| FIVE STARS, EH? |
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| "How high is my mortgage? Bloody high, that's how high." |
| So, it seems that our reviews will be centering around a five star order of merit. Well, after much cogitation between Paul and Woodsey, it was decided that this would be the best way of reviewing. But why? Many magazines and books contain reviews. Some of them review out of ten, some review out of five, some have one-to-three star reviews (and some have zero-to-four star reviews - wail, gnash, spit). Some even review albums. This, AS YOU SHOULD KNOW, upsets Woodsey. We shall review singles on a one-to-five star basis. We believe that this is a better idea than reviewing out of ten, because one-to-ten seems too large, really (what's the difference between two and three stars? They're both bad). We have also decided to eschew one-to-three star reviews because it doesn't really contain a sense of scale.One-to-five it is, then. And don't even get us started on percentages (wail, gnash,spit). We shall NOT be giving half marks. We can't stress this enough. Surely three-and-a-half out of five is the same as seven out of ten, isn't it? Giving half marks is just the same as reviewing out of ten. Which we don't do, we've already told you. What, weren't you listening? Enjoy our reviews, buy the great records, burn the bad ones. If you're at all interested, Paul and Woodsey don't give out one-star or five-star reviews very often. We'll only use these to make examples of truly awful or truly brilliant records. At the moment, only Paul has given a five-star review (Invalid Litter Dept - At The Drive-In and The Dark Is Rising - Mercury Rev), while both 'lads' have given a one-star review to the same song (It's Raining Men - Geri Halliwell)(Even I didn't see Afroman coming. - Woodsey). So, let's hope we see more of the brilliant ones. And off we go. Click here to return to the reviews. |