Sometimes I don't even know why I go here and consult this site. Top albums of 2017
1. Live Album(shittier quality versions of shit we've already heard)
2. Really?
3. I liked this album a lot but is there really nothing better??
What's your opinion of ratemymusic?
What's your preferred music review site?
I really don't get how Science Fiction is that high and I'm a big Brand New fan
Of course, RYM is always a popularity game, but I still do think it's a great site for discovering music
Its top album lists may not be great, but they're still a hell of a lot better than Pitchfork or Rolling Stone or whatever, especially once you look past the top 50 or so albums
Searching by genre or descriptor is often incredibly helpful
>3. I liked this album a lot
stopped reading here.
>What's your opinion of ratemymusic?
Inherently worthless, because the majority of "reviews" feature nothing more than emotional descriptors and explanations of personal preference. Therefore, "reviews" can only aggravate you. It's best not to read those at all.
>What's your preferred music review site?
Wherever you find reviews which go beyond emotional descriptors and explanations of personal preference, that's the right place. There are some YouTube channels dedicated to this.
as much as i hate to say i agree, it has too many weak tracks to be almost 4/5. theyre my favorite band but sci fi is overrated as hell
name a better albums this year lol
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & James McAlister - Planetarium
As a music database, it's absolutely fine. As a community, it's absolutely fucking garbage.
Crack-Up
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up
Niceee
RYM is pretty good if you know how to use it.
Obviously you should always ignore any aggregate scores and lists. Instead just look for individual users who have good taste and/or write good reviews and follow them.
Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
The National - Sleep Well Beast
This gave me a little chuckle
Good Lord
>Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface
that album fuckin sucks
Peasant, nigga
Okay, name 403 albums better than this
>E-everyone knows Illmatic is the greatest rap album of all ti-!
Shame on these niggas
>searching by descriptor
Yo how the fuck do you do this? I've never been able to find a way
It's a feature in the Sonemic Beta
>getting mad at what plebeian trash retards rate to the top
news flash: people have shit taste. move on.
literally nothing wrong with this
How do you use it?
Carrie & Lowell Live is fucking amazing, fuck off
you fucking sucks
If you click on "Charts" and hit "Build Chart", you'll open the "Chart Builder"
There's a box for "Included Descriptors"
Type a descriptor in that box and make a chart
Science Fiction will probably be lower whenever they update the website again
did you listen to c&l live?
i totally understand the sentiment behind not wanting a live album as number 1, but that's a p unfair criticism considering how reworked and expanded so many of the carrie and lowell cuts are
i wouldn't say aoty or anything but it's real good
my main issue with this is how high joy division is
also how blonde on blonde 36 if it has a higher rating and more ratings than 35
Yeah, this guy clearly hasn't listened to it if his argument is that they are shittier versions of the same songs. The live album adds a ton more instrumentation to the songs that weren't present before. Definitely feels different than the studio album.
The rankings got updated like two weeks ago when SciFi still had a high score
The new Feist album is the best album of the year so far.
Also Brockhampton blew Kendrick out of the fucking water this year.
Thank you!!
Everything Now
>(shittier quality versions of shit we've already heard)
Haven't listened to the album have you? At least you could be honest, it's an anonymous imageboard for god's sake
Yea, it's decent. Not better though.
RYM are racist white nerds and they want to make sure that kendrick isnt #1 so they artificially inflate the ratings of these shitty indie albums by 2000s has been white bands.
I was going to give you a pass OP but then you are apparently a retard for hating on Carrie and Lowell Live so kill yourself.
Don't hate on Suf, ever.
Literally shit taste, Closer should be in top 10 desu.