Valtari

Sigur Rós – Valtari: B-Side Breakdown 77 (C+) from 4 critic reviews.

Album cover for Valtari by Sigur Rós
Released May 23, 2012
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Artist
Sigur Rós
Album
Valtari
B-Side Breakdown77Grade: C+
Critics who liked it75%3 of 4 scored it 75 or higher
DivisivenessUnanimousHow close the scores are: most critics land within 8 points of each other

Early reviews. Based on 4 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.

020406080100PopMatters: 70Beats Per Minute: 79Slant: 80musicOMH: 80 Breakdown 77
The gist
Slant 4/5 80 “Valtari proves that Inni was more of an unfortunate blip than the sign of impending stagnation.”
musicOMH 4/5 80 “When Sigur Rós released their concert film Inni there was a special edition version available to those with enough cash that contained a piece of cloth”
Beats Per Minute 79% 79 “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s”
PopMatters 7/10 70 “If you were to look through the majority of reviews written about Sigur Rós, a noticeable pattern of adjectives begins to emerge. As my PopMatters colleague”

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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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