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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
Nominations should be based on Metacritic scores.
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Then this would be your AOTY line-up
96 Unto the Locust - Machine Head
96 Fully Qualified Survivor - Michael Chapman
94 Icky Mettle - Archers of Loaf
94 Quadrophenia [The Director's Cut] - The Who
93 Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M.
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and then all the ATRL girls would cry that there are no mainstream artists with success or hits or #1s, that it isn't fare.
The Grammys are INDUSTRY awards first and foremost. They are entitled to recognize what is being successful and has enough acclaim. Why is Metacritic the only way to measure critical success? I doubt most of the older Grammy voters know what a Metacritic is.