Just out of curiousity I know Rolling Stone doesn't throw around many 5 star ratings.
How many 5 star ratings have been given this decade?
Any avid readers remember?
Well...Fez-Being Born sounds like Sigur Ros in places. That ought to help with the Pitchfork people. Not to mention the atmospherics of Cedars and Moment Of Surrender.
You should have pointed out that the Unknown Caller intro is vaguely familiar to that of an Arcade Fire song.
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb: 6.9
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today: 7.6
If last year's Eno release could muster a 7.6, I don't see why this one won't get just below or above that.
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Nice review but that has got to be the worst drawing ever made on this band!
Nice review but that has got to be the worst drawing ever made on this band!
^Marco Ventura...oh please, I really don't like his illustrations...
I think a 5/5 may be a bit of a stretch...it's not perfect
Don't kill me, I still like it
Off the top of my head, here are Rolling Stones' 5 Star Reviews this decade:
"Goddess in the Doorway" Mick Jagger
"Sea Change" Beck
"To the 5 Boroughs" Beastie Boys
"Working on a Dream" & "Magic" & "The Rising" Bruce Springsteen
"Love & Theft" & "Modern Times" Bob Dylan
"Elephant" The White Stipes
"Late Registration" Kanye West
They are waaaaayy of the mark on some of these...I don't think anyone would call Bruce's last two discs, Jaggers, or the Beasties discs "classics" by any stretch of the imagination. Regardless, though, the review certainly wouldn't hurt.