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Welcome to arctic reviews, where our aim is simple – to publish intelligent, thought provoking record reviews of both new and classic album releases from the last 30 years.

We’ll grow the amount of material reviewed as quickly as possible but our emphasis is quality, not quantity. Our writers are writers, not musicians or publicists trying to blog their clients to the top. They’re also amateurs who share one goal – to bring you unbiased, totally honest opinions without fear of the consequences. Their careers don’t depend on being a sycophant. Our ratings system gives you the opportunity to decide whether you want to spend time investing part of your life on the artist concerned.

Finally, everyone’s opinion is welcome and arctic reviews is based on a democracy underpinned by the principles of free speech. We love your feedback whether you agree with our contributors or not but please try to remember they’re only expressing their subjectivity. Please save your vitriol for more deserving authority figures.

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TI'd Up

God bless the yewessovay! Angry Ape tells us that his single "Whatever You Like" has broken two records this week, the first for biggest weekly jump up the Billboard 100 from 71 to 1, but the interesting stat is that he's achieved that by selling 205,000 downloads. Say goodbye to those little silver discs people...

Posted By: Rich Pickings

Date posted: Thursday, 28 Aug 2008 - 08:29 PM | Comments( 0 )