# Pitchfork API: Get album review

> Finds Pitchfork's newest review that matches an album title and artist, and returns the review's rating and details.

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- Page: https://fous.com/methods/pitchfork.com/get-album-review
- Method: `pitchfork.com/get_album_review`, version 1
- Website: pitchfork.com
- Returns: album, artist, score, best new music, reviewer, date, genres, label, year, summary, cover, link
- Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing)
- Sign-in: none needed
- Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free
- Verified: Nov 2, 2026

## Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `album` | string | yes | `"To Pimp a Butterfly"` | Album title, for example Blonde. |
| `artist` | string | yes | `"Kendrick Lamar"` | Recording artist, for example Frank Ocean. |

## Output

From a run on Oct 27, 2026. Its input:

```json
{
  "album": "To Pimp a Butterfly",
  "artist": "Kendrick Lamar"
}
```

Its output:

```json
{
  "album": "To Pimp a Butterfly",
  "score": 9.3,
  "artist": "Kendrick Lamar",
  "genres": [
    "Rap"
  ],
  "summary": "The dense and complex follow-up to Good Kid, M.A.A.D City is wry, theatrical, chaotic, ironic, and mournful, often all at once.",
  "reviewer": "Craig Jenkins",
  "review_date": "2015-03-19",
  "review_link": "https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20390-to-pimp-a-butterfly/",
  "record_label": "Top Dawg Entertainment / Aftermath / Interscope",
  "release_year": 2015,
  "best_new_music": true,
  "cover_image_link": "https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/6616994dee648e2629d84122/master/w_1024,c_limit/Kendrick-Lamar-To-Pimp-a-Butterfly.jpg"
}
```

## Run it

From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output:

```bash
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"method":"pitchfork.com/get_album_review","input":{"album":"To Pimp a Butterfly","artist":"Kendrick Lamar"}}'
```

From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`.

## Ask your agent

- What score did the album Blonde by Frank Ocean get in its latest review?
- Can you find the most recent review of Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar and tell me the rating?
- Did Pitchfork name Rumours by Fleetwood Mac Best New Music, and who reviewed it?
- Show me the review details for Currents by Tame Impala, including genres, label, and release year.
- I want a summary and the link to the newest write-up of To Pimp a Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar on pitchfork.com.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "album",
    "artist"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "album": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Album title, for example Blonde."
    },
    "artist": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Recording artist, for example Frank Ocean."
    }
  }
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "album",
    "artist",
    "score",
    "best_new_music",
    "reviewer",
    "review_date",
    "genres",
    "record_label",
    "release_year",
    "summary",
    "cover_image_link",
    "review_link"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "album": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "score": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Pitchfork score out of 10."
    },
    "artist": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "genres": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "summary": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "reviewer": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "review_date": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "format": "date"
    },
    "review_link": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "record_label": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "release_year": {
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "best_new_music": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "cover_image_link": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## See more

- [Pitchfork API: List latest album reviews](https://fous.com/methods/pitchfork.com/list-latest-reviews.md): Lists the newest Pitchfork album reviews. You can filter them by genre or limit them to Best New Music.
- [Apple API: Get album](https://fous.com/methods/music.apple.com/get-album.md): Finds an Apple Music album by title and optional artist, or by album link, and returns its matched release, purchase details and tracks in order.
- [Deezer API: Get album](https://fous.com/methods/deezer.com/get-album.md): Looks up a Deezer album by name, album link, or ID, optionally matching an artist, and returns its details and ordered tracklist.
- [Bandcamp API: Get album](https://fous.com/methods/bandcamp.com/get-album.md): Gets a Bandcamp album by title and optional artist, or by album link, with prices, physical formats, tracks and album details. Supporter count covers only profiles shown on the page; copies left is given only when displayed.
- [Spotify API: Get album](https://fous.com/methods/open.spotify.com/get-album.md): Gets a Spotify album by name (optionally with the artist), album link or album ID, with its details and ordered track list including play counts.
- [Discogs API: Get release](https://fous.com/methods/discogs.com/get-release.md): Finds a Discogs release by title, artist or release link and returns its edition details, tracks, community counts, current price and sold price statistics.
- [Apple API: Get artist](https://fous.com/methods/music.apple.com/get-artist.md): Gets an Apple Music artist profile by name or artist link. The profile includes the latest release, top songs and albums.
- [Apple API: Get podcast reviews](https://fous.com/methods/podcasts.apple.com/get-podcast-reviews.md): Gets a podcast's country-specific rating total and average, plus up to 500 listener reviews sorted by newest or most helpful.
- [All Pitchfork methods](https://fous.com/methods/pitchfork.com.md)