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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Yes all the songs are good and the reviewer admits as much but still gives it 1 star.


That's the difference between a music review and a product review - PA doesn't tell us how to proceed in this situation.
Your subsuequent post below is a great example of why we don't do that. One man's meat etc.
 
In general, I think compilations will usually be subject to different reviewing criteria than original albums.
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Can someone please move our posts to Reviews Discussions? Big smile

Here's a typical "product review": http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=159935
And here's a "normal" review of the same album: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=114416

This case show perfectly how different the two point of view are, and how differently they can value the same object.
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Yes all the songs are good and the reviewer admits as much but still gives it 1 star.


That's the difference between a music review and a product review - PA doesn't tell us how to proceed in this situation.

For me an album is a product = Music + Production + Originality.


Everyone's free to have his own terminology, but generally "product reviews" are concerned with:

- how well is the packaging executed
- technical aspects regarding the material (sound for music albums, typography for art albums, etc)
- what are the differences when compared to other editions of the same, and especially what does this edition bring new (critical apparatus, documentary material, etc.)
- what is the relevance of the actual material published (like, can it be found elsewhere? what kind of "versions" are the "versions"? etc.)
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Yes all the songs are good and the reviewer admits as much but still gives it 1 star.


That's the difference between a music review and a product review - PA doesn't tell us how to proceed in this situation.

The problem is that in this cases music matters very little, this compilations are products, the music was made in the original albums., 

Rush album as in the case of compilations like the ones by Yes and ELP, are a method that labels use to bleed the fans,  they cross the level of abuse, they assume Progheads are silly fanboys that will buy anything, even if they have 20 copies of the same songs.

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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Yes all the songs are good and the reviewer admits as much but still gives it 1 star.


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Yes all the songs are good and the reviewer admits as much but still gives it 1 star.
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Not mean Snow Dog.

I said the same about all Yes boxes.

But I understand your wife, she knows you are a Rush fan - saw an album you hadn't bought- she got it for you.

The worst CD's I have (Love Beach, Invisible Touch and A La Carte), were given by girlfriends or my sister, because they knew I am a Genesis, ELP and Triumvirat fan, so asked somebody in my house which albums of this bands I didn't own, so they got for me expecting I would love them.

That's natural.

BTW: I don't say the album is bad, has great songs, but it's unnecessary, all this tracks are in the official releases and in countless compilations - Look at the ratings.

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I have to agree with Ivan, I am afraid. Every single word of what he wrote, no less. 

Btw. I got my copy from a female friend. I also got a Queen sampler from her last Christmas.    



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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=282801

Even when I don't fully agree with the form of the review, I completely agree with the position, Rush (Or the label) is trying to steal money from naive but faithful fans.

I'm tired of the bands releasing endless collections with the same tracks, yes, all are god, but they want to suck the blood from the faithful fan

In the case of Rush it's worst:

  1. Chronicles has all but one of the tracks
  2. Retrospective the same
  3. The Spirit of Radio (Greatest Hits) is basically the same and even better
  4. Rush Gold idem
  5. Working Men (Also another useless compilation album)
  6. Of course in 2010 they had to release Icon
Well guys, enough is enough, if they are unable to release a great album in the last decade, is time to live from concerts and stop trying to take us for fools who buy the same music with a different cover.

It's offensive

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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=282801

Even when I don't fully agree with the form of the review, I completely agree with the position, Rush (Or the label) is trying to steal money from naive but faithful fans.

I'm tired of the bands releasing endless collections with the same tracks, yes, all are god, but they want to suck the blood from the faithful fan

In the case of Rush it's worst:

  1. Chronicles has all but one of the tracks
  2. Retrospective the same
  3. The Spirit of Radio (Greatest Hits) is basically the same and even better
  4. Rush Gold idem
  5. Working Men (Also another useless compilation album)
  6. Of course in 2010 they had to release Icon
Well guys, enough is enough, if they are unable to release a great album in the last decade, is time to live from concerts and stop trying to take us for fools who buy the same music with a different cover.

It's offensive

Iván


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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=282801


Pretty much.
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... and I'd have to shoot him!
 
 
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a simple request for evidence like  IP addys/source files or back off nicely?
 
On the general point there Chris, we have a number of tools at our disposal. It's better that we do not reveal all of them, as it simply helps would-be manipulators to be aware of what they have to try to get around. It is though interesting to watch some who think they are clever enough to hoodwink us.Wink
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:

This one is even more fun

15 ratings/reviews total 

Showing last 50 only, select sub-genre in chart above to list all rating in that sub-genre.
1 starsTHE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE The Myth of Dying(rating only)
1 starsCICCADA A Child in the Mirror(rating only)
1 starsHAKEN Aquarius(rating only)
1 starsFROGG CAFÉ Bateless Edge(rating only)
1 starsIL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE Il Tempio delle Clessidre(rating only)
1 starsLUNATIC SOUL Lunatic Soul II(rating only)
1 starsALL OVER EVERYWHERE Inner Firmaments Decay(rating only)
1 starsKAIPA In The Wake Of Evolution(rating only)
1 starsYUGEN Iridule(rating only)
1 starsSKY ARCHITECT Excavations of the Mind(rating only)
1 starsHYPNOS 69 Legacy(rating only)
1 starsUNIVERS ZERO Clivages(rating only)
5 starsECHOES Nature/Existence(rating only)
1 starsEPHEMERAL SUN Harvest Aorta(rating only)
1 starsSHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD Five Deadly Venoms(rating only)


http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=32212
 
[Firstly - anyone here accusing Echoes of conspiring to rig the ratings? Or can we assume this is a lone gun man operating out of a book depository in ... erm...(looks up user's IP address on IP2Location)... Venezuela?]
 
Right - now we're getting somewhere. In itself there is nothing "against the rules" in what that user has done here - morally wrong and a bit naughty by all means, but not illegal as such - it could be genuine - he really could have listened to all 15 albums and only liked one of them.
 
Yes, we can all see that is very probably not the truth of the matter, and he is deliberately smacking all those albums above his beloved Echoes CD in the Top 100 chart, and we can guess with a high degree of certainty that he hasn't heard all of the other 14, possibly even any of them. But we cannot PROVE that.
 
 
However, A quick IP check and it seems that this user has two accounts:
 
 
That's what I call conclusive proof of deliberate manipulation.
 
Guilty as charged - off with his head.
 
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:

This one is even more fun

15 ratings/reviews total 

Showing last 50 only, select sub-genre in chart above to list all rating in that sub-genre.
1 starsTHE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE The Myth of Dying(rating only)
1 starsCICCADA A Child in the Mirror(rating only)
1 starsHAKEN Aquarius(rating only)
1 starsFROGG CAFÉ Bateless Edge(rating only)
1 starsIL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE Il Tempio delle Clessidre(rating only)
1 starsLUNATIC SOUL Lunatic Soul II(rating only)
1 starsALL OVER EVERYWHERE Inner Firmaments Decay(rating only)
1 starsKAIPA In The Wake Of Evolution(rating only)
1 starsYUGEN Iridule(rating only)
1 starsSKY ARCHITECT Excavations of the Mind(rating only)
1 starsHYPNOS 69 Legacy(rating only)
1 starsUNIVERS ZERO Clivages(rating only)
5 starsECHOES Nature/Existence(rating only)
1 starsEPHEMERAL SUN Harvest Aorta(rating only)
1 starsSHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD Five Deadly Venoms(rating only)


http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=32212


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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:

This one is even more fun

15 ratings/reviews total 

Showing last 50 only, select sub-genre in chart above to list all rating in that sub-genre.
1 starsTHE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE The Myth of Dying(rating only)
1 starsCICCADA A Child in the Mirror(rating only)
1 starsHAKEN Aquarius(rating only)
1 starsFROGG CAFÉ Bateless Edge(rating only)
1 starsIL TEMPIO DELLE CLESSIDRE Il Tempio delle Clessidre(rating only)
1 starsLUNATIC SOUL Lunatic Soul II(rating only)
1 starsALL OVER EVERYWHERE Inner Firmaments Decay(rating only)
1 starsKAIPA In The Wake Of Evolution(rating only)
1 starsYUGEN Iridule(rating only)
1 starsSKY ARCHITECT Excavations of the Mind(rating only)
1 starsHYPNOS 69 Legacy(rating only)
1 starsUNIVERS ZERO Clivages(rating only)
5 starsECHOES Nature/Existence(rating only)
1 starsEPHEMERAL SUN Harvest Aorta(rating only)
1 starsSHAOLIN DEATH SQUAD Five Deadly Venoms(rating only)


http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=32212
 
[Firstly - anyone here accusing Echoes of conspiring to rig the ratings? Or can we assume this is a lone gun man operating out of a book depository in ... erm...(looks up user's IP address on IP2Location)... Venezuela?]
 
Right - now we're getting somewhere. In itself there is nothing "against the rules" in what that user has done here - morally wrong and a bit naughty by all means, but not illegal as such - it could be genuine - he really could have listened to all 15 albums and only liked one of them.
 
Yes, we can all see that is very probably not the truth of the matter, and he is deliberately smacking all those albums above his beloved Echoes CD in the Top 100 chart, and we can guess with a high degree of certainty that he hasn't heard all of the other 14, possibly even any of them. But we cannot PROVE that.
 
 
However, A quick IP check and it seems that this user has two accounts:
 
 
That's what I call conclusive proof of deliberate manipulation.
 
Guilty as charged - off with his head.
 
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Rating without review has a very low weight in the final score anyway. threads like this encourage me to write reviews (at least) about my fave album.
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