We’re Testing Feedback and Reader Scores on Album Critiques

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

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 evaluations. That’s over 30,000 items of music criticism on which you’ll have the ability to go away your individual Pitchfork assessment for the very first time. We are able to’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 assessment utilizing Pitchfork’s ranking system. This rating shall be proven subsequent to your remark and shall be aggregated with different readers to kind a “reader rating” alongside Pitchfork’s official rating. One album assessment, our rating, your rating, adopted by some feedback.

We’re at present beta testing these options with 500 readers to ensure that we construct the perfect feedback part and reader scoring system attainable. After the beta take a look at is full, we’ll be again with extra data and allow you to know precisely when this shall be out there.

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