4.7 More Reasons Not To Wear Tight Pants
A few screen-shots from those malicious arbiters of cool over at Pitchfork:
4.7? … Out of 10? … Really?
C’mon guys, lighten up a little bit.
These albums aren’t exactly Abbey Road, but they are both pretty fun to listen to and there’s no way someone without some sort of axe to grind could give them both a 4.7 out of 10.
I appreciate the precision of the ratings though - a piece of art like a full length record album certainly lends itself to a level of scrutiny down to a tenth of a point… Ugh.
Part of me thinks that they do things like this just to get a rise out of people, create a little controversy and reap the publicity like any edgy marketer would do. I’m enough of a sucker to have linked to them, right?
The other part of me worries that they’re serious and are poisoning anyone gullible to believe what they write with their humorless, depressing take on the music industry.
Who knows, maybe I’m just getting old…
For what it’s worth, I think that both of these albums deserve a listen and would make a fine addition to the musical rotation at your next summer bbq.
