There are no 1-star albums, are there?

Cristi wrote: dougmcauliffe wrote: Cristi wrote: A Crimson Mellotron wrote: Cristi wrote: I have rated 4 albums with 1 star.  I will also change my Yes - Open Your Eyes rating from 2 stars, to 1 star.  Which ones, Cristi? Dream Theater - The Astonishing Yes - Open Your Eyes Iron Maiden - Virtual XI Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece Nightwish Human || Nature Queensryche have a couple of albums deserve even less.  I don't think The Missing Piece is a bad album tbh, agree on Queensryche though I know many people like The Missing Piece. Which Queensryche do you have in mind? For me it's Dedicated to Chaos and their cover album Take Cover.

I amazed by the people who rate and write reviews and have the ability to stay neutral.  There are some albums that I detest but I can see how someone else might like it.  So rating something a star myself would be difficult as I would be conscious of not wanting to scare someone off unfairly from listening to it.

I have given one star ratings to a number of albums which reflect my own tastes and opinions (as all ratings do). One of them is Steve Howe's first collaboration with Paul Sutin, Seraphim, which is a little more harsh than most (their second collaboration, not highly rated here either, is one I find enjoyable). Another is Zappa's We're Only In It For the Money, which is the exact opposite of the general view (and yet I find Zappa among the most admirable of artists). I stand by both assessments. I reserve this rating for albums that have almost no redeeming factors to my ears; most are by artists that should know better. I will give almost anything a fair listen all the way through, but there have been recordings I simply could not stand, many of which are not Prog. For Prog artists, I tend to wait to hear something good. The ones that disappoint me the most get the dreaded one star.

dougmcauliffe wrote: Some people have convinced themselves that that album is good ^

Funny when I saw this thread the first think I thought of was OYE---as Yes is one of my fav bands it still astounds me how I could not get into this at all--So yup---Open your eyes is a disaster. ..proving Turing over Yes to sherwood is and was a terrible idea....(at least Heaven and Earth was a 2 star)

The one prog album probably rated one star here: The Problem of Pain, Torman Maxt

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: The Queen and Paul Rogers album. Not sure what else. Maybe Mike Rutherford's "acting very strange" album.

Hercules wrote: I rarely review any album I don't listen to regularly, and if I listen to them regularly, it's probably because I love them. So that's why I have a large number of 5* reviews. Similarly, I don't usually bother with 1* albums because I don't have many, having got rid of them in a purge that would have done Stalin proud: it's just when something truly repulsive turns up (First Utterance or Trout Mask Replica), I spit my dummy out with it.

I do the same, I won't listen or review anything I don't like and will get rid of it. Why I don't review punk in a nutshell.

^I like Mike + M.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Hercules wrote: it's probably because I love them. So that's why I have a large number of 5* reviews.   It's the same reason why I have a large number of 5-star reviews too. I only review the albums I really like.

But many members won't read reviews by people who only review the albums that they like. They feel like they're reading love letters.