@ScreamingSteelUS: Yeah I do the same as well. It's quite often an 8 that could later transform into a 7 or a 9. Fortunately I actually mostly go to an album page to rate, only to see I already gave it the rating I have in mind.
Yeah totally agree as well. And while those factors don't objectively change the quality of the album, they would actually be interesting to factor in my subjective perception of it.