Album Of The Week


Album Of The Week: How Do We Add A Rating To Our Releases?

Ratings are of course a very personal thing, but there should still be a benchmark applied for comparison.

 

Benchmarks For Ratings

 

A 5 Star Rating

5 Star Rating

Brilliant

These are releases that we both acknowedge as masterpieces of the genre they are part of.

Examples include:

Metallica - Master Of Puppets (19986)

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)

Megadeth - Rust In Peace (1990)

Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)

Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)

Opeth - Blackwater Park (2001)

Anthrax - Persistence Of Time (1990)

 

A 4 Star Rating

4 Star Rating

Above Average

These are releases we both agree are not the best the band ever produced, but are still up there as amazing, and are favourites of ours.

Examples include:

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994)

Metallica - Hardwired... To Self Destruct (2016)

Nirvana - Bleach (1989)

Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (1990)

Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains (1995)

 

A 3 Star Rating

3 Star Rating

Good

These are albums that we have listened to a lot, and really enjoy, but they certainly aren't masterworks.

Examples include:

Metallica - Load (1996)

Anthrax - We've Come For You All (2003)

Megadeth - Risk (1999)

Slayer - Undisputed Attitude (1996)

 

A 2 Star Rating

2 Star Rating

Average

These are releases we would say are 'average'. Listenable, but certainly could be improved upon in many ways.

Examples include:

Megadeth - Super Collider (2013)

Metallica - ReLoad (1997)

Pearl Jam - Binaural (2000)

Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998)

Faith No More - Sol Invictus (2015)

 

A 1 Star Rating

1 Star Rating

Below Average

These releases have a couple of redeeming features, but overall we would probably not return to them after the first listen.

Examples include:

Chris Cornell - Scream (2009)

Judas Priest - Nostradamus (2009)

System Of A Down - Hypnotize (2005)

Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu (2011)

Silverchair - Young Modern (2007)

Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (2011)

 

A 0 Star Rating

0 Star Rating

Bad

These are releases we agree have scraped the barrel, and still got nothing of value. These are terrible, and will never be listened to again.

Examples include:

Bodycount - Murder 4 Hire (2006)

Regurgitator - Eduardo And Rodriguez Wage War On T-Wrecks (2001)

Various Artists - The Metallica Blacklist (2021)

Burzum - ThulĂȘan Mysteries (2020)

 

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