Just Step Sideways: The Benefits of Hindsight and How Reviews and the Music Industry Get it so Wrong
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How many times have you bought an album after several friends have excitedly recommended it to you? Or because you've read a legion of rave reviews... only to be massively disappointed on finally hearing this set that's been so hyped? Sometimes, you’ll suspect that it’s because nothing could actually live up to the level of expectation that's been built around it. Others, you will quite likely simply conclude that the world has gone mad, and that the CD (or record, if you're that
