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'''Entertainment Cocktail''', blah....
'''Entertainment Cocktail''' is a review-based website authored by university students. The reviews revolve around current video games, films and music.




==Criticism==
==Writers==


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One common complaint is that the site's journalism suffers from a narrow view of independent music, favoring [[Low fidelity|lo-fi]] and often obscure [[indie rock]] and giving only cursory treatment to other [[music genre|genre]]s.<ref name="City Pages">{{cite news
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| title = The Pitchfork Effect
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| language = English
| publisher = City Pages
| date= June 14, 2006
| url = http://www.citypages.com/2006-06-14/news/the-pitchfork-effect/
| accessdate = 2006-10-30 }}</ref> Some critics have accused the site of rating albums from particular music scenes or artists more favorably in order to bolster its influence when the music becomes popular.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shaer |first=Matthew |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2154469 |title=Slate. "The Indie Music Site Everyone Loves to Hate" |publisher=Slate.com |date=2006-11-28 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>

The majority of criticism, however, is aimed at the site's album reviewing style, with the site being accused of often placing the emphasis on the reviewer's own writing and personal biases over the actual music being reviewed. Pitchfork is also known to give "0.0" ratings, deeming the work utterly worthless. One critic wrote that Pitchfork's "0.0" rating of a particular album amounts to no more than a "cheap publicity stunt" for a website that "thrives on controversy."<ref name="Dusted Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/651 |title=Dusted Features [ All Y'All Haters &#93; |publisher=Dustedmagazine.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>

===Parodies===
*When Pitchfork asked comedian [[David Cross]] to compile a list of his favorite albums, he instead provided them with a list of "Albums to Listen to While Reading Overwrought Pitchfork Reviews". In it, he [[satire|satirically]] piled over-the-top praise on fictional indie rock records, mocking Pitchfork Media's reviewing style.<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Albums to Listen to While Reading Overwrought Pitchfork Reviews
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*In 2005, [[Aziz Ansari]] and Rob Heubel hosted an episode of the NYC TV indie music show [[New York Noise]] while pretending to be Pitchfork's editors in chief
*In 2004, comedy website [[Something Awful]] created a parody of Pitchfork's front page. Entitled "RichDork Media", the page makes reference to nonexistent, obscure-sounding indie-rock bands in its reviews, news headlines and advertisements. The rating system measures music on its proximity to the band [[Radiohead]].<ref>{{cite web
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| accessdate = 2007-04-28 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080627004409/http://www.somethingawful.com/fakesa/richdork/ |archivedate = 2008-06-27}}</ref> A similar, more light-hearted parody was created by [[Sub Pop]].<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Popdork Feature: The Dean's List

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| accessdate = 2011-04-01 |archiveurl = http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20040806183542/http://www.subpop.com/features/pdork/
|archivedate = 2004-08-06}}</ref>
*On September 10, 2007, the [[satirical]] newspaper ''[[The Onion]]'' published a story in which Pitchfork Media founder and editor Ryan Schreiber reviews music as a whole, giving it a 6.8 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8
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| accessdate = 2007-09-10 }}</ref>
*In [[Jeffrey Lewis]]' suicide-themed song entitled "So What?", after describing a failed jump from a bridge, he jokingly sings, "A large garbage barge comes and drops twenty tons of toxic waste on my face/And as I sink from the sun to whatever’s to come/My last sight is the bums who all change their signs into twos, threes, and ones/And after this discourse there’s a 3.6, of course it must be Pitchfork."<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f782bFHILPc</ref>
*On August 12, 2009, the pop culture website PopSense satirically reviewed an entire day's worth of Pitchfork content in the style of a Pitchfork review.<ref>[http://www.popsense.com/2009/06/popsense-pitchfork-review.html "A Pitchfork Review of a Day In Pitchfork"], ''PopSense'', August 12, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://cultureandcommunication.org/f09/tdm/alison/honest-opinions-or-hidden-agendas/ "Honest Opinions or Hidden Agendas?"], ''Topics in Digital Media'', October 9, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2009/06/so_many_dynamos_loud_wars_review_of_pitchfork_popsense_idolator_meta_ouroboros.php/ "Here's a Review OF Pitchfork's So Many Dynamos The Loud Wars Review"], ''Riverfront Times'', August 12, 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref>
*In September 2009, [[Steamroller Media]] launched a website, seemingly devoted to satirizing Pitchfork. It also seems to be on hiatus since March 2010.<ref>[http://www.steamrollermedia.com "Steamroller Media"], ''Steamroller Media'', September 1, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2011.</ref>

===Leaked music===

In August 2006, a directory on Pitchfork's servers containing over 300 albums was compromised. A person managed to discover and download the collection, which included [[The Decemberists]]' ''[[The Crane Wife]]'' and [[TV on the Radio]]'s ''[[Return to Cookie Mountain]]'', both of which had previously leaked to peer-to-peer networks. Allegedly, one of the albums on the server, [[Joanna Newsom]]'s ''[[Ys (album)|Ys]]'', had not been available previously on file-sharing networks.<ref>{{cite web|author=Camille Dodero |url=http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid22637.aspx |title=The Joanna Newsom leak - Music |publisher=The Phoenix |date=2006-09-13 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>

===Deleted and changed reviews===

Pitchfork has been criticized for deleting older reviews from their archive in an effort to keep up with the changing trends in indie music. One such example is the 9.5/10 review written for [[Save Ferris]]' album ''[[It Means Everything]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jonnyleather.com/blog1/2010/04/critical-differences-pitchforks-lost-archives-save-ferris-edition/ |title=Critical Differences: Pitchfork’s Lost Archives - Save Ferris Edition |publisher=Jonnyleather.com |date=2010-04-27 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>

Negative reviews of two [[By Divine Right]] albums were also removed from Pitchfork after members [[Brendan Canning]] and [[Leslie Feist]] became successful with the band [[Broken Social Scene]] and their own solo work. Steven Byrd's deleted review of By Divine Right's ''[[Bless This Mess]]'', on which Canning and Feist play bass and guitar, went so far as to compare the band to "retard(s) with a guitar" who "wouldn't know Rock and Roll if she broke into their house and beat up their children," rating the album 1.8 out of ten.<ref>Steven Byrd, [http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20000816163945/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/by-divine-right/bless-this-mess.shtml review] (via [[Internet Archive]])</ref> After Belle & Sebastian's "comeback" in the mid-to-late 2000s, Pitchfork removed their 0.8-rated review of ''[[The Boy With the Arab Strap]]'' from the site.<ref>Jason Josephes,[http://web.archive.org/web/20011119181922/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/belle-and-sebastian/boy-with-the-arab-strap.shtml] (via [[Internet Archive]])</ref><ref>Belle & Sebastian Discography [http://pitchfork.com/search/?query=belle%20sebastian&search_type=extended&filters=albums] (via Pitchfork Media)</ref> The reviewer lambasted the band for writing songs that were "so sticky they should be hanging from Ben Stiller's ear, and I don't mean that in a good way."<ref>Jason Josephes, [http://web.archive.org/web/20011119181922/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/belle-and-sebastian/boy-with-the-arab-strap.shtml] (via [[Internet Archive]])</ref> The site has also removed its earlier reviews of three albums which it later rated 10.0/10: [[Boards of Canada]]'s ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'',<ref>Ryan Schreiber, [http://replay.web.archive.org/20030206162706/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/boards-of-canada/music-has-the-right-to-children.shtml review] (via [[Internet Archive]])</ref> [[DJ Shadow]]'s ''[[Endtroducing]]'',<ref>M. Christian McDermott, [http://web.archive.org/web/20031006121731/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/boards-of-canada/music-has-the-right-to-children.shtml review] (via Internet Archive)</ref> and [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]'s ''[[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea]]''.<ref>M. Christian McDermott, [http://web.archive.org/web/20021213042559/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/neutral-milk-hotel/in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea.shtml review] (via Internet Archive)</ref> Pitchfork originally gave the [[Flaming Lips]] concept album ''[[Zaireeka]]'' a scathing 0.0/10 in a review that also derided all Flaming Lips fans.<ref>Jason Josephes, [http://web.archive.org/web/20020404172254/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/flaming-lips/zaireeka.shtml] (via [[Internet Archive]])</ref> The review has since been deleted, and Pitchfork now praises the album.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/news/41305-the-flaming-lips-plan-to-collaborate-with-neon-indian-release-izaireekai-for-mobile-phones/]</ref> Despite an initial 5.4/10 rating,<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/941-fevers-and-mirrors/]</ref> indicating a middling if not mediocre outing, [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]' 2000 release ''[[Fevers and Mirrors]]'' was later celebrated as one of the best of the decade in a list released after the band had reached new heights of critical and creative success.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7706-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-200-151/4/]</ref>

===Misinformation===

Pitchfork has been criticized directly by artists for misrepresentation, most famously in 2007 by the artist [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] for what she later described as "perpetuating the male-led [[Ingenue (stock character)|ingenue]] myth" with regard to her work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10564-kala/ |title=Album Reviews: M.I.A.: Kala |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2007-08-21 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref><ref name="mia07confronts">{{cite web | author=Thomson, Paul|title= M.I.A. Confronts the Haters| url= http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/44529-mia-confronts-the-haters | work = Pitchforkmedia | year=2007 | accessdate=2007-12-10 }}</ref> Some have argued this is not isolated to Pitchfork in the music press, while this incident was later cited and similarly condemned by the artist [[Björk]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/aug/27/whybjorkisrighttostickup | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Why Björk is right to stand up for female producers | first=Rebecca | last=Nicholson | date=August 27, 2008}}</ref>

==Music festivals==
[[Image:Pitchfork music festival logo.png|thumb|right|[[Pitchfork Music Festival]] logo.]]

===Intonation Music Festival===
{{Main|Intonation Music Festival}}
In 2005, Pitchfork curated the [[Intonation Music Festival]], attracting approximately 15,000 attendees to [[Chicago]]'s Union Park for a two-day bill featuring performances by 25 acts, including [[Broken Social Scene]], [[The Decemberists]], [[The Go! Team]], and a rare appearance by [[Les Savy Fav]].

===Pitchfork Music Festival===
{{Main|Pitchfork Music Festival}}
On July 29 and 30, 2006, the publication premiered its own [[Pitchfork Music Festival]] in Union Park, Chicago. The event attracted over 18,000 attendees per day. More than 40 bands performed at the inaugural festival, including [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] and [[Yo La Tengo]], as well as a rare headlining set by reunited [[Tropicalismo|Tropicália]] band [[Os Mutantes]].<ref>{{cite web
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The festival has been held every year since, and has featured artists such as [[Animal Collective]], [[Fleet Foxes]], [[Bon Iver]], [[The National (band)|The National]], [[The Hold Steady]], [[!!!]], [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]], [[Ghostface Killah]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[Cat Power]], [[Spiritualized]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Stephen Malkmus]], [[Vampire Weekend]], [[De La Soul]], [[Yo La Tengo]], [[The New Pornographers]], [[Of Montreal]], [[Band of Horses]], [[M. Ward]], [[Iron and Wine]], [[The Mountain Goats]], [[Clipse]], [[Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk]], [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]], [[No Age]], [[Ted Leo]], [[Les Savy Fav]], [[Devendra Banhart]], [[Liars (band)|Liars]], and [[Deerhunter]].

The 2009 festival, which took place in July, featured [[Built to Spill]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], [[Yo La Tengo]], and [[Tortoise]] performing setlists voted on by attendees, as well as performances by [[The Flaming Lips]], [[The National (band)|The National]], [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]], [[M83 (band)|M83]], [[The Walkmen]], [[Yeasayer]], [[Blitzen Trapper]], [[The Black Lips]], [[The Pains of Being Pure at Heart]], [[Matt and Kim]], and [[Pharoahe Monch]].

===All Tomorrow's Parties===

In 2007, the Pitchfork Music Festival was expanded to three days (Friday, July 13 – Sunday, July 15), with the first day being a collaboration between Pitchfork and the UK-based production company [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] as part of the latter's "[[Don't Look Back (concert series)|Don't Look Back]]" concert series, in which artists performed the content of albums in their entirety. Performers that evening included [[Sonic Youth]] playing ''[[Daydream Nation]]'', [[Slint]] playing ''[[Spiderland]]'', and [[GZA (musician)|GZA/Genius]] playing ''[[Liquid Swords]]''. The collaboration continued in 2008, with [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]], [[Sebadoh]], and [[Mission of Burma]].

Pitchfork also collaborated with [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] to co-curate the ATP vs Pitchfork festival in Camber Sands, UK.

==Rating system==
Pitchfork's music reviews use two different rating systems:
* Album reviews are given a rating out of 10.0, specific to one decimal point.<ref>[http://www.nuvo.net/music/article/grampall-jookabox-news-pitchfork-pricing-strategy "Grampall Jookabox news: Pitchfork pricing strategy"], 10 December 2008</ref> In addition, certain notable albums are rewarded with a label of "Best New Music" or "Best New Reissue".
* Individual track reviews were formerly ranked from 1 to 5 stars, but on January 15, 2007, the site introduced a new system called "Forkcast". In it, instead of assigning tracks a particular rating, reviewers labeled them: "New Music"; "Old Music"; "Video"; "Advanced Music"; "Rising"; "WTF"; their most favorably regarded songs, "On Repeat"; and for the least favored songs, "Delete". On March 12, 2009, Pitchfork switched back to an older system, rating songs in a range between 1 and 10 points.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} Since that time, Pitchfork has stopped using a numbered rating system for individual songs and has introduced a feature known as "Best New Tracks" which consists of a selection of notable recent songs.

===Albums rated 10.0===
Initial release:
* [[...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]] – ''[[Source Tags & Codes]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/178-source-tags-and-codes/ |title=Album Reviews: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Source Tags and Codes |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2002-02-28 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
* [[12 Rods]] - ''[[Gay?]]'' (EP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/twelve-rods/gay.shtml |title=12 Rods: Gay?: Pitchfork Review |date=2002-10-21 |accessdate=2011-01-30 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20021021014115/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/twelve-rods/gay.shtml |archivedate=2002-10-21}}</ref>
* [[Bonnie 'Prince' Billy]] – ''[[I See a Darkness]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/billy_bonnieprince/i-see-a-darkness.shtml |title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy: I See a Darkness: Pitchfork Review |date=2000-12-01 |accessdate=2011-01-30 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20001201214800/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/billy_bonnieprince/i-see-a-darkness.shtml |archivedate=2000-12-01}}</ref>
* [[Bob Dylan]] – ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dylan_bob/bootleg-series-volume-4.shtml |title=Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert: Pitchfork Review |date= |accessdate=2011-01-30 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20021021010413/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dylan_bob/bootleg-series-volume-4.shtml |archivedate= 2002-10-21}}</ref>
* [[The Flaming Lips]] – ''[[The Soft Bulletin]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/flaming-lips/soft-bulletin.shtml |title=Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin: Pitchfork Review |date=2002-10-02 |accessdate=2011-01-30 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20021002004827/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/flaming-lips/soft-bulletin.shtml |archivedate=2002-10-02}}</ref>
* [[Robert Pollard]] – ''[[Relaxation of the Asshole]]'' (In the review, this album received rating of (1)0.0, giving it a dual rating of 10.0 and 0.0.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6383-relaxation-of-the-asshole/ |title=Album Reviews: Robert Pollard: Relaxation of the Asshole |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2005-04-20 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
* [[Radiohead]] - ''[[Kid A]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6656-kid-a/ |title=Album Reviews: Radiohead: Kid A |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2000-10-02 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
* Radiohead - ''[[OK Computer]]''<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010303103405/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/radiohead/ok-computer.shtml</ref>
* [[Amon Tobin]] – ''[[Bricolage (album)|Bricolage]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/tobin_amon/bricolage.shtml |title=Amon Tobin: Bricolage: Pitchfork Review |date= |accessdate=2011-01-30 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20030224105115/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/tobin_amon/bricolage.shtml |archivedate= 2003-02-24}}</ref>
* [[Walt Mink]] – ''[[El Producto (Walt Mink album)|El Producto]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/w/walt-mink/el-producto.shtml |title=Walt Mink: El Producto: Pitchfork Review |date= |accessdate=2011-01-30 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20030224104138/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/w/walt-mink/el-producto.shtml |archivedate= 2003-02-24}}</ref>
* [[Kanye West]] - ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14880-my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy/ |title=Album Reviews: Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2010-11-22 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
* [[Wilco]] – ''[[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8676-yankee-hotel-foxtrot/ |title=Album Reviews: Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2002-04-21 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>

Re-release and compilations:
* [[Beastie Boys]] - ''[[Paul's Boutique]]''
* [[The Beatles]] -
**''[[Abbey Road]]''
**''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]''
**''[[Magical Mystery Tour]]''
**''[[Revolver (album)|Revolver]]''
**''[[Rubber Soul]]''
**''[[Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''
* [[Boards of Canada]] – ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''
* [[Glenn Branca]] - ''[[The Ascension (Glenn Branca album)|The Ascension]]''
* [[James Brown]] – ''[[Live at the Apollo (1963 album)|Live at the Apollo]]''
* [[The Clash]] –
**''[[The Essential Clash]]''
**''[[London Calling]]''
* [[John Coltrane]] – ''[[The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording]]''
* [[Elvis Costello]] – ''[[This Year's Model]]''
* [[The Cure]] - ''[[Disintegration (The Cure album)|Disintegration]]''
* [[The Dismemberment Plan]] - ''[[Emergency & I]]''
* [[DJ Shadow]] – ''[[Endtroducing.....]]''
* [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] – ''[[This Nation's Saving Grace]]''
* [[Serge Gainsbourg]] - ''[[Histoire de Melody Nelson]]''
* [[Galaxie 500]] - ''[[On Fire (Galaxie 500 album)|On Fire]]''
* [[Joy Division]] –
**''[[Closer (Joy Division album)|Closer]]''
**''[[Unknown Pleasures]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]''
* [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] – ''[[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea]]''
* [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] - ''[[Nevermind (Nirvana album)|Nevermind]]''
* [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] -
**''[[Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6200-crooked-rain-crooked-rain-las-desert-origins/ |title=Album Reviews: Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2004-10-25 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
**''[[Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14002-quarantine-the-past/ |title=Album Reviews: Pavement: Quarantine the Past |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2010-03-08 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
**''[[Slanted and Enchanted]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8969-slanted-enchanted-luxe-reduxe/ |title=Album Reviews: Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2002-11-01 |accessdate=2011-01-30}}</ref>
* [[Pink Floyd]] – ''[[Animals (Pink Floyd album)|Animals]]''
* [[R.E.M.]] -
**''[[Murmur (album)|Murmur]]''
**''[[Reckoning (R.E.M. album)|Reckoning]]''
* [[Radiohead]] -
**''[[The Bends]]''
**''Kid A''
**''OK Computer''
* [[Otis Redding]] - ''[[Otis Blue]]''
* [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] - ''[[Let It Be (The Replacements album)|Let It Be]]''
* [[The Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Exile On Main St.]]''
* [[Sonic Youth]] – ''[[Daydream Nation]]''
* [[Spiritualized]] - ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space]]''
* [[Bruce Springsteen]] – ''[[Born to Run]]''
* [[The Stone Roses]] - ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]''
* [[Television (band)|Television]] – ''[[Marquee Moon]]''
* [[The Velvet Underground]] – ''[[Loaded (The Velvet Underground album)|Loaded]]''
* [[Weezer]] - ''[[Pinkerton (album)|Pinkerton]]
* [[The Who]] - ''[[Odds & Sods]]''
* [[Wire (band)|Wire]] -
**''[[Chairs Missing]]''
**''[[Pink Flag]]''
* [[XTC]] – ''[[English Settlement]]''
* [[Neil Young]] -
**''[[After the Gold Rush]]''
**''[[Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere]]''
* Various Artists – ''[[No Thanks!: The 70s Punk Rebellion]]''

===Albums Rated 0.0===
* [[Bachman-Turner Overdrive]] - ''Remastered Hits: The Best Of''
* [[The Flaming Lips]] - ''[[Zaireeka]]''
** (In 2002, Pitchfork published article from contributor Mark Richardson defending the album and criticizing Jason Josephes' original 1998 review of the album<ref>http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8017-time-capsule/6/</ref>)
* [[Francisco López (musician)|Francisco López]] - ''Untitled #104''
* [[Jet (band)|JET]] - ''[[Shine On (Jet album)|Shine On]]''
** (This album was originally not given a rating. The review consisted only of a video of a chimpanzee urinating into its own mouth. Viewing the review now reveals a rating of 0.0.)
* [[John Frusciante]] - ''[[Smile From The Streets You Hold]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] -
**''[[Music from "The Elder"]]''
**''[[Peter Criss (album)|Peter Criss]]''
* [[Liz Phair]] - ''[[Liz Phair (album)|Liz Phair]]''
* [[Robert Pollard]] – ''[[Relaxation of the Asshole]]''
** (In the review, this album received rating of (1)0.0, giving it a dual rating of 10.0 and 0.0.)
* [[Sonic Youth]] - ''[[NYC Ghosts & Flowers]]''
* [[Travis Morrison]] - ''[[Travistan]]''
* Various Artists - ''This Is Next''

==Pitchfork.tv==
On April 7, 2008, Pitchfork Media launched Pitchfork.tv, a website displaying videos and original content related to independent music acts. On March 12, 2009, Pitchfork.tv was incorporated into Pitchfork's new domain, Pitchfork.com.

==Pitchfork Album and Song of the Year winners==

===Pitchfork Album of the Year===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Artist
! Album
! Source
|-
| 2000 || [[Radiohead]] || ''[[Kid A]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5816-top-20-albums-of-2000/1/]
|-
| 2001 || [[The Microphones]] || ''[[The Glow Pt. 2]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5844-top-20-albums-of-2001/]
|-
| 2002 || [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] || ''[[Turn on the Bright Lights]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5888-top-50-albums-of-2002/5/]
|-
| 2003 || [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]] || ''[[Echoes (The Rapture album)|Echoes]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5925-top-50-albums-of-2003/5/]
|-
| 2004 || [[Arcade Fire]] || ''[[Funeral (album)|Funeral]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5934-top-50-albums-of-2004/5/]
|-
| 2005 || [[Sufjan Stevens]] || ''[[Illinois (album)|Illinois]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6222-top-50-albums-of-2005/5/]
|-
| 2006 || [[The Knife]] || ''[[Silent Shout]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6510-top-50-albums-of-2006/5/]
|-
| 2007 || [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] || ''[[Person Pitch]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6753-top-50-albums-of-2007/5/]
|-
| 2008 || [[Fleet Foxes]] || ''[[Sun Giant]]''/''[[Fleet Foxes (album)|Fleet Foxes]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7573-the-50-best-albums-of-2008/5/]
|-
| 2009 || [[Animal Collective]] || ''[[Merriweather Post Pavilion]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7744-the-top-50-albums-of-2009/5/]
|-
| 2010 || [[Kanye West]] || ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]'' || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7893-the-top-50-albums-of-2010/5/]
|}

===Pitchfork Song of the Year===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Artist
! Song
! Source
|-
| 2003 || [[Outkast]] || "[[Hey Ya!]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5924-top-50-singles-of-2003/5/]
|-
| 2004 || [[Annie (singer)|Annie]] || "[[Heartbeat (Annie song)|Heartbeat]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5933-top-50-singles-of-2004/5/]
|-
| 2005 || [[Antony & The Johnsons]] || "[[Hope There's Someone]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6221-top-50-singles-of-2005/5/]
|-
| 2006 || [[Justin Timberlake]] featuring [[T.I. (rapper)|T.I.]] || "[[My Love (Justin Timberlake song)|My Love]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6508-the-top-100-tracks-of-2006/10/]
|-
| 2007 || [[LCD Soundsystem]] || "[[All My Friends]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6752-top-100-tracks-of-2007/10/]
|-
| 2008 || [[Hercules and Love Affair]] || "[[Blind (Hercules and Love Affair song)|Blind]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7572-the-100-best-tracks-of-2008/10/]
|-
| 2009 || [[Animal Collective]] || "[[My Girls]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/10/]
|-
| 2010 || [[Ariel Pink|Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti]] || "[[Before Today|Round and Round]]" || [http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7895-the-top-100-tracks-of-2010/10/]
|}

==Decade Lists Songs and Albums of the Year==
These Song and Album of the Year positions are taken from Pitchfork's decade lists.

===Decade List Albums of the Year===
'''Bold''' indicates that album got a 'perfect' rating (10.0).
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;"
! Year
! Artist
! style="width:350px;"| Album
! Country of Origin
! Pitchfork Rating
|-
| 1970 || [[The Stooges]] || [[Fun House (The Stooges album)|Fun House]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || 9.4
|-
| 1971 || [[Sly and the Family Stone]] || [[There's a Riot Goin' On]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| '''1972''' || '''[[The Rolling Stones]]''' || '''[[Exile on Main St.]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|England}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 1973 || [[Stevie Wonder]] || [[Innervisions]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1974 || [[Brian Eno]] || [[Here Come the Warm Jets]] || {{flagcountry|England}} || 9.2
|-
| 1975 || [[Bob Dylan]] || [[Blood on the tracks]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1976 || [[Ramones]] || [[Ramones (album)|Ramones]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1977 || [[David Bowie]] || [[Low (David Bowie album)|Low]] || {{flagcountry|England}} || NA
|-
| '''1978''' || '''[[Wire (band)|Wire]]''' || '''[[Chairs Missing]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|England}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''1979''' || '''[[The Clash]]''' || '''[[London Calling]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|England}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 1980 || [[Talking Heads]] || [[Remain in Light]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1981 || [[This Heat]] || [[Deceit (album)|Deceit]] || {{flagcountry|England}} || 9.0
|-
| 1982 || [[Michael Jackson]] || [[Thriller (album)|Thriller]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || 7.2
|-
| '''1983''' || '''[[R.E.M.]]''' || '''[[Murmur (album)|Murmur]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 1984 || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] & [[The Revolution (band)|The Revolution]] || [[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1985 || [[Tom Waits]] || [[Rain Dogs]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1986 || [[The Smiths]] || [[The Queen Is Dead]] || {{flagcountry|England}} || NA
|-
| '''1987''' || '''[[Sonic Youth]]''' || '''[[Daydream Nation]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 1988 || [[Pixies]] || [[Surfer Rosa]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| '''1989''' || '''[[Beastie Boys]]''' || '''[[Paul's Boutique]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 1990 || [[Public Enemy (group)|Public Enemy]] || [[Fear of a Black Planet]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| 1991 || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || [[Loveless (album)|Loveless]] || {{flagcountry|Ireland}} || NA
|-
| '''1992''' || '''[[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]''' || '''[[Slanted and Enchanted]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 1993 || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || [[In Utero]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || NA
|-
| '''1994''' || '''[[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]''' || '''[[Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''1995''' || '''[[Radiohead]]''' || '''[[The Bends]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|England}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''1996''' || '''[[DJ Shadow]]''' || '''[[Endtroducing.....]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''1997''' || '''[[Radiohead]]''' || '''[[OK Computer]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|England}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''1998''' || '''[[Neutral Milk Hotel]]''' || '''[[In the Aeroplane over the Sea]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''1999''' || '''[[The Flaming Lips]]''' || '''[[The Soft Bulletin]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| '''2000''' || '''[[Radiohead]]''' || '''[[Kid A]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|England}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 2001 || [[Daft Punk]] || [[Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery]] || {{flagcountry|France}} || 6.4
|-
| '''2002''' || '''[[Wilco]]''' || '''[[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]]''' || '''{{flagcountry|United States}}''' || '''10.0'''
|-
| 2003 || [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] || [[Fever to Tell]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || 7.4
|-
| 2004 || [[Arcade Fire]] || [[Funeral (album)|Funeral]] || {{flagcountry|Canada}} || 9.7
|-
| 2005 || [[Sufjan Stevens]] || [[Illinois (album)|Illinois]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || 9.2
|-
| 2006 || [[The Knife]] || [[Silent Shout]] || {{flagcountry|Sweden}} || 8.6
|-
|-
| 2007 || [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] || [[Person Pitch]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || 9.4
| 2007 || [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] || [[Person Pitch]] || {{flagcountry|United States}} || 9.4

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Decade List Songs of the Year

Year Artist Song Country of Origin Source
1960 Ray Charles Georgia On My Mind  United States [2]
1961 Etta James At Last  United States [3]
1962 Roy Orbison Crying  United States [4]
1963 The Ronettes Be My Baby  United States [5]
1964 Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come  United States [6]
1965 Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone  United States [7]
1966 The Beach Boys God Only Knows  United States [8]
1967 The Beatles A Day In The Life  England [9]
1968 Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom Prison)  United States [10]
1969 The Jackson 5 I Want You Back  United States [11]
1990 Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence  England [12]
1991 My Bloody Valentine Only Shallow  Ireland [13]
1992 Dr. Dre [ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg] Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang  United States [14]
1993 Wu-Tang Clan Protect Ya Neck  United States [15]
1994 Pavement Gold Soundz  United States [16]
1995 Pulp Common People  England [17]
1996 Belle & Sebastian The State I Am In  Scotland [18]
1997 Radiohead Paranoid Android  England [19]
1998 Neutral Milk Hotel Holland, 1945  United States [20]
1999 Aphex Twin Windowlicker  England [21]
2000 OutKast B.O.B  United States [22]
2001 Missy Elliott Get Ur Freak On  United States [23]
2002 LCD Soundsystem Losing My Edge  United States [24]
2003 Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z Crazy in Love  United States [25]
2004 Arcade Fire Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)  Canada [26]
2005 Gnarls Barkley Crazy  United States [27]
2006 Justin Timberlake My Love  United States [28]
2007 LCD Soundsystem All My Friends  United States [29]
2008 Hercules and Love Affair Blind  England [30]
2009 Animal Collective My Girls  United States [31]

Pitchfork Albums of the Decade

Bold indicates that the album got a 'perfect' score (10.0).

# Artist Album Country of Origin Rating
1970's David Bowie Low  England NA
1980's Sonic Youth Daydream Nation  United States 10.0
1990's Radiohead OK Computer  England 10.0
2000's Radiohead Kid A  England 10.0

Pitchfork Songs of the Decade

# Artist Song Country of Origin
1960's The Beach Boys God Only Knows  United States
1990's Pavement Gold Soundz  United States
2000's OutKast B.O.B.  United States

See also

References

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