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- #1
- Posted: 08/22/2014 19:13
- Post subject: First Song Bias
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Has anybody else noticed that first song's rating is normally a bit inflated? Maybe it's because the artist intentionally puts a better song first, but a lot of the time it seems like the song is just "overrated" because it's first.
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- #2
- Posted: 08/22/2014 19:16
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Also, there is first album bias IMO. People love artists' first few albums, and then start to hate them saying "they changed".
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Listmeister
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- #3
- Posted: 08/22/2014 19:42
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| MrIrrelevant wrote: | | Also, there is first album bias IMO. People love artists' first few albums, and then start to hate them saying "they changed". |
Which is kind of silly, because even if a band loses youthful passion, they will gain in musical skill. I find that a bands' later albums will be better than their earlier one because they're just better musicians. This assumes they haven't gotten tired or started killing each other.
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- #4
- Posted: 08/22/2014 19:51
- Post subject: Re: First Song Bias
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| MrIrrelevant wrote: | | Has anybody else noticed that first song's rating is normally a bit inflated? Maybe it's because the artist intentionally puts a better song first, but a lot of the time it seems like the song is just "overrated" because it's first. |
Yep. In fact, the rating tends to drop steadily as the album goes along. Lots of discussion here:
Do albums tend to get worse towards the end?
I'm still not sure how much of this is listener bias and how much is the artist just choosing to put their best stuff early in the album. I really think there's at least a little of both going on.
EDIT: Actually, I looked into the "debut album" bias too:
Musical Random Chat
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Necharsian
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- #5
- Posted: 08/22/2014 20:34
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teach me stats please
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- #6
- Posted: 08/22/2014 20:49
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| Necharsian wrote: | | teach me stats please |
Teach me to love metal and we'll call it a trade.
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Necharsian
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- #7
- Posted: 08/22/2014 21:16
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| sp4cetiger wrote: | | Teach me to love metal and we'll call it a trade. |
yes ok deal
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- #8
- Posted: 08/23/2014 00:05
- Post subject: Re: First Song Bias
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| MrIrrelevant wrote: | | Has anybody else noticed that first song's rating is normally a bit inflated? Maybe it's because the artist intentionally puts a better song first, but a lot of the time it seems like the song is just "overrated" because it's first. |
No Manic Street Preachers album has had the best song first. Well apart from It's Not War Just The End Love, that song was class. Lonesome Day is also best on The Rising. Wuthering Heights is not best on The Kick Inside. Japandroids Celebration Rock no House Of The Built Love is first out. Les Miz... no, Sparks albums? No Sparks album started with the best first until Dick Around showed up.
Yeah something about overrated saying things are overrated just doesn't jive. Artists usually put the best song first.
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