What does a Catalogue Score mean?
Your track ratings, an album percentage and editorial stars each tell a different part of the story.
A single number cannot explain everything an album does. It can give you a useful place to start remembering how it landed.
Your score starts with the songs
In Rating Mode, you rate each track from 1 to 10. The album's Catalogue Score is the average of those ratings, expressed as a percentage. An average of 8 out of 10 becomes 80%.
That gives every track a say. One brilliant single does not automatically make the whole album a favourite, and one weaker song does not erase everything around it.
Your verdict and the community's verdict
Your personal score belongs to your listen. On public album pages, the community Catalogue Score averages each member’s latest completed rated verdict for that album. Repeat listens do not give one member extra votes. Listening Mode completions have no score and stay outside the average. If nobody has completed a rated listen yet, the page says Not yet rated. It does not invent a score to fill the space.
People will disagree. That is useful: the difference can be a reason to listen and decide for yourself.
Where editorial stars fit
Journal reviews can carry a star rating and an editorial Catalogue Score. Those are set separately by the reviewer. The stars are not automatically converted into the percentage, and neither should be mistaken for the community's average.
The words matter too. A review should explain what worked, what did not, and why a record might be worth your time.
Explore the catalogue and make your own verdict.