205. two weeks later

so sad, 2 weeks later going back. it's such great fun slacking here.

anyway, i found out i got a miserable msg of 3.00. but then i suspect there's a problem with the chinese marks because it's near impossibility for me to fail an assignment.

also, out of boredom and slack here, i have editted my album grading rubrics once again. i have found unfairness in the rubrics, such as if you have a lot of songs on an album, there's a higher possibility of getting more higher rated songs. so now it works on percentage. and the most drastic change would be mariah carey's "the emancipation of mimi", which dropped from 4.5 to 3.71, and thus dropping out of top 10 into the 18th position.

my newer album grading standard:
- average grade of all the songs
- if 40% or more songs on the album are at least 4.5/5, the album gets 5 stars automatically.
- if 70% or more songs on the album are at least 4/5, the album gets 4.5 stars automatically.
- if 70% of the at least 4/5 songs consist of at least 20% of at least 4.5/5 songs, the album gets 5 stars automatically.

1. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - 76.2% 4.5 = 5
2. Madonna - True Blue - 55.6% 4.5 = 5
3. Madonna - Ray Of Light - 46.2% 4.5 = 5
4. Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor - 41.7% 4.5 = 5
5. Def Leppard - Hysteria - 75% 4 + 33.3% 4.5 = 5
6. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - 75% 4 = 4.5
7. Metallica - Death Magnetic - 70% 4 = 4.5
8. Madonna - Madonna - 4.00
9. Madonna - Hard Candy - 3.96
10. Madonna - Like A Prayer - 3.95
11. Nirvana - Nevermind - 3.92
12. Madonna - Music - 3.85
13. Britney Spears - Britney - 3.83
14. Britney Spears - Blackout - 3.79*
14. Britney Spears - In The Zone - 3.79*
16. Madonna - Bedtime Stories - 3.77
17. Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again - 3.75
18. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi - 3.71
19. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded - 3.70
20. Nelly Furtado - Loose - 3.69
21. Britney Spears - Circus - 3.67
22. Cher - Believe - 3.65*
22. Madonna - Like A Virgin - 3.65*
24. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 3.59
25. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - 3.54
26. Madonna - Erotica - 3.50*
26. Mariah Carey - E=MC2 - 3.50*
28. Leona Lewis - Spirit - 3.46
29. Kylie Minouge - Fever - 3.46
30. Janet Jackson - Discipline - 3.42
31. Madonna - American Life - 3.32
32. Madonna - Evita - 3.32
33. Alicia Keys - As I Am - 3.21
34. Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion - 2.85
*means that the 2 albums have same grades

you might also ask why madonna occupies so many positions in the top 10. why else is she my favourite singer? mika's the only one who failed my album review (less than 3 is considered fail for me). i will try to speed up my pace of album reviewing, although i think it's difficult for me.

Labels: album

posted by datf @ 3/13/2009 07:34:00 pm