Paul S.

Being a hardcore music fan and musician, I have been reading record reviews all my life, and I know a good music critic from a bad one. I've followed Allmusic from the very beginning, 1995 when it first came on the web. I even own one of their pre-internet reference books. They were really good when they started. In the course of the 2000s, a bunch of bad decisions must have been made, because the quality of the reviews has gone way, way down. I've actually witnessed several instances of reviews CHANGING for the very same album, to a much less qualified and informed review. Even worse, the website went from fast, simple and user friendly to very sluggish and annoying. I now avoid Allmusic altogether and go to sites like discogs.com and wikipedia for information.