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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote richeym Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2007 at 04:41
The album requires way more than 3 or 4 listens if you're not used to that type of music.

I first heard their _Choirs of the Eye_ in 2004. It took me until late 2005 for it to 'truly' click and make it my favourite album of all time. Bear in mind I was already a big fan of maudlin of the Well.

 IMO, anyone who doesn't have much positive to say about DAWCT after a few listens shouldn't be writing a review - the music is far far too dense to be able to judge so quickly.

Kayo Dot are my favourite artist (along with Diamanda Galas), and it pleases me that they've been voted album of the year on this site - not least because it'll give them more publicity and more album sales so they may hopefully helped out of their financial situation which has been a bit sh*t for the last few years.



edit: OMG Mr T

I just read your 'review' of DAWCT and I must say I'm somewhat insulted as a Kayo Dot fan that you've written such a steaming pile of rubbish about them. A few points, as if I try and refute everything you said I'd be here all day:

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=108084

1. Kayo Dot are not 'post metal' - yes, a lot of their stuff is akin to the other sounds commonly found in that genre, but they are way way more avant garde than your average post metal band. If Kayo Dot are post metal, then all the other bands are doing it wrong.

2. You're blatently not a fan of anything like Kayo Dot or any form of 'post' rock/metal (I've seen your incredibly low ratings and slanderous Sigur Ros and Agalloch reviews (GSYBE! are the exception, but they're still nothing like KD). What really gives you a right to judge an album so harshly when it's a matter of taste and it's just that you don't like it. They're pretty damn far removed from post rock/metal - they just get lumped under that as no-one knows what to call them. Aesthetically, they're probably more like jazz or classical in their approach.

3. Maybe you have to be 'stoned' to enhance your listening pleasure of certain bands, but I assure you Kayo Dot fans do not.

4. If you can't see the structure and the fine songwriting of the songs on DAWCT, then that is your problem, not the bands.

5. 3 songs get ratings of 5, 6, and 8.5 out of 10 from you, whilst two get ratings of 1. How does that equate to an overall average of 1 out of 5 for the whole album? Do the maths. They have received from you 23.5 out of a possible 50 points. If anything, it makes their average score a solid 2 star review, not a 1 star.

6. Even more to the point, how can your only mention of the vocals in _Amaranth The Peddler_ be "When the vocals and the drums make their appearance, we're already too scared of the final outcome of the song, as we see that it lasts 14 minutes"? You completely fail to mention how sublime the vocal melodies are in this section.

7. BAD REVIEW. I'm sorry, but it really is a bad review and not in the slightest bit objective. It's simply an immature close-minded tirade about a band you don't understand. Was it meant to be an interesting/insightful/humourous review? If it was, it failed on all levels. I'd expect more from a 'journalism student'.

If you want to hear the tightly written songs Toby has written, check out the albums he made under the name maudlin of the Well (death metal, sludge, prog metal, classical, jazz, etc), or some of the songs off of the first KD album. DAWCT is by far their most avant and meandering release. Also, give it more than '3 or 4' listens - it's surely obvious to you that an album like DAWCT isn't something that anyone can get on the initial listens?


Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:


Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

    Well, as I will write in my new review, now I strongly disagree with the choice for album of the year.
Then you risk that your review will be deleted. A review is supposed to describe one particular album, it's not a platform for complaints.


I know that. Don't worry, read it and you'll see I review the album and make my arguments very clear. Not bashing for bashing's sake, so to speak.

I wouldn't like my review to be deleted just because I don't agree with the "album of the year"... If one of my reviews is ever deleted, I hope it would be because it's insulting, has no coherence, is just a bashing post disguised as review, or something like that.

EDIT: But you'll never see me writing like that. No unless I get intoxicated with mushrooms that weren't supossed to be eaten.

     
    


uuuh, that was an insulting, incoherent bashing post.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The T Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 20 2007 at 23:44
Originally posted by Ghandi 2 Ghandi 2 wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

     Well, as I will write in my new review, now I strongly disagree with the choice for album of the year.

Even though I liked it, I did find that entertaining, and I certainly can't accuse you of half-assing a review just to bash an album.

How many times did you listen to Dowsing before you wrote that review?
 
Three, and then another one while I was writing. Thank you for that, and also great that you disagree. That's what this is all about.
 
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

     Well, as I will write in my new review, now I strongly disagree with the choice for album of the year.

Even though I liked it, I did find that entertaining, and I certainly can't accuse you of half-assing a review just to bash an album.

How many times did you listen to Dowsing before you wrote that review?
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Hard to put figures on it T, but most reviewers are very receptive to constructive feedback.
 
Yes... and I shall add that new reviewers that intend to do a "career" in PA, are generally the most receptive. Wink
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Easy Livin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2007 at 12:06
Hard to put figures on it T, but most reviewers are very receptive to constructive feedback.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Trickster F. Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2007 at 12:01
I've got a question inspired by some Guigo's remarks. If a member writes a review that does not suit the acceptable quality for the site and eventually gets deleted, he is offered, formally or not, to write an enhanced one. Would you mind telling me how often it happens that the member indeed writes another review that is a ok for the site's standards instead of simply disappearing?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote memowakeman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2007 at 11:37
Thanks Bob, i dont want to make a big deal and a big discussion about that, but i think that a hugely exaggerated review doesn´t mean that is a good review, nor the very short ones either, i have read several Clem´s and Rico´s reviews which are also long but excellent, but this just made me feel like this...Disapprove
 
 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Snow Dog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2007 at 05:37
This is rather a sweet review, don't you think?


EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) — Brain Salad Surgery
Review by Jeams Pfirp (Ray Donavan DeAngelo) 5 stars Emerson Lake & Palmer released a great album in 1973, which was Brain Salad Surgery. This supergroup impresses me, and this album doesn't go against that, especially Karn Evil 9. So, here goes the individual song ratings.

Jerusalem: ***** I like how it celebrates about being in England. It is a 5-star song, despite being only 2:44.

Toccata: ***** This song expresses talent from the people that are part of Emerson Lake & Palmer. Each of the riffs are pretty skilled and it's like an up-tempo song to me.

Still... You Turn Me On: **** It is a pretty song, but it could be longer.

Benny the Bouncer: **** Even though it's 2:18, this is a fun song about a fight that Benny the Bouncer lost (sorry if I spoiled it to the people that haven't heard it or read it's lyrics). I like it when it's said that "He buried an axe in Benny's head" instead of the boring, "He chopped Benny's head.

Karn Evil 9: ***** This is the best song on the entire album. It's 29:32, and so far, it's the longest song I've ever heard. Saturday, though, the record will be broken by Cassandra Gemini by The Mars Volta. To the review. There are lots of instrumental passages, which are really good. In some parts of Impression 2, you're in a jungle, then you enter a haunted mansion, that's what it feels like. And the song has a happy ending. If you haven't yet, listen to all 29:32 of this song promptly!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Easy Livin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2007 at 03:57
I have moved the posts re IPOF's reviews to the reviews discussion, as clearly there is no suggestion of them being "inappropriate".
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote memowakeman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2007 at 01:20

Surely he put a lot of work into it as the every reviewer does as well, and i didn`t mean to report it as an abuse, but i personally think that both very short and way too looooong reviews are not good, extremes are never good for me, every person thinks different, i am one of those who everyday reads reviews (and like it) but when i saw that... i felt kind of annoying, who wants to read that Ouch.

That review is probably longer than the whole Velvet Room LOL

 


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Miracle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2007 at 01:08
It's way too long for anyone to read it indeed, but the guy has obviously put lots of work into it and should be rewarded, not reported as abuse. 
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Do you actually read the whole impraiseoffolly reviews? LOL
 
I think this is an exaggeration Wacko
 
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Greenback's review is fine. We're not going to intervene in reviews, jsut because they criticise an album. There are similar reviews for Close to the edge, Selling England etc.
Fair enough.  It was really the language used to express the criticisms that bothered me, but on refllection I was probably being too precious.  Anyway I've certainly no problem with anyone expressing their dislike of that or any record in itself, it takes all sorts...
 
 
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Greenback's review is fine. We're not going to intervene in reviews, jsut because they criticise an album. There are similar reviews for Close to the edge, Selling England etc.
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 It also has "at the end of the day, you'll be fine." Assuming that you don't listen to this album.
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (AND THE MAGIC BAND) — Trout Mask Replica

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1 stars This album is definitely VERY overrated! The songs are AWFUL! Many say it is very hard to acquire, but I wonder WHAT can be acquired? And if there was nothing to acquire? Indeed, where is the music here? Where is the melody, the structure, the finesse, the elaborated rhythm, the catchy character, the addictive parts? The Captain has a very bad voice, as being very negligent and nonchalant. Apparently, the music is absolutely not improvised; well, it is hard to believe! The guitar notes are dissonant, and it is so irrelevant and incoherent that it seems young kids of 6-7 years old play with their Fisher Price guitars in the basement! The tracks contain NO keyboards! The strongest point are the EXCELLENT elaborated drums, but unfortunately, the retarded electric guitars sounds and Vliet's irritating vocals kill everything that could be good on this record. The sound of the electric guitars is very gross, unrefined and primitive! Vliet is good and very funny with Frank Zappa, like on the "Bongo fury" album, but here he is pitifully insipid. Nevertheless, I've been able to find some rare better structured rhythmic parts, like on "Pachuco Cadaver" and on "Sugar' N Spikes". The bass, despite quite present, does not seem to make a definite catchy rhythm. The album has a strong experimental dissonant blues influence. 28 redundant tracks all sounding the same? That's TOO much! There are numerous pseudo humorous narrations a la EMINEM: this is not encouraging. Some crazy free sax parts contribute to give a CACOPHONIC character to this album! Frank Zappa speaks on "The Blimp". As improvised-like dissonant albums, I strongly prefer Pat Metheny - Song X, a complex free jazz album: at least, the album is technically outstanding and there is much more structure in the music! The best I can give is 1 well deserved star for the DRUMS here!

This probably reflects most people's first reaction to the album in question (mine too, I doubt many people dig it on first hearing) but should it be allowed to stand as a review?  Particularly where dealing with an album widely thought of as a classic, and which the reviewer knows is difficult / takes some getting into, it seems to me a little more caution is required before concluding "this is garbage" rather than "I don't get it / it's not for me".  The complaint about the lack of keyboards and the very off-base comparisons with Eminem and Pat Metheny don't give the impression that the reviewer has really engaged with this type of music.


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http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=1276

Pfweeewhhh - inpraiseoffolly managed to write an even longer review (on Spock's Beard  V) than ClemOfNazareth did a couple of months ago (on Misplaced Childhood).

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