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As I said before, I'd like to see the album Define the Great Line by Underoath (which sold 98,000 copies in its first week and debuted on the Billboard 200 Chart at #2) added to the database.

Here are the professional reviews I can find (which I had to gather again since the original thread was deleted rather than moved):
 
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First off, I moved this from Downloadable and Streaming Tracks to the Rock thread, where it fits best, given that Underoath is a fairly hard rock-ish band.

Second point: posting your request to add a record on the Forums is not going to be an effective way to get the record added. The editors of the site may pop in from time to time, but they don't read every post. But, for the sake of argument, you should post this here under the existing thread for 2006 records that should be on Metacritic, but are not.

Third, and maybe most importantly, only three of the sources you cite are used by Metacritic: AP, AMG, and Drowned in SOund. The others aren't part of the publication list for music which you can find here. Unless other publications, from the Metacritic list, have reviewed the record, it may not have enough reviews from the list to qualify for a Metascore, despite the gold record status.
 
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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
First off, I moved this from Downloadable and Streaming Tracks to the Rock thread, where it fits best, given that Underoath is a fairly hard rock-ish band.

Second point: posting your request to add a record on the Forums is not going to be an effective way to get the record added. The editors of the site may pop in from time to time, but they don't read every post. But, for the sake of argument, you should post this here under the existing thread for 2006 records that should be on Metacritic, but are not.

Third, and maybe most importantly, only three of the sources you cite are used by Metacritic: AP, AMG, and Drowned in SOund. The others aren't part of the publication list for music which you can find here. Unless other publications, from the Metacritic list, have reviewed the record, it may not have enough reviews from the list to qualify for a Metascore, despite the gold record status.


Thanks for the info.
 
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Sure thing.

If you really want to make sure the Editors know about this record, there is a way to contact them directly here.
 
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