The Scores

Each album covered on the podcast is scored out of 10 by the Big Mates. Initially only whole numbers were taken however following the launch of the What is Music Patreon half scores were introduced. The first bonus episode 'The Re-Scre Extravaganza!' (26th January 2023) featured an update to every score from Seasons 2-4 (excluding The King of Limbs and A Moon Shaped Pool as they had not yet been covered). Manic Street Preachers' albums were not included in this as they would be covered in Are We Still So In Love With You.
=== Scoring Descriptors ===
The Big Mates assigned descriptors to each of the scores for both the pre and post Patreon systems.
Score	Post-Patreon	Pre-Patreon
0 	Unlistenable	Lighthouse Family
1 	Catastrophic	The highest score achievable
2 	Awful 	BAD
3 	Bad 	THB
4 	Sub-par 	Dogshit
5 	Bang Average	Bang average
6 	Decent 	The best thing I've ever heard
7 	Good 	A GREAT album
8 	Great 	Good, but NOT great
9 	Excellent 	Very good
10 	Masterpeice 	I LOVE every song on this album
=== Manic Street Preachers ===
 	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon
 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve 	Adam 	Lucas* 	Steve
Generation Terrorists 	4.5 	3.5 	6 	5 	4 	6
Gold Against the Soul 	5.5 	4.5 	6 	6 	5 	6
The Holy Bible 	10 	7.5 	10 	10 	3 	8
Everything Must Go 	10 	7.5 	8.5 	10 	7 	7
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours	8 	6.5 	7 	7 	6 	7
Know Your Enemy 	9 	5.5 	7.5 	9 	4 	5
Lifeblood 	8 	8.5 	10 	8 	8 	8
Send Away the Tigers 	3.5 	6 	8 	4 	5 	9
Journal for Plague Lovers 	8.5 	6 	9 	8 	2 	9
Postcards From a Young Man 	2 	4.5 	2 	2 	5 	4
Rewind the Film 	6 	6 	7.5 	6 	5 	7
Futurology 	9 	8 	9 	10 	6 	10
Resistance is Futile 	5.5 	4 	3 	5 	3 	5
The Ultra Vivid Lament 	 	 	 	8 	5 	7
*Lucas re-litigated his Manics scored regularly throughout the Do You Love Us? season therefore the score shown may not match what's given in the specific album episode.
=== Muse ===
 	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon
 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve
Showbiz 	3.5 	6 	5.5 	3 	6 	5
Origin of Symmetry 	7.5 	10 	8.5 	7 	10 	9
Absolution 	4.5 	9 	7 	4 	9 	6
Black Holes and Revelations	8 	10 	9 	8 	10 	9
The Resistance 	6.5 	8.5 	6 	7 	8 	5
The 2nd Law 	3 	6.5 	7 	3 	6 	7
Drones 	5 	5 	3.5 	5 	5 	3
Simulation Theory 	2 	7 	6.5 	2 	7 	7
Will of the People* 	3.5 	6 	5 	- 	- 	-
*Not covered pre-Patreon
=== Billie Eilish ===
 	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon
 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	8.5 	6 	8 	9 	6 	8
Happier Than Ever 	9.5 	4.5 	8.5 	10 	5 	8
=== Radiohead ===
 	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Post-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon	Pre-Patreon
 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve 	Adam 	Lucas 	Steve
Pablo Honey 	5.5 	3.5 	6.5 	5 	3 	6
The Bends 	10 	7 	10 	10 	7 	10
OK Computer 	10 	10† 	10 	10 	8 	10
Kid A 	10 	7.5 	9 	10 	7 	7
Amnesiac 	7.5 	6.5† 	7.5 	7 	5 	7
Hail to the Thief 	8 	6.5 	7 	8 	6 	7
In Rainbows 	10 	10 	10 	10 	10 	10
The King of Limbs* 	8 	5.5 	5.5 	- 	- 	-
A Moon Shaped Pool*	9.5 	7.5 	8.5 	- 	- 	-
* Not covered pre-Patreon
† Score changed in Final Thoughts episode
=== Lauryn Hill ===
 	Adam	Lucas	Steve
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	9 	7 	9
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 	7 	4 	6
=== R.E.M. ===
 	Adam	Lucas	Steve
Murmur 	10 	5 	8.5
Reckoning 	8 	6.5 	8.5
Fables of the Reconstruction	6 	3 	6.5
Lifes Rich Pageant 	10 	7 	9
Document 	7.5 	5 	7.5
Green 	6.5 	7 	8
Out of Time 	9 	6.5 	9
Automatic for the People 	10 	6.5 	10
Monster 	 	 	
New Adventures in Hi-Fi 	 	 	
Up 	 	 	
Reveal 	 	 	
Around the Sun 	 	 	
Accelerate 	 	 	
Collapse into Now 	 	 	
=== What Is Music? Top Ten ===
The current top ten albums covered on the podcast using post-Patreon scores
Rank	Album 	Artist 	Total Score
=1 	OK Computer 	Radiohead 	30
=1 	In Rainbows 	Radiohead 	30
3 	The Holy Bible 	Manic Street Preachers	27.5
4 	The Bends 	Radiohead 	27
5 	Black Holes and Revelations	Muse 	27
6 	Automatic For The People 	R.E.M. 	26.5
7 	Kid A 	Radiohead 	26.5
8 	Lifeblood 	Manic Street Preachers	26.5
9 	Lifes Rich Pageant 	R.E.M. 	26
=10 	Everything Must Go 	Manic Street Preachers	26
=10 	Origin of Symmetry 	Muse 	26
Ties are split by preference being given to whichever album has received the highest individual scores