7.5 being the start of greatness? :confused: Getting a 75 on a test (which was getting 75% of the answers right) was not the starting point of greatness, not as a student it wasn't. That was the starting point of failure. Scoring 75 on a test was like telling you if you didn't do better you risk failing.

Oh! So, there are songs on there that are a million times better than some others,
so can I just raise my rating to, say, 831,739 - 'cause, you know, it's my
alternate innumerate reality that I'm going by and so should everyone else?

There's a difference between a test and a piece of music: if you get perfect marks for a test that simply means you got everything right that the test asks. In music the possibilities are nearly endless and a 10/10 would mean making the most of the possibilities of music in order to create something that nothing else could compete with as far as the stimulation it provides from start to finish. It would be like, an instantaneous orgasm from the first note that lasted until the end of the work without succumbing to any cramps or there being any end of it in sight.

Yeah. The reason Starman scored a 14/10 is cause I am factoring in an four extra credits cause the song is going beyond and above the call of duty. It goes beyond the regular "oh, it's a good song." They did every thing right so they gets a normal 10/10. But it has a certain je ne sais quoi. There is something more about it, something mythical, something magical, so the need for 4 extra credit points being added to its 10/10. It totally makes good sense to me.

There's no option for 9.6 anyways. If it's either 9 or 10, and you think it's closer to a 10, what rating are you gonna give?

Usually you round up 9.6 to 10.

I think you're over thinking a rating system. A 10/10 doesn't mean something is perfect. One of my all-time favorite albums, a 10/10, is Jalamanta by Brant Bjork. I wouldn't call it a perfect album though. The singing is too low in the mix, the drums can be too loud. But every time I hear the album it's still an amazing experience that I love. And anything less then a 10/10 feels wrong.

Ratings are not a measurement of perfection. You cannot measure perfection in art. You can only measure personal enjoyment.

I completely agree. I could further apply this to what I've been saying but I think it's gone too far already :P It's not a big deal.

You should watch this video. This guy gets into the rating system and its flaw. The same flaw this thread is guilty of.



Why spend so much time discussing a number rather then discussing the contents of the art. Why should I care about Anthony Fantano giving the album a 4. It's the more specific details he gives that I care about.

I'll watch it shortly, a bit busy atm.

I agree also regarding content vs rating. It's just that this is a rating thread being used to determine what is a classic or not.