Critical Reasoning

Identify a possible flaw in the argument below:

When popular musicians die prematurely, the next album that is put out posthumously under their name often becomes that musician's best selling album. One music critic notes that, based on this statistic, it is a shame that musicians routinely die right after recording their best albums.

A
The majority of musicians receive the most critical acclaim and popular success with their first album.
B
Musicians who die violently often see their posthumous sales skyrocket to an even greater degree than other musicians who die prematurely.
C
The sales of posthumous albums may be higher because of increased media attention and not because of the album's quality.
D
Musicians who die of old age do not see the their next album's sales rise to the same extent as musicians who die while they are still young.
E
Often, the sales of a musician's other albums also rise after the musician's premature death.

From premises the possible flaw seems to be "The artists do not die after best albums but the album becomes famous as a result of their death (as condolences by the people) Or people take it as a last performance" .

IMO C Only this options says so.

Confused between C and E....

psychomath wrote:Confused between C and E....

I also think it's C. I don't think it could be E because E could be true even if their last album was the best, whilst C clearly states that the conclusion is wrong. In fact E doesn't even deny the conclusion.

IMO C

It really questions the quality of the "Best Album"

pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:Identify a possible flaw in the argument below:

When popular musicians die prematurely, the next album that is put out posthumously under their name often becomes that musician's best selling album. One music critic notes that, based on this statistic, it is a shame that musicians routinely die right after recording their best albums.

A
The majority of musicians receive the most critical acclaim and popular success with their first album.
B
Musicians who die violently often see their posthumous sales skyrocket to an even greater degree than other musicians who die prematurely.
C
The sales of posthumous albums may be higher because of increased media attention and not because of the album's quality.
D
Musicians who die of old age do not see the their next album's sales rise to the same extent as musicians who die while they are still young.
E
Often, the sales of a musician's other albums also rise after the musician's premature death.

confused between C and D but chose D
whats the answer? i consider this CR question a weakening CR thus i chose D and C is like an explaination for why the album sales are good after the death of the musician

oa is C

Pradeep,
Can u please post the OE.

oa already added

Ans C...
As it gives alternate reason... for the music to get hit... flawing the argument that death is leading to hit...