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Free Hand - a 1* album |
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Hercules ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 3889 |
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Rarely does a review enrage me, but to see my favourite GG album damned so completely has done do.
Do we agree with the reviewer?
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Triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 17915 |
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He has the right to review it however he wants
he just might look pretty stupid |
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The Mystical ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 20 2012 Status: Offline Points: 604 |
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If this review gets taken down, I am leaving ProgArchives.
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I am currently digging:
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Sagichim ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Eclectic Prog Team Joined: November 29 2006 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6150 |
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I've rated albums with 1 star when others gave it 5. Nothing wrong with that.
It depends on what he writes inside, and what are the reasons for his 1 star rating.
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HolyMoly ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 23346 |
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I think it's a great review, and I disagree with everything in the review. The two are different things. No vote.
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irrelevant ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Post/Math Rock Team Joined: March 07 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 11641 |
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Free Hand is a five star album to me, and is one of the few I'd give those full marks to. I'm surprised that review has received as much attention as it has, (BTW, I didn't read much of it).
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Sagichim ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Eclectic Prog Team Joined: November 29 2006 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 6150 |
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But he sure does love VDGG.
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Gerinski ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 4083 |
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I don't agree with it but at least he seems to know what he is talking about and the review is well enough articulated, so no hard feelings, he is entitled to give his opinion.
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ScorchedFirth ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 16 2012 Status: Offline Points: 245 |
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Well aside from a few places where it possibly verges on unduly rude, I think the review is fine. I certainly don't agree (although free hand is not my favourite GG album) with it AT ALL. It seems [bad joke]so sincere[/bad joke] to me, and that's what matters most.
As a big neo-prog fan I've lost count of the number of times I've had to endure some of my absolute favourites being savaged, but I wouldn't want to delete the reviews, I'd rather have a fair reflection of the overall opinion, even if I disagree with it vehemently. That's not to say I can't be disappointed. I think I only get angry if it's clear someone has been lazy, or is writing the review for cynical reasons, or just dislikes everything in a subgenre and want to write it off, gives 1 star. However, It would make me feel less inclined to speak my mind and give sincere 1 star reviews to albums I think warrant it if i thought people would get angry at me personally, and surely this isn't a situation we want to foster. Still, Free Hand is a great album, so I'm obviously going to vote "No", but I put all my waffling preamble to that just so I'm clear about what my answer means. |
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twosteves ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 01 2007 Location: NYC/Rhinebeck Status: Offline Points: 2084 |
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saying my favorite GG only gets one star is overstating things and seems meant to get attention---which of course he has! lol Opinions are like "a*******s" we all have one----and the proof-- he loves VDGG --a group I don't get at all.
So, there you go.
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The Mystical ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 20 2012 Status: Offline Points: 604 |
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This.
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I am currently digging:
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Rock Progressivo Italiano Team Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Online Points: 7440 |
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Absolutely not a 1 star album, and I fall in love with it everytime I get to the 50 second mark in the first track, at the bouncy `I'm just doing what I want to do....' bit!
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Stool Man ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2007 Location: Anti-Cool (anag Status: Offline Points: 2588 |
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This.
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Hercules ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 3889 |
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I completely agree with you. He has a perfect right to express his views and I have a perfect right to (vehemently)disagree with him.
Two years ago, I would have rated most VDGG albums (which he seems to love) as 1/2* because i really don't like their music. Now I would rate most of them 3* because they are just not to my taste rather than awful music.
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ShW1 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2005 Location: Sambation Status: Offline Points: 282 |
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agree. for things like that he could use the 2 stars rating. I for one, dont like VDGG, so I wont waste my time listening, reviewing or rating this band. |
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Snow Dog ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team Joined: March 23 2005 Location: Caerdydd Status: Offline Points: 32995 |
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No idea what review and without the common courtesy of providing a link I never will.
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Progosopher ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 3996 |
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A surprising rating, given all the praise this album has received. At the same time it is a well-written review, both informed and informative. I disagree with the rating, so I voted "No," but the implication that such reviews should not be posted is inappropriate. We each have our own take on things. Part of the value of sites such as this is to read a variety of views and gain insight into a variety of experiences.
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mohaveman ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 22 2007 Location: Arizona USA Status: Offline Points: 409 |
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I don't agree with the review but it's an opinion so won't fight it
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And it's only the giving that makes you...what you are".
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Padraic ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31135 |
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This.
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twosteves ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 01 2007 Location: NYC/Rhinebeck Status: Offline Points: 2084 |
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Agree--but I'd be curious to know if reviewer likes/appreciates GG at all---if he does than this star rating doesn't make sense--I mean Rolling Stone hated Yes (generally speaking) so all of their reviews were generally bad, and or sarcastic. But I'd read them all and get sick to my stomach
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