Before 11/2020, grades range from 5 to 3.5 stars. After that, grade range is: 10 (A+), 9.5 (high A), 9 (A), 8.5 (high A-), 8 (A-), 7.5 (high B+), and 7 (B+). Ungraded albums are liked (fka honorable mention) :-), neutral :-|, and negative :-(. At least 4 listens per graded album and 3 listens per ungraded album. Search "Grade Post" for more info. I shelved/sold ~10,000 albums after at least 4 or 3 listens, respectively, before starting this blog and will add entries for those as they come up.
Friday, November 9, 2018
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs: 7 (B+)
Brought down from a 9 (A-) by 3 over-long, meandering jams at the end. Total time of those 3 "songs"? 37 minutes. Total time of first 9 songs? 36 minutes (an average of 4 minutes each, so not short themselves by any standard). Someone close to them should have had the courage to tell them to shitcan, or just massively shorten, those longer songs, none of which come anywhere close to their past epics. It's basically a double album where you shouldn't bother with the second disc.
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