TOP 100 Progressive Music Albums

Sure, how would I go about that?

I could be crazy, but it looks like a bug has reentered the ranking system.  All of a sudden there's been a crop of new albums showing up, and then disappearing again, near the top of the rankings.

fcoulter wrote: I could be crazy, but it looks like a bug has reentered the ranking system.  All of a sudden there's been a crop of new albums showing up, and then disappearing again, near the top of the rankings.   For example, # 13 (Wonderous - A Tribute to Yes) suddenly showed up on the list a couple of weeks ago.  Then, after a couple of days, it disappeared again.  Now it's back.   I don't remember ever seeing #14 (O Terco) on the list before.   Number #17 is also new (The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform the best known works of Rick Wakeman)   Has there been a change in the rating system, or have people been voting strangely over the last week?

This has nothing to do with the chart or the ratings system.  It is the work of a single person who is creating dozens of accounts to manipulate the ratings.  Read more here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28343&PID=4465022#4465022

The admin are hoping to resolve the matter, but at the present, they are unable to do so.

fcoulter wrote: Actually, I should add why I care about a sudden change in the ratings.   Every pay day I go through the list and find the "next" album that I don't own.  I then add it to my library.  If there's a glitch in the system, then I end up loosing a two weeks.   (No, it's not an issue of a new album with a lot of initial high votes.  I can understand Steven Wilson's album starting high on the list, my buying it, and it slowly dropping down the list.  I enjoyed the album, but it's probably dropping off the top hundred soon.)

I used to do the same thing, but when it comes to buying new albums, the reviews are more helpful than the ratings.  Find a few reviewers with similar tastes as yours, and check out their member page to see a list of their reviews.

fcoulter wrote: One of the reasons I was going through the list was discovering stuff that I had never heard before, in a variety of different styles.  Given how the ratings have now been screwed, probably permanently, by these idiots, I don't see anything to gain anymore.   So, to all the bands who's albums I would have bought, sorry.   I'll check back occassionally to see if the lists have gone back to normal.  But until then, I guess I'll be saving some money.

Or in the meantime, you could try checking out all the free music bands have made available:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=69197

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26187

fcoulter wrote: One of the reasons I was going through the list was discovering stuff that I had never heard before, in a variety of different styles.  Given how the ratings have now been screwed, probably permanently, by these idiots, I don't see anything to gain anymore.   So, to all the bands who's albums I would have bought, sorry.   I'll check back occassionally to see if the lists have gone back to normal.  But until then, I guess I'll be saving some money.

 

Negoba wrote: Use the filter functions. Including the one between the ears.   I check out the current year lists at least weekly. If an album I'm not familiar with maintains its position I'm likely to check it out. But the collaborator lists are better for that.   Found the wonderful I A MOON that way last year. Finally made myself listen to Ihsahn the year before that and liked it much better than I thought I would.

 

damn sweeeet collection,thanks 

This is a very strange list and makes very little sense. I dont care how scientific the survey claims to be. Emerson Lake and Palmer first appear at number 71? There is no coherent definition of prog rock that would not include at least one ELP album in the top 10, and most of their albums in any top 100 list. I was there in the '70s (well, mostly there).

And why is Miles Davis Kind of Blue at 25? One of the greatest albums of all time, of any style of music, no question about it. But it is definitely not progressive rock. Miles would turn over in his grave to hear of it.

Not to belabor the point, but I think Miles would care. He was very opinionated about music and his place in music history. Read his autobiography. I dont think he would appreciate Kind of Blue being classified as prog rock.

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Edited by Luis Conegundes - January 07 2013 at 11:39