Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources

The following list consists of recommended sources for expanding articles that primarily or exclusively cover musical topics. This list is merely a collection of suggestions, and other good sources may exist. Many of these sources include reviews or links to reviews that can be used to source critical reception sections in album articles, and to add ratings to the {{Album ratings}} template. This list is not exhaustive: Additional websites and print sources may also be used, provided they meet the criteria at Wikipedia:Reliable sources and WP:MOSALBUM#Critical 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.

Note: While help in expanding this list is quite welcome, please be cautious adding in items to the list before discussing it first on the talk page. Take a look into the project archives for examples of how it has been done in the past. For example here, here, or here.

Reliable sources

General

These sources are generally considered reliable for use in music-related topic on Wikipedia. Check the far right column for past discussions on the source, and to see if there are any limitations or warnings on a source's particular use. Please note that the list is largely limited to music-centric sources, but that well-established general sources (i.e. The New York Times, ABC News Radio, or The Atlantic) would generally be considered reliable as well, however there are too many in existence to list them all here.

Publication	Primary focus	Rating system	Country	Website/Archives	Discussions/Limitations
About.com	All genres	5-star scale:	US	Website	2014 Discussion - Only cite authors approved here.
AbsolutePunk	Rock, alternative, indie	Percentage scale: 93%	US	Website	Only use staff reviews.
AllHipHop	Hip hop	10-point scale: 7/10	US	Website	2008 Discussion
AllMusic	All genres	5-star scale:	US	Website	2015 Discussion 2017 Discussion - Biography/reviews prose are reliable, but do not use genre sidebar, as it is generated from a separate source from the prose.
Alternative Addiction	Rock, independent	5-star scale:	US	Website
Alternative Press	Rock	5-star scale:	US	Website, Archives	2012 Discussion
AltSounds	Rock, independent	10-point scale: 7.6/10	International	Website
American Songwriter	Singer-songwriter	5-star scale:	US	Website
American Theatre	Theater	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
The A.V. Club	Popular music	Letter grade: B +/–	US	Website	2009 Discussion
Bach	Baroque, Bach compositions	Not applicable	US	Website, Archives, JSTOR access
BBC Music	All genres	No formal scale	UK	Website	Do not use mirrors of Wikipedia
BBC Music Magazine	Classical, jazz, world	5-star scale:	UK	Website, Archives
Blabbermouth.net	Hard rock, heavy metal	10-point scale: 7.5/10	US	Website	Exercise caution with any controversial claims, especially for BLP statements, though reviews are acceptable for use in all articles.
Big Cheese	Rock, alternative, punk	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website
Billboard	Popular music	Older (between the early 1970s and mid 2000s): various categories such as "Spotlight", "Recommended", "Pick", "Four Star", "Critics' Choice" and "Vital Reissue", as defined in the reviews key Newer: 5-star scale: , scores out of 100 before 2014	US	Website, Magazine archives, Scanned archives.
Blender	Popular music	5-star scale:	US	Website Archives
Bluegrass Unlimited	Bluegrass, old-time	No formal scale	US	Website
Blurt	Popular music	5-star scale:	US	Website
The Boombox	Hip hop, R&B	No formal scale	US	Website
The Boston Globe	Popular music	No formal scale	US	Website
Canoe.com	All genres	5-star scale:	Canada	Website	Portal for Sun Media newspapers in Canada
CCM Magazine	Christian – CCM, gospel, rock, heavy metal, hip hop, urban	5-star scale: , older reviews letter grade: B +/–	US	Website, Achives
Chart/ChartAttack	Rock, alternative, indie, some pop and hip hop	No formal rating system	Canada	Website
Country Weekly	Country	Letter grade B +/– reviews from 2003 to 2012 use a 5-star scale , no formal scale before then. Some online archives of reviews omit the rating designation.	US	countryweekly.com	[8]
Chronicles of Chaos	Metal, rock	Ten-point scale: 7.5/10	Canada/International	Website
Czech Music Quarterly	Classical, particularly Czech classical	No formal rating system	Czech Republic	Website, Archives and Magazine archives
Robert Christgau	Rock, popular music	{{Rating-Christgau}}: C+, or	US	Website	Note: Christgau's articles appear in numerous publications
Christianity Today	Christian – all genres	5-star scale:	US	Website, Archives
Clash	Popular music	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website, Archives
Classical Music	Classical	Not applicable	UK	Website, Archives
Classical Net	Classical	No formal scale	US	Website
Classical Recordings Quarterly	Classical	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
Classic Rock	Rock	10-point scale: 7/10, although the magazine's website omits the review score	UK	Website	2016 Discussion
CMJ	Popular music	No formal scale	US	Website
Cokemachineglow.com	Pop	No formal scale	Unknown	Website
Complex	Hip hop, R&B, pop, electronic, rock	5-star scale: no formal scale before 2014	US	Website
Consequence of Sound	Popular music	Letter grade: B +/–	US	Website
Country Standard Time	Country	No formal scale	US	Website	2013 Discussion Originally a print magazine from 1995-2009 as well.
Crawdaddy!	Rock	No formal scale	US	Website
Dark City	Heavy metal, Gothic music		Russia	Website, Archives	In Russian.
Diapason	Classical, hi-fi recording		France	Website
Decibel	Heavy metal	10-star scale:	US	Website, Archives	2015 Discussion
DJ Mag	EDM		UK	Website	2017 Discussion
Down Beat	Jazz, blues, R&B	5-star scale: , online reviews have no formal scale	US	Website
Drowned in Sound	Rock, independent	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website	Only use staff reviews
Dummy	Electronic music	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website
Early Music	Early music	Not applicable	UK	Website, JSTOR access
Early Music Today	Early music	Not applicable	UK	Website, Archives
Entertainment Weekly	All genres	Letter grade: B +/–	US	Website
Exclaim!	All genres	10-point scale: 7/10 or no formal scale	Canada	Website
ExploreMusic	All genres	No formal rating system	Canada	Website
Fact	Popular music	5-disc scale, 3.5/5	UK	Website
The Fader	Popular music, folk, experimental	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
Filter	Popular music	100-percent scale: 75%	US	Website, Magazine archives
The Fly	Popular music	5-star scale:	UK	Website, Archives
General Music Today	All genres, classical focus	Not applicable	US	Website, Archives
The Gleaner	Jamaican		Jamaica	Website
Goldmine	All genres	5-star scale: ; or letter-grade scale for reviews posted on staff blogs	US	Website
Gramophone	Classical	No formal scale	UK	Website, Archives
Le Guide musical	Classical	No formal scale	France and Belgium	WorldCat listing WorldCat listing	French language publication that ran from 1855 until World War I
Harp	Adult album alternative		UK	Website	2014 Discussion
The Hindu	Indian – all genres	No formal scale	India	Website
Hip Hop Connection	Hip hop	5-point scale: 4/5	UK
HipHopDX	Hip hop	5-star scale: (Converted from X's)	US	Website
HM	Christian – rock, heavy metal	5-star scale: , some older reviews 10-point scale or no formal scale	US	Website, Archives
The Huffington Post	Popular music	No formal rating scale	US	Website
Idolator	Popular music	10-star scale:	US	Website
The Independent	All genres	5-star scale:	UK	Website
InRock	Popular music, primarily rock music		Russia	Website, Archives	In Russian, with option for an English main page.
Les Inrockuptibles	Rock, indie		France	Website, Archives	French language
The Jamaica Observer	Jamaican		Jamaica	Website
Jazz Hot	Jazz		French	Website, Archives	In French.
Jazzed Magazine	Jazz	Not applicable		Website, Magazine archives
Jazz Journal	Jazz	5-star scale:	UK	Website
Jazz Magazine	Jazz		France	Website, Magazine archives	French language.
Jazzman	Jazz		France	Website, Archives	Defunct since 2009. French language.
JazzTimes	Jazz	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
Jesus Freak Hideout	Christian - popular music	5-star scale:	US	Website	Avoid user reviews (distinguished as yellow stars instead of red)
Juice	Rock, heavy metal, surf and skate music	No formal scale	US	Website
Kerrang!	Rock, heavy metal	5-"K" scale, 4/5	UK	Website	2009 Discussion
Kludge	Popular music, independent	10-point scale: 7/10	US	Website
Krugozor	Classical music, popular music		Soviet Union	Website, Archives	Defunct. In Russian.
Latin Beat Magazine	Latin	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives	Multi-language source
Limelight	Classical, jazz, pop	5-star scale:	Australia	Website, Archives
The Line of Best Fit	Popular music	10-star scale:	UK	Website
Living Blues	Blues	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
Lost At Sea	All genres	10-point scale: 7.5/10	US	Website
Loud and Quiet	Popular music	10-point scale: 7/10 or no formal scale	UK	Website, Archives
Loudwire	Rock, heavy metal	5-star scale:	US	Website	2014 Discussion
Magic	Popular music		France	Website, Archives	French language. Many back issue are out of stock.
Magnet	Rock	10-star scale:	US	Website, Archives
Melodic	Rock, independent	5-star scale:	International	Website
Le Ménestrel	Classical	No formal scale	France	Archives	French language publication that ran from 1833 until World War II
Metal Forces	Heavy metal	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website Reviews archives
Metal Hammer	Heavy metal	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website, Archives	2009 Discussion. Includes Team Rock
Metal Storm	Heavy metal	10-point scale: 7.6/10.0 or no formal scale	Estonia	Website	2011 Discussion - Only staff review from 2009 onward are usable, don't use guest reviews recognizable by a tag, which fail WP:USERG
MetalSucks	Heavy metal	5-point scale:	US	Website	2015 Discussion. Generally reliable, but don't use overly satirical work, like this.
Mixmag	EDM, Synthpop	5-"headphones" scale	UK	Website, Archives
Mojo	Rock, popular music	5-star scale (from 2003 onwards):	UK	Website, Archives	2009 Discussion
MTV	Popular music	No formal rating system	US	Website
Musical Opinion	Classical music	No formal scale	UK	Website
The Musical Quarterly	All genres, classical focus	Not applicable	US	Website, JSTOR access
Musical Theatre Magazine	Theater		US	Website
The Musical Times	Classical	Not applicable	UK	JSTOR access
MusicMight	Rock	Not applicable	NZ	Website and Website	Only use content attributed to Garry Sharpe-Young (user Taniwha)
MusicOMH	All genres	5-star scale: or no formal scale	UK	Website	2009 Discussion
Music Times	Popular music	No formal rating system	US	Website	2016 Discussion
NH7	Indian - Indie, alternative	Letter grade	India	Website
NME	Rock, popular music	Until September 2015: 10-point scale: 7/10 From October 2015 to September 2016: 5-point scale: 4/5 From October 2016: 5-star scale:	UK	Website, Archives
No Ripcord	Popular music	10-point scale: 7.5/10	UK	Website
Noisecreep	Hard rock, heavy metal	No formal rating system	US	Website
Nothing but Hope and Passion	Popular music	No formal scale	Germany	Website
Now	All genres	5-"N" scale, 4/5	Canada	Website, Archives
NPR Music	All genres	No formal scale	US	Website
Opera	Opera	No formal scale	UK	Website, Archives
Opera Canada	Opera		Canada	Website, Archives
Opera News	Opera	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
Opera Now	Opera	No formal scale	UK	Website, Archives
Orchestra	Orchestral music, theater music	No formal scale	Serbia	Website, Archives
Organ	Popular music, especially independent, alternative, and underground music	No formal scale	UK	Website Website (no longer updated)
Paste	Rock	10-point scale: 7.6/10	US	Website, Archives
Perfect Sound Forever	Alternative, electronic and experimental music	No formal scale, reviews are only included in overviews of musicians careers	United States	Website	Discussion
Pianist	Classical, piano music	5-point written scale (4 stars) or no formal scale	UK	Website, Website, Archives
Pitchfork	Popular music, independent	10-point scale: 7.6/10.0	US	Website
Playlouder	Popular music, independent	5-point scale:	UK	Reviews archive
PopMatters	Popular music	Older: 10-point scale: 7/10 From May 2015: 10-star scale:	International	Website	No formal rating for reviews published before 2005
Punk	Punk		US	Website, Archives
Punknews.org	Punk, heavy metal, independent	5-star scale:	US	Website	Use staff reviews only, recognizable by a tag
Q	Popular music	5-star scale:	UK	Website	2009 Discussion
The Quietus	Popular music	No formal scale	UK	Website
RapReviews.com	Hip hop	10 point scale: 6/10	US	Website
Rap-Up	Urban, popular music	No formal scale	US	Website
Record Collector	All genres	Older: no formal scale, then 4-star scale: Newer: 5-star scale:	UK	Website, Archives
Reggae Report	Reggae, Caribbean, African, hip hop	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives
Renowned for Sound	All genres	5-star scale: or no formal scale	International	Website
Resident Advisor	Electronic	5 point scale: 3/5	Global	Website
Rock & Folk	Rock music		France	Website, Archives	French language
Rock Hard	Heavy metal	10-point scale: 7.5/10	Germany	Website, Magazine archives	German language
Rock Sound	Rock	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website, Archives	2009 Discussion
Rock Street Journal	Indian - rock	Letter grade	India	Website
Rolling Stone	Rock, popular music	5-star scale:	US	Website, Archives
Respect.	Hip hop	No formal rating scale	US	Website
Revolver	Heavy metal	5-point scale: 3/5	US	Website, Archives
Roots Archives	Jamaican and Reggae	Not applicable		Website	A discography database
Roughstock	Country	No formal scale	US	Website
SB&O	Band and orchestral music	No formal scale	US	Website, Archives (subscription required)
Select	Popular music	5-point scale: 4/5	UK
The Skinny	All genres	5-star scale:	UK	Website, Archives
Slant Magazine	Popular music	5-star scale:	US	Website
Sonic Seducer	Dark culture	10-point scale or no formal scale	Germany	Website, Archives, archive.org Reviews archive	German language.
The Source	Hip hop	5-"microphone" scale	US	Website
Spin	Rock, hip hop, alternative	10-point scale: 7/10	US	Website, Archives	2009 Discussion
Spinner	Rock	No formal rating system	US	Website
Sputnikmusic	All genres	5-point scale: 3.5/5	US	Website	2017 Discussion - Use staff and emeritus reviews only, recognizable by tag
Sruti	Indian	No formal scale	India	Website
Stylus Magazine	Popular music	Letter grade: B +/-	US	Website
Symphony	Classical music, orchestral music	No formal scale	US	Website, Archive
Taste of Country	Country	5-star scale ; some old reviews use 10-point scale (7.5/10)	US	Website
This Is Fake DIY	Popular music, indie	10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website Archives
Thrash Hits	Heavy metal	6-point scale: 4.5/5	US	Website	2015 Discussion
Triple J	Popular music	No formal scale	Australia	Website
Ultimate Guitar Archive	Rock, heavy metal	10-point scale: 7/10	International	Website	Only cite articles written by "UG Team" or any members within its group.
Uncut	Popular music	Older: 5-star scale: From April 2012: 10-point scale: 7/10	UK	Website
Under the Radar	Indie	10-star scale:	US	Website, Archives
URB	Electronic, urban	No formal scale	UK	Website
VH1	Popular music	No formal rating system	US	Website
Vibe	R&B, hip hop	5-star scale:	US	Website	2009 Discussion
The Wire	Avant-garde, modern classical, jazz, hip hop, electronic	No formal scale	UK	Website
Welsh Music History	Welsh music	Not applicable	UK	Archives
Wondering Sound	All genres	5-star rating:	US	Website	Reviews before 2014 are unrated.
XXL	Hip hop	System based on clothing sizes; scale of small ("S") to extra-extra large ("XXL")	US	Website
Yearbook for Traditional Music	Traditional, traditional dance	Not applicable	UK	Website, JSTOR access

Aggregates

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. {{Album ratings}} has a |MC= parameter that can be used to display the 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:

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	46/100
Review scores
Source	Rating

The Devil's Rain received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 46 out of 100, which indicates "mixed or average reviews" based on 11 reviews.

Music charts

For information on what charts to use or avoid, see WP:GOODCHARTS and WP:BADCHARTS

Instrument-specific

Note that these publications may not only include information pertinent the instrument or instruments to which they are dedicated, but also news coverage and reviews of performances and recordings featuring those instruments.

Publication	Instrument	Country	Website/Archives	Discussions/Limitations
Acoustic Guitar	Acoustic guitar	US	Website, Archives
Bass Guitar	Bass guitar	UK	Website, Archives
Bass Player	Bass guitar	US	Website, Archives
Bass Quarterly	Bass guitar	Germany	Website, Archives
The Clarinet Journal	Clarinet	US	Website, Archives
Clarinet & Saxophone	Clarinet and saxophone	UK	Website
Clavier Companion	Piano and keyboard	US	Website, Archives
Choir & Organ	Voice, organ	UK	Website, Archives
CSO Sounds & Stories	Orchestra	US	Website, Archives
The Diapason	Organ	US	Website, Archives
DRUM! Magazine	Drum kit	US	Website, Archives
Electronic Musician	Synthesizer, production equipment	US	Website, Archives
Flute Talk	Flute	US	Website, Archives
The Flute View	Flute	US	Website, Archives
The Flutist Quarterly	Flute	US	Website, Archives
Guitarist	Guitar	UK	Website, Archives
Guitar Player	Guitar	US	Website, Archives
Guitar World	Guitar	US	Website, Archives
International Piano	Piano	UK	Website, Archives
Journal of the American Viola Society	Viola	US	Website, Archives
Keyboard	Keyboard	US	Website, Archives
Modern Drummer	Drum kit	US	Website, Archives
The Organ	Pipe organ	UK	Website, Archives
Pan	Flute	UK	Website
Recording	Audio and recording equipment	US	Website
Saxophone Life	Saxophone	UK	Website
Saxophone Today	Saxophone	US	Website, Archives
Sound on Sound	Production and recording equipment	UK	Website, Archives
The Strad	String	UK	Website, Archives
Strings and Teen Strings	String	US	Website, Archives, Archives
Tape Op	Production and recording equipment	US	Website, Archives
Vintage Synth Explorer	Synthesizer	US	Website

Other sources

• Newspapers, periodicals, journals, and other online and print media publications often include coverage of music and its performers, and recordings. They can be excellent sources.

• A physical album's liner notes are generally a good place to find writing and production credits for a personnel section. Some records are also released with additional writing that may be helpful with an article's recording and/or composing section. The album notes can be properly sourced with the {{Cite album-notes}} template.

• As long as the information being contributed is not overly promotional, unduly self-serving or biased, the artist or record label's website may be acceptable sources. These sites often provide detailed information about an artist's discography. However, since many band websites are recreated entirely upon the release of a new studio album, URL's or information may be moved or deleted, and articles are left with the phenomenon known as link rot. To avoid this, try to find a different source with the same information, or web archive of the original source. For assistance with web archiving, see Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine.

• Statements given in interviews with an artist, producer, or any other music personnel are reliable for statements about the person themselves and the work they are involved in, such as their band, compositions, etc. However, they are not reliable for statements about other living persons. Any statements about another person should be supported by the individual in question or else a reliable source.

• If the artist in question was subject to any form of recorded audio or video in the possible form of a television documentary or an informational DVD/VHS, this may be an acceptable source of information. To cite information from a source like this, use either {{cite video}} or {{cite episode}}, whichever is most applicable.

• If an artist or recording act has existed for a significant period of time and/or has made a great impact on their scene or music in general, it's likely that someone has written a book on the topic. An easy way to search through books is with a quick Google Books search. Google Books will provide links of several possible locations to obtain a copy, and will sometimes provide select passages of the book for previewing. To cite a book as a source, use the {{cite books}} template.

Non-English sources

For more, see Wikipedia:Verifiability#Non-English sources

English-language sources are preferred, as this is an English-language encyclopedia and languages other than English are not understood by a large number of readers. However, if few sources exist, those in languages other than English may be included, especially if the language is especially relevant to the subject in question. Sources in any language must meet the above guidelines, including Wikipedia:Reliable sources and WP:ALBUMS#Reception.

Christian music

For sources pertaining primarily or specifically to Christian music of all genres, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music/Sources.

Korean music and k-pop

For sources that deal with South Korean culture, including k-pop and other forms of Korean music, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/Reliable sources.

Latin music

For sources that focuses on Latin music and its subgenres, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin music/Resources.

Unreliable sources

There are a number of types of sources to generally avoid using on Wikipedia. Some examples include:

• Per WP:USERG - websites with user-generated content should never be used as sources since they have little or no editorial oversight. This may include other general wiki-style sites such as Wikia, and product-related sites such as 45cat.com, Discogs, Rate Your Music or Last.fm. It is also important to be cautious of websites that publish user-submitted album reviews. For sites such as AbsolutePunk, Sputnikmusic, and Jesus Freak Hideout, be sure to select only the staff-written reviews.

• Self-published sources are generally unacceptable as references on Wikipedia. An artist's social networking site, such as Facebook or Twitter, in addition to personal blogs and forum posts, should largely be avoided. If the information being added from one of these websites is truly notable enough for inclusion, a publication will likely report about it.

• Online retailers such as iTunes and Amazon.com should also be avoided. It can be seen as inappropriate to directly link to a site where one can purchase the subject in question. Wikipedia's role should not be used to advance the sale of an album. Generally speaking, all of the information found on online retailers can be found at a number of other sites. Track listings, release dates, record label, album covers and track lengths can all be found at AllMusic. The content and reviews found on online retailers may also be biased in that these sources want you to buy their product.

• AllMusic's genre sidebar should be avoided. Previous discussions at WP:ALBUMS and RSN have evinced that they can be incongruous with the reviewer's prose, which should take precedent over the sidebar (e.g. AllMusic's sidebar classifies Rhythm Killers as "reggae", while the reviewer observes "no reggae in sight"; likewise, AllMusic's sidebar says that Staind includes the post-grunge genre while the reviewer says that the band "no longer sound like post-grungers...").

General

Website	Discussion	Note
45cat.com	2017 discussion	Info is user-submitted/uploaded and fails WP:USERG.
Amazon.com	2008 discussion	Amazon's reviews are all user-generated, failing WP:USERG. Retailers in general often have placeholder info or release dates prior to release.
Audiopinions.net	2011 discussion	Self-published Wordpress blog.
Bnrmetal.com	-	-
Daily Mail	2017 discussion	Per linked discussion, a general, Wikipedia-wide discussion was held, and it was found unreliable to be used in any content areas.
Dead Press	2011 discussion	Incidents of malware and spamming, lack of credentials in writers.
Discogs	2017 discussion	Info is user-submitted/uploaded and fails WP:USERG. Album jackets should be sourced directly using the cite AV media template.
DJBooth	2010 discussion	No editorial oversight.
Encyclopaedia Metallum (metal-archives.com)	2015 discussion	Much of the content is user-generated, editorial review is limited. Fails WP:USERG and WP:RS.
Epinions	2006 discussion	WP:USERG, no editorial oversight.
Firestream.net	-	-
Grande-rock.com/	2012 discussion	Self-published website, no writer credentials.
Josepvinaixa.com/	-	Blogger, also called "Ultimate Music"
Themetalcritic.com/	-	-
Metalmusicarchives.com	2011 discussion	Fails WP:USERG.
Metal-observer.com	2009 discussion	Staff/writers lack professional credentials.
Metalwani.com	-	-
MetroLyrics	2016 discussion, 2016 discussion (2) 2017 discussion	Songwriter credits are unreliable; only lyrics that are "locked" (unable to be edited by users) are acceptable as long as the credits are correct (see also WP:SONG#LYRICS)
MusicMight	2016 discussion	Any content not attributed to Garry Sharpe-Young (user Taniwha) is unreliable
The Needle Drop	2014 discussion, 2017 discussion, 2017 discussion (2)	Reviews by Anthony Fantano are self-published. However, Fantano is reliable if his review was published by a third party.
Perez Hilton	-	Gossip blogger
Piero Scaruffi	2014 discussion	Non-professional, self-published content. Even his books were self-published, and are thus unreliable.
PopCrush	2012 discussion	Editors did not find evidence of editorial oversight or writer credentials
Prog Archives	2011 discussion	Non-professional review website, fails WP:USERG
PropertyOfZack.com	2012 discussion	Relatively new without much in the way of reputation or credentials as of time of review.
Punknews.org	-	Non-staff reviews
Rate Your Music	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums/Archive 33#Rate Your Music	-
RockOnTheNet	Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 141#rock on the net	-
Seaoftranquility.org	-	-
Sputnikmusic	-	User/contributer reviews are unreliable
Soundofmetal.se	-	-
Thetunemusic.com	-	-
Ultimate Guitar Archive	Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums/Archive 47#Ultimate Guitar, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums#Ultimate_Guitar	Articles that aren't written by "UG Team" (or any of the team's members) are unreliable.
UnderTheGunReview.net	Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 165#Is 'Under The Gun Review' reliable?
WhoSampled	Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_120#whosampled.com	Fails WP:USERG

Reviews and ratings which only summarize other reviews and ratings should not be included either:

• Artistdirect's reviews from AllMusic

About.com

The reliability of About.com is debated. Some writers have expertise in music criticism, some do not. Please consult the Table of critics to see if a particular writer is reliable. Do not cite critics that are marked as "No" in the discussion.

See also

• Wikipedia:Advanced source searching
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Article body
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Offline sources – an essay in support of print media as sources on Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Shared Resources#Music – list of reliable offline music sources offered by WikiProject Resource Exchange