- Artist
- Bruce Springsteen
- Album
- Western Stars
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| musicOMH | 5/5 | 100 | “Hot young up-and-comer Bruce Springsteen is now on his third or fourth LP (these things can be confusing, man). By golly, what a talent this young man” |
| Consequence | A- | 91 | “Bruce Springsteen returns without the E Street Band on his new album, Western Stars, but has a new sound and plenty of stories to tell.” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “The 2010s have been a tumultuous decade for fans of Bruce Springsteen. From the relative highs of 2012’s ‘Wrecking Ball’ and last” |
| PopMatters | 8/10 | 80 | “On Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen's first solo recording in 14 years, the primary influences are the borrowed elements of country, folk, and baroque pop” |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 | 78 | “Read Sam Sodomsky’s review of the album.” |
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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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