Gazpacho as an instant classic?!

that is why ......again for the 1000th time those rankings are useless.... and no. .there is nothing wrong with the algorithm..


this will get you into top 20 of the album list


4.86 | 20 ratings
Essential: a masterpiece of
progressive music

Tasartir wrote: Although they did seem quite cold and detached when I saw them live, I think they played brilliantly and deserve all the praise they can get! The way a band looks and acts has nothing to do with their music.

It was only observation. But that is no relevant straightly to the music, to the new album.

I'm wondering what I missed in their music...  because usually top PA albums have the strong impact to me.

Night was better. Jus' sayin'.

when you name yourself after soup, you're asking for trouble

micky wrote: that is why ......again for the 1000th time those rankings are useless.... and no. .there is nothing wrong with the algorithm..

I wouldn't call the rankings "useless" ... it's a brilliant album, and if those rankings get some people to check out that album then I would say: Mission accomplished!

In think it is an album with a lot of depth and emotion. Each song is linked to the rest & they tell an interesting story. The album offers more up after each listen. It is definitely an album that needs to be listened to on headphones to do it justice. Highly recommended.

Umphrey's Mantis (a fave of mine) sat at 5.00 for awhile until the buzz about it from the people who really liked the band got people with a wider range of taste to try it out. The rating is starting to auto-correct as it should. Statistics actually do work. It does leave some "undiscovered gems" but there have been efforts to reveal those as well. Gazpacho will certainly end 2009 with more than 50 reviews and I wouldn't be surprised if more than 100.

It's a real shame because that list was not only accurate a couple years ago, but was fantastic for beginners of prog who didn't know exactly where to start. Now it's just unreliable and degrades oh so many albums that should be in the top ten prog albums list instead. 

hmmm... another 5 star review posted I see on the front page...  thinks I need to check the album out.  Liked the first one I heard  but it really isn't my style so wasn't looking forward or paying much attention to this one.  So much music.. so little time hahha. 

anyhow...  I'll bite.. and see what I am missing...


Edited by micky - April 18 2009 at 11:30

we had a mini discussion in the collab zone about a album I found in the top 50 a couple of weeks ago in a similar vein.  Less than 30 reviews.. but nearly everyone that reviewed it gave it 5 stars.  With everyone and ALL the different tastes in music... that should stand up and say... YO!! check me out f**ka!  Of course when I did.. I found it to be a decent album.. and not anywhere deserving (in my mind) of the top 50.  A closer look showed me that the only people that had reviewed in were of the nationality of the group.. so sometimes it can be a clue that something needs to be heard... and sometimes not.  I saw yesterday that particular album got tweeked out of the top rankings.  It only had 15 or so reviews.   Maybe M@X should place a limit of 50 reviews to make the top 100 while albums sort themselves out.. but then again.. maybe not...  this album is obviously good enough.. and the group obviously well-known enough that those opinions are coming from a wider spectrum.  Time will tell if it will stay on the list... but itsn't the whole purpose of the site to discover...

Edited by micky - April 18 2009 at 11:48