Lowest Rated Prog Albums?
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Topic: Lowest Rated Prog Albums?
Posted By: The Mystical
Subject: Lowest Rated Prog Albums?
Date Posted: March 08 2013 at 22:27
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Who thinks we should have a PA lowest rated albums list? I think that it would be a great idea! ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 08 2013 at 23:03
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it would be interesting if unpopular |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 03:07
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^? ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 04:01
How would you identify such albums? For example, is an album with 2,000 two star ratings more unpopular that an album with 5 one star ratings? Is an album with lots of low ratings popular and unpopular at the same time?!
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 04:31
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Why should we highlight failure. Do you think people go out of their way to produce cr*p? Let's just point people in the direction of the great stuff out there. My opinion. ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 04:37
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^Agreed. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 04:49
I agree, a list like this would be difficult to calculate and almost impossible to do so accurately. Let's just stick with highlighting the best music, not the worst.
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Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: March 09 2013 at 16:43
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All very good points. However I think that sometimes there is a beauty that can be found in "failures". ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 08:00
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I'd like to see that list. And those complaining about negativity: If such a list was made and you find an album there you really like. Write a review about it and help its reputation out!
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 10:44
It might be a useful buyer's guide - which albums to avoid when you find a cheap copy in a sale, etc. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 12:23
I don't see anyone in this thread complaining There are many bands in the 'Prog' Archives that I am amazed have made it onto the database. I tend to write reviews about albums that I like anyway, rather than choosing ones that I have listened to and hated. There are the oddexceptions obviously, and every now and then I feel the urge to point out those which I found disappointing. I'm a glass half-full kind of a guy I guess.  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 12:35
Ok disagreeing is probably a better word. But similar thread topics have been brought up before, and the issue many people have with the idea of a bottom list on this site is that it's too negative.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 12:51
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Terrible idea.
And I'll tell you why.
The world is full of idiots.
Those idiots will take as much great pleasure in forcing an album into the lowest rated chart as they do hyping albums into the highest rated.
I see nothing but bad coming from this. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 13:11
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As much as I support the fun factor of such a thing, I do think Dean makes a good point here. Never underestimate the tw*t factor people! If it was made possible, I figure we'd be needing even more admins to go battle these folks. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Mystical
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 19:11
That is actually very true. The more I think about it, the worse the idea becomes. Thank you for all the feedback guys!  ------------- I am currently digging: Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz! Please drop me a message with album suggestions. |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 19:47
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One problem with the page were you can use filter settings to get lists of prog albums is that it is all about "Top lists", and it's all about ratings.You shoud be able to get results in alphabetical order, and sorting on ratings should be optional. That would be more serious. PA puts too much emphasis on ratings. A list of lowest ratings would be useful as a workaround to the fact that those albums couldn't appear in any other filter setting. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 19:53
 How do you collate a top list without using the ratings? When there are 39,517 albums listed here how do you order the "results" in any other way than by ratings? What use is knowing the first 100 alphabetical albums? (would Aardvark's eponymous album be No. 1 or would it be ( ) by Sigur Rós?)The only emphasis on ratings is made by the people who put too much emphasis on the charts in the first place. ------------- What? |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 20:53
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I think the search feature , or "Top Prog Rock Music Albums List" as it is called can be useful for exploring and finding albums and artists, but not necessarily with the intention of finding the top rated albums. I would call this feature something like "explore" or "search", rather than "top albums" but the only way to get to this page is by following the link "PA Top Prog Albums" or any similar link. And the results are limited to 250, which leaves out the lower rated or non-rated albums. You can browse artists from A-Z which is good , but I'm not asking to be able to browse the entire catalogue of albums in a similar way. But when using filter settings to get albums corresponding to that setting, you don't necessarily want only the highest rated albums, you want all of them. Regarding how to sort the results, it would be nice to be able to sort on album name, or by artist, or by country. Or by rating. Just my opinion.. |