AsleepInTheBack: How do you rate albums?

FullOfSounds 07.30.16	Really nice descriptions. I just really rate them from enjoyment. Sometimes my ratings for albumsgo up or down upon more listens
Asdfp277 07.30.16	u go to page, click on the rating thing and shoooosh, it's done
treeqt. 07.30.16	.5-1.5 is degrees of bad 2.0 is fine 2.5-5.0 is degrees of good
SgtShock 07.30.16	I just rate them off of whatever the average user rating is at the top right of the screen. Duh.
SitruK6 07.30.16	I used to overthink this to and i even made thread about it asking people the same questions. What i do now is just go to the page of the album and as soon as i see the list of ratings i just kind of know what to rate it.
treeqt. 07.30.16	exactly
SandwichBubble 07.30.16	1.0s are no 1.5s are 1.0s with merit 2.0s have some semblance of quality, just not a lot 2.5s are mediocre 3.0s are my base measure 3.5s are slightly better than 3.0s in some way 4.0s tickle me 4.5s touch me 5.0s make love to me
Keyblade 07.30.16	I just rate em man. there's no more than 2 secs of thought that goes into rating a record
TheHung89 07.30.16	Good descriptions for sure. I have the hardest time trying to decide between 3.5 vs a 4.
AsleepInTheBack 07.30.16	@FullOfSounds Thanks man. Yeah, I suppose what may not have come across here is that my main criterion, like yourself, is enjoyment and whether the music moves me in some way. Musicianship and other stuff is a less significant factor which is usually met anyway if I enjoyed the record. @treeqt Huh, interesting, if I rate as low as a 2 its definitely not fine haha. Though your way of doing it does allow you to differentiate more between ok, good and great records.
MoosechriS 07.30.16	Just depends on how much i like something and how much of and impact or feeling i get from it.
AsleepInTheBack 07.30.16	@Keyblade, thats really interesting, I really overthink and obsess over ratings @TheHung89 Couldn't agree more
SitruK6 07.30.16	Keyblade gets it too. Don't think just rate, In the end you're not actually going to go to your ratings every time you want to re listen to something, you just know if it's good or not based on how u feel not on how u rate.
Funeralopolis 07.30.16	1-2: total shit will never listen to again 2.5: maybe has a few good songs but a lot of flaws, or some good ideas or potential there 3: has good qualities, interesting aspects, has something unique about it that stands out, but also contains numerous flaws, weaker songs or bland ideas, would maybe return back to a few times 3.5: Good album, has many interesting qualities, enjoyable experience but lacks as a whole, maybe is a bit generic at times, band shows potential. May even come back to it every now and then. 4: Fantastic stuff will probably jam regularly for a period of time, brings a great amount of entertainment, most songs are good, many interesting ideas, but may lack uniqueness, has some weaker songs, or isn't pushing envelope quite enough 4.5: God damn this album is fucking amazing, may likely be a band's masterpiece, excellent execution on all fronts, fantastic production, creativity and entertainment. Music I can personally connect with, contains only few minor flaws, or don't personally connect with as much a 5, or perhaps doesn't push boundaries enough. 5: one of the best albums I've ever heard, a downright masterpiece that I will come back to again and again for years to come. Feel deep connection with the album and have to be even floored by it at times. Every song is fantastic and it is unique and interesting, a true staple of its genre.
AsleepInTheBack 07.30.16	@Sitruk6 its a fair view yeah, for the most part a rating it a gut thing based on enjoyment. A lot of the factors I discussed that are relevant when rating beyond emotional connection and enjoyment are trends I've noticed in my ratings rather than the dominant thoughts in my head as I rated the record. @Funeralopolis Interesting man, reassuring to see that it seems somewhat similar to mine Cheers guys, got some interesting insight out of this
Conmaniac 07.30.16	1: Obviously awful. Basically nothing redeemable about the album and most importantly something I would never return to unless it was for humour. 1.5: Bad but there might be 1-3 ok tracks that show some sort of potential or quality or something but I usually won't return to these despite that 2: Kinda bad but here is where it gets interesting, usually if I really dislike something I would give it a 1.5/1 but if it is somewhat well respected or is for some reason a popular album I am more likely to give it a 2 because of that. My 2s are usually things I've tried that I realize just aren't for me at all. Enjoyability wise they are usually at a 1.5 but I bump it a bit because I realize my tastes are somewhat unique. 2.5: Usually there is a couple songs that are redeemable or even a couple songs that I really enjoy but overall the album I wouldn't want to listen to in full ever again. This is the main difference between a 2.5 and a 3 for me. 3: Albums with some decent tracks and other okay to bland tracks. The negatives are usually not so bad with these though so most of my 3s I would be totally okay with listening to the full album. 3.5: Like you, my most common score. I often flip between a 3.5/4 but 3.5s usually have a lot of potential and even some fantastic tracks but they just don't hit me as hard as 4+ 4: Great albums with little to no flaws. Emotional impact is important from here on out. 4.5: Amazing albums with little to no flaws but even more emotional impact or personal meaning. 5: Basically flawless albums. Only way I give out a 5 is if it meets these rules...1. Every track (sometimes not including the instrumentals) is at least a 3.5/5 track. 2. Emotional impact is high, usually I get a tingly feeling listening to these. 3. I have listened to the album more than 5-10 times. I never insta 5 things those are my rules basically yeah. and in your description u mention ratings like this: 3.78 which I do often but it's not because I rate every song and average them (but I do that sometimes for fun). It's usually for ranking purposes because I have so many 3.5s/4s
TheMoonchild 07.30.16	Basically, albums start out at 2.5 for me, and then either with more listens or as the album progresses, the more I listen, the more I find things that make it either great or bad. Sometimes even albums where there's absolutely nothing bad get a 4 or 4.5 at most. Whether or not I 5 an album is based entirely on how much it resonates with me.
L4titudes 07.30.16	I normally listen and then I decide how much I like it and I translate that into a rating out of 5 and then I choose that number from the drop down box
Papa Universe 07.30.16	To me personally, a number is not really enough, therefore I always write some commentary to albums I hear in form of a list for each month of the year, no matter how short (even if it says something like "Oh, that's not good.", that is already an expression of an opinion). Because numbers are never an exact definition of an opinion. For example, I gave 3.5 (6/10) to both Kvelertak's latest record and Macklemore's. But those 3.5s are not the same. If I had to compare them to each other, Kvelertak would take 4.0 and Mack would go with 2.5. But I don't compare tham to each other (which is not really possible as well, because they are both different genres), so I have to balance them out with numerical ratings. That's why a commentary is important. Because the value of an album is not defined by a number, but it is an easy summary. Does this make sense at all? (I have a feeling that I didn't answer the question at all.) P.S.: By the way, to me 6/10 is both 3.5 and 3.0, because 6 means 'okay', but to me that means either that the album is okay and I could come back to it, or an album is okay, but I'd rather leave it be.
brainmelter 07.30.16	i do it with numbers 1 - 5
AlexKzillion 07.30.16	I listen to an album and I rate it based on how much I enjoyed it. I don't 5 any album unless I own it though. No rating is permanent though. Though though though... I overuse that word.
SitruK6 07.30.16	doe doe doe doe doe doe doeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Archelirion 07.30.16	In all honesty, rating albums is becoming more and more of an arbitrary process for myself. 2.5 and 3.0 are basically the same, 3.5 and 4.0 are basically the same, and there's not a huge difference between a 4.5 and (most of) my 5.0s.
TVC15 07.30.16	My rating system (especially for 5s) has become quite convoluted due to the amount of diversity of the albums that I have rated/listened to. My 5s are a combination of not only entertainment value but how much I'm willing to revisit them; do I view it a definitive album in the genre it belongs in?; how consistent the album is in how strong every track is and how well it flows; how well it sits in the artist's discog (is there an album that would be better than it but is rated lower due to whatever reason, if not then it must be brought down lower than a 5); etc. etc. I tend to avoid albums that I know I might not enjoy too so I don't have as much lower rated albums than ones rated over a 3; typically my lower rated albums are a product of me listening to an entire artist's discog. Man idk having listened to now almost 1900 albums, thinking of a better rating system hurts my head so I just let the ratings pick themselves instead of the other way around
wwf 07.30.16	I rate bad albums 1 and rate worse albums 5
SitruK6 07.30.16	Lmao
FullOfSounds 07.30.16	I really like UniqueUniverse's thinking.
Avagantamos 07.30.16	there's a drop down menu next to the albums on band pages. it has options like 3.5 Great or 4.5 Superb and you choose one of those based on how much you like that album
HeckToPay 07.30.16	i rate albums by clicking on a number smh you niggas too complicated
Chortles 07.30.16	never seen this list before
AsleepInTheBack 07.30.16	@ Conmaniac, TheMoonchild cool stuff, interesting to see how people go about it. Also Connor nice to see someone else valuing emotional connection so much, thats the main boundary for me between 4 and 4.5. @UniqueUniverse, TVC15 yeah thats the issue with a system as streamlined as giving it a number, really like UniqueUniverse's method, though I'm not sure I'd have the energy for that, I suppose thats an exercise I conduct in my head rather than recording it anywhere. And TVC15 yeah i find rating stuff below a 3 a fairly rare occurrence as I'm generally seeking out music that I think I'll like. I mean I do try genres I'm not into fairly frequently, but they're generally highly regarded albums and I often find myself enjoying them.
FullOfSounds 07.30.16	"i find rating stuff below a 3 a fairly rare occurrence as I'm generally seeking out music that I think I'll like. I mean I do try genres I'm not into fairly frequently, but they're generally highly regarded albums and I often find myself enjoying them." Me too, most of stuff below 3 is 2.5.
treeqt. 07.30.16	there's no correlation there
treeqt. 07.30.16	you rarely rate things below 3 because of how you decide to understand and apply the numbers not because of what music you seek out
Parallels 07.30.16	Rate based on: a percentage of material that I enjoyed + quality of material so a 2.5 average usually means I thought half the album was at least decent and even a 2.0 means I liked a couple songs at minimum I also try to approach albums from a critical viewpoint
RogueNine 07.30.16	I try to stick to the word descriptions Sputnik associates with each rating. A 5 for me would either be a perfect album (which I probably won't find) or a near-perfect album that truly embodies the idea of a "classic".
Drifter 07.30.16	1.0 is something I will maybe return to in a year 1.5-2.0 is something bad with a couple songs that make up for it 2.5-3.0 is something I don't dislike, hut has multiple songs that bring it down 3.5-4.0 is something I enjoy a lot, but is missing something to make it amazing 4.5 is something near perfect 5.0 is something that brings a special emotion nothing else can replicate
Typhoon24 07.30.16	5's get virtually everything "right" for me, based on my assumption of what the album should sound like once i finish hearing it. then u scale down 4,3,2,1. shortsighted maybe but its wut i dew.
Risodo 07.30.16	0.5 all graveyard classics from six feet under 1.0 adam sandler 1.5 i want my ears back 2.0 blink 182 nowadays 2.5 lack of originality and creativity 3.0 a grade who saves regular records 3.5 music with potential 4.0 awesome stuff in general 4.5 Sepultura with Cavalera Brothers 5.0 Calculating Infinity (judge me)
p4p 07.30.16	i was just guessing at numbers and figures. pulling the puzzles apart.
Jasdevi087 07.30.16	5.0 = fuck, that was sick 4.5 = fuck, that was pretty sick 4.0 = fuck, that was tank 3.5 = ayy, that was mean as 3.0 = s'aight 2.5 = nah tbh 2.0 = eww 1.5 = nope 1.0 = what the fuck
SIIMBOLIC 07.30.16	1 has to be total queef. Like just horse shit a la waking the cadaver, etienne sin. Just putrid crap. !.5 is like St. Anger, a few decent moments but still total shit. 2 is just below average but not terrible. 2.5 average, 3 decent/good but nothing special. 3.5 --> 5 s scale of very good to near flawless it varies
Jasdevi087 07.30.16	Alternatively 5.0 = watching Samurai Champloo with your girl 4.5 = lasagna 4.0 = wine 3.5 = Sigur Ros 3.0 = Toby Driver's voice 2.5 = dry mince 2.0 = xbox 1.5 = new Spongebob 1.0 = the indoctrination of children
MyNameIsPencil 07.30.16	I just give things a 4 or 4.5
AnimalsAsSummit 07.30.16	Based on how they sound I guess
climactic 07.30.16	oh look THIS thread again
Shadowmire 07.30.16	1.0 = irredeemable 1.5 = deserves slightly more credit than 1.0 2.0 = vaguely redeeming qualities 2.5 = not bad but contains absolutely nothing to bring me back for more listens 3.0 = decent; might listen more 3.5 = really quite good and likely to draw repeated listens 4.0 = records that begin to form the core of my everyday music listening 4.5 = just about the best of the best 5.0 = as close to perfect as my taste perceives it, emotionally affecting to me, one per band
Riviere 07.31.16	"oh look THIS thread again" Life is cyclical, deal with it.
bentheREDfan 07.31.16	I'll probably get butchered for saying this but I still really like Linkin Park. Sue me.
oltnabrick 07.31.16	1-5 = is album rate :]
Jasdevi087 07.31.16	"I'll probably get butchered for saying this but I still really like Linkin Park. Sue me." that's great, but how do you rate albums?
oisincoleman64 07.31.16	If I give an album 1-5 it means I have listened to the album
demigod! 07.31.16	i dont think, just feel
TVC15 07.31.16	"I'll probably get butchered for saying this but I still really like Linkin Park. Sue me." Lots of people do dude, my 54 year old dad still jams their albums with no shame
Snake. 07.31.16	1.0 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 1.0 1.5 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 1.5 2.0 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 2.0 2.5 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 2.5 3.0 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 3.0 3.5 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 3.5 4.0 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 4.0 4.5 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 4.5 5.0 = if all of the track ratings round up to a 5.0
iloveyouall 07.31.16	1.0 = i think it is a 1.0 1.5 = i think it is a 1.5 2.0 = i think it is a 2.0 2.5 = i think it is a 2.5 3.0 = i think it is a 3.0 3.5 = i think it is a 3.5 4.0 = i think it is a 4.0 4.5 = i think it is a 4.5 5.0 = perfection doesn't exist and life is meaningless
miketunneyiscool123 07.31.16	Here's how I rate albums: 0.5 - 1.0 - I seldom ever rate albums this low, even Nickelback. 1.5 - 2.0 - May have an enjoyable track or two but nothing else. 2.5 - Not instantly consider a "bad" album but is very flawed and lacking great material. 3.0 - An overall solid album that either has filler or other flaws (bad production, letdown performances, inconsistency). 3.5 - Warrants solid replay with some great songs and may contain a "lack" of flaws presented with 3.0 and under. 4.0 - An album that is lacking in flaws or are minor enough to be overlooked. 4.5 - A near flawless record with classic tracks and very few flaws (if any). 5.0 - If there are any flaws, they usually don't affect it much or they enhance the nostalgia points of the album (Painkiller). Classic tracks, high replay value.