Pitchfork do get it wrong from time to time. That is why we’ve just dedicated two full episodes to how often they, and music journalists as a whole, get it wrong. This week we’re discussion three albums that we think they it got it the most wrong with:

Futures by Jimmy Eat World Lateralus by Tool Wishville by The Catherine Wheel

With the exception of The Catherine Wheel, who broke up shortly after Wishville came out, and whose break up had nothing to do with how they were received in the press, both Tool’ and Jimmy Eat World’s careers were unfazed by their poor Pitchfork reviews.

Indeed, Pitchfork were very much the outlier when it came to these albums, both receiving much acclaim in pretty much every other big music publication.

The point of this deep dive into Pitchfork and music journalism in general is not ...