No surprise. A good album, but damn. Rolling Stone really flip for those simple rock songs.

I love Bruce and think Magic is a good album and his best since BITUSA but it's not a Five Star album.

Romeoblu said:

I'm more of a 'Born To Run' man myself but 'Magic' is excellent...just not 5 star excelllnt..but compared to the current musical climate...maybe...

No shocker, Rolling Stone always gives five stars to rock legends who don't deserve it.

Timmy84 said:

their classic low point was jann wenner's BLATANT asskissing of mick jagger in one of the most shamelesssly ludicrous reviews ever written:

http://www.rollingstone.c...he_doorway

(and i love how on the site they've gone back and changed it from a five star RS rating to no stars, but left the original ass-kissy review completely in tact. classy. )

Anxiety said:

What? It was five stars? Laaaawd!

I don't see them give five stars that often. Though I will agree they kiss some major fogie rocker ass!

NDRU said:

How else do you explain them giving Musicology four stars?

Timmy84 said:

and then they try to save face on their web site by giving it ZERO stars with that BJ of a record review.

NDRU said:

That's (Old) Stone for you.

Anxiety said:

I know!?! Those guys are dumbasses.

Well Rolling stone has handed out five stars many times, but i just cant see how anyone can say something is perfect that quick, dont get me wrong this album hit me more than the "Rising" did, but i wouldnt say its perfect, i wouldnt say any record is perfect, if you can than why listen to anything else? But to me this would be "on early listens" a four star cd to me, i dont really give much cred to Rolling Stone especially after this year giving Mellencamps "Freeedom Road" only 2 1/2 and then in the same issue giving Ashley Tisdale 3 1/2 stars, i mean seriously now? Also in their RadioHead review for the new cd, they site KID A as their most famous record? really? did they poll loyal RadioHead fans, because the fans i hear say their best is still "Bends" and "Ok Computer" KID A is mentioned third.

lastdecember said:

I've started thinking of 5 stars as not no much perfect, but just the top 20%. That gives a lot more freedom to rate stuff as 5 stars.

NDRU said:

for me, 5 stars is something that i know i will still be reaching for when i don't know what else i want to listen to. that's not a designation i can make right off the bat, but i think these days i can clock a five-star (for ME, anyway) within two or three months from first listen...

Anxiety said:

well, I'd have to agree, since even rolling stone says 5 stars is a classic. So using that system almost nothing should get five stars. And I agree that's not a conclusion you can make right away, either.

But I came to the "top 20%" conclusion rating Netflix films. Everything was getting 3 stars! Realizing that each star covered a whole 20% of the scale opened up my own rating system a lot.

But using that system, 60% isn't a D, though. 60% is 3 stars which isn't too bad.

Is this geeky enough for you?