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This will probably stick out like a sore thumb in the album reviews topic, but rather than making separate topics for each album review, I thought of dedicating one topic to all of my album reviews. I will be trying out a rating system that I stole from someone else on another forum, basically I will rate each track on an album out of five (5 = near perfect, 3 = average, 1 = bad, no 0.5's), take the average of the score and multiply that by 20.
Rating System
100-95 (5 stars) - Near perfection
94-90 (4.5 stars) - Minor issues, still a beauty though
89-80 (4 stars) - Great work
79-70 (3.5 stars) - Lots of missteps, but a good effort overall
69-60 (3 stars) - Some tracks worth cherry picking, slightly above average
59-50 (2.5 stars) - Mediocre, has a couple of noteworthy songs
49-40 (2 stars) - Poor
Giving out albums worse than 2 stars is very rare for me, the last album that I gave these kind of scores to was the Metallica/Lou Reed album from last year.
Some General Info
-I will try to do 1 album review minimum per day
-Variation (I will review different albums by different artists most of the time, I might do the odd run of albums by the same artist from time to time, I ain't afraid to venture out of my comfort zone either)
-60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000s, 2010s, EP's, compilations, soundtracks, etc.
This topic will or may feature:
New Discoveries/Backlog - I'm new to the album or band. Sometimes it might be an album I've never heard by an artist that I love. May also be an album sitting around that I haven't listened to yet.
Old Favorites - Albums that I've listened to in the past sitting in my collection.
2012 Releases - Keeping up with the joneses.
The Song of the Week - Song that's on my mind at the time. Basic history of the song and other info like the album it was on, etc.
Some Controversial Opinions - We can't all like the same albums
Most of my album reviews will typically look like this:
The Ratings
Old Favorites
Rating System
100-95 (5 stars) - Near perfection
94-90 (4.5 stars) - Minor issues, still a beauty though
89-80 (4 stars) - Great work
79-70 (3.5 stars) - Lots of missteps, but a good effort overall
69-60 (3 stars) - Some tracks worth cherry picking, slightly above average
59-50 (2.5 stars) - Mediocre, has a couple of noteworthy songs
49-40 (2 stars) - Poor
Giving out albums worse than 2 stars is very rare for me, the last album that I gave these kind of scores to was the Metallica/Lou Reed album from last year.
Some General Info
-I will try to do 1 album review minimum per day
-Variation (I will review different albums by different artists most of the time, I might do the odd run of albums by the same artist from time to time, I ain't afraid to venture out of my comfort zone either)
-60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000s, 2010s, EP's, compilations, soundtracks, etc.
This topic will or may feature:
New Discoveries/Backlog - I'm new to the album or band. Sometimes it might be an album I've never heard by an artist that I love. May also be an album sitting around that I haven't listened to yet.
Old Favorites - Albums that I've listened to in the past sitting in my collection.
2012 Releases - Keeping up with the joneses.
The Song of the Week - Song that's on my mind at the time. Basic history of the song and other info like the album it was on, etc.
Some Controversial Opinions - We can't all like the same albums
Most of my album reviews will typically look like this:
Band/Arist - Title
Album Art
Tracklist
Personnel
Background: This is where I regurgitate stuff that I read about the band and album on Wikipedia/internet. I may also mention my personal history with the band/artist if they're a favorite.
The Tunes: I'll briefly talk about my favorite songs as well as the stuff I didn't like. Depending on my history with the band/album my writeup will either be short or long, I don't do much lyrical analysis for songs either. Bonus songs will not factor into the album rating even if they're great songs, barring some exceptions of course
Closing Comments / Rating:
The Ratings
Old Favorites
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) - 84
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