Beats per Minute (website)
| Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM) | |
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One Thirty BPM's main page in January 2011. | |
| Web address | beatsperminute.com |
Type of site | Music webzine |
| Registration | No |
| Created by | Evan Kaloudis |
| Launched | October 5th, 2008 |
Alexa rank |
 494,280 (April 2014)[1] |
| Current status | On indefinite hiatus |
Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM) is a New York and Los Angeles-based online publication providing reviews, news, media, interviews, features, and more from both the independent and mainstream spheres of the music world. Beats Per Minute covers a wide variety of genres but specializes in rock, hip hop, and electronic music.[2] The site changed its name from One Thirty BPM to Beats Per Minute in January 2012.[3]
Founded in late 2008 as a five-man operation, Beats Per Minute has since expanded to a staff of over 50 contributors based in the U.S., U.K., New Zealand, Germany, Australia, and Sweden.[4]
Beats Per Minute is now a featured publication on Metacritic.[5]
Albums awarded a 100% score
Beats Per Minute awards both new releases and reissues on a 0-100% point scale.[6] Here are a list of releases that have been awarded the perfect 100% score.
On initial release:
On reissue and compilations:
- The Beatles - 1967-1970 (The Blue Album)[8]
- The Beatles - Abbey Road[9]
- The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)[10]
- The Beatles - Past Masters[11]
- The Beatles - Revolver[12]
- The Beatles - Rubber Soul[13]
- The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[14]
- David Bowie - Station to Station[15]
- The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street[16]
- The Smiths - The Sound of The Smiths[17]
- Weezer - Pinkerton[18]
References
- ↑ "Beatsperminute.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ↑ "BEHIND THE BLOG – ONE THIRTY BPM - The Recommender". The Recommender. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ "RIP One Thirty BPM…". Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ "From Busboy to Breakout Music Blogger". Fordham Observer. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ "Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM) Profile at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ↑ "About | Beats Per Minute". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-kanye-west-my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-the-beatles-1962-1966-red-1967-1970-blue-2010-remasters/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-abbey-road/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-the-beatles-white-album/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-past-masters/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-revolver/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-rubber-soul/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-david-bowie-%E2%80%93-station-to-station-2010-special-edition/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-the-rolling-stones-exile-on-main-st-2010-deluxe-edition/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/review-the-smiths-the-sound-of-the-smiths/
- ↑ http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/album-review-weezer-pinkerton-2010-deluxe-edition/