> the fray – self-titled new album gets a 1 star review!?
For those of you who believe that Christian publications give lightweight reviews, head over to Christianity Today Music. The new self-titled album from the Fray received a one star review. Even Rolling Stone gave it two stars! The problem here is not that Christianity Today Music has injured The Fray with a poor review, it’s that by giving such a low review it calls into question a cohesive, consistent review standard. People want an honest review, this kind of low-balling review will drive people away.
So for our new poll rate the new Fray album.
Use Rolling Stone’s rating guide as a start…
The guide employs a five star rating scale with the following descriptions of those ratings: [1]
- Indispensable: a record that must be included in any comprehensive collection
- Excellent: a record of substantial merit, though flawed in some essential way.
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- Good: a record of average worth, but one that might possess considerable appeal for fans of a particular style.
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- Mediocre: a record that is artistically insubstantial, though not truly wretched.
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- Poor: a record where even technical competence is at question or it was remarkably ill-conceived.
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- Worthless: a record that need never (or should never) have been created. Reserved for the most bathetic bathwater.
