New Phideaux album "Number Seven" now out

When "Number Seven" Release 2 is out???

I can't wait for Progchen's release. He/she's obviously created something amazing to be able to slay an album as great as "Number Seven" with such confidence.

Or of course there's the other possibility that progchen is a cornt.

Phideaux wrote: I'm hopeful to see you here in the USA soon mr. M.  I trust you got my parcel.  If not, let me know. PX

Say Phideaux, when will you be touring below the Equator? I'm eager to see you live, specially now that you have released 2 (pretty soon will be 3) awesome albums. I would definitely pay a buck to see you here in Brazil.

About Number 7, I quite liked the album, but I think Doomsday Afternoon is much better and that it may be a bit overpraised. You see,  in my honest, honest opinion, I believe that Doomsday is you magnum opus (in fact, it is one of my favorite albums ever) and 7 is just a very good album. Still, congratulations! And anxiously waiting the ending chapter of the trilogy.

Clearly it's the same piece of filth.  In addition to the reviews being remarkably similar, he also uses an identical naming scheme for his avatars (e.g. animal_butterfly and shapes_swish); also, the avatars look like they were created by the same "artist".   No doubt he's the same jerk who created all those multiple accounts and left 1-star ratings, only now he seems to be trying to step up his game a little.

EDIT:  D'oh, my bad about the avatars observation -- I didn't realize those were built-in options in the PA control panel.


Edited by HemaleTrouble - July 29 2009 at 12:58

It's very interesting how similarly the reviewers felt, almost as if they were of one mind.   Perhaps, the hive mind...

natewait wrote: Ouch, those last two reviews are pretty harsh.  They must have gotten the wrong album by mistake, because I'm still listening to Number Seven regularly and it continues to climb up my list of best albums.

One has to wonder if they are actually listening to the same album I am or just trashing it for the sake of trashing it.


Edited by Slartibartfast - July 28 2009 at 17:38

Ouch, those last two reviews are pretty harsh.  They must have gotten the wrong album by mistake, because I'm still listening to Number Seven regularly and it continues to climb up my list of best albums.

Well, there you go, Phideaux. Your new album gets its first, unabashed, hateful review. Enjoy differing opinions! Though this one is a touch scant on actual reasons, at least it's not perfect glowing praise...

"...I expect a bit of antipathy.  I say bring it on!"

Phideaux wrote: I tend to think of it as an album of 3 or 4 songs with a lot of transitions.  However, I'm interested that the melodies don't stick, that was always something I thought we had, was simple melodies.  perhaps this one is getting more abstruse! I do know that the next one (which is mostly in the can) is a bit more stripped back and hence a bit simpler... Let me know if anything gets into your mind from this one, Johnobvious

PX, man you are cool.  I want you to know I think it is great you are spending time here on the forums and are looking for the stripped down truth from people on this site.  People who most usually are brutally honest and not the fan boys you would find on myspace and whatnot.

I am worried that you are to hung up on feedback here from people whose credentials are dubious at best.  I have never played an instrument or wrote a note of music. I am 43 and have heard my fair share of prog but am no expert.  You have made a wonderful album.  I have heard Chupacubras and DA and like both very much.  When you offered up Fiendish for free on your website, I downloaded it, hated it and threw my burned copy away.  I was never going to give you another chance but all the positives for DA thankfully convinced to do just that.  I also respect your business model.  Your CD's are low priced but I would assume you make money since you have your own label.  Since there is very little touring, I would hope you get compensated from CD sales since seeing musicians pour their heart and soul into their music and not get monetarily rewarded tends to depress me, especially when I like what they are doing.

I would like to think you and I have something in common.  We make something from nothing and hope people get it.  Stay with me here.  I work for a well known pet products company here in the states.  Pet products is a hugely fragmented industry with hundreds of companies selling tens of thousands of items trying to get their piece of the pie.  My job is to crunch huge amounts of data into a usable format that means something for my management, sales and marketing forces.  I would like to think that I am the preeminent authority on this stuff in the entire industry.  The pain I go through to do it is monumental but people only see the end result and are quick to find fault instead of appreciating the scope of what I have done.  I am sure you feel the same way.  The old saying, "Don't tell me about the pain, just show me the baby" is something we both can relate to.

What I am trying to say is you have put something out there that is good and the people here at PA will acknowledge that and hopefully that will translate to sales.  Please don't second guess yourself and worry about some of these ratings and other comments.  The cream rises my friend.  I wish you only the best.