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Um... just picking up on the spate of 'ratings manipulation' reports here... I don't really think it's all that wrong, given the ratings system is mostly subjective anyway, and also, where do you draw the line? If someone wavers down on a half-star rating because an album is well-rated or wavers up because it's low-rated, is that ratings manipulation?

While I don't really do it, and I think it's a bit disingenuous, I really don't think that someone who is at least trying to make a contribution deserves a ban threat for something so petty and (anyway) more or less unidentifiable unless self-declared.
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Originally posted by Tsevir Leirbag Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

Originally posted by seventhsojourn seventhsojourn wrote:

 
Wonder when Henry will get round to a review...
 
Expect one or two stars reviews Tongue
 
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Originally posted by seventhsojourn seventhsojourn wrote:

 
Wonder when Henry will get round to a review...
 
Expect one or two stars reviews Tongue
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Wow, Vompatti wrote his first review ever, and it's excellent! Clap
 
Yep, it's a goody! Clap
 
Wonder when Henry will get round to a review... or akamaisondufromage... a Gong or Hawkwind review would be nice Wink
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Wow, Vompatti wrote his first review ever, and it's excellent! Clap
Very cool review - sent a PM
 
keep this up - you have an insightful observative perspective.
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This member hasn't posted a review since December last year so I wasn't familiar with them. I initially thought this Black Sabbath review was going to be based on a mathematical formula, but all is revealed later in the review. It's a tad vulgar, but actually quite funny. I enjoyed the quote about the grandmother's bathroom in particular. Some of Alitare's other 1-star reviews are entertaining as well. After a string of great albums, I gave up on Sabbath with the disappointing (for me) Sabotage. I don't know the album in the review, but judging from Sabotage, one star might be about right for this one:
 
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Wow, Vompatti wrote his first review ever, and it's excellent! Clap
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^ they're all gone now, all 5 of this guy's personalities had a thing against Transatlantic's Whirlwind and Rob's taste in music , comments dropped in threads occasionally etc.
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Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Good gracious, I got told off.  Shocked LOL

Originally posted by Rune2000 Rune2000 wrote:

Even though I completely disagree with Epignosis' opinion of the album it still feels unfair to call him out just like it was done in this review:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=283746


Thanks for reporting that Rune.  It's never a good idea to write a "retaliatory" review.

I read your review as I wrote mine (and I looked at the 7 other five star reviews, or whatever it was), and I keep asking myself as I listened, "What in the world are these guys hearing that I'm not?"

But it still sounds awful to me.  No, I have not listened to it 30+ times as our reviewer would implicitly require of us.  LOL

And the funny thing is, I actually like several avant-prog albums, but I do not care for this one, no.

Who was it ? Who is this rating manipulator ?



"Torque sign" was the name, but Easy Money said this was a person with five user names.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Good gracious, I got told off.  Shocked LOL

Originally posted by Rune2000 Rune2000 wrote:

Even though I completely disagree with Epignosis' opinion of the album it still feels unfair to call him out just like it was done in this review:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=283746


Thanks for reporting that Rune.  It's never a good idea to write a "retaliatory" review.

I read your review as I wrote mine (and I looked at the 7 other five star reviews, or whatever it was), and I keep asking myself as I listened, "What in the world are these guys hearing that I'm not?"

But it still sounds awful to me.  No, I have not listened to it 30+ times as our reviewer would implicitly require of us.  LOL

And the funny thing is, I actually like several avant-prog albums, but I do not care for this one, no.

Who was it ? Who is this rating manipulator ?
There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless,"

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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Damn, I missed all the action! What album was it?

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I caught it just in time I think. Very shocking language for a review, completely uncalled for.
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Damn, I missed all the action! What album was it?
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Good gracious, I got told off.  Shocked LOL

Originally posted by Rune2000 Rune2000 wrote:

Even though I completely disagree with Epignosis' opinion of the album it still feels unfair to call him out just like it was done in this review:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=283746


Thanks for reporting that Rune.  It's never a good idea to write a "retaliatory" review.

I read your review as I wrote mine (and I looked at the 7 other five star reviews, or whatever it was), and I keep asking myself as I listened, "What in the world are these guys hearing that I'm not?"

But it still sounds awful to me.  No, I have not listened to it 30+ times as our reviewer would implicitly require of us.  LOL

And the funny thing is, I actually like several avant-prog albums, but I do not care for this one, no.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Scott, your Wall review was really enjoyable.  Loved the enthusiasm you obviously have for it, which I share.  I love the little in between songs so many people consider "filler" tracks, I appreciate them more than the radio tracks actually. 
Thanks Jim
 
As usual you boost my spirits.
 
I like your review on Wall too.
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Scott, your Wall review was really enjoyable.  Loved the enthusiasm you obviously have for it, which I share.  I love the little in between songs so many people consider "filler" tracks, I appreciate them more than the radio tracks actually. 
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Oh, I've tried to do this in Firefox and it works here. Error on my side then.
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Stick to your guns then. I see no harm in that reviewClap
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

 
Actually Ivan I think there are a lot of positives here - I highlighted positives in green and negatives in yellow on a word doco. there were lots of yellow and quite a few green parts.  The main issue is you felt they were clones and need to banch into some original territory., Fair enough they even admit on their website to being Genesis inspired. Is clones a harsh word? i would never use it. I would rather say they are inspired by genesis and as soon as you hear their msic you are immediately reminded of the greatness of Genesis, and that may not be a bad thing But I dont think your review is that scathing really. You could have awarded a worse rating, 3 is a good review for a debut 2 piece band.
 
 
Of course there are negative parts, because I believe there are bellow the average tracks, but my main criticism is centered in the lack of originality, never said they suck, or they are incompetent musicians, by the contrary, I always highlight their skills except in the vocals, because they are incredibly close to Phil Collins and I can't stand his voice.
 
A musician who is now my friend  sent me his debut album before being released, and one of the things I said is that he should find a new vocalist instead  because the voice is not the most adecquate for a Symphonic album...And he is the singer (well also plays guitar and keyboards).
 
Did he insulted me?
Did he called me Snob?
 
No, he published my review in his site the same day (it was the first review because it was written on the release day), because he said it sounded absolutely honest.
 
Now, the word clone...Please, even a super band as Triumvirat is called Clone and has much more originality than Unifaun, and you don't see Jurgen Froitz protesting.
 
So if it's hard..Yes, but honest and I believe fair.
 
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Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:


VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Godbluff Live 1975 | review
BILLY COBHAM Palindrome | review
FREQUENCY DRIFT Personal Effects (Part Two) | review
SADIST Season In Silence | review
ARNIOE Forever Free | review
JEFF BECK Emotion & Commotion | review
THE ALBUM LEAF A Chorus of Storytellers | review
KLAATU 3:47 E.S.T. | review
ROYAL HUNT X | review
JOHN ZORN In Search Of The Miraculous | review
PAT METHENY Orchestrion | review
PANIC ROOM Satellite | review
RED SPAROWES The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer | review
ELEPHANT9 Walk The Nile | review
NICK MAGNUS Children Of Another God | review
THE WATCH Planet Earth? | review
RICK WAKEMAN Always With You | review
ODYSSICE Silence | review
ASPERA Ripples | review
KAYO DOT Coyote | review
DUNAJ Dudlay | review
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Option Paralysis | review
MISANTHROFEEL Easterica | review
 KARNATAKA The Gathering Light | review
A SILVER MT. ZION Kollaps Tradixionales | review


Scott, it looks it does not. My skills with computers are limited by what I actually use (I know a lot about Windows XP, Opera, Total Commander etc), but I think it's because I use Opera and this feature simply isn't working here. Some things aren't, I'll get used to it.


I checked it out too Marty and the reviews worked fine for me with a simple copy and paste as follows:
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Godbluff Live 1975 | review
3 stars BILLY COBHAM Palindrome | review
4 stars FREQUENCY DRIFT Personal Effects (Part Two) | review
4 stars SADIST Season In Silence | review
4 stars ARNIOE Forever Free | review
3 stars JEFF BECK Emotion & Commotion | review
3 stars THE ALBUM LEAF A Chorus of Storytellers | review
4 stars KLAATU 3:47 E.S.T. | review
4 stars ROYAL HUNT X | review
4 stars JOHN ZORN In Search Of The Miraculous | review
4 stars PAT METHENY Orchestrion | review
3 stars PANIC ROOM Satellite | review
4 stars RED SPAROWES The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer | review
4 stars ELEPHANT9 Walk The Nile | review
4 stars NICK MAGNUS Children Of Another God | review
4 stars THE WATCH Planet Earth? | review
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Always With You | review
4 stars ODYSSICE Silence | review
4 stars ASPERA Ripples | review
5 stars KAYO DOT Coyote | review
4 stars DUNAJ Dudlay | review
4 stars THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Option Paralysis | review
3 stars MISANTHROFEEL Easterica | review
5 stars KARNATAKA The Gathering Light | review
3 stars A SILVER MT. ZION Kollaps Tradixionales | review
 
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