What are you looking for in an album review?

I agree. While broad categorizations are helpful (e.g., I'm not a big neo prog fan so tend to avoid groups listed as neo prog), in addition to a broad overview of the offering, group and contents, I tend to find the most helpful information to be comparisons to other groups, or statements to the effect of "if you like xxxx, or xxxx you might like this." This is the information that will tend to drive me to listening to a new offering or new group.

I like short reviews that 'lay the goods on the table', so to say.

The ones that can say in one or two paragraphs what is good and/or not good about an album. 

Good point Steve,

For the prospect buyer to know how a new band or album/track sounds like, the reference to other known songs and similar sounding bands is key, genre classification alone is not sufficient because the one reading the review cannot hear thus visually has understand how it might sound. Writing a review is a skill, the reviewer first and foremost has to be articulate and use his words to evoke one's senses. For me personally a blend description of songs is not enough to peak my interest in teerms to read further, the creative imagination of the reviewer enabling to take me into a magical musical journey is what grabs and impresses me most :) I hereby too can feel and experience what the reviewer might or is feeling at the time he wrote it while listening to the moozik

Hugs xxx