WP:ALBUM

The following is a list of some websites with reviews or links to reviews that can be used to source critical reception sections in album articles, and to add ratings to the template. Additional sites and sources may also be used, provided they meet the criteria at Wikipedia:Reliable sources and WP:ALBUMS#Reception. Specifically, reviews should be written by professional music journalists or DJs, or found within any online or print publication having a (paid or volunteer) editorial and writing staff (which excludes personal blogs), and must be from a source that is independent of the artist, record company, etc.
==Professional review sources==
Review site 	URL 	Rating system 	Format 	Remark
Allmusic 	http://www.allmusic.com 	5-star scale 	 	Do not indicate the "Album Pick" designation
Alternative Press 	http://www.altpress.com 	5-star scale 	 	
Artistdirect 	http://www.artistdirect.com 	5-star scale 	 	Contains mirror reviews from Allmusic. If the review is a mirror, use the original instead.
The A.V. Club 	http://www.avclub.com/reviews/music/ 	A/B/C/D/E/F scale	A+, B, or C-	
Billboard 	http://www.billboard.com/#/new-releases/ 	No formal scale 	favorable 	
Blender 	http://www.blender.com/index.aspx 	5-star scale 	 	
Canoe.ca 	http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/AlbumReviews 	5-star scale 	 	Portal for Sun Media newspapers in Canada
Chicago Tribune 	http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/turnitup/ 	4-star scale 	 	
Consequence of Sound	http://consequenceofsound.net/ 	5-star scale 	 	
Crawdaddy! 	http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com 	No formal scale 	favorable 	
Drowned in Sound 	http://drownedinsound.com/records 	10-point scale 	7/10 	
Entertainment Weekly	http://www.ew.com/ew/music/reviews/0,,,00.html 	A/B/C/D/E/F scale	A+, B, or C-	
Exclaim! 	http://www.exclaim.ca 	No formal scale 	favorable 	
Kerrang! 	http://www.kerrang.com 	5-star scale 	 	Do not use the Ks
Los Angeles Times 	http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/album_review 	4-star scale 	 	
Metal Storm 	http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/reviews.php 	10-point scale or
no formal scale	7.6/10, or
favorable	Do not use guest reviews, recognizable by a tag, or staff reviews from before 2009
Metal Hammer 	http://www.metalhammer.co.uk 	10-point scale 	7/10 	
Mojo 	http://www.mojo4music.com/blog 	5-star scale 	 	Few reviews available online, Disc of the Day Archive (unrated) can be used for older albums
MusicOMH 	http://www.musicomh.com/albums 	5-star scale 	 	
NME 	http://www.nme.com/reviews 	10-point scale 	7/10 	Rating at bottom of review
Pitchfork 	http://www.pitchfork.com 	10-point scale 	8.7/10.0 	Precision to a tenth of a point
PopMatters 	http://www.popmatters.com 	10-point scale 	7/10 	No formal rating for reviews published before 2005
Punknews.org 	http://www.punknews.org/reviews 	5-star scale 	 	Use staff reviews only, recognizable by a tag
Q 	http://www.qthemusic.com 	5-star scale 	 	Reviews unavailable online
Robert Christgau 	http://www.robertchristgau.com 	 	, or 	Has his own specific rating system
Rock Sound 	http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews 	10-point scale 	7/10 	
Rolling Stone 	http://www.rollingstone.com/ 	5-star scale 	 	
Slant Magazine 	http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/ 	5-star scale 	 	
Spin 	http://www.spin.com 	10-point scale 	7/10 	
Sputnikmusic 	http://www.sputnikmusic.com 	5-point scale 	3.5/5 	Use staff and emeritus reviews only
Stylus Magazine 	http://www.stylusmagazine.com 	A/B/C/D/E/F scale	A+, B, or C-	
Uncut 	http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/reviews 	5-star scale 	 	
USA Today 	http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=ssts&tag=reviews^music^life	4-star scale 	 	
Vibe 	http://www.vibe.com/news/reviews 	5-star scale 	 	
==Metacritic==
Metacritic can be used to give an aggregate score of an album's reception. However, avoid citing the review excerpts listed below the aggregate score; Instead, seek out the reviews in full and cite them individually. has a |MC= parameter that can be used to display Metacritic's aggregate score for an album. When describing the score in prose, be sure to note that the score is an aggregate and how many reviews it is based on. For example:
== Non-professional reviews==
As a matter of policy, reviews from these sources are not considered professional and should not be included, either in or in the article's prose:
*Amazon.com
*Encyclopaedia Metallum
*Epinions
*Rate Your Music
*Ultimate Guitar Archive
*Metal Storms guest reviews, recognizable by a tag, or staff reviews from before 2009
*www.metal-observer.com
*www.bnrmetal.com
*www.seaoftranquility.org
*soundofmetal.se
*www.thetunemusic.com
*Prog Archives
*Sputnikmusic's non-staff reviews
*Punknews.org's non-staff reviews
*www.firestream.net
Reviews and ratings which only summarize other reviews and ratings should not be included either:
*Artistdirect's reviews from Allmusic