Comus - First Utterance (metal, rock, albums, fan, Atmosphere)

4ZZZ · 05-01-2009, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Comus

This album is utter perfection though, it's everything you'd ever want and more.

Would you say any different? That is not criticism of you or opinion of what the albums means to you by the way. The album has hit you personally in all the right spots, and fair enough, but you are not really a neutral judge if you get my meaning.

Comus · 05-06-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 4ZZZ

Would you say any different? That is not criticism of you or opinion of what the albums means to you by the way. The album has hit you personally in all the right spots, and fair enough, but you are not really a neutral judge if you get my meaning.

I've been thinking about this more, and with a graded system like music reviews, 10/10 never means utter perfection, becuase no album will be perfect, it's basically a subjective statement, that "I think this album is worthy of maximum marks" based on the relative ratings of other albums, or basically just what album would be given an A+ were it a graded piece of work. Also on this subject, allmusic for example gives many albums 5 stars, but does that mean they are utterly perfect? I myself have given several albums the big 10/10 in my journal because I feel that's what they deserve given their appreciation, my enjoyment and the relative "worth" of the album.

dac · 05-06-2009, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Comus

I've been thinking about this more, and with a graded system like music reviews, 10/10 never means utter perfection, becuase no album will be perfect, it's basically a subjective statement, that "I think this album is worthy of maximum marks" based on the relative ratings of other albums, or basically just what album would be given an A+ were it a graded piece of work. Also on this subject, allmusic for example gives many albums 5 stars, but does that mean they are utterly perfect? I myself have given several albums the big 10/10 in my journal because I feel that's what they deserve given their appreciation, my enjoyment and the relative "worth" of the album.

Agreed. Kid A would probably be my favorite album of all time and certainly a 10/10 in my eyes, but I could go on and on about how 'Optimistic' has no business being on the album or how the ambient tracks drag on a bit.