Many years ago, when Kevin Brown and I were mere schoolkids, we devised a method of rating our favorite albums song by song. The average of these songs would form a final rating. We based our ratings on a 1-100 system.
Years later, I was exposed to Martin Popoff's rating method from 1-10. We wanted to go a step further, listing individual tracks, so that the reader could see how the averages worked.
In order to classify albums apart from a number rating, here are the categories we came up with:
Below 60 A piece of junk !
61-69.9 Generally subpar.....
70-74.9 Average / Mediocre
75-79.9 Solid and above-average !
80-84.9 An Excellent piece of work !
85-89.9 Essential to any collection !
90 and above Legendary
Each song is rated according to the above guidelines, and then averaged for the album as a whole. Short or instrumental tracks that serve as intros or outtros are generally not rated, as these pieces really serve to add a dramatic flair to the album as a whole.
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