Albums where magazines sought the opinions of other artists and pundits for a feature

Probably a useful sign of how hyped a certain album was for a certain audience.

I think a really early example of this is Melody Maker doing it for Pet Sounds in July 66.

Melody Maker surveyed musicians on whether Pet Sounds was revolutionary or "as sickly as peanut butter" and concluded the album had a considerable impact on artists and industry figures.[322] Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group stated he became a fan of the Beach Boys after repeated listens of the album, calling Wilson a great producer.[322] Eric Clapton, then with Cream, said his band loved the album and deemed Wilson "a pop genius".[322] Three of nine respondents—Keith Moon, Manfred Mann's Mike d'Abo, and Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers—disagreed that it was revolutionary. D'Abo and Walker preferred the Beach Boys' earlier work, as did journalist and television presenter Barry Fantoni, who favored Today! and said Pet Sounds was "probably revolutionary, but I'm not sure that everything that's revolutionary is necessarily good".[340] Moon's bandmate Pete Townshend criticized the album as tailored for "feminine" audiences,[322] although later praised "God Only Knows".[341]

Select did this at least a few times. One was for Your Arsenal, with opinions offered from such 1992 luminaries as Sean Hughes, Liam Howlett, Brett Anderson, Jesus Jones' Mike Edwards, someone from The Frank and Walters, Carter's Fruitbat, Peter from the Farm, Tanya Donelly, Billy Bragg, Shut Up and Dance, Siobhan Fahey, Kirsty from Opus III, MC Buzz B and Mark E Smith

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And again for Second Coming. Liam again, Tricky, A Guy Called Gerald, Luke Haines, Ant and Dec, Mark Radcliffe, others from the Fall, Tracey Macleod, Tony Wilson, John Leckie

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Just wondering when peanut butter was sickly

Idk given the choice right now I'd choose a peanut butter sandwich over Pet Sounds