Foreign reviews of 2013's biggest albums, lost in translation
Google translating album reviews is fun
- Arctic Monkeys, AM (Russian Rolling Stone): "Group Turner is similar to the guys in the bar, who boast of alcoholic records and really take a frisky start. But on the second day they arrive at the counter, crushed, and on the third go to the countryside "to dry" - not enough stayerskogo skills and personal originality to conduct interviews with the mothers of cyclic drunkard. Maybe it is because of the fact that the full impact drunken sexual music that are now playing Monkeys , you need to have behind a steep personal experience."
by Andrew Trendell | Photos by WENN.com
Music is a universal language. Music journalism is not. While sounds can cross borders and unite the globe in celebration and song, language barriers remain ever present.
Rolling Stone magazine is a huge presence in music media the world over, published in countless countries and languages. We've looked at international Rolling Stone reviews of some of 2013's biggest and best albums, and then put them through Google translate. The results are most entertaining.
While in their native tongue, these reviews were doubtlessly flawless articles, we can't help feel that much of their power is lost (and in many cases increased) through Google, as things become lost in translation. So, try and figure out what's going on here - with Arctic Monkeys sexual exploits, Robin Thicke's trousers and Arcade Fire's snot.
