And if remember right the reviews had nothing to do with if the album was highlighted in red or not. There were polls do chose the best albums. But I might be wrong, it's loooong ago...
Yeah, I agree to that.
The point is that for example with children, if you have the same taste like he had, his remarks gave you a pretty good view if you might like the album or not. It's not only like that with children but also with other well-known names of reviews. It's still a bit like that with new reviews (and I'm far from bashing the new reviews, the new reviews also help me, just in a different way) but it's more about describing the tracks instead of stating your own taste.