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Wreckless said

Brudda, the modern rating system for video games has led many to think that anything below an 8 is garbage.

In the realm of music and movies a score of 6.5 is solid. Movies that get an 8 or above are usually all time classics.

I don’t believe in giving out 10/10s even for my favorite albums. More often than not, there’s at least one song that falls flat. For example, I’d probably rate TES around a 9.7 even though it’s likely my number one album of all time.

Here's a breakdown according to ChatGPT.

Sure! Here’s a breakdown of music scores on a scale from 1 to 10:

1 - Poor

Characteristics: Disorganized, lacks melody, and rhythm. Instruments may clash and vocals are off-key.
Impact: Unpleasant to listen to, often feels unfinished or careless.

2 - Fair

Characteristics: Some semblance of structure but still heavily flawed. Few interesting moments, with major issues in execution.
Impact: Can be grating; may only appeal to very niche audiences.

3 - Mediocre

Characteristics: Basic ideas present, but lacking depth. Simple melodies and predictable progressions.
Impact: Forgettable; not engaging enough to warrant repeated listening.

4 - Decent

Characteristics: More cohesive than mediocre but still shows significant weaknesses in composition and performance.
Impact: Some enjoyable moments, but overall lacks polish.

5 - Average

Characteristics: Competent but unremarkable. Standard song structures and familiar themes without unique twists.
Impact: Can be enjoyable in the background but doesn’t stand out.

6 - Good

Characteristics: Solid craftsmanship with catchy hooks and competent instrumentation. A few standout moments or clever ideas.
Impact: Likely to be enjoyed by a wider audience, though may not be memorable in the long run.

7 - Very Good

Characteristics: Strong melodies and well-executed arrangements. Displays creativity and emotional resonance.
Impact: Likely to be revisited; resonates well with listeners.

8 - Excellent

Characteristics: High level of artistry, innovative concepts, and emotional depth. Great production quality and skilled performances.
Impact: Memorable and impactful; stands out in its genre.

9 - Exceptional

Characteristics: Masterful composition and execution. Unique sound, profound lyrics, and emotional connection that transcends typical boundaries.
Impact: Leaves a lasting impression and can influence others; often considered a classic.

10 - Masterpiece

Characteristics: A pinnacle of artistic achievement. Flawless integration of all elements—melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics, and production.
Impact: Timeless quality; often cited as a benchmark in music history, inspiring generations.

I think 6.5 for an album I will never listen to again, not even for one song is a fair score. Don't make me hit you in the head with a participation trophy
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I just see anywhere in the 6’s as above average, since 5 is what I consider average, and it just kinda shocked me to see a 6.5 for the album considering a lot of people consider this album to be towards the realm of an 8-10. Wasn’t trying to come at ya, just makes it fun to see what score I can get out of you!

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DiggleDogg69 said

You really are a tough grader, I’m looking forward to your opinion on my next pick
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Brudda, the modern rating system for video games has led many to think that anything below an 8 is garbage.

In the realm of music and movies a score of 6.5 is solid. Movies that get an 8 or above are usually all time classics.

I don’t believe in giving out 10/10s even for my favorite albums. More often than not, there’s at least one song that falls flat. For example, I’d probably rate TES around a 9.7 even though it’s likely my number one album of all time.

Here's a breakdown according to ChatGPT.

Sure! Here’s a breakdown of music scores on a scale from 1 to 10:

1 - Poor

Characteristics: Disorganized, lacks melody, and rhythm. Instruments may clash and vocals are off-key.
Impact: Unpleasant to listen to, often feels unfinished or careless.

2 - Fair

Characteristics: Some semblance of structure but still heavily flawed. Few interesting moments, with major issues in execution.
Impact: Can be grating; may only appeal to very niche audiences.

3 - Mediocre

Characteristics: Basic ideas present, but lacking depth. Simple melodies and predictable progressions.
Impact: Forgettable; not engaging enough to warrant repeated listening.

4 - Decent

Characteristics: More cohesive than mediocre but still shows significant weaknesses in composition and performance.
Impact: Some enjoyable moments, but overall lacks polish.

5 - Average

Characteristics: Competent but unremarkable. Standard song structures and familiar themes without unique twists.
Impact: Can be enjoyable in the background but doesn’t stand out.

6 - Good

Characteristics: Solid craftsmanship with catchy hooks and competent instrumentation. A few standout moments or clever ideas.
Impact: Likely to be enjoyed by a wider audience, though may not be memorable in the long run.

7 - Very Good

Characteristics: Strong melodies and well-executed arrangements. Displays creativity and emotional resonance.
Impact: Likely to be revisited; resonates well with listeners.

8 - Excellent

Characteristics: High level of artistry, innovative concepts, and emotional depth. Great production quality and skilled performances.
Impact: Memorable and impactful; stands out in its genre.

9 - Exceptional

Characteristics: Masterful composition and execution. Unique sound, profound lyrics, and emotional connection that transcends typical boundaries.
Impact: Leaves a lasting impression and can influence others; often considered a classic.

10 - Masterpiece

Characteristics: A pinnacle of artistic achievement. Flawless integration of all elements—melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics, and production.
Impact: Timeless quality; often cited as a benchmark in music history, inspiring generations.

I think 6.5 for an album I will never listen to again, not even for one song is a fair score. Don't make me hit you in the head with a participation trophy

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Wreckless said

I will have a review for David Bowie album sometime today. My apologies, been pretty busy this week.
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I never liked Disturbed so I didn't participate out of respect.

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Gimp said

I will pick....

Blu & Exile - Miles

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Time to revive this club. Anyone who doesn't participate this week will be getting a 1/10 from me in the future.
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Sick pick

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Is now picking the album this week, feel free to post it anytime today

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DiggleDogg69 said

Review in for Bowie tomorrow, tomorrow is gonna be my big big media consumption day because I’m behind on my horror movie marathon over in Mikey’s thread too
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DiggleDogg69 tomorrow:

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Justin Trudeau said

I'm actually good with 6ish we get to share more
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Yeah as long as those 6ish people also do reviews lol

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Did you forget something?!? Lol
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Swear to god I’m not usually a forgetful guy but the aotw tags are giving me early onset dementia

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David Bowie - Low

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I’ve been meaning to get into David Bowie’s music for years now. Only projects of his that I’ve heard are Blackstar and Ziggy Stardust, the former being a very grim and gloomy record that I really enjoyed - it is not an album I would replay too often because it tends to make you feel a certain type of way but it is still one of the more interesting art-rock albums I’ve listened to in years. Not much for me to add about Ziggy Stardust, that project is a classic and one of the all time best concept albums.

Now let me get started on Low. This is an album I knew pretty much nothing about. Honestly when @Yeez picked it I was happy that I would finally dive deeper in Bowie’s discography. One of my favorite artists of all time is Lou Reed, Bowie’s contemporary and friend - Bowie also co-produced Reed’s solo album Transformer which I love the h--- out of. The sonical signature of Transformer more or less comes back on Low. That 70s rock sound which presents us with the typical rawness of the period’s art rock immediately had me loving the project’s opening track. Speed of Life is a catchy instrumental intro which sets the stage perfectly for Bowie to showcase his coked-out-of-his-mind self (in the best way possible) on the following tracks. Breaking Glass is the next track, that opening guitar is, to put it in simple terms, cool as f---. Bowie’s vocals draw you in, I love how everything is mixed; Bowie commands the track with his interesting lyrical narrative while also leaving adequate space for this really cool art-rock instrumental to develop around him. I do wish this track was longer but maybe it is better like this because I find it infinitely replayable. The transition into the next song is great, a common theme on this album is how fluently songs melt into one another. What in the World is an insane song too, it’s just great music so I’ll restrain myself from yapping and say that Bowie is such a genius writer and composer. Sound and Vision is a track I’ll give mandatory praise to as well, everything about it is excellent, really. I love this song’s structure, the instrumental is gorgeous - it is pretty much a similar array of instruments up until this point, but Bowie manages to bring out so many feelings and different atmospheres with such little variety by relying on excellent vocal performance, writing, and melodies. Always Crashing into the Same Car is nothing short of amazing either. Could be a weird connection to make but the track seems to me like something heavily influential to bands such as MGMT and psychedelic rock in general. Building such a wall of sonics in the 70s and being among one of the pioneers of such a vibrantly intimate sound is exactly why I have a lot of respect for Bowie. Be my Wife is a b-----r and it is obvious why he chose it as the second single. Although engaging and fun, the song loses no complexity in terms of sound whatsoever. Absolutely great.

The next track, A New Career in a New Town sees the album at a transition of sorts. It is a song where bowie further amps up his use of synthesisers, vibraphone, xylophone, and wordless vocals. I find the general atmosphere of this song very interesting and even soothing. Loved it.
The following 4 tracks really melt into one another. I am usually not the biggest fan of ambiental music but I thoroughly enjoyed it on Low. The compositions of these songs are very creative and left-field when observed through the context of 70s rock. These songs, and the entirety of the album, actually, I can describe with a single sentence:

David Bowie’s Low is a record that does not try to be art, it just simply is.

10/10
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Did you forget something?!? Lol

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David Bowie - Low

review

I’ve been meaning to get into David Bowie’s music for years now. Only projects of his that I’ve heard are Blackstar and Ziggy Stardust, the former being a very grim and gloomy record that I really enjoyed - it is not an album I would replay too often because it tends to make you feel a certain type of way but it is still one of the more interesting art-rock albums I’ve listened to in years. Not much for me to add about Ziggy Stardust, that project is a classic and one of the all time best concept albums.

Now let me get started on Low. This is an album I knew pretty much nothing about. Honestly when @Yeez picked it I was happy that I would finally dive deeper in Bowie’s discography. One of my favorite artists of all time is Lou Reed, Bowie’s contemporary and friend - Bowie also co-produced Reed’s solo album Transformer which I love the h--- out of. The sonical signature of Transformer more or less comes back on Low. That 70s rock sound which presents us with the typical rawness of the period’s art rock immediately had me loving the project’s opening track. Speed of Life is a catchy instrumental intro which sets the stage perfectly for Bowie to showcase his coked-out-of-his-mind self (in the best way possible) on the following tracks. Breaking Glass is the next track, that opening guitar is, to put it in simple terms, cool as f---. Bowie’s vocals draw you in, I love how everything is mixed; Bowie commands the track with his interesting lyrical narrative while also leaving adequate space for this really cool art-rock instrumental to develop around him. I do wish this track was longer but maybe it is better like this because I find it infinitely replayable. The transition into the next song is great, a common theme on this album is how fluently songs melt into one another. What in the World is an insane song too, it’s just great music so I’ll restrain myself from yapping and say that Bowie is such a genius writer and composer. Sound and Vision is a track I’ll give mandatory praise to as well, everything about it is excellent, really. I love this song’s structure, the instrumental is gorgeous - it is pretty much a similar array of instruments up until this point, but Bowie manages to bring out so many feelings and different atmospheres with such little variety by relying on excellent vocal performance, writing, and melodies. Always Crashing into the Same Car is nothing short of amazing either. Could be a weird connection to make but the track seems to me like something heavily influential to bands such as MGMT and psychedelic rock in general. Building such a wall of sonics in the 70s and being among one of the pioneers of such a vibrantly intimate sound is exactly why I have a lot of respect for Bowie. Be my Wife is a b-----r and it is obvious why he chose it as the second single. Although engaging and fun, the song loses no complexity in terms of sound whatsoever. Absolutely great.

The next track, A New Career in a New Town sees the album at a transition of sorts. It is a song where bowie further amps up his use of synthesisers, vibraphone, xylophone, and wordless vocals. I find the general atmosphere of this song very interesting and even soothing. Loved it.
The following 4 tracks really melt into one another. I am usually not the biggest fan of ambiental music but I thoroughly enjoyed it on Low. The compositions of these songs are very creative and left-field when observed through the context of 70s rock. These songs, and the entirety of the album, actually, I can describe with a single sentence:

David Bowie’s Low is a record that does not try to be art, it just simply is.

10/10
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OMG. Im glad you loved the album!!!! Even if it was produced years beforehand I can definitely see the similarities between this and Transformer.

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Ordinary Joel said

My album selection:

HERMIT & THE RECLUSE - ORPHEUS VS. THE SIRENS

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Rest in peace to Ka

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Yeez said

The year is 1976. David Bowie is severely addicted to cocaine and ultimately decides to move to Berlin. Straight off of the critical success of his last album Station to Station, the entire Berlin era is the root of various classic records like Iggy Pop's The Idiot and Bowie's very own 'Heroes' and Lodger. These three albums are each amazing in their own different ways, but (in my opinion) they all pale in comparison to the first Bowie album to come out of these sessions...
My Pick for AOTW Club is:

Low (1977) by David Bowie
To say that Low is a monumental album in rock would be an understatement. This record marked the start of Bowie's various collaborations with music legend Brian Eno, and would prove to be incredibly influential for various artists including Nine Inch Nails, Joy Division, and The Cure. Low is also very notable for having a clear sonic difference from the first "day" side primarily made up of rock songs and the second "night" side, which is entirely made up of atmospheric ambient music (The closing track "Subterraneans" is one of my favorite songs of all time). Released in the middle of Bowie's classics era, Low is an incredibly great and influential albums, and I hope that you all enjoy it as much as I do
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Lou Reed’s Berlin comes to mind too.
Excited for this, great pick.

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jankland said

Gimp said

Great. This thread turning into a sweaty mountain due drinking rock club now. I will save the club again when it's my turn.
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It would be a really good bit to do every album in atmosphere's catalog back to back
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jankland said

It would be a really good bit to do every album in atmosphere's catalog back to back
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Gonna hack into the SX80 mainframe and delete random accounts from this club so I can get my next pick in sooner
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You could be the first to join my exclusive 9 club if you choose something exceptional.

1. The Offspring - Americana - 8.7
2. Big K.R.I.T. - 4Eva is a Mighty Long Time - 8.5
3. Bring Me The Horizon - Post Human: Survival Horror - 8.0
4. Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me - 7.8
5. Three 6 Mafia - Smoke clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 - 7.5
6. Hermit and the Recluse - ORPHEUS vs. The Sirens - 7.5
7. Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later - 7.5
8. Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz - Kings of Crunk - 7.5
9. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That s--- Gold - 7.3
10. J Hus - Big Conspiracy - 7.2
11. Isaiah Rashad - Clivia Demo – 7
12. Travis Scott - Rodeo 6.5
13. Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady - 6
14. Paris Texas - Mid Air - 6
15. The Weeknd - House of Balloons - 5.5
16. Lorde - Melodrama - 5
17. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil - 5
18. JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs – 3

Average Score: 6.75

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Gonna hack into the SX80 mainframe and delete random accounts from this club so I can get my next pick in sooner
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I'll probably just keep this order if this is the normal group, only 7-8 weeks between picks

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jankland said

first couple listens I thought it was like a 5/10 but it grew on me a ton, I think learning some of the lore s--- weirdly helped the original problems I had with the mixing on that record. Its just annoying when Survival Horror is mixed and mastered immaculately
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Exactly, was much harder to get into than many other BMTH records. I just gave up because of how rough it sounded; had a ton of records I was listening to at the time so I forgot about that one rather quickly.

Not that I’m saying I need something mega polished from the band, it’s just that I felt like they went two steps back with that release in terms of how it sounded.

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jankland said

I think having Metal freaks, Rap freaks and Pop freaks in the rotation of users is going to keep this thread pretty fun for a while if it stays somewhat active!
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I’m not sure the forum is really into rock genres. It seems like the number of reviews has dropped since we started steering towards those metal genres lol.

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Oh h--- yeah Seether, we've had a severe lack of divorced dad music
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I decided to switch it to another album. One that I truly love rather than just like. But i'm still sticking with the divorced dad theme. Enjoy

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Seether - Karma and Effect

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Oh h--- yeah Seether, we've had a severe lack of divorced dad music

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