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No memes. What's your honest opinion of this man's ratings?
>favourite 9/10
>least favourite 9/10
>favourite 8.5 or 8/10
>Least favourite 8.5 or 8/10
>a 7 that should be 8+
inb4 12 year olf blah blah blah
>12 years old spreading their legs
>first ever 10/10
>>60809661
ebin lad
Scaruffi is a shit critic. Literally no one outside this autistic hugbox gives this man's opinion any weight.
>anything/10
listened to it AT MOST once and had already made up his mind about it. no way has he ever listened to everything on his site. there is just too much there, and even IF he has there is no way he could appreciate it so quickly
>metal/10
hilarious shit
>hiphop/10
lol
>industrial/10
dude cmon
>dubi dam dam/10
http://www.scaruffi.com/ratings/2005.html song of the year? jesus fuck
dude is mentally handicapped. go see his "friends" page where he documents his friends. dude is messed up.
I'm glad that he gives Loveless, Down Colourful Hill, Suicide and Safe As Milk as much praise as he does, they aren't as highly rated by most other critics.
Well actually maybe loveless is but its my favourite record
>>60809759
>butthurt Beatles fan
>>60809811
>implying Beatles are worthy for any recognition
>>60809811
diligaf
Real question--who are some better critics to check out? Where does everyone go for music criticism? Dude covers an encyclopedic amount of music
I think what makes his criticism credible is the volume of albums he has criticised, and the consistency with which he rates them.
His numerical ratings can be dead on accurate a lot of the time but I ignore all his opinions about the 2000s and onwards.
I don't find his writing on the music to be that interesting (coming from someone who speaks italian and english)
I would be very interested if he gave a new album a 9/10
I still don't understand how he thinks The Downward Spiral is better than nearly all of my top 10.
>>60809868
Scaruffi is by far the best, for rock music at least
>listening to critics ever
>>60809707
he's a good critic.
>>60809918
post your top 10
>>60809957
>>60809935
lies
>>60810037
Well, TDS is definitely better than buttambient by Helios. Now you know.
>>60810037
TDS is better than all of those except Future Days, Frigid Stars and Spirit of Eden.
>>60810037
>Animal Collective
lol
>>60810063
Well, I did say nearly.
>>60809763
http://www.metacritic.com/music/loveless-reissue/my-bloody-valentine
93/100 Universal Acclaim
What more do you want?
>>60810037
>not a single 9/10
smdh
>>60810130
I was debating whether or not to put Loveless on there.
>>60810102
Radio Airplay
I kinda like Scaruffi's reviews though, I don't always agree with them but he's, as others already observed, consistent and his lower scores hold appropriate value.
Like, bizarre as it sounds, I think because a lot of people, especially in an internet era where everything is instantaneous, have a bad habit of falling into binary trappings and as such score media with incredibly high or low scores and relatively little real middle ground.
Scaruffi reserves high scores for albums he believes are genuinely groundbreaking or of merit, which, whether you agree with him or not, is something all good critics should do. A 9 or 10 should be rare, an incredibly special score reserves for incredible artistic achievements, not the next decent synthpop album or lightly entertaining shooter.
>>60809651
>favorite 9/10s
Steve Reich Works, Loveless, Dolmen Music (three of my favorite albums, can't choose between them)
>other favorite 9/10s
Third Ear Band, Yerself is Steam, Faust, Trout Mask Replica, Geek The Girl, Fare Forward Voyages, Well Oiled, Safe as Milk, The Modern Dance, Songs From The Hill/Tablet
>least favorite 9/10
Not Available
>other disliked 9/10s
Morphine, Down Colorful Hill, The Good Son
>favorite 8.5s
A Rainbow in Curved Air, Pavilion of Dreams, Millions Now Living Will Never Die, Have One on Me
>least favorite 8.5
don't especially dislike any of these, I'm not too fond of Bricolage
>favorite 8s
Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo, Canaxis 5, Yeti, Buy, Mirror Man, Future Days, Tago Mago, Music For Airports, America, Unrest, In Praise of Learning, This Heat, Weasles Ripped My Flesh, Litanies of Satan
>a 7 that should be 8+
Who am I to say what this man's opinion should be?
>>60809759
>http://www.scaruffi.com/ratings/2005.html
i think he's well aware of his internet persona, so he trolls a lot
