Almuadem - Nimrodel
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Topic: Almuadem - Nimrodel
Posted By: Desoc
Subject: Almuadem - Nimrodel
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:06
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Just out of curiosity - what's with this albums that's been voted most popular last 7 days and which also tops the 2007 list? Never heard of them before, and I just checked the visible reviewers, of whom half only have reviewed this album, and another has reviewed this and a couple of very classic albums, none with reviews. The Nimrodel reviews look valid enough, though. What have we here? Coincidences? A deserved effort? Or a clever rating attack with numerous fake identities? |
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:19
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All those issues are under checking/observation. Thanks, anyway! ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:23
I noticed this too. I made a small analysis and posted it in the Reviews Reporting thread a while ago:
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Tuzvihar wrote:
, only rating (and that's his only rating)
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:23
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Well, the album isn't voted to be the most popular, its the most reviewed album at the moment that makes it the most popular and Almuadem has been reviewed 20+ times this week! This reminds me of a band that got added last year, ../artist.asp?id=2699 - EGYPTIAN KINGS . The band is related to Almuadem and their both from Portugal. People started giving 5 star ratings to it without even thinking twice and most of those people that reviewed it were from Portugal and only signed to PA just to review it. Not all of those 5 star ratings where from fanboys and the main problem is trying to identify which one is a fanboy and which one isn't. The same thing that happened to Egyptian Kings is happening to Almuadem. It's sad to see these sort of thing happen, but there isn't really much we can do about it. If you want to listen to their album Nimrodel you can download it for free at http://www.myspace.com/almuadem - http://www.myspace.com/almuadem Only then you can be sure if it's really as good as people claim it to be.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:29
Oh, I didn't notice it had over 20 ratings. But why has the overall rating changed? It was 4,71 a while ago and now it's 4,68...  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:31
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4,65 now... Guigo, is it you?
------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:36
They got their 15 minutes of fame... it's over now.  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:42
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A new five-star review by
../Collaborators.asp?id=17541 - toddymut appeared just a while ago. And he posted ratings without reviews for three major albums just like aforementioned ../Collaborators.asp?id=17518 - Mozarttaler ... ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 26 2007 at 19:54
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Sometimes we have to fight fire with fire, no? ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: December 27 2007 at 06:40
What bugs me the most is that my review started it all. If I had kept shut that album would have remained inconspicuous and none of this would have happened. Nearly all of the reviews posted in the two days following mine were trashing my review. And I don't even think it was a mean review - it was quite positive in my book. I can't imagine what would have happened if I had given them a bad review... 
It's good someone is dealing with it, this kind of abuse is intolerable, even though I believe the people who voted 5 stars actually do mean them. If I recall, this wasn't as bad as the case with Egyptian Kings, when those who rated Almagest with 5 stars also distribuited 1-stars to all the albums in the then 2006 Top 10. There have been a lot of more objective reviews for Almagest since then, and that album now has a more credible rate. I believe the same should happen to this Nimrodel, which I reafirm is actually more deserving of a good rating than the previous Egyptian Kings work.
But still I can't stop feeling I own an apology for triggering this abuse, even if without intention. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 27 2007 at 06:51
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Okay, what's the deal with http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=16706 - Satellite - Into The Night ?
And how can we see the ratings without reviews list? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 27 2007 at 07:23
I may check those ratings-without-reviews, Dean... anyway, I believe that if some kind of abuse happened with this album, it was significantly softer than what happened with Almuadem.  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 27 2007 at 08:04
Thanks Guigo, with such a glowing (possitively illuminous!) review from Bob I have no doubts that this is a great album, but with so many ratings-without-reviews its sudden position on top of the 2007 chart feels a little suspicious. ------------- What? |