Non-Prog reviews on a Prog website?

politics Scott... politics... and back again to the Micky axiom (yes I have to have one as well damnit )


what is prog to one.. is not prog to another... and well known groups not associated with prog historically have a HORRIBLE track record here for being recoginized for what they did do in the prog arena... thus like Deep Purple are inaccurately put here.  Tags and labels.. not judged on the music. Double standards.. should have been in the foreward of the collaborator handbook. It's the site's dirty secret hahhaha

and that's the reason I haven't reviewed Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind yet. 5 stars, IMO, but I can't give it 5 stars on this site, and writing a 4 star review for it would bring me physical pain

^^^ No one does, Scott, and that's proven by the amount of threads discussing that point. That's also why we have genre teams who have to come to diplomatic decisions about what is and what's not. No one person really can say what "prog" is, otherwise that one guy would be the one doing all the work for this site. Like Micky has said, it's all subjective, and that's half the fun of the genre. Plus is gives us all something to fight and draw blood about

oh god...   you sure can do that....

So in answer to the original question, the answer is there is no answer.  You have to do what feels right to you, but make sure you back up whatever the rating is with what you have to say in your review, because I still feel that is the most important part of the rating.  The words behind it.

rushfan4 wrote: So in answer to the original question, the answer is there is no answer.  You have to do what feels right to you, but make sure you back up whatever the rating is with what you have to say in your review, because I still feel that is the most important part of the rating.  The words behind it.

quoted for bad-ass in your face truthfulness

Micky wrote: quoted for bad-ass in your face truthfulness

qfb-aiyt?

Edited by King By-Tor - November 01 2008 at 16:21

I like my reviews to reflect upon the music, instead of contain a strict and perfect relation with the conventional rating principles here (that doesn't mean, on the other hand, that I'm neglijent regarding giving an appropriate rating). Regarding the P-R "eternal problem", I confess the "I can't give such album 5 stars on a website where 5 stars reflect the cream of Prog music" sounds logic, but in the same time, if an album from a band that is in the PR section of PA blows my socks off, so to say, I'll honestly give it 5 stars, because I have no reason to denigrate the music. On the other hand (hope my judgement can be understood...at least partially) I won't give 5 stars to the prog music in that PR-located band's albums if the prog music is not even 1/3 of what makes that album so bloody special. In other words, "great album, but not necessarily spectacular thanks to prog elements". The rating can be confusion-even controversial-by the above said, instead the review can easily explain it - and, ultimately, that's my belief. Reviews > rating.

We deliberately don't have rules or guidelines on this. Everyone should go with what they think is best. It's always a good one to discuss and debate though.

I used to have this problem at the begining. With bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zep and all the others of the like.
I think you should review it with the point of view you want, Prog or Metal or just general music. But explain this on the review, Eg: Machine Head 5 stars of Hard Rock not Prog.