Your one and two star album ratings?

BrufordFreak wrote:   Many of you know that I consider a two star "D" grade album to be one that I think my brothers and I could do as well, maybe even improve upon. Any three star "C" grade album I consider to be weak for musicians calling themselves "professionals."

Edited by Lewian - Yesterday at 08:03

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: He's not a tough judge, he's a bizarre judge, just look at what he gives 5's Bizzare is rating Metal Fatigue one star. We all have different tastes.

What can I tell you, I've tried. He's way too indulgently noodly for my tastes. I recognize he's hugely talented and I love his stuff in other people's bands but solo he does nothing for me. In my defense I mainly use Gnosis for my own benefit to track my collection and only rate albums I like on PA.

Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - Yesterday at 06:56

BrufordFreak wrote: Great OP, Greg! (As usual) Many of you know that I consider a two star "D" grade album to be one that I think my brothers and I could do as well, maybe even improve upon. Any three star "C" grade album I consider to be weak for musicians calling themselves "professionals."  Like Greg, most albums I give the time and consideration to compose a full review have had to earn their way into my interest zone. A four star album is, most likely, a collection of competent, polished, skilled compositions that have been rendered cleanly and professionally--with considerable musicianship/skills on display. At the same time, I give a lot of five star ratings because I believe a ten-star 100-point scale to be more appropriate for respectfully rating any album. My 9 star albums would deserve four and a half stars but here on PA that is not possible (though it is on M@x's other site, JazzMusicArchives.com). These are the albums you see me calling "minor masterpieces." The albums that are of such a high quality that they I believe they could stand up next to the most highly-extolled albums of the "classic era"; these would be deserving of 10 stars: full masterpiece honors. But, again, this is not possible here on PA.  One and two star assignations, for me, translate to "I could do better than this."

Great OP, Greg! (As usual)

Valdez wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Generally, it's only godawful Death Metal albums that receive a one-star rating from me, but these are some of my two star album choices that are rated highly by many other PA members, although a two-star rating from me is often seen as a recommendation.   2016: David Bowie - Black Star - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k9zz5HH6wfeoWzK5VnHRd68UrIzKr3frI  1982: Kate Bush - The Dreaming - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lbVVvc21x5VshNYvG3LGhSjaLQzZV-1DI  1973: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mBMqJoDxm1ZOcV88rz8OaHArNwtIKPDro  1972: Tangerine Dream - Zeit - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kTcPbNmo7mf3Zl3MLlOreONsZNNAEmqL8  1972: Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kOWdkl7AREpLB5vkYkhbv94GHycru9xHY  1974: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3KoR5NKhcTHsHH7W5sjsVrqDUbsAL0xg No accounting for taste...  Blackstar is a hard 5  LTiA is a hard 5 Kate Bush a 4 Tangerine dream a 4.5 Pawn Hearts a 4 (even though I can't stand Hammil's voice) I have not heard Rock Bottom, but i'm going to give it a listen today. Paul you are a tough Judge!

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: He's not a tough judge, he's a bizarre judge, just look at what he gives 5's

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: He's not a tough judge, he's a bizarre judge, just look at what he gives 5's

Bizzare is rating Metal Fatigue one star. We all have different tastes.

He's not a tough judge, he's a bizarre judge, just look at what he gives 5's

I may be a little too liberal with my two-star ratings; albums I've given that rating to range anywhere from "I don't like this at all" to "this is slightly less than mediocre". One-star ratings I definitely try not to give out at all unless an album is actively offensive or aggravating for me to listen to (though looking back at some of my older ratings I can see I haven't always adhered to that principle either...)

^ You mean Will's? I had not thought they were being given lightly, or that the 80 or so 2 star ratings were given lightly, or the others. My thing is that I rarely would wish to listen attentively enough, and enough times over time, to want to rate or review significant numbers of one and two star albums. I have been told that I have rated too many albums five stars but then I like to rate favourites which I feel I know very well. The albums that get the most plays are albums I love.

By the way, I am not the reviewing type and what reviews I have written are poor -- I only have 15 reviews here. I started with only making ratings with reviews, then rated a bunch when the quick rating feature came out, and now I will only rate with reviews again.

I too think that we should consider what Steve says, and that goes too for how we talk about albums in the forum too. At least hopefully we can express our views in a considerate, respectful manner, unless we find the artist despicable, or with despicable messages. Also, one should consider being considerate of others with different music opinions and that might affect how one talks about albums. I'm fine with people expressing that they do not enjoy something, but some people are much more free and easy with calling albums and artists bad than I would be comfortable with. But I digress.