fiercerealities wrote:
Ben,

I think that reading those scores at face value creates the inherent problem now with interpreting most review sites. People put entirely too much stock into those rankings and numbers and then blurt out something like "These are the bands that he likes more than this band..." and that's not necessarily the case. I believe George explained this one time in his notes about comparing apples to oranges, but most people probably fell asleep reading it along with the rest of his articles.

Not to stray from the topic Ben, but do you have a link to your website? I would like to see the logic and inner workings of a man who rates Face Dances higher than Quadrophenia. Yes I know, apples to oranges. So I'm a hypocrit. I'd still like to see it. No I'm not a stalker. No I don't have comments that you can post in the reader's hall of shame.....yet.

Somebody wrote to me asking how the hell i could rate the first four kings of leon albums higher than the first four led zeppelin albums. I don't 'rank' bands and it's all subjective, blah blah blah. I'm not saying who is more important, best, etc - i'm reviewing albums by bands that existed in entirely different eras and serve very different purposes. It's a pointless kind of comment you get a lot when reviewing albums. Then again, if you review a couple of thousand albums these things will inevitably crop up.

As for Macca, I have a soft spot for him