An album club, monthly
Each month, every member picks a record - sometimes to a theme, sometimes twice in a month. Everyone listens, everyone scores it track by track, and the month ends with a reveal.
The Listening Room
Ada Track 7 is the whole album. Argue with the wall.
Dot This theme is going to end friendships.
Bram Scored it. No regrets. Some regrets.
A club mid-month: the shelf, the progress, the arguments.
Blank scorecards land on your sheet the moment an album is added. Rate every track 0 to 5 in half steps, crown a top track, leave notes for the arguments. The grid puts everyone’s card next to yours - agreement is optional.
sounds like a ferry leaving
When the month ends - or every card is in - the reveal names the top album, the top tracks, the most divisive pick, and who marched to their own beat. There is a recap email. There are receipts.
You have an entire month to listen.
The round is the calendar month. Late scoring is tolerated, barely.
Everyone fills in a scorecard.
Your pick and everyone else’s. Blank cards land on your sheet the moment an album is added.
Name a favorite song.
Every scorecard crowns a Top Track.
Nothing shall be taken personally.
Ratings are personal. A 1.0 is a statement about the song, mostly.
Your listening device(s) must be of high quality.
The club cannot legislate taste, but it can legislate speakers.