Musicmic, I would never accuse you of fawning sycophancy in your reviews.
Bribery, corruption....now that's a different kettle of fish!!
You can get your steak dinner and bottle of wine next time I'm in Brittingham's.*G*
Truthfully, it is nerve-racking for a musician to have a CD - or a performance - reviewed.
If the reviewer got out of the wrong side of the bed that morning.....you're screwed.
Only once in my life have I seen a reviewer go back and re-review something.
It was back in the early '70's when Kevin Kelly was the theater critic for the Boston Globe.
He slammed "Godspell" when it first came out in the Schubert Theater in Boston.
But his daughter (or niece) saw it, loved it, and persuaded him to go to one of the shows with her.
He went, and gave it a rave the next day.
Would that they all could do that.

Seamus