Reviewception

This is a blog entry comparing the review styles of an album review done by the online version of Rolling Stone magazine and a comic book review done by Amazon.com. Essentially my task is to do a review of two reviews comparing how they review and what conventions they use in their reviews. The two sites have very different styles which implements a variable that forces you to look at one review as more reliable than the other. Rolling Stone magazine has been reviewing all types of music since 1967 which, to me, makes them a lot more credible than Joshua Koppel from Chicago throwing in his two cents who has been a member since June. Despite the differences, there are a few similarities between each review. For example, both Rolling Stone and Amazon provide all of the essential information about the item you are reading about such as artist/author, publisher/producer, etc. Each review also provides a star rating for that simple quick check to see if it is even bother reading the review. A brief description about both items is given in each of the reviews, however, due to the more professionalism of Rolling Stone, their description goes into greater detail and provides a lot more background for that album. Rolling Stone is tailored to people who are really interested in the music that they listen to and want to know every last bit of information about. Their articles provide a great description of the style of the album comparing it to previous albums by the same artist as well as albums of similar artists. They use a fairly formal tone in their writing unlike Amazon which is always a case by case scenario for their writing style. All in all, I would definitely rely more on Rolling Stone for an album review, however, if you were just looking for a simple customer review, Amazon would be the place to go before thinking of purchasing a certain item.