# Sound Verdict > Music reviews with production notes — and the science of why records feel the way they do. Sound Verdict reviews records and writes about why they land: arrangement, dynamics, and the psychoacoustics that make certain productions physically compelling. ## About this source - **Publisher:** Stéphane Sprauer - **Editorial stance:** Independent. We describe what the evidence shows, including when it is weak or contested. - **Evidence base:** 79 peer-reviewed citations, each linked to its PubMed record or DOI. - **Languages:** 42 European languages. Add a language prefix to any URL, e.g. `https://therecordverdict.com/de/`. - **Licence:** Content may be quoted with attribution to Sound Verdict (https://therecordverdict.com). - **Not medical advice:** Educational content only. ## How to cite this site > Sound Verdict. "". https://therecordverdict.com. Accessed . ## Home - [Sound Verdict](https://therecordverdict.com/): Record reviews plus the psychoacoustics and perception research that explains why certain productions land the way they do. ## Why music works - [Timbre, mood and why a record lands](https://therecordverdict.com/why-music-works/): Music perception research on timbre, mood induction and auditory-motor synchronisation — the mechanisms behind the response. - [How we review records](https://therecordverdict.com/how-we-review/): What our scores mean, what we try to describe, and why we publish the criteria. ## Streaming - [What streaming recommendation does to what you hear](https://therecordverdict.com/streaming/): Research on music recommender systems, diversity, and the taxonomies streaming platforms impose on listening. ## Music and health - [Music as an intervention: what the trials show](https://therecordverdict.com/music-and-health/): Cochrane and meta-analytic evidence for music in insomnia, exercise performance, psychological outcomes and clinical settings. ## About - [About Sound Verdict](https://therecordverdict.com/about/): Who publishes Sound Verdict, how pages are researched, and how the site makes money. - [Editorial policy](https://therecordverdict.com/editorial-policy/): How Sound Verdict selects evidence, scores products and handles conflicts of interest. - [Affiliate and partnership disclosure](https://therecordverdict.com/disclosure/): Every commercial relationship that could affect what you read on Sound Verdict. - [Privacy](https://therecordverdict.com/privacy/): What Sound Verdict collects — which is close to nothing. ## Research - [New research](https://therecordverdict.com/research/): Newly indexed peer-reviewed research relevant to Sound Verdict, updated weekly from PubMed and Crossref. - [Research digest, 8 August 2026](https://therecordverdict.com/research/2026-08-08/): 1 newly indexed peer-reviewed papers relevant to Sound Verdict, from 8 August 2026. ## Evidence - [The evidence base](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/): 79 peer-reviewed publications across 7 topics — how much evidence exists on each, and what kind. - [Music exercise: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-exercise/): 10 publications on music exercise — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. - [Music health: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-health/): 10 publications on music health — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. - [Music sleep: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-sleep/): 10 publications on music sleep — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. - [Music preference: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/music-preference/): 12 publications on music preference — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. - [Recommendation: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-recommendation/): 12 publications on recommendation — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. - [Music perception: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-music-perception/): 12 publications on music perception — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. - [Popular music: what the evidence base looks like](https://therecordverdict.com/evidence/xr-popular-music/): 10 publications on popular music — how many trials, how much synthesis, how recent, and what that means. ## Related sites in this network - [GLP-1 Evidence](https://glp1facts.org): What the trials actually show about semaglutide, tirzepatide and the rest of the GLP-1 class. - [Fasting Evidence](https://fastingevidence.org): Intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating and meal timing, judged on the trial data. - [Metabolism Review](https://metabolismreview.org): Energy expenditure, insulin resistance and metabolic adaptation, without the folklore. - [Weight Loss Evidence](https://weightlossevidence.org): Diets, drugs, behaviour and maintenance — ranked by the strength of the evidence behind them. - 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