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Points: 31663 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:28
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

Only quality of the music counts for me, i don't care how progressive an album or an artist is.

 
 
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:24
I think in a Prog site the proggyness of the music is very important if you are recomending albums or not. Even the star system here is technically judged by progressivness so I don't know what else you would expect really?
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Points: 1119 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:23
Well I don't think this really applies to most. Take Pure Reason Revolution for example, I'm listening to it currently, 3rd time in a row. It was voted as the ... 4th(correct me if I'm wrong) best prog album of 2006. and I bet most would agree, it's not even close to the proggiest album.

Now on the other hand I think it's worth metioning in such cases as when I reviewed Wigwam's new albums; to give people a picture. See, in these cases the former albums were really prog, while the new ones were pretty much AOR/"american" rock. so it's good for the buyer to know what he's getting when he goes and buys it. The might expect something like being which would be terribly wrong. But you're right, one should never rate an album based on how proggy it is.
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Points: 5502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:23

Only quality of the music counts for me, i don't care how progressive an album or an artist is.

 

The fact this site focusses on progressive rock implys the bands and albums to be progressive, in some cases the bands and albums on the site are not progressive, and I find it only fair to vent such an opinion in  a review, but aside the mentioning of the non-progressive nature of the reviewed album the rest of he review should focus ón the music, and that's when only quality of the music should determine the nature of the review and the final rating of the album.

 
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Points: 4309 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:17
I was reading the main page here and read a review who said this:

"One of the things I dislike about this site is that people often judge albums on their "proggyness." What's more important than how progressive they are is how good their music is?"

The guy wrote very intelligent words, maybe one of the most clever thoughts here, and also made me think: Why MOST of the reviewers here while judging the so called "proggyness" of the music, if it's not very prog or just not prog, they give the album less than 4 stars (often 2 or 1), just because this is a Prog site?? OR the cause is that most proggers are SO close minded that can't listen to anything that's not prog, so they won't like every not-progressive band they listen?? I hate this kind of things and situations, but I had to get the word out. And once again, the big question:

"What's more important than how progressive they are is how good their music is?" Clap

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