Bede's 5.0 logbook
2025 resolution: finally sorting out my 5s. I don't want any of these horrible pending ratings left. Can't force 5ing things, but I'll also make efforts to revisit a lot of my potential candidates and make decisions on some of them. |
| 1 |  | John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
↑ Bumped to 5.0 22nd March 2023, the only new one since my last such list! |
| 2 |  | Clever Girl
No Drum And Bass in the Jazz Room
✓ Confirmed 5.0 |
| 3 |  | Converge
Jane Doe
✓ Confirmed 5.0 |
| 4 |  | Gospel
The Moon Is a Dead World
✓ Confirmed 5.0 |
| 5 |  | Portishead
Dummy
✓ Confirmed 5.0 |
| 6 |  | Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians
✓ Confirmed 5.0 |
| 7 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
Calculating Infinity
✓ Confirmed 5.0 |
| 8 |  | Silverchair
Frogstomp
~ ~ ~ Not revisited in a while so no comment yet section ~ ~ ~ |
| 9 |  | Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
🤷 Who knows |
| 10 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
🤷 Who knows |
| 11 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
🤷 Who knows |
| 12 |  | Boris
Flood
🤷 Who knows |
| 13 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing.....
🤷 Who knows |
| 14 |  | Fall of Efrafa
Tharn
🤷 Who knows |
| 15 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞
🤷 Who knows - although I have very little doubt about this one |
| 16 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
🤷 Who knows |
| 17 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
🤷 Who knows - also very little doubt about this one, I'd be very surprised to demote it |
| 18 |  | Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
🤷 Who knows |
| 19 |  | William Basinski
The Disintegration Loops II
🤷 Who knows |
| 20 | | Silverchair
Frogstomp
~ ~ ~ At risk of demotion section ~ ~ ~ |
| 21 |  | Amenra
Mass V
? ↓ So great live, but too slow burner for home maybe? |
| 22 |  | Burial
Untrue
? ↓ Some clear 5.0 songs, but the last version I checked was meandering a bit too much. There are multiple tracklists for this and it might be just a matter of that so this one may well stay |
| 23 |  | Chill Bump
The Loop
? ↓ A probably not at all 5.0 record, but that is tied to memories of 5.0 times. Sadly this is a music rating website, not a good old days rating website. |
| 24 |  | Defeater
Lost Ground
? ↓ Strong, but didn't age as well as others in my book |
| 25 |  | Deftones
White Pony
? ↓ Slightly rocky start for a 5.0 maybe |
| 26 |  | Pink Floyd
The Dark Side Of The Moon
? ↓ Classic, grandiose, standard setting. But.......WYWH feels clearly better........ |
| 27 |  | Refused
The Shape Of Punk To Come
? ↓ Some of the coolest songs one can hear, but my last full listen felt slightly too unfocused at times. This one may require several revisits for a firm decision. |
| 28 |  | Suis La Lune
Heir
? ↓ Some of my favourite moments in music, some of the best euroskramz out there, but for a 12 minutes EP to be a 5.0 it has to be irreproachable, and is it really? |
| 29 |  | Yndi Halda
Enjoy Eternal Bliss EP
? ↓ Dash and Blast is a magnificient song, but I'm not sure the rest of the record matches it well enough to make the whole a 5.0 |
| 30 | | Silverchair
Frogstomp
~ ~ ~ ⚰️☠️ Graveyard section ☠️⚰️ ~ ~ ~ |
| 31 |  | Fall of Efrafa
Elil
↓ 4.35. Very strong passages, atmosphere in heaps, but too much space with not enough density to keep me at a 5.0 level of excitement. As the first (and so far only) demotion I was maybe mean to it but whatever. |
| 32 | | Silverchair
Frogstomp
~ ~ ~ 5.0 candidates section *NOT EXHAUSTIVE* ~ ~ ~ |
| 33 |  | Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
A dedebro 5.0 that I don't know very well, or as in this case, that I haven't revisited in a while, is always a potential 5.0 |
| 34 |  | Cocteau Twins
Treasure
Dedebro 5.0 [2] |
| 35 |  | Deafheaven
Sunbather
Dedebro 5.0 [3]
╳ Very strong, landmark, almost era-defining album for its genre, with passages that are 5 worthy, but that on the whole loses my complete excitement a little too many times to look into 5ing it any time soon. 4.3 |
| 36 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Dedebro 5.0 [4] |
| 37 |  | Fugazi
The Argument
Dedebro 5.0 [5] |
| 38 |  | Sigur Ros
( )
Dedebro 5.0 [6] |
| 39 |  | Slint
Spiderland
Dedebro 5.0 [7] |
| 40 |  | The National
High Violet
Dedebro 5.0 [8] |
| 41 |  | Charli XCX
Brat
He doesn't have it 5.0 but my sources reveal it may be a contender anyways |
| 42 |  | Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Well this is a dede 5.0 AND definitely a contender for me so double whammy there |
| 43 |  | Agnes Obel
Philharmonics
And here begin the candidates that have nothing to do with dedex. This one clearly has to do with my mam though. |
| 44 |  | Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps |
| 45 |  | Burial
Kindred |
| 46 |  | Burzum
Filosofem
Well this guy sure won't be getting a penny from me. I feel towards this similarly to how I feel towards Bobby Fischer's chess brilliancies. |
| 47 |  | Death
Human |
| 48 |  | Grouper
Ruins |
| 49 |  | Sea Oleena
Weaving A Basket
It's not even at a 4.5 tier yet but also I listen to this all the freaking time |
| 50 |  | Madvillain
Madvillainy |
| 51 |  | Gyorgy Ligeti
Requiem |
| 52 |  | John Coltrane
Africa/Brass |
| 53 |  | John Coltrane
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording |
| 54 |  | Pink Floyd
Live At Pompeii |
| 55 |  | Ravi Shankar
Three Ragas
Not really but I kind of want to revisit this |
| 56 |  | Sigur Ros
Takk... |
| 57 |  | Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto
Getz/Gilberto |
| 58 |  | The Prodigy
The Fat Of The Land |
| 59 |  | Ulcerate
Everything Is Fire |
| 60 |  | Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You |
| 61 |  | Nujabes
Metaphorical Music |
| 62 |  | The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
╳ I'm simply not into I know It's Over and Never Had No One Ever, and when by the 4th track I have had about 1.75 tracks I love (I find the titular track, although super cool meanders a bit) well that's really not a 5 is it. That being said, monumentally cool album. 4.6 |
| 63 |  | Swans
Soundtracks for the Blind
Same, and same goes to Swans in general really |
| 64 |  | Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness
[3] |
| 65 |  | Mono / World's End Girlfriend
Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain
[4] |
| 66 |  | Hallucinogen
Twisted |
| 67 |  | WRVTH
No Rising Sun
Unlikely but deserves a revisit |
| 68 |  | Manchester Orchestra
A Black Mile to the Surface
╳ I had forgotten I'd revisited this already. Lots of tracks I adore, tied to important times in my life, but not nearly consistent enough to reach the sacred best tier. A bumpable 4.2 |
| 69 |  | Rolo Tomassi
Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
c.f. Brat |
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