The other day on the rateyourmusic subreddit, someone brought up how many of your "Masterpiece" albums (5-stars?) does rym have an avergae rating at 3.30 or lower? I only found 1, but actually I missed a couple. It just had me wondering what they all are rated at on rateyourmusic. Which of course is hardly the be-all-and-end-all and changes/gets updated regularly.
But it's interesting to look at.
I have approximately 58 5-star albums (a few on this list below I would lump-in together like KG's Nuts/Bolts + maudlin of the Well Bath/Leaving Your Body Map. And I really don't consider The Dear Hunter's The Color Spectrum 5-stars, but whatever, I did at 1 time anyway).
4.27 The Beatles - Abbey Road (67,987)
4.19 Pink Floyd - Animals (54.146)
4.10 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (61,564)
4.00 Kevin Gilbert - Nuts (41)
4.00 Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (15,463)
3.99 Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (20,229)
3.96 Genesis - Foxtrot (14,121)
3.91 Rush - Hemispheres (11,278)
3.86 Yes - Relayer (10,282)
3.86 Rush - A Farewell to Kings (10,107)
3.84 Kevin Gilbert - Bolts (39)
3.83 maudlin of the Well (5,504)
3.78 maudlin of the Well (7.048)
3.77 Queen - A Night at the Opera (21,172)
3.74 Marillion - Clutching at Straws (2,974)
3.74 John Arch - A Twist of Fate (309)
3.72 Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (3,730)
3.71 Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (3,062)
3.71 Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (2,849)
3.69 Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1,552)
3.69 Between the Buried and Me - Colors (8,444)
3.67 The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading (2,056)
3.67 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (5,146)
3.67 Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans (39)
3.66 Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (3,391)
3.66 Kevin Gilbert - Thud (244)
3.65 Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (1,395)
3.65 Marillion - Marbles (1,787)
3.65 Marillion - Brave (1,999)
3.65 Angra - Holy Land (1,752)
3.63 Dream Theater - Images and Words (13,634)
3.61 King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1,254)
3.61 dredg - El Cielo (3,044)
3.61 Dream Theater - Awake (8,583)
3.58 Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (1,245)
3.58 Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer - Like Children (261)
3.56 The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection (1,188)
3.54 Yes - Drama (4,278)
3.53 Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (3,694)
3.53 Galactic Cowboys - Space in Your Face (247)
3.52 Ours - Distorted Lullabies (366)
3.52 Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster (1,480)
3.51 The Stiletto Formal - ¡Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta! (76)
3.51 Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (341)
3.50 Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (4,123)
3.49 Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (351)
3.47 The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (792)
3.47 Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie (333)
3.46 Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley (98)
3.42 Soundscape - Grave New World (24)
3.41 Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (188)
3.40 The River Empires - The Empires (Epilogue) (171)
3.39 Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself, and Remove Your Sandals (38)
3.38 Apes & Androids - Blood Moon (127)
3.35 Pepe Deluxe - Queen of the Wave (1,264)
3.20 Bend Sinister - Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers (18)
3.18 Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After (60)
2.88 Soundscape - Discovery (18)
I have 3x's as many 4.5-star albums on rym, which I may try doing the same.
