ITT: RYM ratings with a big fat asterisk next to them
>>65478739
what do you mean
>>65478994
he's implying its scores/ ratings/ popularity is based only or mostly on Bowies death soon after the release. It no doubt had an effect but it was rating well already, so its a pretty sketchy assumption.
>>65478739
Dale
>>65479022
Yeah that's what I'm implying. I guess that wasn't nearly as clear as I was hoping.
>>65479022
The score definitely rose from something between 3.5-3.7 to almost 4 within a few days of his death. That's a pretty significant jump.
>>65479289
hi chris
>>65479491
>>65479022
I mean considering how important his death was to the concept of that record, it makes sense, doesn't it? His death put a new perspecive on the record, completely changing the context.
>>65478739
That's a star, not an asterisk
>>65479022
I'm not convinced that Black Star was somehow a brilliant piece of music. A 3 star at worse, 3.5 at best, compare it to "Heroes" which to me was a phenomenal work.
