New Album Releases

Something new this week. I'm still including the average score for about 15 music critics, BUT now I'm also adding what the fans think. A lot of times there will be a CD that the fans will LOVE, but the critics will hate and vice versa so what I did is I took the average score from about 50 music fans from metacritic, amazon.com, and forums and whatnot and came up with an average score for them as well for each of the new releases.

Scale:
A- to A+: Universally Acclaimed

B- to B+: Overall positive reviews

C- to C+: Mixed reviews

D- to D+: Overall negative reveiws

F- to F+: Horrible



1. Stereophonics-Pull the Pin
Average Critic Score: C-
Average Fan Score: B+

Scores:
Spin: C+
New Musical Express: B
The Guardian: D+
Drowned in Sound: D+
Dot Music: D+


2. Black Dice-Load Blown
Average Critic Score: B
Average Fan Score: A

Scores:
Pitchfork: B+
PopMatters: A-
The Onion: B+
Blender: B
New Musical Express: D+


3. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss-Raising Sand
Average Critic Score: A
Average Fan Score: A

Scores:
All Music Guide: A-
Billboard: A-
Blender: A-
Entertainment Weekly: A+
Mojo: A+


4. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings-100 Days, 100 Nights
Average Critic Score: A-
Average Fan Score: A-

Scores:
All Music Guide: A-
Rolling Stone: C+
Pitchfork: A-
PopMatters: B
The Onion: A-


5. Buck 65-Situation
Average Critic Score: B-
Average Fan Score: A-

Scores:
Rolling Stone: B
Billboard: A-
Blender: B
NOW Magazine: A-
Mojo: C+


6. Britney Spears-Blackout
Average Critic Score: B-
Average Fan Score: B-

Scores:
All Music Guide: B
Rolling Stone: B
PopMatters: D+
Billboard: C
Entertainment Weekly: A-


7. Avenged Sevenfold-Avenged Sevenfold
Average Critic Score: B-
Average Fan Score: B+

Scores:
All Music Guide: C+
Rolling Stone: C
Billboard: A-
The Onion: B+
Blender: C+


8. Say Anything-In Defense of the Genre
Average Critic Score: B+
Average Fan Score: A

Scores:
All Music Guide: B
Rolling Stone: C+
PopMatters: C+
The Onion: A-
Entertainment Weekly: A+


9. Prefuse 73-Preparations
Average Critic Score: B-
Average Fan Score: D+

Scores:
Pitchfork: C
PopMatters: C+
Billboard: B
NOW Magazine: A-
Spin: B


10. The Eagles-Long Road Out of Eden
Average Critic Score: B
Average Fan Score: B-

Scores:
All Music Guide: A-
Rolling Stone: B
Billboard: A-
Uncut: A-
The Guardian: F+