Trebor.
12.05.12 | First 5 I want to try to get reviews in this year
Next 5 I already reviewed |
foxblood
12.05.12 | dude a kyary review that'd be awesome, better be a 5. can't really answer your question tho since i
rarely review |
Masochist
12.05.12 | I've only reviewed 5 albums. I listened to three of them after quite a few play-throughs, but Mutemath's 'Odd Soul' I reviewed after hearing a live album listening party stream, and He Is Legend's 'It Hates You' I reviewed after only having the album a week.
The opinion change I had about 'It Hates You' just a month or two after reviewing it told me I needed to really give an album time to sink in if I was going to review it. |
menawati
12.05.12 | yea 5 or 6 sounds about right |
Electric City
12.05.12 | depends. 3-4 beforehand if im really excited about it, less if i hate it, then i listen continuously through reviewing |
Cygnatti
12.05.12 | try to give 2-3 listens before rating |
hitman
12.05.12 | i listen to a minimum of 2 songs on the album before i review |
klap
12.05.12 | enough times so i can write about it so it varies |
Lenix
12.05.12 | sounds about right for ins |
Trebor.
12.05.12 | My opinion can easily change between 5-10 listens which is why I like to wait till 10 you know
I guess how long it takes for an album to sink in differs from person to person and album to album |
menawati
12.06.12 | I spose it depends on your first listen, I dont bother reviewing things I hate but if I really like it 3 or 4 listens is sometimes enough. The hardest is when it's like a 2.5/3 on first listen because some of those can become 4 or 4.5 after like 10 or more listens and you end up doing a review you disagree with later. |
Cygnatti
12.06.12 | I don't like giving an album so many listens in one time because I feel like I'd get tired of it at some point. Space out the listens helps keep up the interest for me. |
ZGP1992
12.06.12 | It depends on the album, I personally make sure Ive heard the whole thing at least 2 or 3 times. If im unsure of it I give it more time until I know how I feel about it. |
Atari
12.06.12 | for me it depends on the genre |
WeepingBanana
12.06.12 | 0 times |
Voivod
12.06.12 | I try to listen to an album for as long as it may take (weeks, sometimes months) before I come to write something about it. |
VheissuCrisis
12.06.12 | 5 absolute minimum. What Menawati said about growers too though. |
YoYoMancuso
12.06.12 | i listen 3 times before rating and 5 times before reviewing, but if it's a particularly long and/or hard to digest record that number may go up to 10 or 11. |
ILJ
12.06.12 | Depends. If it's a group whose sound I have pinned down like Between the Buried and Me I'll generally give it three or four and feel comfortable. Otherwise at least 5. |
Trebor.
12.06.12 | Damn you guys are fast
It takes me forever to "get" an album |
theacademy
12.06.12 | depends on whether there r a lot of tracks on the album
iff too many tracks than i dont even listen once |
Calc
12.06.12 | i listen to it once as I watch TV and text, absorb it completely and empty it on here...
prolly why i suck. |
Ignimbrite
12.06.12 | minimum of 3, usually 6-10 |
breakingthefragile
12.06.12 | Twice for me lol. I don't really see how it would take a minimum of 5 listens to form an opinion on an album. |
Gnocchi
12.06.12 | Depends on the record, but it's mostly a combo of how long versus tracks versus how easy the album is to listen to. |
klap
12.06.12 | to "get" an album - i either like it or i don't. sometimes that takes longer than others. sometimes it doesn't happen at all |
wabbit
12.06.12 | real talk:
who on staff has written a review of an album they haven't really heard? |
Trebor.
12.06.12 | Modest Mouse are my favorite band and I didn't even like Lonesome Crowded West or Moon & Antarctica until like 7 listens |
wabbit
12.06.12 | Yeah I'm the same. It normally takes me a while to "get" an album.
However I can tell if I dislike it rather quickly. |
Polyethylene
12.06.12 | Minimum of 5, anyone who considers their opinion fully formed prior to that is an idiot |
Gnocchi
12.06.12 | http://www.last.fm/music/Until+Death+Overtakes+Me/_/Funeral+Dance+(Extended+Full+Ambient+Version)
I mean how many times would you be willing to sit through this, knowing it's just one track from an album that has other lengthy tracks. ; ] |
wabbit
12.06.12 | no it depends on the type of music.
Like a bob dylan album takes a while to digest cause it's like interpreting divine scripture.
But by the end of a frank turner album you know ever word to heart and 5/5.
You also have bands like Merzbow where you essentially only listen to the album once and it's really cool but you aren't going to listen to it again for a very long time. |
pedro70512
12.06.12 | Some albums are harder than others. The Seer took several spins, which ended up being like a week. I do a lot of live albums, so I have to know the original versions first, which takes extra time. For me, 10 is a minimum because I do a fair bit of close analysis and try to understand the artist's intention and context. |
toxin.
12.06.12 | depends
wrote my three days grace 1.5 review in 1 listen + a few random listens to songs because it was so digestible and so immediately awful
latest Anberlin one took me ~10-15 listens, and I had to listen to the closer (which is a definite grower and I knew it) about 25 times
It really is just if I feel comfortable enough with the music, which depends on an album per album basis |
Funeralopolis
12.06.12 | Usually 2-3 listens for the entire thing, and a bunch of listens for a few particular songs. |
klap
12.06.12 | Yeah I'm the same. It normally takes me a while to "get" an album.
However I can tell if I dislike it rather quickly.
so, you just have no opinion of an album for 6 listens and then on the 7th you're like hey i guess i DO like this |
Cygnatti
12.06.12 | trebs' new review is gonna be a 2/5 of the next kyary album D: |
Trebor.
12.06.12 | OK so for example, I heard Lonesome Crowded West once and it was like in the 3 to 3.5 range. Now a lot of albums I hear are in this range, but for some reason I kept going back to it, there was something there, I knew it would grow
And grow it did, from a 3.5 to a 4 to a 4.5 to a 5
Basically I mean I can like something on the first listen, but it takes awhile to love it
I've never 4.5 or 5d anything on the first listen |
wabbit
12.06.12 | Actually pretty much. I remember just being completely apathetic about fugazi then one day.
ONE TWO THREE REPEATER!
But at the same time I know that Kendrick Lamar's new album is awful just by looking at the album art. |
wabbit
12.06.12 | I can't believe I agree with Trebor so much. Except I 5ed Love, Ire and Song on my first listen before photosynthesis started. |
klap
12.06.12 | lol |
bloc
12.06.12 | Usually about 5 to 6 times |
fireandblood
12.06.12 | I don't actually listen to them, just kind of guess what they sound like based on pictures and hope for the best |
MO
12.06.12 | 5-10 listens
...but i've only done 5 reviews and they are mainly for things I know a lot about |
Cygnatti
12.06.12 | "And grow it did, from a 3.5 to a 4 to a 4.5 to a 5"
that's how I felt like with the Graduate's last album. Only it began as a 3/5 first. |
bungy
12.06.12 | I try to get the gist nobody listens to the shit I review so it doesn't matter |
wabbit
12.06.12 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Q7CcINC8M |
