The review process involves rating the album across ten critical categories to reach a final verdict. Each category is rated from zero to ten. One of the categories, Replayability, is determined by averaging the enjoyment score I give each song out of 10 and multiplying that average by 4, as the personal enjoyment of an album should be weighted higher than the other categories. The other categories are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Lyrics
2. Vocals
3. Production Quality
4. Originality
5. Flow \/ Coherence
6. Replayability (Weighted 4x)
7. Storytelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After each has its score from zero to ten, other factors that may affect the final score are taken into account. Examples of other factors could be the album being too long, a weak opener or closer, a lack of risk-taking, and front-loading quality, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once all those metrics have been taken into account, the album gets a final score, as seen below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0 – 1.9 = Atrocious \/ Unlistenable
2 – 3.9 = Poor\/Weak
4 – 4.9 = Mediocre \/ Underwhelming
5 – 5.9 = Fair \/ Decent
6 – 6.9 = Good \/ Solid
7 – 7.9 = Very Good \/ Impressive
8 – 8.9 = Excellent \/ Outstanding
9 – 9.4 = Exceptional \/ Brilliant
9.5 – 10 = Masterpiece \/ Landmark <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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