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Old 04-07-2010, 10:23 AM   #2057 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sidewinder View Post
I constantly use that site as a reference, but for quite a few artists I like, the ratings seem totally backwards based on my taste. But I think for well-known artists with hundreds or thousands of ratings per album, you're pretty much right that 9 times out of 10 the rating order is accurate.
Well, that's something to bear in mind. More often than not though, if you're approaching a discography with absolutely no knowledge of what the best albums are, you'll be off to a decent start with what they recommend you. Even if there aren't exactly a lot of ratings to go by, it's good to have some idea, no matter how odd it may seem once you know your way around that artist a bit more. I find LastFM's popularity hierarchies for each artist are a good way of going about this too.
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