Shortcut: WP:ALBUM/REVSIT

The following is a list of some websites with reviews or links to reviews that you can use in album infoboxes:

• Billboard
• Rolling Stone (5-star scale)
• PopMatters (no formal rating for reviews published before 2005; 10-point scale thereafter)
• Allmusic (5-star scale - do not indicate the "Album Pick" designation)
• ARTISTdirect (5-star scale, plus mirror reviews from Allmusic. If the review is a mirror, use the original instead.)
• Crawdaddy! (no formal scale)
• Blender Magazine (5-star scale)
• Entertainment Weekly (grades on an A, B, C, D, F scale)
• NME (10-point scale, at bottom of review)
• Pitchfork Media (10-point scale, precision to a tenth of a point)
• Alternative Press (5-point scale)
• Slant Magazine (5-star scale)
• Stylus Magazine (usually grades on an A, B, C, D, F scale)
• Sputnikmusic (staff reviews only, 5-point scale)
• Robert Christgau (grades on an A, B, C, D, F scale)
• Canoe.ca (portal for Sun Media newspapers in Canada)
• Punknews.org (staff reviews only, 5-star scale; staff reviews are marked with a tag)
• Exclaim! (no formal scale)
• Drowned in Sound (10-point scale)
• The A.V. Club (grades on an A, B, C, D, F scale)
• MusicOMH (5-star scale)
• Uncut (5-star scale)
• Mojo (5-star scale, few reviews available online, Disc of the Day Archive (unrated) can be used for older albums)
• Metal Hammer (10-point scale)
• Rock Sound (10-point scale)
• Vibe
• Spin (5-star scale)
• Kerrang! (5-star scale, do not use the Ks)
• Q (5-star scale, reviews unavailable online)
• Los Angeles Times (4-star scale)
• USA Today (4-star scale)
• Chicago Tribune (4-star scale)

Non-professional reviews

As a matter of policy, reviews from these review sources are not considered professional, and should not be included in album infoboxes:

• Amazon.com
• Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Epinions
• Rate Your Music
• Ultimate Guitar Archive
• www.metal-observer.com
• www.metalstorm.ee
• www.bnrmetal.com
• www.seaoftranquility.org
• soundofmetal.se
• www.thetunemusic.com
• Prog Archives
• Sputnikmusic's non-staff reviews
• Punknews.org's non-staff reviews

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

• Metacritic
• Artistdirect's reviews from Allmusic

Non-English reviews

As the number of reviews should be limited, and as languages other than English are not understood by a large number of readers, reviews in languages other than English should generally not be included unless the language is especially relevant to the album in question.