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ianblxdsoe
July 13th 2017


1921 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

nah man go for it ben, you never know until you sit down and write something out. i wrote this in about 20 minutes lol, you never know. also i'm sure the people on the sputnik discord server would be more than willing to help/motivate (including me)

ashcrash9
Contributing Reviewer
July 13th 2017


3352 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this just goes to show Sput could certainly use to implement some sort of "review but not really" option that's more specific than lists and longer than soundoffs

Conmaniac
July 13th 2017


27693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

maybe "thoughtpieces" ?

hogan900
July 13th 2017


3313 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

album is gr8

SomeGuyDude
July 13th 2017


377 Comments


I just get sick of people who use the review space to write papers for their community college English class. It's cute and all, but annoying for people who actually give a toss about album reviews.

I saw the title, saw the band name, saw the reviewer gave it a 5, my reaction was "whoa, this album must be awesome, wonder what he has to say..." and I got half-baked poetry. Between this and people who do "ironic" reviews I'm thinking the site in the process of being taken over by memetic trash.

Conmaniac
July 13th 2017


27693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

not to be rude but you're welcome to find a different music community/review website that takes reviews more seriously. what I like about sput is that ANYONE who makes an account can review which means there are going to HUNDREDS of reviewing styles, some that work and some that don't. whenever I see a more experimental review I'm much more excited to read it rather than a run of the mill review. I agree though the site would benefit from a separate "thinkpiece" submission option but this site has so many other problems to worry about

ZippaThaRippa
July 13th 2017


10671 Comments


I want you to cut my wrists and black my eyes

Trebor.
Emeritus
July 13th 2017


59862 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

album is ehh hardcore

ianblxdsoe
July 13th 2017


1921 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

goddammit zip

Conmaniac
July 13th 2017


27693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

album is nnnnnnngggg hardcore**

ianblxdsoe
July 13th 2017


1921 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yay ghost negs

Conmaniac
July 13th 2017


27693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

this review was just asking for controversy.

also yeah any non-serious comment on here I will now report to the mods for the sake of SomeGuyDude's preferences

ianblxdsoe
July 13th 2017


1921 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

you're right all hail the king of sputnik SomeGuyDude my review/piece is futile and is worthless in the face of our almighty savior, SomeGuyDude.

ZippaThaRippa
July 13th 2017


10671 Comments


'yay ghost negs'

I'm sorry, did you think you were going to post a *poetry* review and not get negged?

ianblxdsoe
July 13th 2017


1921 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah but i figured there'd at least be comments to back it up lol

Conmaniac
July 13th 2017


27693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

www.sputnikmusic.com/review/73884/Bjork-Vespertine/

look no negs

inb4 some1 negs for sake of argument

ianblxdsoe
July 13th 2017


1921 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

wow those ghost negs are really pouring in now aren't they

clavier
Emeritus
July 13th 2017


1171 Comments


I don't believe poem reviews per se are what's controversial, it's how they're approached. The principle difference is that SoccerRiot's poem more directly addresses the actual music (in terms of sonic characteristics). I understand that this particular write-up is more focussed on evoking a general theme, and that there is disagreement surrounding whether reviews can be that far removed from an established discussion format.

As for whether sputnik should or shouldn't approve, well, con is right; there are far bigger problems to worry about, and I think it's counterproductive to actively discourage honest artistic efforts. The site as it is may not be capable of accommodating "unconventional" pieces, but I fail to see why we shouldn't be able to make some room for them. Experimental reviews as a whole can be valuable in pushing the boundaries and exploring creative ways to tackle reviewing.

ZippaThaRippa
July 13th 2017


10671 Comments


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/d1/83/84/d18384daaf386a4865e1c46543130354--the-times-glasses.jpg

Conmaniac
July 13th 2017


27693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

claire's right though



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