veninblazer: How does everyone determine their ratings?

veninblazer 07.19.23	perhaps a little too much thought put into my 5's but I don't really care.
parksungjoon 07.19.23	https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/star_ratings.png
veninblazer 07.19.23	sounds like a friend of mine...
Shemson 07.19.23	Interesting discussion! I’m all about personal opinion and I have a few different kind of 5s Legacy 5s: I haven’t listened to Rust in Peace or Reign In Blood for years because I’m not in a thrash mood very often but to me they’re the pinnacle of thrash and they riff hard af whenever I stumble across a track again Imperfect 5s: an album like Loathe’s last where there are obvious flaws but the highs are as high as it gets. I’ll rarely listen to the album front to back but there are five or six songs I can listen to over and over Best in class 5s: I don’t listen to loads of old school DM but None So Vile I can listen to any time
parksungjoon 07.19.23	is the discussion meant to be about 5s or ratings in general
FrozenFirebug 07.19.23	forgot my exact algorithm but if it's at least 85% as interesting as limp bizkit's best work it's a 5 there aren't many 5s
veninblazer 07.19.23	Ratings in general. I just didn't know what else to say for myself
bighubbabuddha 07.19.23	a 10, 9 or 8, I don't rank below 4/5
IsisScript80 07.19.23	I've always tended to look at Sput's own rating criteria. So if 5 is defined as "Classic", I look to the stuff I know I still love after at least 5-10 years ago, that feel pretty much definitive within their genre. New stuff that I feel could be that are a 4.5, but I don't have the benefit of time and hindsight to know if I'd hold it as classic down the line. Could also very likely get dropped to a 4 ("Excellent"), if the honeymoon period with an album is over. By that token, "4" could be an over-enthusiastic "3.5" once the dust settles. 3.5 is "great", 3 is "good", 2.5 "average" etc... these then are exactly the adjectives I'd use to describe these albums to someone if asked, so that's precisely how I rate.
parksungjoon 07.19.23	https://rateyourmusic.com/list/SellMeAGod/why-i-rate-a-word-about-thee-benefits-of-a-positive-rating-model/
el_newg 07.19.23	5.0 the best, usually equivalent to a 4.5 but with some kind of sentimental value 4.5 an all time fav 4.0 love it 3.5 very enjoyable 3.0 good 2.5 average 2.0 mostly bad but got something decent about it 1.5 barely anything positive about it 1.0 absolute garbo (0.5) this is the real garbo rating but doesn't get used on this site in most cases. prob would turn it off if not for a rating/review (or maybe i did and still rated anyway)
evilford 07.19.23	I just press buttons thats it
ffs 07.19.23	5 = ruh roh raggy 4.5 = jinkies 4 = zoinks 3.5 = jeepers 3 = scooby snack 2.5 = hold the phone 2 = you meddling kids 1.5 = lets split up gang 1 = let me at em
evilford 07.19.23	I rate based on feeling 5.0 rules 4.5 rules 4.0 rules 3.5 great 3.0 ok 2.5 not good 2.0 st anger 1.5 holy shit 1.0 utter poop Usually just a simple placeholder to remind me how much I liked something
Butkuiss 07.19.23	I don’t these days. Numerical ratings are an ineffective shorthand at capturing what is usually too nuanced to distill into one value. Aside from meme ratings, whatever I rated something as ten years ago is usually what it stays as now.
Mort. 07.19.23	think about the actual activity of rating and how it develops I join the website and give all my very favourite albums a 5. i maybe rate the albums by my favourite artists, albums which i already have an informal rating in my head (i know i like this one less than my favourite, and this one a little less). so i give my favourite artists second best album a 4.5, and the one like a little less a 4. then i listen to something else by another artist and realise i basically like it about as much as the album i gave a 4. so i give it a 4. and so on. ratings only make sense as relations
Demon of the Fall 07.19.23	5.0s not only have to be enjoyable all the way through (except extreme circumstances where idk there's 1% of jarring nonsense amongst consistent incredibleness - usually still a 4.5), but they must capture a unique experience. Something that I cannot personally attain from other music 4.5s are essentially 5s but maybe aren't quite as incomparably unique, or don't have that emotional connection. Alternatively, they have a marginally higher amount of 'filler' or material that is simply good, but not amazing Essentially it's just a guide and I think way too much about the 'top end' of my rating scale, whereas a lot of my 4s have just stayed like that forever and there's now huge enjoyment discrepancies between new 4s and historic ones (I'm a lot stingier now) 4 is a big boi rating for me, anything beyond that is truly special 3.5s are very enjoyable, but perhaps don't have the same meaning or shelf life, or they do at times but the flaws mean they'll never attain a 4 3s are 'slap on anything decent' that you're probably never gonna listen to again after that initial stint / discovery, but I want to remember that it has something worth returning to / reconsidering 2.5s are whatever quality-wise, or just not really my thing and I daren't go lower because I don't understand them 2s and below are various levels of not so good, obviously. I very rarely give out 1s though A more simplistic point is that I listen to 3.5s+ a lot, 3s a fair bit and anything below that might get an occasional revisit (especially as my taste changes), but I often won't bother
denboy 07.19.23	I'm not sure it makes sense for me to rate Kid A less than a 5 just because I think Optimistic is a hard skip. Maybe it makes more sense to think of it as a 4.8 for me, and then I round up
fogza 07.19.23	Random thoughts on 5's ------------------------------- Sometimes, a 5 is a record that I listened to (and enjoyed) with intensity, over and over again. I'm also aware lots of other people did - it was meaningful in a broader impact way. These are rare now as I'm not in touch with records and events that are meaningful to younger generations. These would generally be formative years and maybe 7-10 years after, records that I'm aware of the impact they had firsthand. Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. Occasionally one can listen to an older record and imagine the impact it had, like with something like Ziggy or Unknown Pleasures. Then there are records which are just a blast (or are incredibly moving and beautiful) from start to finish, like Aretha's I never loved a man or The Excitable Wilson Pickett or Anonhi's I am a bird now. Unrelenting quality. I tend to think (at least in my mind) that the majority of people (60% or so) who like that genre would like that record to some degree. They also tend to not be jarring - like the songs contribute to the whole (creates a thematic synthesis), or if it's like a killer singles record, nothing breaks the mood. I often think records like this have some sort of indefinable magic that goes beyond the songs or the production or the performance. Then there are records I love and still love because they resonate with me on a personal level. These are the most contentious because I'm aware no-one else would find, say, Kristin Hersh's Sunny Border Blue to be a classic, but it helped me understand something fundamental about my life during one of the worst points in it. These are the kind of records that people tell the artist involved "this record saved my life", or "this album changed my life". There are also records which I admire - something like Diamanda Galas' Plague Mass is something I listen to maybe once a year, but I think it addresses something in a definitive way. These are rare. Finally, there's something like the White Album, which is not really a 5, I mean some of the songs on there are not that good, but I admire the sheer audacity of releasing something like that knowing that your fanbase is so rabid they will listen to Rocky Raccoon. The White Album, however, still has a ton of killer tracks and with editing it would be a 5, but Metal Machine Music does not so it's a 1.5 I believe some records actually cross over these conditions too, of course.
Demon of the Fall 07.19.23	if I add my 4.5s and 5s together I come in at under 5% of my total ratings (4.36%). Interesting (or not). 'I'm not sure it makes sense for me to rate Kid A less than a 5 just because I think Optimistic is a hard skip. Maybe it makes more sense to think of it as a 4.8 for me, and then I round up' Optimistic is not a hard skip, it's just the worst track on an incredible album - however, if it WAS a hard skip for me then I certainly wouldn't have it 5d personally I was having this debate with myself re Tago Mago, the difference there is that the 'skippable' part is a comparatively small segment of Peking O (3-4 minutes?) of an album spanning 73 in total and literally everything else is nothing short of remarkable
MillionDead 07.19.23	5 - classic, will stand the test of time and should be remembered as the pinnacle of music in this style. Not necessarily a perfect album but the album is almost constantly highs and the peaks are as good as good it gets. Usually has some kind of singular quality that makes it unique in comparison to other projects. Often has some genre bias attached. 4.5 - phenomenal/near classic/arguable classic - similar criteria to 5 but the highs aren't quite as soaring or as omnipresent and there may be a few more weak moments compared to a 5. 4. An awesome album, usually with few if any lows or maybe the peaks drown out the lows, probably missing some things to really take it to the top of the pile. If it's a new album, it usually stands tall above what's coming out around it in that particular genre. 3.5 - really good shit, potentially with some high peaks and low valleys, probably has several songs that I'll return to but probably has some filler that I'll forget about. 3.0 - fairly good, but utterly nonessential in an infinite sea of "good" music, probably derivative or uninspired, won't return to it, it may have a great track or two that I'll remember. May also just not be a style of music that I'm as open to and this can easily bring down albums that still have a lot of musicianship. ERRA is probably a solid example of band I'd give this rating. Can't deny that they're good at what they do, I just don't particularly like what they do. On the other hand, a decent rap album with some good songs ft catchy production and flows, but no depth, could get this too. 2.5 - pretty damn mid, middle of the road, mediocre or milquetoast, more often than not seems really derivative of something that was done better before and also makes me feel not much of anything when listening, basically the rating equivalent of a shrug. These albums contribute nothing and I often feel I actually wasted my time listening. Again I may just not like the style of music with ratings like this. 2.0 - kinda sucks, makes me angry cause it's not good, but not bad enough to be funny. 1.5 - very ass, probably kind of funny 1.0 - Wtf were these people thinking? I should sue. It may make me want to die or it may be hilarious.
MoM 07.19.23	5= i love it Anything less= probably part of a discography I’ve rated and didn’t want to give them all 5’s (these days, i probably wouldn’t rate anything unless I’ve got 5 on it) Anything I’d give a 2 or less, i can tell at some point before i finish the album, so i don’t finish and don’t care about rating it
denboy 07.19.23	"Optimistic is not a hard skip, it's just the worst track on an incredible album - however, if it WAS a hard skip for me then I certainly wouldn't have it 5d personally" It is a hard hard skip for me (I absolutely loathe the sound of it kicking in) but it'd be weird for me to rate one of my all time favorite albums less than a 5 because of that I think we've had a similar conversation before :D
denboy 07.19.23	I loathe it especially in the context of the album, might even not have hated it if it was the first track
DoofDoof 07.19.23	3.5-5.0 are all degrees of excellent for me, 3.5 being the 'everyday sort of excellence' and 5.0 being a total classic 3 is good, won't return to it too much but you never know 2.5 is average but in a way that's listenable and ok 2 is average but in a very unfortunate 'actively boring' way, the average that's the 'it's bad to be this average' vibe 0-1.5 are degrees of 'stuff I wouldn't choose to listen to for enjoyment at all', I guess at best a 1.5 could have one ok or even good song and still be a 1.5 I'm not scared of rating early, changing ratings and definitely see my ratings as constantly shifting. A lot of how I rate now is based on how much I return to stuff and whether I feel the album has a successful niche that works for me. If there's a brilliant album that I just never actually feel like picking up and playing for whatever reason then that will have a 4 ceiling most likely, whereas an in some ways 'objectively' weaker album I nonetheless play to absolute death could rise to a 4.5 or even a 5. Most stuff gets the 3.5 though, esp as an initial holding rating.
Demon of the Fall 07.19.23	3.5 being the 'start of excellence' makes sense to me
fogza 07.19.23	Yeah 3.5 is a key score for me too
Deez 07.19.23	One thing I did at first was just go through all classics and throw 5s on them. Was only after a bit of time I realised not all classics are actually 5. But because the rating 5=Classic I just was like yeah that's a 5 cos obviously a classic. Might seem obvious but I do go through my faves time to time for this and exactly like you say, for me, one bad song can put that in 4.5 territory. I think I throw far too many 4s around but there are many many excellent records every year. Many 5s start as 4s too and yes 3.5 is somehow seen as an average score on here weirdly it's not at all. The start of excellence is a very good way to put it.
JohnnyoftheWell 07.19.23	5.0s are above criticism. They are 5s. There is no universally applicable test for what makes a 5. An album becomes a 5 if no other tier can contain it. That is why they are 5s. 4.9s are albums I wish were 5s 4.7s are albums I kinda wish were 5s 4.5s are the shit yo. Tbh this tier out of all my increments has the worst nostalgia bias and might be unfairly blocking a few 4.3s. Should reshuffle. 4.3s are albums I would heavily regret not being able to listen to again 4.2s are 4.3s but not quite as good 4.0s are a) functionally perfect and b) lol I like them. I can usually see a good case for anything 4 or above being as good as it gets for whatever reasons, but those discussions are boring, so objectivvvvvity takes a backseat from this point onwards. If an album hits a 4, chances are it's done almost as much as 5 for my powers of criticism 3.9s are botched 4.0s. I like them a lot and there is something wrong with them. They are usually very fun 3.7s are super 3.5s. 3.5s are cool records that you'd jam again despite a little unevenness, or largely respect for what they are 3.3s and 3.2s are botched 3.5s that I don't think are mid enough to 3. I should merge these two 3.0s are mediocre with usually one or two saving graces 2.5s are mediocre with usually no saving graces 2.0s are flatulent wastes of time 1.5s are a joke 1.0s and 0.5s are awful enough that I'd recommend them for spite listens
MO 07.19.23	ffs wins turn off the thread now
AlexKzillion 07.19.23	5 - goated 4.5 - elite 4 - solid 3.5 - good but flawed 3 - not very good 2.5 or below - varying degrees of terrible
Demon of the Fall 07.19.23	'4.7s are albums I kinda wish were 5s' I have a few of these, yet my privileges aren't high enough to display them... I just knew you'd turn up and ruin this for everyone Johnny
DoofDoof 07.19.23	I mean I rate as exact percentages on AOTY but didn't want to get into that: all I will say are the highest ratings for a 3.5 (74%) and a 4 (84%) are always interesting picks for me, feels like a tough break for 'em
SitarHero 07.19.23	5 great/must listen 4 good/should listen 3 fine/whatever 2 bad/don't listen 1 awful/must listen I dont fuck with decimals.
JohnnyoftheWell 07.19.23	Rate in exact percentages Go to sleep with one set of ratings Wake up with an entirely different order Rinse and repeat however many times No retirement project will ever live up to it
DoofDoof 07.19.23	it's a nice tool for ranking releases - most people do it at the end of the year anyway, it's just I do it throughout the year, it honestly doesn't lead to spending much more (if any) extra time thinking about ratings but I'm sure you've found the sweet spot of having more detailed ratings than the pleb class here and the misguided fools on AOTY ;P
MoM 07.19.23	When will staff be able to rate at 4.99 and etc.? Everybody will wanna be staff, reviews will bloom, the site will rise again 😎
DoofDoof 07.19.23	^ exactly
Azazzel 07.19.23	mostly listen to new releases and new to me so have started using sput ratings as a pragmatic tracking and listening tool rather than emblematic data-museum of the self. 3.0 noteworthy but probably won't relisten 3.5 doing something well that warrants a 2nd spin 4.0 Immediately evident next level stuff or evolved multi-listen 3.5s 4.5 Only achieved by evolved multi-listen 4.0s I'd say it's working for me alright so far for it's purpose. high ratings reflect stuff I actually enjoy listening to often, not just abstractly recognize as quality.
Groundking 07.19.23	5's are stuff that I can't stop listening to and or albums I regularly revisit and still find fresh, so albums that stand the test of time. 4.5's are 5s but either aren't quite as addicting or have a song that's a big naff or annoying. 4's similar but might have 2 songs that annoy me or doesn't capture me just as hard. 3.5 has some interesting aspects and get enough spin to be somewhat familiar but unlikely to return too 3 generally well done music that doesn't capture me properly but not offensively bad has enough there that I could see it growing if I gave it more chances but too much music to listen too for that. 2.5 This is stuff that usually bores me to death even if generally well done (Alter Bridge The Last Hero) or completely forgettable (Invent Animate Heavener, most ABR albums since Constellations verge on this, Arctic Monkey's AM) or have some bangers but also some real stinkers in about equal proportions (KSE 09). 2 Generally bad performances/song writing might have a few redeeming songs but generally bad. 1.5 Almost nothing redeeming about this outside of a couple of good songs 1 Utter shit music with nothing there or I fail to get through an album, I rate almost nothing like this though as I'm quickly onto the next thing and forget plus most music is pretty good imo.
CugnoBrasso 07.19.23	Idk I usually pull them out of my ass without thinking too much about it
AeniasGaming 07.19.23	Mostly a gut feeling for me, I save 5's for albums that really impact me
SomeCallMeTim 07.19.23	5 - 4.8 and up, or otherwise can't find a flaw 4.5 - just shy of flawless 4 - amazing and worthy of rotation start to finish 3.5 - still great but more chunks of skippable moments / maybe overall wasn't my style to begin with 3 - good moments here and there but maybe equally as marvelous as it is forgettable anything that's worse than that I don't overthink. to me a 4 is the 'star of excellence' rating prob
Snake. 07.19.23	gonna be everybody's least favorite answer in the world but for me it's the average rating of all standout tracks on the release
mechamagica 07.19.23	i don't use this website but i will detail my rym system to humor the thread 6★ - album has no real lulls for me and also makes me feel like continuing to exist on this earth 5★ - like the above but might not be Life Changing or might have very minor flaws for me 4★ - makes me feel pretty intensely for nearly its full runtime 3★ - pretty strong emotional impact in spots 2★ - i just like it 1★ - it's fine but not for me 0★ - i kinda think it's not good love and peace!!
gschwen 07.19.23	I take notes on each new record for the year. I try to sort them by best to worst (subjectively). Then somewhere near the end of the year I plot them into a 7-point normal distribution, a half-point 1-4 scale. I'll elevate any 4's that seem like they may be in a class of their own.
GreyShadow 07.19.23	beyond my nostalgiacore, I don't think I ever/will ever insta-5 anything. There's allowed to be a skip or two on a 5 imo. for it to be in the conversation for a rating like that, it's more of a gut-feeling thing. the album feels special and there are many reasons that something can satisfy that criteria. 4's are forever my go-to with 3.5's being my second go-to for things that I like/generally what I want to listen to. 4's are probably either more consistent or at worst have some misses coupled with some huuuuuuuge hitters. 3.5's are either like 4's but are probably missing something or they are something i like in a genre that isn't something i love as much as my usual outings. for the latter, my example is i give the tswift albums i like 3.5's. usually really like a good 5 or so tracks but would never go too out of my way to listen to the whole album. 4.5's are something i try to avoid giving out initially because the ones i do tend to be lowered when it's something i end up not coming back to. like 5's, these are definitely pretty inherently special to me and can likely have 0 flaws, I just end up only liking them as much as a 4.5 (whatever that means). or maybe there are flaws but the highs are just in such a high state that they outweigh them completely anything less than a 3.5 is generally something I don't think too much about. i rarely give anything below a 2.5. a 2.5 must have something that makes me think ehh average as opposed to just straight up terrible. a 3 is either a solid version of something i don't like or a disappointing version of something i do
Sniff 07.19.23	3.5 everything
robertsona 07.19.23	4.5s almost feel like the easiest. distinct contour to that "not a 5 but blowing me away" vibe
Jots 07.19.23	it's rly not that hard ngl. enjoyment is either visceral (like, it just hits instinctively, don't rly need to think about it) or cerebral (it's enjoyable on an analytical and/or interpretive level), or some combination of those two. i just rate based on how much i enjoyed it. if i didn't enjoy it in any notable way, it's a 0.5-1/5. if i generally didn't enjoy it at all but there were some standout ideas, then i guess a 1.5/5 if my enjoyment was medium (e.g. i liked a couple of the songs, i appreciated some aspects of what the album is going for, etc) then it's around 2-2.5/5. if i enjoyed it to where i'd be willing to re-listen a few times, then 3/5. if it's like, a top 10 aoty contender then around 3.5-4/5. 4.5/5 would be like, top 10 or 20 albums I've ever heard. 5/5 is unattainable unless i round up, or i'm meme-ing but tbh life is short and i usually quit listening to albums in the 0.5-1.5 range partway through and move on, otherwise i'd have like 5000 more album ratings than i do (during the timeframe where i bothered tracking all my ratings on here)
Hyperion1001 07.19.23	things I like and listen to a lot get high ratings and things I don’t get low ratings.
Demon of the Fall 07.19.23	wild take
JoyfulPlatypus 07.19.23	5 - Doesn't have to be perfect necessarily but has to either have VERY FEW skippable moments at all, or strike some kind of personal chord with me. I usually consider 5's to be "defining" albums for my own life. 4.5 - Pretty fuckin spectacular 4 - Great album 3.5 - solid stuff 3.0 - Good/decent but doesn't excite me in anyway 2.5 - Split down the middle. Not something I'd go back to but not something I'd call objectively bad either. 2 - Not for me/disappointing 1.5 - Geniunely bad 1 - holy shit this is terrible/offensive Realistically most of my ratings fall between 3 and 4, and I think that's a good thing. I try to keep a positive attitude when listening to things, so I don't end up giving many albums worse than a 2 nowadays.
s0nicx 07.19.23	So for me, I operate on a 10 point, half scale(0,0.5,1,1.5,...9,9.5,10) when it comes to personal rating so they don't always match up here. A 5 by default for me is a lot more strict (I have 2 of them here lol) and I try to be more objectible here as well. 5 - Best of the best, no skips, can listen to at anytime and love it. 4.5 - Albums that may have a minor issue or one or two skips. Generally a lot of my 4.5's can be considered 5.0s and a few I consider 10/10s. Still love these records and will jam out to them at any time. 4.0 - Album I really enjoyed but falls just a bit short for me. 3.5 - An album I enjoyed but probably has noticeable flaws/a couple tracks I can easily skip. 3.0 - Albums that I thought were above average but also were just ok. 2.5 - As it implies, the average stuff. Either it does nothing good or bad or has a decent amount of good material mixed with some bad material. 2.0 - Albums that are teetering to the bad side and have a significant flaw or two. 1.5 - We're now officially in bad album territory. Might have a few things that keep it from being awful. 1.0 - Awful. Boring. Poorly made. Nothing redeeming about it.
auberginedreams 07.19.23	I used to think about it a lot harder when I had more time to actively consume music. Now between work and making music and other hobbies like video games I have less time to just sit there and think about an album so I just go with my gut instinct after listening and sometimes I’ll go back and change my rating later. I do think my ratings are a little inconsistent probably at this point because I used to try to be more objective while now I still try to an extent but it’s more just how much I enjoy listening to it.
Kompys2000 07.19.23	5 is a desert island record 4.5 is really really fuckin good but maybe there's that one track or it's like too much of a bummer to jam that much 4 is consistent quality, or alternately a highlight affair so worth the trip that a 3.5 would be disingenuous 3.5 is good with caveats 3 is caveats with good 2.5 is boredom or exasperation 2 is mostly exasperation 1.5 is trash that I do not hold against the artist 1 is trash that I do hold against the artist 0.5 is an album I would censor if I was a communist dictator like I sometimes have dreams about
Koris 07.19.23	5.0 - A desert island record (as Kompys pointed out above). No more than two 5s per artist 4.5 - An incredible piece of work, even if a few small flaws drag it down 4.0 - Excellent, as the Sput descriptor implies. The flaws are a bit more notable here (bad vox, one or two bad tracks, etc.), but still not enough to ruin an otherwise great experience 3.5 - Good w/caveats [2] 3 - Caveats w/good [2] 2.5 - Not necessarily good, not necessarily bad... just right down the line, and something I'll only listen to sparingly 2 - Bad. There may be a few bright spots here and there, but otherwise there's not much reason to listen to the album 1.5 - Trash. Very few redeeming factors, and even those small positives are dwarfed by the sheer awfulness surrounding them 1 - Even worse trash. The redeeming factors are so miniscule that they honestly don't even matter 0.5 - The creative/artistic abyss 0.0 - The abyss BELOW the abyss
botb 07.19.23	I tend to split up my ratings based on each genre, so I have my death metal 5s, my hardcore 5s, my hip hop 5s, etc etc. I have a hard time comparing and contrasting against completely different styles of music. It’s an apples vs oranges thing for me.
Sowing 07.19.23	I respect people who are stricter with their ratings than I am, but mine is basically: 5 = I think this is an AOTY contender 4.5 = Could grow into my AOTY 4 = Excellent but will not be considered for AOTY 3.5 = Enjoyable but flawed 3 = Has redeeming qualities but not something I'll keep jamming 2.5 = I didn't really enjoy this 2 = I actively disliked this for some reason 1.5 = Truly awful 1 = Unbearable
veninblazer 07.19.23	5 = AOTY contender is a pretty fair take tbh
Ryus 07.19.23	really i dont put too much thought into it and i dont think it matters so much. to me at least. i just wanna use this site to catalog my listening, the rating itself is kinda secondary.
Spec 07.19.23	5- YEA 4.5- Yea 4- yea 3.5- fun 3- no strong opinion 2.5- no strong opinion but i feel let down in some way 2- sucks 1.5- Sucks 1- SUCKS I don’t really know anymore though and I try not to overthink it. Just like “I like this” or “I don’t like this.”
Relinquished 07.20.23	5-meshuggah 4.5-pizza 4-autechre 3.8-chevelle 3-your ol lady’s breakfast in the morning 2.5-1.5-your gpa 1-black malachite
Emim 07.20.23	^^^
veninblazer 07.20.23	tbh tbh i don't think as heavily about my in-betweens. 1's are a protected class and 5's are a protected class. everything in between is more of just a feeling.
Emim 07.20.23	It's all just a feeling
pizzamachine 07.20.23	5: my ears forever return — music ov destiny, potentially life changing 4.5 hell yes, mebe classic?? 4 heck to da fuck yes, defs not perfect tho 3.5 heck, dis cool 3 whatever breh, it’s aight I guess. Check yoself giiiirl 2.5 meh, needs massive improvements. Wtf 2 u suck 1.5 are you fucking kidding 1 you are the scourge of the Earth 0.5 you only deserve hate, there is no redeeming you
MO 07.20.23	nice wolfe
ShadowRemains 07.20.23	i really wish there was a 0.25 increment for users i have too many records that should be a 4.25/3.75/3.25/etc. anyways for me 3 sits right in the middle (average) since it truly is in a 1-5 scale
Spec 07.20.23	Oh yeah I forgot about 0.5. 0.5- A Day To Remember- You’re Welcome
BAT 07.20.23	most of my 5s are more nostalgia centric than concerned with quality, albums that resonated with me at some point or got me interested in music/genres altogether. occasionally i'll 5 something just on some warped sense of principles(ex. angelic 2 the core makes me belly laugh but i can respect it's existence all the same.)
Havey 07.20.23	a 5 is a 5 only when keeping it at a 4.5 has become unbearable. i continue to test the fiveness of my 5s by dropping them and seeing if my mind can take it a 4 is the highest rating i can reason myself into. from there, the album has to pull itself upward by sheer force of fiveness
bellovddd 07.20.23	I only 5 an album that personally changed my life. I hand out 1 or 1.5 if i think not only the music but the people are dog shit. I take the ratings probably more seriously then i should but fuck, what else am I going to do at work lol
nearly746 07.20.23	I just go off the overall guidelines of the site - 2.5 is average, and a lot of albums are just flat out average. There's too much of a culture now of everything having to be amazing or awful (Forspoken and Redfall spring to mind) whereas the vast majority of stuff falls in the middle. 3 is just "good", which most albums I enjoy fall into, 3.5 is something with staying power and that excels in one way, 4 is just outright excellent then anything above that is something special
ToSmokMuzyki 07.20.23	as discussed but unintelligently comprehended in the butt destroyer thread i have a simple 2 fold evaluation system - effort and what can only be summarily described as the 'drole' factor effort is the base ability to create a composition, execute it, the will to make something out of otherwise mundane soundwaves drole is the spirit, the whimsy, the forthehelluvit, the speciality, the idothisbecausewithoutitmylifeisnothing, the power of the heart/expression etc etc. high scores must have adequate of both, lower scores because the album overall is missing one or both significantly the conventions of genres tend to encapsulate their overall ability to score. pop is very low effort and so depends almost entirely on drole to get anything. death metal is very high effort and as a concept in and of itself is largely drole, leading to generally higher scores with the remainder determined by exactly what any particular band chooses to do with it. i end up with black metal as my highest genre due to the usually great effort expended + most bm not only being quite drole itself but many bands elevating the concept on their own level. likewise classical due to only being able to be practiced by those who had the time and money to afford to learn naturally is very high effort, and ever in their quest to produce something worthwhile is usually very drole as well. something like power metal has ample drole but often lacks in the effort department. as with anything in life balance is key, and thus you dont want to go full effort like grind or techdeath and forget to have any fun with it, nor go full retardation without putting in some work.
deathschool 07.20.23	I kinda start in the middle, because if I listen to an entire album these days, it's more than likely because I like the music enough to do so. I'm not obsessed with listening to shitty albums in their entirety at this point in my life but I still do sometimes. But yeah, most of my ratings end up between 3 and 4 tbh. So it's kind of my anchor. 5 = All time favorite 4.5 = Perfect or otherwise novel enough to be of a higher quality than other albums I love 4 = Love 3.5 = Like a lot 3 = Like 2.5 = Either boring but competent [i]or[/i] extremely mixed bag 2 = Strongly dislike overall 1.5 = Hate 1 = One of the all time worsts
DoofDoof 07.20.23	'as with anything in life balance is key, and thus you dont want to go full effort like grind or techdeath and forget to have any fun with it, nor go full retardation without putting in some work.' interesting reasoning but I don't think I break things up into two 'divisions' like this
Ryus 07.20.23	good bait comment from smok
Jasdevi087 07.20.23	pure optics for me
pizzamachine 07.20.23	My deaf style determines my music style
ToSmokMuzyki 07.20.23	sigh let me put it in terms the masses can understand 5=solid sleek shit that causes no pain only relief 4.5=mostly solid shit still no pain 4=respectable turd tho some discoloration 3.5=adequate shit gets you through the day without complaints 3=somewhat inconvenient shit that takes more wiping than preferred 2.5=semi liquidity shit with the possibility of splashing back up at your ass but at least its quick 2=messy sporadic turds that strain the haemorrhoids from sitting too long 1.5=is that my anus or a soda dispenser 1=you dont talk about this embarrassment with even your spouse. see a doctor
ToSmokMuzyki 07.20.23	>break things up into two 'divisions' like this it is my evaluation after all
Demon of the Fall 07.21.23	I read the first two without realising you were talking about actual shit I have never experienced '1' and am thankful for this, I can't even imagine what it would have to consist of
MoM 07.21.23	The 1.5 shits can be alright provided it’s not a health concern. Super easy and quick to wipe
AsleepInTheBack 07.21.23	Used to overfixate on differences between ratings and getting it right (and maybe still do a lil bit) but idk mostly now anything below 4.5 just rate with gut and not much thinking. Only get picky when it comes to 4.5s and above.
AsleepInTheBack 07.21.23	Also what Ryus said
ToSmokMuzyki 07.21.23	@demon https://youtu.be/igh9iO5BxBo
Hyperion1001 07.21.23	smok posting all those words like his favorite music isn’t the lamest power metal mankind has ever seen lol
pizzamachine 07.21.23	OVER THE FIELD AND OVER THE GLADE DWARVEN CHANTS OF GLEEEEEEEEEE
MoM 07.21.23	MY DRAGON SOARING AND ROARING I AM DONKEH
ToSmokMuzyki 07.21.23	hype and all the other haters mad there actually is a system other than mah feelzzz ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ryus 07.21.23	lmao