Originally Posted by Comus

I've been thinking about this more, and with a graded system like music reviews, 10/10 never means utter perfection, becuase no album will be perfect, it's basically a subjective statement, that "I think this album is worthy of maximum marks" based on the relative ratings of other albums, or basically just what album would be given an A+ were it a graded piece of work. Also on this subject, allmusic for example gives many albums 5 stars, but does that mean they are utterly perfect? I myself have given several albums the big 10/10 in my journal because I feel that's what they deserve given their appreciation, my enjoyment and the relative "worth" of the album.