There is a new Pitchfork subscription—only costs $5 a month—that gives readers the ability to score albums, comment on our reviews, and chop it up with our writers, editors, and one another. With the power to score albums now firmly in your hands, it’s only fitting that we try to give you a better understanding of how we rate albums.
We have a saying here at the office: “6.8, good not great.” However, if you would like a more detailed breakdown on how to use the Pitchfork rating system, here is a scoring rubric we use to help guide our thinking behind scoring albums on a 101-point scale.
10
A masterpiece, one of the best albums of all time. Will be culturally and…