NewCC0051: The Smashing Pumpkins
Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 05/08/2001 - 04:16
Tags:
- Siamese Dream (93): ****
- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (95): ****
- Gish (91): ****
- MACHINA / The Machines of God (00): ****
- Pisces Iscariot (94): ***
- Adore (98): ***
- Machina II: The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music (00): ***
- The Aeroplane Flies High (96): ** 1/2
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