have thought?” |
| musicOMH via Wikipediaby Andrew Burgess | 3.5/5 | 70 | 2011 | “Ten years after releasing his eponymous debut, Music For The Morning After, New Jersey's second or third favourite son, Pete Yorn has brushed the dust off” |
| Louder via Wikipediaby Max Bell | 3.5/5 | 70 | 2011 | “They say rock is dead, but nobody told this fellow.” |
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby Stephen Thomas Erlewine | 3.5/5 | 70 | ||
| Rolling Stone via Wikipediaby Caryn Ganz | 3/5 | 60 | 2010 | “Check out our album review of Artist's Pete Yorn on Rolling Stone.com.” |
| Slant via Wikipediaby Jonathan Keefe | 2.5/5 | 50 | 2010 | “It’s hard to think of Pete Yorn as the start of a new direction for Yorn.” |
| Drowned in Sound via Wikipediaby Tom Perry | 2/10 | 20 | 2011 | “From being touted as the New Springsteen to being next to nowhere in five years flat. That would appear to be the very definition of diminishing re…” |
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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. Approval is the share of critics who scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not how many 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. Published is the date on the review itself, read from the outlet’s page, so you can see whether an album’s reputation came at release or years later. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number. Scores marked via Wikipedia are archive ratings, mostly for older albums, taken from the “Professional ratings” box on the album’s Wikipedia page (published openly through Wikidata); each links to the original review when we can find it online, and to that Wikipedia entry when we can’t. When an outlet reviewed an album twice, years apart (often for a reissue), both scores count, each labeled with its year.
A-Side marks the critics’ top tier. An album earns it automatically, from its numbers alone: a Breakdown of 90 or higher, from at least 5 reviews, with at least 75% approval. Nobody hands it out and nobody can buy it; if new reviews pull an album below the line, it loses the badge.
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