Early reviews. Critics give Do to the Beast an early B-Side Breakdown of 74 (C), from 6 reviews so far. It will settle as more outlets weigh in.
The verdict on Do to the Beast
4 of 6 critics liked it. A mixed reception.
- Highest 90 The Line of Best Fit
- Lowest 60 Rolling Stone and AllMusic
- Career #5 of The Afghan Whigs's 7 albums with a Breakdown
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Line of Best Fit via Wikipediaby Jon Putnam | 9/10 | 90 | 2014 | “After 16 years, the band returns with an invigorating, wrenching, and exhaustive pursuit through the emotionally ravaged psyche of their undisputed leader.” |
| PopMattersby Dave Bloom | 8/10 | 80 | 2014 | “In hindsight, the Afghan Whigs were the quintessential ‘90s band. They established their guitar rock bona fides early on; a foot stuck in the muddy angst that” |
| musicOMHby Daniel Paton | 4/5 | 80 | 2014 | “With their triumphant reunion shows much more potent than could reasonably have been expected, and following two satisfying cover tracks, a brand new The” |
| Pitchfork via Wikipediaby Stephen M. Deusner | 7.6/10 | 76 | 2014 | “On Do to the Beast, the Afghan Whigs’ first album in 16 years, Greg Dulli seems less interested in rehashing the raw rock-quartet attack the Whigs mastered in the 1990s…” |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipediaby Jon Dolan | 3/5 | 60 | 2014 | “Check out our album review of Artist's Do to the Beast on Rolling Stone.com.” |
| AllMusic via Wikipedia | 3/5 | 60 | 2014 |
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Do to the Beast in The Afghan Whigs's catalog
How these critics usually treat The Afghan Whigs
- AllMusic Harsher than usual17 points below the other critics here. Usually 5 points above on The Afghan Whigs's other albums (6).
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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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