Artuma
04.24.13 | obv if the album was groundbreaking i have to keep that in mind when rating it but if i don't like the album there is no possibility to 5 it |
ILJ
04.24.13 | i rate albums based on my level of enjoyment. nothing else matters. |
YankeeDudel
04.24.13 | I think you have to take influence and that stuff into account somewhat. Theres thousands of bands that sound like Sabbath now so if you heard those first and THEN just hear Sabbath for the first time today they might not seem like anything overly special, when they obv are. |
Funeralopolis
04.24.13 | I think it is silly to take into account how influential an album is when rating it, the album's rating should reflect the album itself not how much some other guy liked it and ripped it off, that isn't my opinion. |
Calc
04.24.13 | influence has zero bearing with me when rating anything. |
LilLioness
04.24.13 | Just 5 the thing. There is nothing wrong with having some old album and some new album at the same rating. |
StallionMang
04.24.13 | I usually factor in the influence an album has had on its genre, and also the influence it has had on my personal taste in music as well. |
YankeeDudel
04.24.13 | I dont think its silly at all to leave a little room for those things. We're talking about art here so it shouldnt JUST be about how much you enjoy the music. Most of it yea but not all. Originality is important to me so if a band is very original and then hundreds of bands rip em off Im going to note that.
Again how you appreciate music has alot to do with when you heard it first. If you heard Hendrix for the first time in 67 like my dad that has much more of an impact than hearing it for the first time as some snot nosed teen in 2013. You have to consider the time period when listening a little. |
toxin.
04.24.13 | i rate how i feel like rating it at that moment |
toxin.
04.24.13 | i overrated classics though
like tdsotm is a 4.5 lol haven't listened to it in years |
porch
04.25.13 | honest rating by someone who is relatively well versed in that genre is worth more than some dude rating beatles/bob dylan/clash albums 5/5 cos his dad or some rock critics told him they're important. a lot of shitty albums get put up on a pedestal |
YoYoMancuso
04.25.13 | i have 2 and 4 at a 5 rating because they're incredible albums |
RinaKettysamour
04.25.13 | all are 1's |
tommygun
04.25.13 | I just rate purely on personal enjoyment/importance
fuck influence fuck popularity fuck all that bullshit there are no sacred cows for me |
apert
04.25.13 | i try to just rate on how much i like, but some ultra popular albums or highly influential ones often get .5 more than i would give them if they were just standard albums |
RinaKettysamour
04.25.13 | perfection doesn't exists and fuck your emotional subjection bullshit ^~^! |
lyzakthellama
04.25.13 | fuck you for 2 and 5 though |
slimdaddy
04.25.13 | lol, never rated #5, but 2 was pretty boring i thought |
Funeralopolis
04.25.13 | that's because it is |
