01 · Scale
A 0 to 100 rating, no decimals.
Every album gets rated on a hundred-point scale instead of five stars. That gives listeners room to say a record is a 71, not a begrudging four stars because there was no room for a 3.8.
Definition
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Goat Music is a community platform for rating albums on a 0 to 100 scale, sorting them into S/A/B/C/D/F tier lists, and building a public taste profile — then discovering new music through people with similar taste instead of an algorithm. It is not a music catalog, a streaming service, or a music database. It is a ratings and taste layer on top of the music you already stream.
How ratings work.
02 · Tier lists
S/A/B/C/D/F tiers.
Beyond a single score, you can sort albums into tiers from S (best) to F (worst) — a faster, more visual way to rank a discography or compare records against each other.
03 · Taste profile
Your ratings become a public profile.
Every rating and tier list you create builds out a public taste profile other listeners can browse — a record of what you actually think about the music you have heard.
04 · Social discovery
Find music through people, not just a model.
Follow listeners whose taste lines up with yours and see what they rate highly. Discovery runs through real people with visible taste profiles, not a hidden recommendation engine alone.
How it’s different from a catalog or streaming service.
- Not a music catalog or database. Goat Music is not trying to be a complete, exhaustive database of every release like Discogs or MusicBrainz. It adds ratings and taste data on top of albums people already know.
- Not a streaming service. There is no audio playback of full songs on Goat Music. You listen to music on the streaming service you already use, then rate it here.
- Not an algorithmic black box. Discovery is driven by following people and seeing their ratings and tier lists, not by a hidden model guessing what you might like.
Who it’s for.
Goat Music is for people who want to rate and rank the music they already stream, keep a public record of their taste, and discover new music through other listeners with similar taste — not through algorithms alone. If you keep a mental list of album rankings, argue about tier placements, or wish there were a Letterboxd for music, this is built for you.
Questions.
Is Goat Music a streaming service?
No. Goat Music does not play full songs or host audio. You listen to music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, or wherever you already stream, then come to Goat Music to rate it, tier it, and see what people with similar taste think.
Do I need to connect Spotify or Apple Music?
No. Connecting a streaming account is optional and only used to make finding albums faster. You can search, rate, and build tier lists on Goat Music without linking anything.
What is the tier list / S/A/B/C/D/F system?
It is a ranking format where you sort albums into tiers from S (best) down to F (worst) instead of just giving a single score. Goat Music has a tier list maker for your own rankings and a daily tier game anyone can play for free.
Is Goat Music a music database or catalog?
No. Goat Music is not trying to be a complete catalog of every release, and it is not a substitute for a database like Discogs or MusicBrainz. It is a ratings and taste layer that sits on top of the music people already know and stream.
How is this different from just reading critic reviews?
Critic scores come from a small number of professional reviewers. Goat Music scores are a plain average of real listener ratings, and every rating traces back to a real profile you can open and follow — so discovery runs through people whose taste you trust, not a single critic or a black-box algorithm.
Is it free?
Yes. Rating albums, building tier lists, building a taste profile, following other listeners, and playing the daily tier game are all free.
Curious how the ratings actually work?
Read the full methodology on the how we rate page.
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