Y'all need to excuse Monkey for being a kid around the adults sharing his opinion about scoring albums. Give us all a good break.

for example Amon Amarth's "With Oden on our side". It's an album that I don't listen to anymore but it had a HUGE impact on me as a teenager

A 10 for me is also something that impacted my musical journey

few myself even if I think that it’s justified for many more albums. I’ve hovered around 50 10s for a while (including non-MS votes), which accounts for something like <0.5% of my total listening.

I don't see a 10 as "perfect in everyway", but more as in "I couldn't find anything to change". Doesn't necessarily mean it's "perfect", but I wouldn't know how to make it better myself.

I think that there are hundreds, maybe even thousands, of albums that “deserve” a 10 - just think of how many pure classics there are in the world. But I think your own score has to be somewhat personal, so I hand out relatively

Everyone rates albums differently. I'm also of the opinion that 10s should be rare, but I don't judge people who give out 10s often anymore