The Adjectives of Rock: A Handy Guide for the Aspiring Critic

As anyone who's read their fair share of rock criticism knows, there are specific words that get used on a suspiciously regular basis to describe music , many of which don't get much use outside of the world of rock criticism. After years of noticing, and about two weeks of compiling these words from various reviews and from memory, I present this alphabetical list to you, the aspiring rock critic, free of charge. Feel free to add any missing adjectives to this list as it’s being made.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Part 7: Four Years of Adjectives aka THE END

81. Pastoral
82. Plaintive
83. Poignant
84. Pounding
85. Precious
86. Quirky
87. Rapid-Fire
88. Raucous
89. Raw
90. Rebellious
91. Refined
92. Reflective
93. Relentless
94. Restrained
95. Reverent
96. Ringing
97. Rolicking
98. Rousing
99. Rowdy
100. Searching
101. Screaming
102. Sentimental
103. Skittery
104. Sleazy
105. Slicing
106. Slippery
107. Soaring
108. Soothing
109. Spacey
110. Sprawling
111. Snappy
112. Stripped-Down
113. Sugary
114. Swaggering
115. Tense
116. Theatrical
117. Thundering
118. Tight
119. Trippy
120. Uncompromising
121. Upbeat
122. Urgent
123. Volatile
124. Warbling
125. Weary
126. Whining
127. Winding
128. Wintry
129. Wistfull
130. Woozy
131. Wry
132. Yearning

133. Zippy
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