The Silent Ballet uses a 10 point scale with .5 increments. 5denotes an "average" score, and anything above that is consideredgenerally positive, whereas anything below is generally negative. The Silent Balleteditorial staff respects the views and opinions of its reviewers, anddue to this practice exact scoring will differ from reviewer toreviewer. However, reviewers are asked to rate albums with thefollowing goal in mind:
* The 5-5.5 range denotes an  "above average" release.
* The 6-6.5 range denotes a "good" release.
* The 7-7.5 range denotes a "great" release.
* 8 and above marks a cd of exceptional accomplishment.

The bottom half of the scale is a mirror reflection of the top,completing the idealized bell curve, but TSB reviewers are notoriousfor being unable to tell a "horrible" album from one that is just plain"bad."