We’re Testing Feedback and Reader Scores on Album Critiques

Since Pitchfork began publishing album critiques almost 30 years in the past, two issues have remained fixed: no feedback part, and no second opinion. That’s about to vary.

Coming in 2026, as Pitchfork celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, we’re lastly planning so as to add a feedback part to all of our album critiques. That’s over 30,000 items of music criticism on which you’ll be capable of depart your individual Pitchfork evaluation for the very first time. We will’t wait in your takes to be on our web site.

Along with commenting, additionally, you will have the chance so as to add your individual rating to an album evaluation utilizing Pitchfork’s score system. This rating can be proven subsequent to your remark and can be aggregated with different readers to kind a “reader rating” alongside Pitchfork’s official rating. One album evaluation, our rating, your rating, adopted by some feedback.

We’re presently beta testing these options with 500 readers to ensure that we construct the perfect feedback part and reader scoring system attainable. After the beta check is full, we’ll be again with extra info and allow you to know precisely when this can be obtainable.

We’ll depart it there for now. Thanks a lot for studying our work, for participating with and caring about music criticism, and for sharing your form phrases with us via the years. We sit up for listening to from you quickly.