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2645865, Give it three-four concentrated listens in a row
Posted by Nodima, Wed Jan-04-12 09:31 PM
after spending about a week listening to it off and on.

I've never put any weight in the longevity of something, so whether I'm listening to something in 2012 really doesn't have any effect on how good I think it was for 2011. I listened to Pilot Talk more than any album since probably Hell Hath No Fury, well close to 100 times taking into account other people's cars, parties, my own personal CD and so on added to iTunes/Pod spins. I still wouldn't say it's a better album than MBDTF or KRIT Wuz Here from 2010, or any of the other 55 albums that sit above it on the big list.

The rating system is for my own personal fun, I'm not too concerned what anyone else comments on it. I've got 500-1,000 word reviews for anything that's in those rankings as well, and that's really what I consider worth talking about. The numbers are completely non-objective; I've said as much in other threads about music criticism. They're just there for me to make a list in a nerdy, overly complex way and spark some bullshit water cooler conversation if someone wants to. They're not solid, ever; Thank Me Later jumped 233 spots after a year's worth of listening this summer, and it's documented right there on the front page. The fickleness of it is owned from the jump:

"As this list has grown, it's no longer my intention that this is an exact ranking of the albums within the list. I use it that way, but I've come to think of the list more as peer groups of 50, with any release in a given set of 50 releases being relatively equal."

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