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Wiztipskimor
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Has anyone defined the rating system on this site?
Ie, how much does one have to appreciate an album/song to give 70/100 as opposed to 95/100?
Or is it just a case of spending more time on the site and gauging the universal basis for comparison?
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Wiztipskimor wrote:
Has anyone defined the rating system on this site?
Ie, how much does one have to appreciate an album/song to give 70/100 as opposed to 95/100?
Or is it just a case of spending more time on the site and gauging the universal basis for comparison?


I often give the album a rating based on expectations. For example, there are some hip-hop albums that I enjoy more than, say, some indie albums, but that I have given lower ratings - because hip-hop is what I enjoy listening to most and I rate hip-hop album against other hip-hop albums. I could rate a hip-hop album 75/100 because that's how I think it stands up against other hip-hop releases, but still enjoy it more than an indie or electronic album that I rate 90/100. It's not even really a genre thing. I have two rating systems: one for hip-hop, one fore everything else. It's probably a bit stupid, if it even makes sense.
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I used to rate things in such a way where if I didn't enjoy the album, or if it got old or whatever, I'd rate it below 50. If I enjoyed the album and returned it it, it got above 50. If I couldn't finish listening to the album, I either wouldn't rate it or I'd give it a 10 or lower. My average rating was around 50, but if I were to hypothetically listen to every album in the world, the average rating would probably turn out lower than 5/100, cause that's life.

I've deleted all my ratings now since I think it screws with my head a bit. I prefer to keep things vague and unsettled.
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Rating system is not defined and you need to build your own. I think that every member of BEA have own system and probably they are not comparable.
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I usuallyate my albums based on two things: how much I enjoyed them, and how successful the album is at what it tries to do. If I get the feel X wants to make a pop album and Y an avant garde one, I'll judge X more on the melodies and harmonies and Y more on the originality of the ideas. But basically, if it's 70 or more, I liked it. If it's 95 or 100, that's in my hall of fame.

Also, you could try to check the average ratings for each user to see more or less how people measure their rankings
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The rating system definitely differs for everyone. Mine all stems from my top 100. I think I have 4 or 5 that are 100 out of 100, maybe about 10 that are 95...and the lowest rating in my top 100 is maybe a 75 or 80? So basically that led me to a 75 still equaling a very good and enjoyable album. 65-70 is above average. 55-60 average to slightly below. Anything below 50 sucks goat balls.

But again I'm sure this differs substantially from the way a lot of other members rate.
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I rate the album by how much I enjoy it.
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thejoj96 wrote:
I rate the album by how much I enjoy it.


Really? That's dumb.
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pearljammer13 wrote:
Really? That's dumb.

I know but I don't want to bring objectiveness into my rating.
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thejoj96 wrote:
I know but I don't want to bring objectiveness into my rating.


Ratings are objective everyone knows that.
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