"5 stars" albums

I am new to this site and I simply love the Progressive community ! New bands and new music to discover, Yeeee !!!

But why is there so many 5 stars albums? To me, 5 stars is THE BEST, but always compared to other albums, AND relative to the artist.

Ex. : Selling England by the Pound from Genesis could be a 5 stars, but Trespass can not be a 5 stars because it is not as "perfect" as Selling England.

I knew Progressive enthusiasts were generous, but please, for newbies who wants to discover the BEST prog music, give them just a few choices...

So, do you think there are too much 5 stars albums?

No, IMO it's fair. There aren't that many here, most bands don't even have one. I voted yes accidentally 

Yes.

However... 

My philosophy on 5 stars rated albums is different than some peoples'. Any album that I have a perticularly fond memory of, or one that I find no flaw that bothers me in gets 5 stars. I don't usually compare the album I'm rating with, say Close to the Edge. To me, a review/rating is a personal matter and should have no bearing or relevance to any other album than that one. 

The Miracle wrote: By the way, Trespass is by far more perfect than SEBTP Every song there is great, and SEBTP has I know What I Like and More Fool Me...

ill agree with you on more fool me but whats wrong with i know what i like?

i givefive star reviews if i think it is virtually flawless and i think is a masterpiece that i wont get sick of. 

Edited by stan the man

stonebeard wrote: Yes. However...  My philosophy on 5 stars rated albums is different than some peoples'. Any album that I have a perticularly fond memory of, or one that I find no flaw that bothers me in gets 5 stars. I don't usually compare the album I'm rating with, say Close to the Edge. To me, a review/rating is a personal matter and should have no bearing or relevance to any other album than that one.

Now that's accurate. How can you give an album that you find to be
incredible and one of your favorite albums only 4 stars? Not THAT many
albums are above a 4.5 rating.

Cygnus X-2 wrote: I only give an album 5 stars if I truly feel it is a masterpiece in the artist's catalogue, and that it is definitely worth a purchase or even a listen.

Exactly how I feel.

Cygnus X-2 wrote: meurglysIII wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: I only give an album 5 stars if I truly feel it is a masterpiece in the artist's catalogue, and that it is definitely worth a purchase or even a listen. Exactly how I feel. Would you give the first Asia album 5 stars?

I don't know about that, maybe a Stynx album is more deserving.

Did you get that Asia album by the way???

Off the top O my head, I've given the following albums 5 stars (incuding 4.5 and up):

Marillion: Misplaced Childhood
Marillion: Script
Pendragon: TMO
Yes: CTTE
An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
KC: LTIA
KC: Red

And I've reviewed about 26. All of these deserve the rating IMO.

Cygnus X-2 wrote: meurglysIII wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: meurglysIII wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: I only give an album 5 stars if I truly feel it is a masterpiece in the artist's catalogue, and that it is definitely worth a purchase or even a listen. Exactly how I feel. Would you give the first Asia album 5 stars? I don't know about that, maybe a Stynx album is more deserving. Did you get that Asia album by the way??? Nah. I got the Real to Reel/Brief Encounter remaster, Fugazi Remastered (up until this point I had it on mp3), and Thrakattak instead.

Fugazi is yummy, I haven't heard the others.

meurglysIII wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: meurglysIII wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: meurglysIII wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: I only give an album 5 stars if I truly feel it is a masterpiece in the artist's catalogue, and that it is definitely worth a purchase or even a listen. Exactly how I feel. Would you give the first Asia album 5 stars? I don't know about that, maybe a Stynx album is more deserving. Did you get that Asia album by the way??? Nah. I got the Real to Reel/Brief Encounter remaster, Fugazi Remastered (up until this point I had it on mp3), and Thrakattak instead. Fugazi is yummy, I haven't heard the others.

It's a lot better in my opinion than when I first reviewed it. And Reel to Real is a live album that came out after Fugazi and Brief Encounter I believe was a single that came out after Misplaced Childhood that had Freaks and Lady Nina on it, it also contains live versions of Kayleigh, Script, and Fugazi.