Prog Semi Final #1 - Yes v. Pink Floyd

EddieRUKiddingVarese wrote: All Yes's Music Didn't really Exist, It Was All made by computer thar's why Floyd win...........

Edited by Tillerman88 - May 08 2018 at 13:31

Yes

All Yes's Music Didn't really Exist, It Was All made by computer thar's why Floyd win...........

Floyd

yeah this was a bullsh*t result if I ever saw one

Yes, by a few miles

Argonaught wrote: The Bearded Bard wrote:  What did you expect?  Some accuracy and relevance. Neither of us is going to convince each other, but here are some facts and figures that are kind of hard to deny: The 2014 Top 100 lists a number of albums (about a dozen, I think?) that have been rated by fewer than 10 people, as of Jan 18, 2015. These are indeed "for fans only", and, for that matter, for a rather narrow circle of fans, such as friends, family members and one-two PA collabs.  Yet, because of the way QWR formula works, such albums can be assigned a PA rating that far exceeds that of TER and is described as verbatim "Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music". Which, I'd argue, is inaccurate and therefore useless for someone who is browsing PA in search of some good advice.

But the number of ratings is down to popularity. It says nothing about the quality of the album. I mean, a band will at first be known only to the few, before it's known to the masses. An album can be excellent even if only a few people knows about it. On the other hand, if those bands had been big names, more people would know about them, and subsequently rate their albums, with the probable result being lower QWR.

The Bearded Bard wrote:  What did you expect?

Some accuracy and relevance. Neither of us is going to convince each other, but here are some facts and figures that are kind of hard to deny:

Edited by Argonaught - January 18 2015 at 09:25

Argonaught wrote: The Bearded Bard wrote:  Bashed?  Hardly! I mean, it's got a rating smack between good and great, and only 3 out of 28 reviewers rate it lower than three stars. How on Fripp's green earth is that bashing!? Lower than 3 stars means "poor", the PA euphemism for it being "for fans only". There is nothing poor about TER.

I know what lower than 3 stars mean, and 3.5 means between good and great/excellent. 57% of the raters actually thinks the album is, at least, an "excellent addition to any prog rock music collection", while 18% of the raters, and only 11% of the reviewers, thinks the album is, as you put it, "poor". I ask again, how can this be considered bashing? What did you expect?

another vote for Floyd I'm afraid. I listen to PF much more often and to be honest I have always prefered them - spacey stuff has always been my bag.