Three steps before I give a rating.

1. Listen on computer as background music
2. Listen while walking on my headphone
3. Re-listen a week later.

My ratings aren't biased. I just don't try albums with bad ratings and just bash on them at the end. I don't have time for that.

Please, don't just judge an album because you've listened once. FEEL the album. Get to know it. Have kids with it.