{"id":8371,"date":"2022-05-11T23:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?p=8371"},"modified":"2022-05-11T23:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T23:07:31","slug":"album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TOPIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this assignment, you will write a critical review of an album by the artist of your choice. Try to pick a new album (from the last several years) from an artist that you are already familiar with, as any existing knowledge will give you perspective when you start criticizing the newer work. The ultimate point of this assignment is for you to give your critical opinion of an album \u2013 after all, reviews are for interested, would-be listeners, curious about this new work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LENGTH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minimum word count for your review is 300 words, typed and double-spaced. ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE TYPED IN BLACK, REGULAR FONT, DOUBLE-SPACED, AND SUBMITTED BY PDF OR DOC VIA THE BLACKBOARD PORTAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STEPS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I suggest dividing up your review into the following outline, but feel free to deviate as needed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Section One:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>contextualize the artist\/genre<\/li><li>give historical information about the artist\u2019s previous work and \u201cplace\u201d in the music industry (do they belong to a musical movement or sub-genre? are they influential on other artists? are they known for anything in particular? what, if any, were their previous hits or best songs?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sections Two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>introduce new album (work your way from the general to the specific)<\/li><li>pros and cons of the album (what works for you; what doesn\u2019t? \u2013 give specific examples and make reference to individual songs here, even lyrics and musical elements like melody, harmony, texture, instrumentation, production, etc.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Paragraph:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>in light of everything you have written up to this point, what are your conclusions?<\/li><li>give your big picture critique here \u2013 what does this record mean for the artist and their career; what does it mean for fans and listeners<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPIC In this assignment, you will write a critical review of an album by the artist of your choice. Try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Album Review - Highclasswriters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Album Review - Highclasswriters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TOPIC In this assignment, you will write a critical review of an album by the artist of your choice. Try [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Highclasswriters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-11T23:07:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-11T23:07:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/\",\"name\":\"Album Review - Highclasswriters\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-11T23:07:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-11T23:07:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Album Review\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Highclasswriters\",\"description\":\"Essay Writing Service\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Album Review - Highclasswriters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Album Review - Highclasswriters","og_description":"TOPIC In this assignment, you will write a critical review of an album by the artist of your choice. Try [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/","og_site_name":"Highclasswriters","article_published_time":"2022-05-11T23:07:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-11T23:07:31+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/","url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/","name":"Album Review - Highclasswriters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-05-11T23:07:30+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-11T23:07:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/album-review\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Album Review"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/","name":"Highclasswriters","description":"Essay Writing Service","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06412d8249aafcb0c75ea9958c98aaae","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccb26aea1053c4c33c76cde1eee45f1ec58485d03e72c412d111c386e42174?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8372,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions\/8372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highclasswriters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}