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My point is that, besides of the stars, I cannot make tails or head out of the text. 

.........which reminds me about some of my own ramblings.

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^ I don't see anything wrong with that short review. There are quite a few spelling/grammar errors but we've all had those. LOL

I say keep it. Wink
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Thank you guys! Hug


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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

GREAT review Pablo. Incidentally I gave MDK a listen today.
 
I listened to MDK three times today...
And Wurdah Ïtah two times LOL
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GREAT review Pablo. Incidentally I gave MDK a listen today.
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^ Excellent MDK review, Pablo. I mean it!
One of the best I've read (of this album).
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Just want to chime in that Pablo's (The Quiet One) reviews have really caught my eye lately.   Great work Pablo!  Clap


 
EmbarrassedThanks James, I really appreciate it.Smile
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Just want to chime in that Pablo's (The Quiet One) reviews have really caught my eye lately.   Great work Pablo!  Clap

Also Bonnek deserves kudos for the combination of quality and prolific pace.  Clap
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I put off registering on PA for years because I knew the reviewing would completely absorb me.
And that's exactly what it did and I'm afraid it won't stop till I'm through with my vaults.
I think it's called "obsessive completism". A not uncommon prog-disease I think Smile

So yes, I tend to write my reviews off-line and then post them in batches, never thought it would bother anyone really.
3 months more patience and I'll be through with it !
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LOL
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^ A "complicated drama play in 5 Acts"
That sounds like a very Transatlantic kind of thing to do indeed! An idea for their next album maybe LOL

So yes, seriously, I wasn't targeting anyone in particular, I just can't resist making fun of Transatlantic.
Better don't mention them when I'm around :-)
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Let's make together complicated drama play in 5 Acts, each having few smiles inside. That would be, well, Modernism <:- )


But seriously. His reviews aren't as strong as mine. At that's something worth considering, because I don't see my reviews so high. Also, using of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! isn't going to win him friends. So as long as I stick with my 5 Transatlantic reviews (and all 5-stars), his reviews are poorly written.

Not that mine are good, just saying.


And right now, listening again Whirlwind (let's say, in total 20-25 total plays / spins, OK ?). Even I realized that I sometimes pick up just one or two songs (mostly Lenny Johnson and Spinning).

I still see / hear it for 5 stars.
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Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:

^ Hard to say, I consider every Transatlantic 5 star appraisal as highly suspicious. Big smile

Shocked

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=247454

Common, I'll defend this album very fiercely any time a day. Even now, when I'm tired to death.
It's a good album. Maybe my review lack more words and proofs, but let's wait few months and I'll edit it.

Smile

Sooo, is my review suspicious too ? I think you didn't mean it that way, but still, it crossed my mind.



I thought the " Big smile " would have given me away.
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Originally posted by Bonnek Bonnek wrote:

^ Hard to say, I consider every Transatlantic 5 star appraisal as highly suspicious. Big smile

Shocked

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=247454

Common, I'll defend this album very fiercely any time a day. Even now, when I'm tired to death.
It's a good album. Maybe my review lack more words and proofs, but let's wait few months and I'll edit it.

Smile

Sooo, is my review suspicious too ? I think you didn't mean it that way, but still, it crossed my mind.
There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless,"

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^ Hard to say, I consider every Transatlantic 5 star appraisal as highly suspicious. Big smile
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Regular Transatlantic fan's attack. Wonder if it is the same guy as two days beforeLOL
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In response to #3 from debrewguy... I might be an exception. I've edited some of my earliest reviews. They were awful. Now are only pretty crummy.
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There are two sides to posting a bunch of reviews at the same time
1 ) if you're good at it, or the reader finds the first one, or first few interesting, they'll read the rest
2) if you suck in the first review, who's gonna bother with the rest ...
3) most sucky reviewers don't know that they suck
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Of course, no one is going to prevent me from writing reviews for these well known albums, but I don't like it.

However, even I know my review is not so useful, should I miss my opportunity to contribute to this big bunch of already existing reviews ? Should I hold my thoughts back, just because so many people have already reviewed it ? That's crazy.

I don't like it, but I do it from time to time, they're mostly short.
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Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

does anybody actually read the five star reviews of Close to the Edge or Selling England by the Pound or so on? These incredibly popular, massively rated albums that seventy percent of reviewers give glowing praise to. I'm not interested usually in another five star review. I never read any reviews for those sorts of albums unless they're negative, because that's where the interesting viewpoints seem to happen. Anyone else find themselves in the same boat?


I usually read the reviews for them from my favourite reviewers, or if they're 1* reviews, but other than that I usually skim past... If they're really short, IE less than 3000 words, than I definitely won't bother.
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