i don't rate albums or even critique, just like what i like

rating albums is so fucking stupid who cares just listen to it and rate it in your brain you stupid rym memers

until ive formed what feels like a fairly solid opinion on it, can be 1 listen if its a genre i listen to a lot, probably more listens if its a jazz album or a classical recording

>>61466302
T H I S T B H F A M

depends
if it sounds interesing but i'm still not used to the album i will give it as much listens as necessary
if it's just boring i'll just give it one listen

>>61466285
I don't really rate stuff but it takes me like 5 listens to fully retain it

I use MediaMonkey, which has a 5-star system, with half-stars being the smallest increment.
I rate a few of the tracks during my first listen, especially the ones that stand out for me, but I'll always miss a few because I'm distracted by whatever else I'm doing.
During my second and third listens, at least two track ratings will be tweaked by half a star, and the ones I missed the first time will be rated. Most 2-star tracks get deleted.
From then on, when building a playlist, a glance at my ratings for an album will tell me whether it's worth playing in full, or if I should just play one of my favourites and move on to another artist.

>>61466285
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What am I a critic? I'm still exploring music. I am unfamiliar with contexts and I do not completely understand really complex works. To rank things would be pretentious.

I don't rate music because my opinion, taste and mood changes all the time, and it's impossible to be completely objective

I've only rated a few albums, and they were all ones I had listened to several times before. I wouldn't rate an album based on the first impression.

Rating your albums is the most autistic thing you can do.