Album Rating: 4.0
I Know The End warrants at least a 4 sputnik average.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Ahem* Jeff Rosenstock is still sitting at a lovely 4 with nearly 300 ratings :p
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Album Rating: 4.5
Listen, I'm not saying I won't 5 it - because I might - but basically if an album isn't a woke hip-hop societal statement or metal album of the century, it's tough to maintain an average over a 4.
Edit: touche Lucman. I know I'm being hyperbolic, but you all get what I mean. Usually the AOTY sits around a 3.8-4.1 these days. When I first joined everyone was more on the same wavelength - the "classics" were 4.3's and 4.4's. Now, the site's taste has really diversified which is a strength but also makes cohesive opinions harder to come by.
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Some poeple just 1 overhyped albums out of spite, or for fun (whatever joy you can find in that tho (shrug)), so that usually brings the avg down after some time.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Yeah, it is pretty clear that the big hype train records that aren't Ulcerate really struggle to keep a high average. For Phoebe, I can imagine a ceiling of 3.6-3.9.
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Album Rating: 4.9
"The average will start at like a 4.6 and then by August it'll be a 3.7."
I'd normally agree with you but this album's avg has been steadily growing since it dropped, so this new one might end up high than it seems
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Album Rating: 4.0
i expect it to settle north of 4.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
But then there may be those who see how milquetoast it is and give it a 2.5. That's gonna be the deciding factor I reckon.
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I just checked the streamed version of I Know the End, and sure is a nice song.
Gonna check the singles next.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yep, the anti-hype crowd is a real factor as well. I know I was being silly before, but this is more seriously how things usually shake out for albums with a substantial number of ratings (100+):
4.5+ - Nearly extinct, reserved for your all-time greats. This is the OK Computer/Wish You Were Here tier.
4.3-4.4 - You can find these more often, but they're still rare. A lot of sputcore classics land in this tier: TDAG, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Carrie & Lowell, TPAB, etc. If something has a 4.3-4.4 avg, you can bet that it was most likely AOTY for its respective year.
4.0-4.2 - A common average to find for the year's top 10-or-so albums. These are your Black Mile to the Surface's, Science Fiction's, etc. Not necessarily all-time greats or even AOTY's, but highly revered albums that most likely had a 4.7 avg or something ridiculous at first.
3.7-3.9 - This is the core center of "really good" - albums that could be in the end of year discussion but maybe had their share of detractors or met a little too many doof's, zak's, and pika's along the way.
3.5-3.6 - This is the "thanks for the rec - I gave this a 3.5 to seem appreciative" category. You can usually enjoy albums with this average but they're nothing special.
3.0-3.4 - The forgotten but listenable. Quality here ranges from downright abysmal to very underrated.
1.0-2.9 - Absolutely reprehensible trash, kill it with fire and then repent to the deity of your choice.
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Album Rating: 4.0
seems like it usually takes a few years for the collective to deem an album a classic. when was the last time the site immediately and (mostly) uniformly agreed that an album warranted more than a 4.3? not asking rhetorically, i'm genuinely not sure.
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Album Rating: 4.5
2015 had two of them - Carrie & Lowell and TPAB. By year's end they were both 4.3+. Didn't take years to get there.
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Album Rating: 4.9
TPAB?
EDIT: I was trying to answer his question but you beat me to it Sowing I know what TPAB meant hahaha
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Album Rating: 4.5
To Pimp a Butterfly
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Album Rating: 4.9
if someone uses the word "milquetoast" again on this site I'm gonna jump out a window
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Album Rating: 4.5
Lord I'm so hyped for Punisher the singles are so good
"if someone uses the word "milquetoast" again on this site I'm gonna jump out a window"
But what if it's on a Helmet thread referring to their song Milquetoast?
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Album Rating: 4.9
it's perfect
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"3.5-3.6 - This is the "thanks for the rec - I gave this a 3.5 to seem appreciative" category."
I literally laughed out loud at this. The soul of sput lol
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Hahaha that's too true. I'm part of the guilty party
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Album Rating: 4.9
"But what if it's on a Helmet thread referring to their song Milquetoast?"
that's it I'm doing it
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