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sleevenotes reads your listening history from last.fm or apple music. reviews backed by a real listen wear the stamp, and they carry the most weight in an album's score, its charts, and its year-end rank.

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you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love · Olivia Rodrigo

Paint My Bedroom Black · Holly Humberstone

DJ Hero: Renegade Edition · JAY‐Z, Eminem

Why My Love (Ain’t Enough) · Fly by Midnight

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a review of a record you've really heard wears the verified stamp. stamped ratings set the album's verified score and weigh the most everywhere else.

what one rating is worth

in the year-end rankings, weighed by voice

verified listeners45%

critics40%

everyone else15%

unverified ratings still count, and still show. they weigh the least, and the album's verified score ignores them entirely.

this week on sleevenotes.

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what members are writing.

13 verified reviews on record

Oh yeah?Steve Lacy2026

5.2

vigoverified listen28 julon headphones

Just can't get down with this lyrically. I don't love this way.

Music, Fashion, FilmCharli xcx2026

7.0

vigoverified listen28 julon headphones

Charli XCX is no stranger to experimentation obviously. She's been accredited with pushing boundaries of pop music since she first came on the scene. What Charli is new to though is existing as a household name. BRAT gifted her this. As with any star after they reach their apex moment, they have a c… read more

ICEMANDrake2026

5.0

vigoverified listen16 mayon headphones

"I'm really sad and everyone was mean to me, but also i don't care nothing bothers me I still get spotify numbers ahahaahha"

The Ghost of a Future DeadAt the Gates2026

5.0

vigoverified listen26 apron earbuds

Metal heads not overrating every album their genre. Challenge impossible

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