Intro

All righty then.  This is going to be a spot where, if I actually get the urge to do it, I will review albums.  I'm not really trying to be a music critic as I find them to be largely pointless.  This is just where I'm going to state my own personal thoughts and opinions.  It's partially going to be an excuse to revisit old favorites from my collection, and partially a chance to jot down some thoughts on newer stuff because nowadays I seem to have difficulty remembering whether or not I liked stuff that I checked out.  Where applicable I might mention what the general critical consensus about an album seems to be and whether or not I agree with it.  I think I'll use a 1 to 10 rating scale with 1 being a complete piece of crap and 10 being an amazingly awesome album.  Consequently there probably won't be too many 10's and the ones that are there will probably be because of sentimental reasons.  Theoretically most albums should receive in the neighborhood of a 5 because that's an average album and by definition most albums are average.  If I generally think an album's pretty good but not spectacular it'll probably be a little over a 5.  If it leaves no impression at all it might actually be a little under a 5 because music should be memorable, damn it.  In actual practice a lot of albums I review will end up on the higher end of the scale, especially at first as I plan on focusing on bands I like.  Also scores may be subject to change as sometimes I end up liking stuff more later on after more listens and sometimes stuff grows off me as well.  Finally I must re-iterate, like all music reviews this is an opinion not a fact.  So if you happen to stumble onto this somehow and read a bad review of your favorite record, take a chill pill buddy.  Maybe I was having a bad day and I missed the obvious awesomeness of said record.  It'll all be okay.