NewCC0030: The Band

Submitted by lbangs on Mon, 04/30/2001 - 05:39
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  • The Band (69): *****
  • Music From Big Pink (68): *****
  • Rock of Ages (72): *****
  • Stage Fright (70): ****
  • Across the Great Divide (94): ****
  • Norhtern Lights - Southern Cross (75): ****
  • The Last Waltz (78): ****
  • Moondog Matinee (73): *** 1/2
  • The Best of the Band (76): *** 1/2
  • Cahoots (71): ***
  • The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (92): ***
  • Jericho (93): ***
  • Live at Watkins Glen (95): ***
  • High on the Hog (96): **
  • Islands (77): *
Author Comments: 

This is a new entry in an up-dated series I'm calling the New Critical Consensus. Several people have requested updates of the older series, and since critical opinions shift, I am revamping the entire system. I am averaging the opinions of several excellent music critics to produce a list of each artist's albums. Rather than using a number system, which was perhaps a bit clunky, I will now be using a five-star system. The albums will be listed in a recommended purchasing order, so new fans will have an idea of where the best place to start buying an artist's work is.
These are not my opinions, although, since I have chosen the critics used (and I'm using many), my taste will perhaps seep through a bit.

Terribly nerdy, I know, but maybe this will help people only now beginning to dabble into certain artists' bodies of work.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever