I've bought CD's on the strength of reviews and recommendations. I even bought an LP based on Bob Zentz's recommendation, a few years ago, of an artist I'd never heard of named Dick Miles. He didn't steer me wrong. I do realize I review is just one person's opinion. Margaret and I once had the same recording of ours reviewed twice in the same magazine in two issues. One reviewer really liked it. One didn't. Unfortunately, I still recall the negative review comments ("ponderous" and "unremarkable") more than I do the positive one, but that's human nature.