I analyse music reviews from the publications Rolling Stone, The BBC, and The Vulture. When looking at language the points i have looked at are tone, register, formal/informal, factual, emotive, technical language, sentence structure, bias, persuasive, first or third person, slang used, quotes and language features.
Rolling Stone
This review is quite formal. The structure of the sentences show this with them being quite long, The use of commas is used loads. This makes the long sentences. There is loads of technical language used in this article. The article quotes the song to give a feel for the album. Another way he has shown who the album is aimed at is the last sentence, "It's a mirror-ball party for all the lonely people". There is some factual information on the album, However he is quite emotive with the language used. An example of this is "Arcade Fire are the most important band of the last decade". He uses alliteration in the review, " A sleek, surging track that seamlessly integrates" This is used for emphasis.
The BBC
This article is quite formal as well. This is on the BBC so they try to please everyone. This is shown when it shows both parts of the argument. It picks out songs which he likes then it pulls apart the album which he then criticise. He quotes other people on the album and what their opinion is on the album. There is loads of technical language used throughout the article. This gives the impression the audience will have a good knowledge of music. The sentence structure is very long, i would say too long. This is because a paragraph in this article is only one sentence. This is done in Third person.
The Vulture
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