For whatever reasons a recording is made (commercial, historical, academic, personal), it is submitted for review in hopes of increasing sales. For all the reverence we give critics like Agee, Shaw and Kerr, independant recording projects need encouragement, not disection. A favorable review may not assure success but, like chicken soup, it couldn't hurt.
Of course, field recordings are judged by a laxer standard of sound fidelity and performence. Any folk music writer with an ounce of awareness treats John Lomax differently from Moe Asch.
The travails of the independant artist/producer are travailish enough without being denied an avenue of public praise and everyone enjoys recognition. If I can help people attain that recognition, hooray for me and hooray for you, too.