Currently doing a complete relisten project. Every album I've ever listened to! 2.5 star albums are albums I am going to listen to. 1.5 star albums are on the back burner -- I'm sure a few of these I won't bother revisiting. The rest of the ratings are 'true' ratings.



I listen to a lot of music. But I would say that my habits follow the 80/20 rule --- 80% of my listening time goes into 20% (or maybe fewer) of the albums I have rated. So it may look like I'm a pretty harsh rater, but its really only because I take my time with an album before giving in a 3 or more. Pretty much 3+ means I've listened to the album at least a dozen times.

There really are not that many albums that I've found offensively bad. Even in the 1 star ratings of mine I can find albums that I once enjoyed. Thinking about listening to any of these albums kind of makes me go 'meh' - there's better stuff out there.

My least favorite review is someone saying "Come on guys! Why so harsh? This album isn't that bad..." and then they proceed to give very good reasons as to why the album has a low rating.