Rating albums

I have to believe you need to go to the album page and find a button that says something like 'rate this album'.

Hi,

I would prefer that this ability was limited so to take the "fans" out of the equation and make the actual "reviews" more important and valuable to the real listeners of the music ... 

The idea is that someone just "rating" an album, is probably not likely to be a fan of all the music at all, but simply giving his/her favorite band a nice bump up ... and in the end, that is not helping the music stand out in this board ... many of those bands and their work is not even discussed in the board, and is often relegated to some weird and strange "style" or "designation" that not many of us ever bother with at all ... 

I' having a horrible time with "post rock" ... as it's definition is even more ridiculous than the one that we have "agreed" for "progressive" and "prog" music for this site and in others as well!

I would prefer, and this is strictly me, that these things were better thought out and created, and that is not to say that the voice of the fan is not valuable ... but his/her voice on music that is in reality a minor this on that on our site ... is a different story ... it's like social media creating a story that does not exist!

I could be wrong on this, as I like the "democratic" thing a lot more, but within a reasonable context of that democracy, is the desire and ability to help maintain it, not add stuff that is going to splinter it even more, and into areas that are almost designed to destroy it ... not to support it!

Hi,

You are correct in this area ... the issue with foreign speaking folks ... however, these days, the translation of the materials on the internet is quite helpful, and I'm not sure that folks are making use of it to learn more ... it's just a thought, btw.

But my main concern is ... and I find this important ... that too many folks are not really voting for an "album" as much as they are for a song within it ... in the old days, you bought the album, and you MIGHT have heard one song in it, thus the whole thing was far out to discover ... and nowadays, with all the abilities on the Internet to hear just about every album you can think of, including parts of one I helped produce, I find it strange to blame it on the language barrier ... I listen to things in many languages and they don't bother me, or that I can not learn, or find some information on it in the Internet. 

To me, there is no "foreign" anymore, although I do reviews for "foreign language" films and some music here and there ... but all in all, this is my attempt to help people find new things ... as I said once in a Portland International Film Festival ... don't go see the American or the English films ... go see the one from Ukraine, Mozambigue and Patagonia ... why? Easy ... you and I and no one else WILL EVER SEE THEM AGAIN. The American and English will be released on video (now DVD). 

It's the same here ... but I refuse to rate things, unless I review them ... I do not separate those two elements ... what's the point of me rating something, when I don't care enough to bother reviewing the album? It simply cries ... I don't care to rate the rest ... and in the end, this is not a good thing, as the whole album, might not be good enough (so to speak) with the exception of one song that everyone seems to like, myself included.

Sorry about the long reply ... I, personally, with English as my 3rd language, don't see a reason to allow the rating without a review ... AND, if you have issues with the English, there is always someone else within the group that is quite capable of helping you say it better, or correctly, if that is the concern. I would never hesitate to ask a few folks for assistance, if that was my case ... 

Hi,