SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | List represents meeee |
Sirob
10.21.12 | duh you just rate an album the same as everyone else does |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | omg so witty |
Trebor.
10.21.12 | It's like a David Lynch movie, you don't explain it, you just feel it |
Cygnatti
10.21.12 | agreed with trebs |
Evreaia
10.21.12 | Treb worded it perfectly |
Chortles
10.21.12 | yeah pretty much |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | Aha yeah. Been pretty much doing that since the beginning but found my ratings made no sense. Need some order, yo. |
Sirob
10.21.12 | order is for fascists |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | heil |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | fuckin punks
gtfo my list |
mikeg1992
10.21.12 | I look at the album cover and give it a 5 if it's pretty |
Sirob
10.21.12 | anarchy and thrash m/m/m/m/ |
mikeg1992
10.21.12 | I look at Pitchfork's score, divide by two, and ignore the decimal because fuck the police |
sniper
10.21.12 | i don't |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | someone went full hipster
never go full hipster |
mikeg1992
10.21.12 | forgot to hang the sarcasm tag on both of my posts |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | yeah i was having trouble detecting that thanks for the heads up |
JazzHands333
10.21.12 | Mine's basically the same as yours, up until the 4.5 to 5 range, at which point it turns into Treb's. The feel of the album is usually what ends up pushing it to a 5 or leaving it as a 4.5 for me. |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.21.12 | i rate them in reverse so 1 = amazing and 5 = shit |
OneMoreRoland
10.21.12 | 6 is nothing special? LOL |
sniper
10.21.12 | malleus bringing the logic like only he can. |
StarlessAnd
10.21.12 | 5.0
Eternal
4.5
Essential
4.0
Exceptional
3.5
Very good
3.0
Good
2.5
Decent
2.0
Average
1.5
Poor
1.0
Awful |
jackalope11
10.21.12 | Are you kidding
Millionaires obviously deserve a 5 |
SmurkinGherkin
10.21.12 | yeah that dredg record is pretty meh
2 serious responses out of 10
close enough |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.21.12 | Hey sniper01 are you trying to get on my bad side |
sniper
10.21.12 | 5 - it has an average of 4.2 or above
4.5 - other people are all giving it a 4.5
4 - i heard one or two songs and they were pretty decent
3.5 - what i rate future 5s and 4.5s so i can pretend they're growing on me
3 - disappointing album by a good band. i can tell by other people's ratings.
2.5 - people i don't like all seem to like it
2 - excellent metal or hardcore album
1.5 - excellent alt/indie album
1 - excellent electronic/ambient album |
sniper
10.21.12 | nah malleus i was backing up your trolling i always got your back dawg |
sniper
10.21.12 | dude my system is flawless |
Youtellme
10.21.12 | 5 - Touching, moving, atmospheric, intoxicating, lots of reply value, and/or just an album that REALLY fucking rocks.
4.5 - Pretty much all the above, but a few weaknesses here and there that keep it from it.
4 - It may or may not stick with me, but i'll probably play it for a while and overall a very entertaining listen.
3.5 - A fun/interesting and recommended listen, but nothing really outstanding.
3. - Recommended if you like the genre, but won't stick with me.
2.5 - Just plain average. Forgettable.
2. - Annoying.
1.5 - Very annoying.
1. Fucking terrible.
0.5 - This album and band shouldn't even exist. |
Blackbelt54
10.21.12 | i don't really rate much anymore, i no longer feel like i can quantify albums by a rating |
Sirob
10.21.12 | so hipster |
StarlessAnd
10.21.12 | "5 - Touching, moving, atmospheric, intoxicating, lots of reply value, and/or just an album that REALLY fucking rocks."
fuck yea isis fan!!! |
Insurrection
10.21.12 | calling el cielo mediocre and nothing special.. ugh |
bach
10.21.12 | 3-5 Immense love to OK
2.5-1 Meh to abysmal |
StarlessAnd
10.21.12 | thats pretty in-depth
1-5 Good to bad |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.21.12 | if i rate it somewhere between 1 and 5, chances are that, its an album |
climactic
10.21.12 | 5-personal classic, can listen to it all the way through and love every song
4.5-same as 5 but has a song or two that arent quite as good as the rest
4/3.5-thoroughly enjoy but may listen to individual songs instead of whole album
3-liked it but dont listen very frequently
2.5-not bad, but usually wont listen again
2/1.5-would not listen again
1-the worst of the worst, will delete off my computer |
sniper
10.21.12 | here's how i decide:
is the album public strain by women?
if yes, 5/5.
if no, don't rate it. |
StarlessAnd
10.21.12 | sniper failing to be funny
what else is new |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.21.12 | hes not trying to be funny hes just being honest |
mindleviticus
10.21.12 | I rate albums by how much I enjoy them, not how truly great they are. If it has amazing production, songwriting and everything, but I didn't enjoy it, it isn't going to get a high rating and vice versa and so on. |
sniper
10.21.12 | honestly though i don't rate things anymore because i feel like a rating solidifies the way i feel about the music. |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.21.12 | i stopped caring about my ratings last year
i just occasionally rate an album if i feel like it now |
Youtellme
10.21.12 | "fuck yea isis fan!!!"
That's pretty funny, because i just started listening to Isis a few days ago :P
and yea, they rule. |
StarlessAnd
10.21.12 | lol |
tempest--
10.21.12 | 5 is perfect, only goes to my favourite album(s) of all time.
4.5 is fantastic, rarely gets given out.
4 is great, most common rating
3.5 is pretty good, pretty common as well.
3 is not so great.
2.5 is average.
2 is mediocre.
1.5 is bad.
1 is awful.
0.5 is horrendous.
Obviously no 0.5 on this site, but I don't listen to albums that are going to be that bad. Also, I personally rate things /10 so all those scores double is more normal. |
sniper
10.21.12 | you can rate an album .5 if accompanied by a review, i believe. |
MalleusMaleficarum
10.21.12 | how do i rate?
by clicking the appropriate button on the screen |
tempest--
10.21.12 | Actually, I should change 4.5, it's not 'rarely' given out, but only given out to really best of the best albums. |
Sirob
10.21.12 | #3 gets a x/z |
toxin.
10.21.12 | 1 = really shitty, 1.5 = really shitty, 2.0 = shitty or disappointing, 2.5 = average or disappointing, 3.0 = average or disappointing or good, 3.5 = great but I might not want to listen to it often, 4.0 = great and I'll re-listen to it more than twice a year, 4.5 = spectacular, one of my favorite albums, 5.0 = 4.5s that have gotten that extra bump (idk my 5s are out of date, I don't consider any of them 5s except Cities) |
