Reviews discussion

TCat wrote: dougmcauliffe wrote: 1 star for Eldorado by ELO   I thought 1 star ratings were for truly terrible albums, I don't know what's so offensively bad about that album. In fact, I think it's one of their better albums. It's strange to me he says that the tunes are good but still gives it the "Poor, For Completionists only" rating.   Yeah I was a little surprised by that one.  Eldorado wasn't that bad, but it makes you wonder how he would rate "Face the Music" which is quite a bit less interesting.

What? Who gave Eldorado 1 star? That's a pretty good album

1 star for Eldorado by ELO   I thought 1 star ratings were for truly terrible albums, I don't know what's so offensively bad about that album. In fact, I think it's one of their better albums. It's strange to me he says that the tunes are good but still gives it the "Poor, For Completionists only" rating.

Facepalm* Review the music for what it is, not wether it fits in a certain genre or not. Wait till this guy finds out about Kind of Blue. I noticed he edited the all traps on earth review, its about double the length but says just as much. "Rabble rabble Anglagard clone rabble rabble boring rabble rabble I have nothing to say about the actual songs or the instrumentation rabble rabble"

Edited by dougmcauliffe - May 08 2020 at 19:42

I guess I ought to get my old ratings deleted too. Btw. this is the review I just finished of A Hard Day's Night if anyone wants to read it: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2121576


Edited by The Anders - May 08 2020 at 16:11

^ I know that, but it might be easier to keep it in one thread that admins can check with regularity.

siLLy puPPy wrote: There are 1 star albums on this site that i love such as the Yes Remix album. Even if everyone hates it doesn't mean it makes me love it less!

indeed!

Whilst I hold to the view that value judgments in art are in the end largely subjective, there still exists in my mind a distinction between what is good and bad, and what I enjoy and don't enjoy. There is plenty of music (and writing, etc) of which I can recognise the innovative quality / technical merit / importance within the development of the artform, that I don't enjoy at all. Equally there is plenty of stuff that I think is little more than trash that I dig the hell out of.

I don't really care if an album classifies as prog or not, and it surely doesn't affect my judgements. The best music often combines many different style elements.

Guldbamsen wrote: ^I moved your post. Seems a little odd posting in a thread called ‘I really like your review’ and then starting out with ‘I hate’ I do agree with your point though. Rating anything based on how prog it is is futile. By that definition Henry Cow should be the most celebrated artist on PA.

I hate the reviews that rate an album low not because it's bad but because it's not prog. I'm seeing things like "if you're looking for a progressive rock album, you'll be disappointed cause this one is pure AOR" etc.