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Missing Ratings Thread

As a continuation of a thread from the old forum, I'd like to post any incidents here where a review is missing a rating. I'll continue to post here if more missing ratings are found, unless the moderators would prefer for seperate threads to be created with each newly-located incident.

Just one missing rating to start with:

While the review is short, the reviewer does breifly descibe the music. Furthermore, a similarly short review for the act's previous album, 'Is Survived By' has already been rated.

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A bit early this time but there's only a trio of entries for your team to add ratings to, if they're happy to do so:

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C

Is the review for Shawn Mendes' MTV Unplugged worth rating?

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Looking at the text, it looks more like basic "coverage" and not a full editorial/critical assessment.

C

I see what you mean. Why do the editorial team write these basic coverage paragraphs for some releases?

Chris, the editors license their biographies and reviews out to multiple music services and web portals. It is possible that another service is interested in basic-level coverage of more minor releases (if the writers can't invest the time to put in a full-blown critical analysis).

C

Hi,

After reading the review for Mogwai's new album, I spotted a couple of other unrated entries in their discography section. There's the Earth Division EP and The Fountain soundtrack. Very short reviews and maybe not worth a rating but please could you check them out?

There's also an error on the new Matt Berry album, Heard Noises. On its page, it states that it was released in 2024 instead of 2025. It looks like that error also carries across to the Advanced Search.

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Thanks for the heads-up on the Matt Berry album date.

Looking at the Mogwai releases, I believe (as you assessed) those are just basic coverage blurbs and not full critical reviews and therefore likely won't receive editorial quality ratings.

C

It's a shame those released won't get a rating but thanks for having a look at them.

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