Early reviews. Critics give The Rick and Morty Soundtrack an early B-Side Breakdown of 59 (F), from 3 reviews so far. It will settle as more outlets weigh in.
The verdict on The Rick and Morty Soundtrack
So far, 0 of 3 critics liked it.
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby Neil Z. Yeung | 3.5/5 | 70 | ||
| Spectrum Culture via Wikipediaby Josh Goller | 2.75/5 | 55 | 2018 | “Doesn’t capture the same madcap energy as its namesake show.” |
| Pitchfork via Wikipediaby Eric Thurm | 5.2/10 | 52 | 2018 | “The acerbic, self-deprecating magic of the show barely translates to its soundtrack. Taken on their own, most of the original music is decent comedy rap, which is to say, imminently…” |
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The Rick and Morty Soundtrack in various artists's catalog
How these critics usually treat various artists
- Pitchfork Kinder than usual11 points below the other critics here. Usually 23 points below on various artists's other albums (5).
- AllMusic Kinder than usual17 points above the other critics here. Usually 7 points above on various artists's other albums (10).
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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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