Why does Glass Hammer get Hammered here?

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A very nice band indeed. Sure, you can hear the Yes influences, but it's nothing like a clone or anything. Actually I prefer a few of their best songs over most of Yes's classic material 

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Morsenator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 13 2009 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 397	Posted: July 10 2012 at 15:18
	A very nice band indeed. Sure, you can hear the Yes influences, but it's nothing like a clone or anything. Actually I prefer a few of their best songs over most of Yes's classic material
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dtguitarfan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708	Posted: July 10 2012 at 15:12
	Glass Hammer is great. There's a lot of opinionated jerks who think it makes them sound more intelligent if they trash bands around here. Don't take them seriously, I guess. This site should be about appreciation of music, but there's too many people who think they need to trash another band to make their favorite sound good, and they're just hurting themselves by being so over critical is all.
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HolyMoly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133	Posted: July 10 2012 at 15:06
	I consider a 3.75 average rating to be excellent, actually. I wouldn't worry. Only the absolute top dogs end up with average ratings over 4. Consider the sample size, too. Any average rating calculated from less than 100 ratings is probably not that reliable. Edited by HolyMoly - July 10 2012 at 15:20
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Guldbamsen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098	Posted: July 10 2012 at 14:55
	I've never heard anything from them, but I must admit from reading all those reviews talking about how they sound like YES - doesn't exactly make me wet myself. I love YES, but when I want to hear YES, then I pop on Relayer. These people maybe wrong though, I know - but there's a good deal of writers whom I respect that mostly describe their music as being very close to the aforementioned band. On another note, many a bands featured here on PA have 'low' ratings according to other sites. One of my old favourites, Franco Battiato's debut album Fetus, had a rating below 3 before I reviewed it. Personally I found that to be verging on the offensive, and I don't even pay attention to ratings
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frippism Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 27 2010 Location: Tel Aviv Status: Offline Points: 4160	Posted: July 10 2012 at 14:41
	Because frankly I find them to be rather unoriginal and not very interesting. I never rated any of their albums, though.
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javajeff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 01 2009 Location: Florida Status: Offline Points: 467	Posted: July 10 2012 at 14:39
	Glass Hammer has a few albums that should be rated over 4.00, but they are lower at PA. Compare their top four albums to anything on the 2011 top 100, and their albums are rated low. Their highest is a 3.75. They make solid prog. Why don't they get higher ratings from the PA audience? Do they sound too much like other groups?