[QUOTE=Skyler;15757778]a 5/5 doesn't mean perfect[/QUOTE]
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How can a perfect score not reflect perfection?

Regardless, that's what it means to me, and no album achieves that. Therefore, no album will ever recieve a 5 from me.

[QUOTE=guitrguy;15756843]I am posting from my new laptop.[/QUOTE]

I've posting from mine since Christmas biatch.

[QUOTE=Valhall;15757768]No. A 5 is musical perfection; it is unachievable by a human being, because human beings are far from flawless.[/QUOTE]

That's pretty gay tbh.

[QUOTE=Valhall;15757783]...

How can a perfect score not reflect perfection?

regardless, that's what it means to me, and no album achieves that. Therefore, no album will ever recieve a 5 from me.[/QUOTE]

a rating scale where a perfect score doesn't represent perfection?

classic =/= perfect

But the way you reviewed the album, you only really justified a 4.5 in the context of its genre.

but it seamlessly integrates something for everyone, kage

duh

[QUOTE=Valhall;15757752]Oh I can be. I just haven't reviewed an album that I really found it necessary to pick to pieces yet. Though I did hammer a little on Five Finger Death Punch's album.[/QUOTE]

You probably should hammer a lot on Five Finger Death Punch's album.

[QUOTE=Kage;15757826]But the way you reviewed the album, you only really justified a 4.5 in the context of its genre.[/QUOTE]

That's the way music should be rated imo-in the context of its own genre. You can't realistically relate a death metal album to a classical piece; I don't think it would be fair to either.

[quote]classic =/= perfect[/quote]

I don't rate albums based on how "classic" they are. That's retarded to me. I rate them on thier musicality and songwriting.

A 5/5 does not necessarily mean the album has no flaws, what it should mean is that despite what flaws it may have it has so many great things about it that you feel it warrants as high a rating as possible. The whole "rawr nothing deserves a 5" attitude is pretty dumb.

[QUOTE=Valhall;15757909]I don't rate albums based on how "classic" they are. That's retarded to me. I rate them on thier musicality and songwriting.[/QUOTE]
I didn't mean universally or generally or whatever the **** you're thinking here. I meant personally.

a rating of 5/5 means the positive sides of the album outweigh the negative sides of the album so much that the negative side is virtually non-existent

[QUOTE=planewreq;15757941]I didn't mean universally or generally or whatever the **** you're thinking here. I meant personally.[/QUOTE]

I try to be objective though. If I rated based purely on personal "feelings", every Rotting Christ album would have a 5.

or that the negative sides work to make the album better

some albums do this yes

edit: well no ****ing duh you still have to have some objectivity
edit2: unless you're cocaine 8)

[QUOTE=Valhall;15757951]I try to be objective though. If I rated based purely on personal "feelings", every Rotting Christ album would have a 5.[/QUOTE]

Wait a minute so you a trying to tell me that how much someone likes an album is completely subjective! No Wai!

Yes Wai! :lol:

Just get it through your head that perfection is an abstract concept. Don't try to rate albums based on how close they are to perfection.

A good rule of thumb for me if something is a 5 is if I can listen to it until I die and not get sick of it.

I don't agree. Just cause an album deserves a 5/5 doesn't necessarily mean it has to be timeless. Like with everything their are exceptions. But again thats cause its all subjective.

well it's not like the site can decide wether an album is great for you or not

What? I thought there was a universal system of album ratings.

yeah like

1 is cool
2 is cooler
3 is coolerer
4 is the coolererer
5 is tlaksdagkjsd =)

[QUOTE=TojesDolan;15758074]well it's not like the site can decide wether an album is great for you or not[/QUOTE]

I make my own choice to give a 100% rating to every Haddaway album.

It's my choice that Eliminator is a good musician.

Are you guys happy or sad that the Patriots are losing right now?

idc

Not any more.

Rams are gonna win the superbowl tbh.

GOOOOO PACKERS!

A man can dream, can't he?

I don't honestly give a crap about sports, especially football, in any way, but I root for the Packers.

American football might be the silliest sport known to man. It's like a boring version of rugby.

Nah, that award definately goes to soccer. It's like a boring version of painting grass and watching that paint dry while the grass grows.