Spleen, nothing wrong with negative comments if they are qualified and explained[ eg vocal mannerisms], The SKILL of a good critic, is to let people know what is on the cd, instrumentation songs etc, and to give an opinion which is then explained., and to write in an interesting manner, this does not mean that the critic has to be insulting.
This album is crap, is not good enough.
For example the review of my gig at Readifolk was just bad reviewing, because it told us nothing about the gig, compare it to the other reviews on the same news letter, which mention the songs sang etc etc