Does it make sense to review very old albums?

I think we have a fairly good mix of both old and new bands when it comes to reviewing. Sure most newbies start out with their alltime favourites, which often tend to be the classics, but then again that is the freedom you have as a member of PA. You are completely free to review whatever you feel like as long as you do it with gusto and respectfully.
There are so many new prog bands out there at the moment that I seriously ponder whether or not there are fans enough to go round.
I certainly do not agree with your archeology remark; mostly because I still am finding old school gems to add to my collection. If people didn't review these obscurities, I would probably never have gotten my hands on half of my prog collection. If you still can get your hands on a copy, then why not review it? Especially if it's one lf those that has slipped under the radar.

PA is not a promotional vehicle for the up and coming new bands - sure it can be, but in the end it is a lot of things to a lot of people....which is the way it should be.

Last but not least: we have A LOT of members on here who simply do not care for new prog. They come here to talk about the old days, which of course also is completely fine. People are free to use PA in whatever fashion they prefer.


P.S. If a band sounds like Floyd, chances are that reviewers will mention that. Same goes for any other band. I think many of us use wellknown bands as a point of reference. If you don't like that then you should definitely start reviewing some albums to show us how it's really done

Edited by Guldbamsen - April 29 2015 at 01:59

Old. New. It's all good. I'm just a small town pizza lawyer.
Oh, it's all perfectly legal.

^Not to mention all those obscure 70s albums that already lay dormant inside the vastness of the PA database.

miamiscot wrote: Old. New. It's all good. I'm just a small town pizza lawyer. Oh, it's all perfectly legal.

I love when people review old obscure albums I've never heard before. I check the front page of PA like 5-6 times a day. I love to keep up on stuff. If it weren't for these older reviews I would have never heard Il Balletto Di Bronzo, or Bubu Anabelas, or Selling England by the Pound... all some of my favorite 70's albums!

Hi,

Depends on the context. I do not have many reviews here, because I do not like the way they are used. They are hard to locate, and they are not listed behind the album/artist when you pull it. Meaning that if there were 100 reviews, they would be listed below, and they aren't, which kinda helps hide many reviews, some good, some bad ... but it's all a part of the process, and I accept it. As a comparison point, I have over 500 film reviews on foreign and art films. I do not do top ten films. My list of album reviews is over 150.

I think the oldest one I have done is KC's first album.

The rest of my reviews of albums will not be posted here, for lack of appreciation on the thoughts. Some folks here, would rather derail the threads with personal comments (not even jokes!!!) than accentuate and help the thread with an honest disagreement, instead of a dishonest comment on the threads. I'm not looking for fame or attention, I don't need it, but some folks think they are better than others, and like to show off their huge-ness!

Edited by moshkito - April 29 2015 at 10:26

Wait moshkito, the reviews are all there when you click on an album? Im confused haha

As I like to say, good music is good music, no matter when it was produced.  The advantage of the music biz these days is that not only do we have access to plenty of new artists, but also to the music of old artists.  Some of them are well known, such as Yes or Genesis, while others are obscure, such as Asia Minor or Gracious! (the exclamation point is part of the name).  If the music is good, if you like the music, what does it matter when it was made?  And you don't have to like it even if virtually everybody is saying you should.  That is one of the beauties of our era in time.  Almost nothing is lost.  If the latest releases don't interest you, there are older ones that might.  Or vice-versa.  So, yes, emphatically, it makes sense to review very old albums.  People new to Prog can use those reviews to explore and possibly find something they really like as opposed to what they may be expected to like by peers and music execs.  For example, I just posted one from 1976 - Floating World by Jade Warrior.  I gave it five stars.  Everybody should listen to it, but I know not everybody will like it.  That's okay.  I don't care for most of the Prog Metal albums that are so common these days.  And I am fine with that too.  By the way, I am in my mid fifties.  The world of Prog is much wider and diverse than most of us realize.  Fortunately, we have the means to explore that world to our heart's content, and we are not obligated to like or even appreciate everything we hear.  If we don't like the older or newer stuff, that is our prerogative.  We don't have to limit ourselves artificially, and for that I am extremely glad.

Thandrus wrote: It makes sense to review ANY UNREVIEWED album. From my part, I'd be happy if musical journalism (I don't mean PA here, it is definitely better than most other web resources in this regard) shifted to exposing the unexposed from overexposing the exposed.

 

Why not give everyone the chance?