I have picked up a few things that I really liked after reading a descriptive review. As a Joni fan, the NYT review would not have detered me from buying it. I guess for the casual and curious, it might. I generally like to read reviews, taking them with the appropriate grain of salt. At least the music is being discussed, and I would rather read about music than cooking or football or.... RR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I typically use reviews collectively; that is, if something is getting raves > across the board (as was the case with Beck's "Sea Change") I'll go ahead and > pick it up. And vice versa if I read a lot of bad reviews. BUT I do love a > bunch of stuff that was not reviewed favorably and loathed some stuff that > was highly praised. > > I guess what I'm saying is that I'm somewhat of a sucker for the things. I > used to subscribe to Record Review magazine
