From time to time I like to listen to music. Shocking, I know, but I also watch films and play video-games. I occasionally want to tell people about my opinions on these things. This is the area in which I will review things. This will start out with Music reviews, then I will expand when I have time (or something to say). The procedure for my music reviews is below.
In terms of the reviews themselves I will write a brief little bio on the artist (as it's likely you won't have heard of most of them) then an analysis of the album itself, though how long this will be I have yet to decide (First draft review of The Incident took up two A4 pages). The analysis will be followed by a conclusion (Look at mah engleesh skillz!!) and then finally the scores. For the scores albums will be given a mark out of 10 for each of the following:
- Writing
- Flow Of The Album
- Originality
- Overall Sound
For a total score of 40 (rather like Famitsu). Which will then be given a "Grade" like that of a exam paper split as shown below (Yes I have slightly ripped off the GCSE mark scheme, so what?).
36 + = S
31 - 35 = A
26 - 30 = B
21 - 25 = C
16 - 20 = D
11 - 15 = E
6 - 10 = F
1 - 5 = G
0 = U
I am also toying with the idea of removing a point for each "Dud" on the album (Any song which seems out of place or is just plain bad.), also I might start deducting points for the genre being listed as "Alternative & Punk" on iTunes (though admittedly this is iTunes + the record labels fault) because Alternative Rock and Punk Rock are two completely different classifications (Seriously it's like me using a "Teen-Pop & Metal" classification) and should never be crossed (even if they "are" then that itself is "Post Rock").
