Frankly, the terminology and descriptions don't put me off all that much. It may help some when the reviewer refers to a particular artists' recording, perhaps the portion of such that tweaked a comment...
But then, one has to duplicate same if possible to determine WTH they're referring To....
At that point, go listen for yourself with Your selection(s).
That's what you live with.
"This is the best 'X' I've listened to since...."
At home, sounds like 2 cats over a clothesline.
Go figure....