We're Testing Comments and Reader Scores on Album Reviews

Since Pitchfork started publishing album reviews nearly 30 years ago, two things have remained constant: no comments section, and no second opinion. That is about to change.

Coming in 2026, as Pitchfork celebrates its 30th anniversary, we’re finally planning to add a comments section to all of our album reviews. That’s over 30,000 pieces of music criticism on which you’ll be able to leave your own Pitchfork review for the very first time. We can’t wait for your takes to be on our website.

In addition to commenting, you will also have the opportunity to add your own score to an album review using Pitchfork’s rating system. This score will be shown next to your comment and will be aggregated with other readers to form a “reader score” alongside Pitchfork’s official score. One album review, our score, your score, followed by some comments.

We are currently beta testing these features with 500 readers to make sure that we build the best comments section and reader scoring system possible. After the beta test is complete, we’ll be back with more information and let you know exactly when this will be available.

We’ll leave it there for now. Thank you so much for reading our work, for engaging with and caring about music criticism, and for sharing your kind words with us through the years. We look forward to hearing from you soon.