Friday, October 07, 2005

CD Review Rating System

Ok, gang...I'm about to start posting some CD reviews and since it always annoys the snot out of me when reviewers either A: Don't give some sort of quantitative measure of judgment or B: They give a completely arbitrary grade, number or asinine symbol which means absolutely zilch to the person who is reading the review. So, I am going to use a numbered system, but I'm actually going to explain the formula and criteria I'm using as the basis of my judgment. I was thinking of adding a separate space in each review that actuality lists the scores for each category, but for Christ's sakes, this is not an Olympic event and I think we can all assume I did the math correctly.

*sounds of uncontrolled laughter erupt from readers*

Graded Factors (On a 1-10 scale, 10 being the highest, and all factors weighed equally)

1. Lyrical Content
2. Musical Performance/Quality
3. Production Quality
4. Vocal Performance
5. Overall Album Cohesiveness
6. Originality

4 comments:

Anonymous said...
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U2Lorax said...

Hmmm math skills involved. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt until albums start showing up with scores over 70 (unless they're U2, of course).

Anonymous said...

I wonder if DYE math will be involved ;-)
C

Hater Dictator said...

mmmm....perhaps, C....perhaps...