About
This will serve as a basic rubric for the ratings I’ll give albums.
Table
The following ratings are based on their ability to help identify, clarify, illustrate, or otherwise help someone better know who I am.
| Rating | Summary |
|---|---|
| 5 | This album is an excellent sample of who I am and what I’m about. |
| 4 | This album is a good example of the kinds of things I really like and want to see more of. |
| 3 | I like this album. |
| 2 | This album is okay. |
| 1 | I did not like this album. |
| 0 | I hated this album. |
Further Elaboration On Ratings
- This is the closest I’m going to come to outright saying an album should not have been released. I will not say so because I’m not about to stifle someone’s artistic freedom just because I didn’t like their music. It does mean I found this album grating and I wish I had spent this time listening to anything other than a
0rating. - I didn’t like this album, would not seek it out again, and would avoid its contents if I have the ability to change what’s playing.
- This album is inoffensive to my sensibilities, or otherwise unremarkable. I will probably have very few thoughts about it.
- This album is enjoyable, and would happily listen along if someone put it on, even if I don’t have many thoughts about it.
- This is the kind of stuff I seek out and am likely to put on at any given time. It’s something I would recommend to people because I genuinely think it’s got something that I think people should listen to and give a try.
- This album will help you understand what makes me tick in some way shape or form, and I am always, always eager to listen to it.
These ratings are NOT judgments of technical musical ability, endorsements of politics/ethics/lifestyle, or statements on the quality of the music, nor is it a statement about what I think about people who enjoy what I'm rating. People are allowed to enjoy what they want and make the art that they want. If you're offended at me giving a rating to an album, chill. It's all just patterns in vibrations our brains can perceive.