How do you rate music? (1-5 scale)

**Janszoon** · 11-20-2014, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?

I'd rate music 3 out of 5.

Not bad but must try harder.

It's better than pottery though.

Chrysalis · 11-20-2014, 09:03 PM

My rating system in a nutshell:

5 - Perfect
4.5 - Almost Perfect
4.0 - Great
3.5 - Good
3.0 - Above Average
2.5 - Meh
2.0 - Below Average
1.5 - Bad
1.0 - Ugh
0.5 - Chief Keef - Finally Rich

Rexx Shredd · 11-20-2014, 10:01 PM

I don't rate albums: I judge almost everything on a song-by-song basis.....

The only exception to this rule is concept albums, as these albums are - by design - intended to be listened to in their entirety and must be judged as a collective

With that said, my rating scale is:

"I Like It"
"Its OK"
"I Don't Like It"

**Frownland** · 11-20-2014, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's better than pottery though.

Pottery gets a bad rap. I'm in the minority when I say it's pretty great. Not as good as poetry though.

Wpnfire · 11-20-2014, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd

I don't rate albums: I judge almost everything on a song-by-song basis.....

This is my approach as well. I forgot to mention that earlier.

HellCell · 11-21-2014, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexx Shredd

I don't rate albums: I judge almost everything on a song-by-song basis.....

The only exception to this rule is concept albums, as these albums are - by design - intended to be listened to in their entirety and must be judged as a collective

With that said, my rating scale is:

"I Like It"
"Its OK"
"I Don't Like It"

I don't rate albums either and it doesn't really make sense to me either since a bag song in an album could dilute the overall quality.

Pet_Sounds · 11-21-2014, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by HellCell

I don't rate albums either and it doesn't really make sense to me either since a bag song in an album could dilute the overall quality.

I'm funny that way; I really can't rate a song. I mean, I can tell you if I like it, but there's just not enough to work with for me.

HellCell · 11-21-2014, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

I'm funny that way; I really can't rate a song. I mean, I can tell you if I like it, but there's just not enough to work with for me.

The polar opposites boggle my mind. I can imagine how someone can be that way (maybe) but I can't rationalize it.

Chula Vista · 11-21-2014, 10:48 PM

1. Blows
2. Some redeeming qualities.
3. I enjoy if it comes on.
4. Great song!
5. I WILL KILL YOU if you take it away from me.

**Frownland** · 11-21-2014, 11:09 PM

I kind of arbitrarily do it when I do ratings. I guess I'm with you guys on not really rating albums. On RYM, even though I don't visit it a lot, my 5* albums have a lot of variety in quality but I still consider them to be worthy of 5 stars since I consider them great.

11-20-2014, 09:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
Chrysalis ~de geso Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 495	My rating system in a nutshell: 5 - Perfect 4.5 - Almost Perfect 4.0 - Great 3.5 - Good 3.0 - Above Average 2.5 - Meh 2.0 - Below Average 1.5 - Bad 1.0 - Ugh 0.5 - Chief Keef - Finally Rich __________________ RateYourMusic A dead Last.fm account

11-20-2014, 10:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
Rexx Shredd Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 158	I don't rate albums: I judge almost everything on a song-by-song basis..... The only exception to this rule is concept albums, as these albums are - by design - intended to be listened to in their entirety and must be judged as a collective With that said, my rating scale is: "I Like It" "Its OK" "I Don't Like It" __________________ OK :) URBAN SHOKKER -- Old School P-Funk Style FUNK -- out NOW on Carbon 12 Records

11-21-2014, 10:48 PM	#19 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	1. Blows 2. Some redeeming qualities. 3. I enjoy if it comes on. 4. Great song! 5. I WILL KILL YOU if you take it away from me. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-21-2014, 11:09 PM	#20 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I kind of arbitrarily do it when I do ratings. I guess I'm with you guys on not really rating albums. On RYM, even though I don't visit it a lot, my 5* albums have a lot of variety in quality but I still consider them to be worthy of 5 stars since I consider them great. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x