Quark 7,098 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 o<(0_0)>o Many people here hold Metacritic scores in a very high regard and think that these scores accurately represent quality. But the reality is that these scores are simply not accurate. For one Metacritic picks and chooses which publications/websites it wants to use when considering their review scores. In other words some bad or good review scores will never be counted towards an overall score of an album. Then there's the bias of reviewers themselves towards artists. For example when people review Gaga's albums they tend to focus on her personal life and authenticity instead of the music itself. Joanne for example was criticized by some for not being authentic, but we all know that if that exact same album had a different name attached to it, then Joanne would be much highly regarded. Then how could we forget that terrible and unjust score of 0 that was counted towards Gaga's BTW score. Finally some artists scores are relative only to themselves. For example Selena's Revival has a 74 on Metacritic while Born This Way has a 71. In other words Selena was highly rewarded for changing direction and improving her work from her previous work. However, will all know how much better and impactful Born This Way is. Anyways, by the time you get the full score on Metacritic, it already carries a lot of bias and inaccuracies. And that is without taking into account that deep down music is subjective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 26,824 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Born This Way has a 0, and the comment is that the music came out of Gaga's butthole. Metacritic should not be taken seriously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyliesChild 16,907 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Well Born This Way has a lower score than Revival because metacritic inputted 29 more reviews than it which would affect its score. Some reviewer also gave it a 0 but I've heard that the review was positive so I'm a little bewildered by it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHS 4,714 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 I mean, the proof is Glory having the same score as Born This Way and more score than Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Slayne 4,154 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 water is wet we all know metacritic doesn't mean sh*t, some people just like to pretend it's important when their fave is slaying Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo 7,811 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 well it's like Rotten Tomatoes, they gather numerous reviews from diverse sources to make an average score, the thing is those reviews sometimes are from nobodies and unqualified people to do such thing also they are not quite objective Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Gale 7,575 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Glory higher than Joanne? Revival higher than Born This Way? It's a mess and the majority of music listeners don't give two shits about metacritic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viniferrett 16,684 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 They don't even count all critics lmao whats the point and they clearly have bias against gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Gale 7,575 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Black artists mysteriously get 90+ scores on all their albums, I think the reviewers might have white guilt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Gale 7,575 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/all/filtered Rappers have an easier time with reviewers I guess? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhettoFabulous 18,501 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 We been knew metacritic is a mess ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GAGA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batwings 12,885 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Do people even pay attention to critics anyway? I mean, does anyone ever think, "Man, I was totally going to buy this album I was so excited about, but some random music critic dude said it was garbage, so I guess I won't" ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhettoFabulous 18,501 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dorothy Gale said: Black artists mysteriously get 90+ scored on all their albums, I think the reviewers might have white guilt. Sis don't .... not all do I mean look at anti and if they have that 90+ score it's not out of white guilt it's cuz it's it's a good album Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
viniferrett 16,684 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 1 minute ago, GhettoFabulous said: Sis don't .... not all do I mean look at anti and if they have that 90+ score it's not out of white guilt it's cuz it's it's a good album Well mostly yes but lemonade don't deserve 93 not even in oblivia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorothy Gale 7,575 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 1 minute ago, GhettoFabulous said: Sis don't .... not all do I mean look at anti and if they have that 90+ score it's not out of white guilt it's cuz it's it's a good album I can't be racist, I'm 1/4 Mexican, but there seems to be a bias. Maybe it's more about genre than race? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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