What is your system for rating an album, /mu/?

5 = top 10
4 = like
3 = ok
2 = dislike
1= lmao

if i don't like it 1/2, if i do like it 2/2

3 find higher quality version on slsk
2 don't
1 delete

>>74493714

what is slsk?

>>74493958
newlad lurk more

10 - An album that's mind-blowingly great, but can have a minor flaw (9.8 is still 10). Must have really stuck out to me and resonated. Doesn't have to be too innovative, just different enough for me to love it.
9 - Great album, but has flaws that you can't ignore.
8 - An album I can listen to all the way through and mostly enjoy it. Can have a few bad tracks, as long as there are good songs to back them up.
7 - Usually decent albums with more potential. Could be a great album with some changes. Tends to have some bad songs.
6 - Slightly positive about it, but has too many problems.
5 - Forgettable/Disappointing
4 - Not Good
3 - Very Bad
2 - Trash
1 - Huge steaming pile of shit

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randomly rate it 6-10 if I like it
randomly rate it 0-5 if I don't

>>74493958
Sorta Listenin', Sorta Kekkin

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If an album is outright bad when it's just a 1, I don't bother trying to discern how bad.

I consider poor to be different from bad.

>>74493544
An album can fall into 1 of 5 possible categories. An album can migrate through the first four categories, but never has an album fallen from 1 to 4, in my experience. Inversely, a few albums have gone from 4 to 1.

>1. I love it, I've loved it for years
>2. I like it, I am going to continue listening to it
>3. I need to listen to it again
>4. I did not care for it

And finally
>5. I have not listened to the album

>>74493958
SoulSeek

>>74493544
I don't have an account on rym and I don't really rate records even in my mind. There are just shitty records with no good tracks on it, meh records with 1-5 good tracks, and my favorite records which are the ones that I can listen on repeat without skipping any track.

5 = Masterpiece
4 = Excellent
3 = Good
2 = Dislike
1 = Terrible

Anything 7 and above are something I will listen too again. 10 has only god tier songs and fits together good. 1 would be only horrible songs that are incoherent. Anything above 5 I like and below 5 I dislike

It goes from 1 to Nirvana album and there isn't any in between

>>74494058
>Inversely, a few albums have gone from 4 to 1.
curious to know which ones

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>>74493544
lasts a week, a month, two years or forever

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>>74493544
I use this formula

I like it a lot
It ok
No

>>74494640

You know, you could have just said you rated on a 1 to 5 scale.

>>74495477
There's only two intervals on my scale, buddy.

simple as this guy's: https://rateyourmusic.com/~CouldBeWhat

None im not autistic

10/10=an album I find some combination of the following: extraordinarily emotionally powerful, exciting, challenging, strange, unique, original, boundary-pushing.
9-9.5/10=a masterpiece, plain and simple.
8-8.5=a great album worthy of returning to many times.
7-7.5=very good.
6-6.5=good but not really outstanding in any particular way.
5-5.5=decent/average, probably not worth returning to.
4-4.5=bad, but not so bad that it’s unbearable.
3-3.5=just plain bad.
2-2.5=offensively bad.
1-1.5=terrible.
0-0.5=one of the worst albums I’ve ever heard.

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a couple of these could use replacing

when I'm not using rym I just mentally do ratings of each track of an album out of 10 with no decimals

I rate every track on the album from 1-10, then use a weighted average system based on each track's individual length to determine the overall score.

>>74493544
I do it by school grading system, like 5=A, 4.5=A-/B+. 1 is E, and then it jumps to 0.5=F

>5/5
must listen, life changing
>4/5
pretty good, definitely buy
>3/5
okay, buy if you're a fan, worth a listen but not much to come back to
>2/5
listen to it if you really want to but there isn't much there, not good at all
>1/5
terrible, annoying, belongs in the trash, would rather listen to silence
>0/5
rage inducing, would rather listen to the sounds of chickens being slaughtered

10=best album ever; 9=rock masterpiece; 8=buy it now; 7=buy it eventually; 6=buy it if you are a fan

Same as everyone else who isnt dumb

1 = Total and complete garbage. Either painful to listen to or hilarious for how bad it is. E.g. Goldfinger - Open Your Eyes, Beach Boys - Salute NASCAR,
2 = Albums that piss me off, usually because of how hard they shoot down my expectations. E.g. The Streets - Original Pirate Material, Clipping - CLPPNG
3 = Albums that are bad and that I don't want to hear again. E.g. Cream - Disraeli Gears, that flaming lips Beatles album
4 = Bad, boring and slightly repulsive. Maybe I'll try them again to see if they're better. E.g. ITCOTCK, Silver Apples s/t,
5. Nothing. Don't remember anything, don't take away anything. Lots of albums i wish i liked. E.g.

10 = God tier
9 = amazing
8 = great
7 = good
6 = decent
5 = average
4 = poor
3 = bad
2 = really bad
1 = worst shit ever

i just use words, any ranking system is too imprecise.

>>74495995
can i get an example of a life changing album?

>>74496038
Woops
E.g. Meshuggah - I, Joe Meek - I Hear A New World
6 = Maybe one or two good songs, otherwise forgettable. E.g. Pere Ubu - Datapanik, Foetus - Nail
7 = Good but has some major faults. E.g. Beach Boys - Smile, Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
8. Great album, but has a few issues or bad songs. E.g. Boards of Canada - MHTRTC, QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
9. Amazing album, but doesn't have the same amount of highs or consistency as a 10. e.g. Todd Edwards - Prima Edizione, The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle, Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
10 Truly outstanding album. Does everything right. E.g. The White Noise - An Electric Storm, Aphrodite's Child - 666

>>74496178
for me the first two that come to mind are helplessness blues and live/dead

>>74493544
I don't use numbers, and I don't bother comparing albums to one another like that, I just try to take each one on its own context. If I like it, or find a bit interesting I'll listen to it again or more similar stuff, if not I dont

>>74495144
Oh my god please don't tell me you actually used LaTeX for that

>>74496038
Do you only listen to things you don't like

Wait is that the joke

>>74496344
Nah i just accidentally hit send look at
>>74496273

>>74496329
I also agree with this but I like my system too. I can see the benefit of not using numerical ratings but it's sorta fun sometimes

>>74496330
\begin{document}
\begin{gather*}
\text{Album rating/10} = \frac{\sum\limits_{n=1}^N q_n l_n}{\sum\limits_{n=1}^N l_n}
\end{gather*}
Where $q_n$ is the (subjective) quality of the $n$\textsuperscript{th} track rated out of 10, $N$ is the number of tracks on the album, and $l_n$ is the length of the track.
\end{document}

>>74496329
I also agree with this but I like my system too. I can see the benefit of not using numerical ratings but it's sorta fun sometimes

If I like it, 1
If I don't, 0

>>74494058
same

Did I like or dislike it and why

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>More obscure = higher rating
>If I didn't listen to it, I pretend I did and say it was bad for some ephemeral reason
the two core concepts underlying my view of music desu. how to be an instant cool dude.

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>>74493544
>rates albums
look mommy! me playing pitchfork reviewer!!! xD

[number of songs i like]/[total number of songs]*10

>>74496038
>Disraeli Gears
>ITCOTCK
>Silver Apples
why

>>74494662
Most of them were albums that my parents played a lot when I was growing up that I hated. It wasnt until much later in life I heard them again and loved them.

A lot of John Denver and ABBA.

>not bad,but not too good
6/10

>good album,but with a lot of flaws
7/10

>good album that the goodness obscure the flawness

8/10

>excellent work of art
9/10

I usually give a 10/10 to an album only when the album REALLY hits me,in a personal and introspective way.

0.5 to 1.5 = trash
2.0 to 2.5 = trash with some good songs
3.0 = forgetable, ratio between good and bad songs is 1
3.5 = good albums with some trash songs
4.0 = solid albums, no bad tracks
4.5 = great memorable albums
5.0 = godly albums, every moment and note is a masterpiece

>>74497880
Theyre shit