Rolling Stone Revisionism

Offa that recent poll about 5-stars in Rolling Stone, I got to wondering—what are the most famous bits of music crit revisionism? E.g. Appetite For Destruction not reviewed, then made 5-star; Pixies' Doolittle getting 3.5, then 5 in hindsight.

Any other mags famous for this?

what the fuck is an Offa

off-a

lol

jimmy offa

yeah we buried im over ere

Q, as opposed to their readers, have never been particularly fond of Travis. Most Travis albums have gotten rather mediocre grades there. However, in retrospect, "The Man Who" has been given a QQQQQ, as opposed to the QQ it was originally given back in early 1999.

OH THE HUMANITY

OH THE Q-MANITY

If you have been on any gamer forums, Geir's post is massively funny.

rolling stone revisionism thread 2009

i remember the source did a big ol' 'these albums deserves 5 mics but we were like, fuck tupac at the time' issue.

"These albums we now realise are actually as good as Lil Kim's 'The Naked Truth'"

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To prove the point, the Rolling Stone staff assembled a rundown of the 40 top reasons to be excited about music right now, starting with our cover stars, the Black Eyed Peas, a group that has perfected the art of global domination thanks to the brilliant maneuvering of philosophical leader Will.i.am. The producer/rapper/friend-of-Bono tells Chris Norris about his theory that music works in circles, not squares (the proof: the success of the 45; the failure of the 8-track), the moment he realized an electro album would be a blockbuster (see: The E.N.D.), and how it’s possible to make a whole song a chorus

The producer/rapper/friend-of-Bono tells Chris Norris about his theory that music works in circles,

He also stated that Bobby Brown was just amping like Michael.

XD

The producer/rapper/friend-of-Bono tells Chris Norris about his theory that music works in circles,

the way that Fonzworth Bentley's just amping like Urkel

http://www.startribune.com/blogs/91576834.html

Oy veh...U2 stadium tours

33. Because Sting’s Daughter Is About To Enter the Family Business.

...apparently not a joke.

40 reasons to lose faith in new music... this list is fucking pathetic

It reads almost like a parody.

Russell Brand's Guide to Threesomes, Pissing Off Christians and Breaking Up Oasis

what the fuck is an Offa

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off-a

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lol

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can someone explain to me what joke i am making here

Almost none of this list has anything to do with music itself, as opposed to "the music business" and advertising for shit they think people should be spending money on.. its not even like they're trying to hide it.

I just read that in 1975 they voted "Hissing of Summer Lawns" as Worst Album of the Year. Amazing...

Didn't they also vote Pinkerton worst of the year for '96?

Does this ever work in reverse? Like, will they ever renounce their five star review of that new John Fogerty circus of the stars record?

I just read that in 1975 they voted "Hissing of Summer Lawns" as Worst Album of the Year. Amazing...

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No, it was worst album title. They voted Metal Machine Music "worst album by a human being" that year.

They gave Hissing a mediocre review. Stephen Holden called it "a great collection of pop poems with a distracting soundtrack. Read it first. Then play it." He wrote that "The Jungle Line" was "gimmicky and enervated," so fuck him.

Whoa, thanks Tarfumes--big oops there! Guess I shouldn't trust everything I read in Amazon customer reviews! In truth I can't imagine RS being able to wrap their minds around the "soundtrack"

I imagine they've rescinded the 1970 "Album of The Year": Parachute by The Pretty Things.

I would hope so, considering it never happened:

In 1975, Rolling Stone critic Steve Turner even wrote that it had been "a Rolling Stone 'album of the year',"[3] though in fact Parachute did not place among the magazine's Albums of the Year for 1970[4] or 1971,[5] and indeed was not mentioned in Rolling Stone until Stephen Holden called it an "obscure underground classic" in his review of Freeway Madness.[6]

in some other thread we recently talked about how Parachute was actually Stereo Review's number one album of 1970, but Stephen Holden misremembered it as RS's.

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in some other thread we recently talked about how Parachute was actually Stereo Review's number one album of 1970, but Stephen Holden misremembered it as RS's.

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Okay, and that mis-remembering has carried on into the AMG and the band's chapter in Urban Spacemen....

no one had the internet back then

and also the band (or whoever did re-issues for them) seized upon that Holden quote and had it printed on a sticker on the album.

Rolling Stone's 500 Worst Reviews of All Time

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/schmidtt/rolling-stones-500-worst-reviews-of-all-time-work-in-progress/1/

This is in incredible work by the author, who quotes a (clearly wrongheaded) contemporary RS review and then proceeds to show how their critical thought evolved over time in the magazine and their guides. Highly entertaining and enlightening.

Cheers, Gerald. Can't believe I'm actually engrossed in an RYM link.

Lol:

Hack reviews: Chuck Eddy possibly belongs here as well, but some of his reviews are so bizarre and off-base that I'm tempted to put him in a fifth category all his own.

Burn this rymer down

The link's been posted here before.

(3) Hack Reviews: Terrible albums, generally by established artists (and/or personal friends of Jann Wenner), that were reviewed favorably by RS. In many cases I honestly doubt that the critic genuinely holds the opinions articulated in these reviews. Anthony DeCurtis, David Fricke and Rob Sheffield are clearly the biggest and worst hacks. J.D. Considine really straddles both #2 and #3. Chuck Eddy possibly belongs here as well, but some of his reviews are so bizarre and off-base that I'm tempted to put him in a fifth category all his own.

I'm glad we have entrails and a Delphic oracle

this whole thing is not good, and such big portions