What’s your biggest gripe with the top 100

Hi,

This would resolve itself easily enough if the top 100 was about the bands and THEIR music, instead of albums ... maybe a separate poll ... but in the end, one band having 5 albums, and another band having 4 albums and another band having 4 albums, is completely ridiculous and it just shows that the top 100 poll leans towards the "favoritism" of the whole thing ... and for this, I would say that a "review" should not, necessarily mean 10 points, but I can see how it can help ... most folks, I don't know for sure, will not bother with a review and might add one that is 25 words long (silly ... something like that!) ... just to get the extra votes, like the example above ... so almost 50 years of being known and heard is total caca compared to a band from 2 years ago.

THAT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP ... nothing against that band!

Again, have a poll that means a lot more and make sure you say that the "top" 100 bands does not necessarily mean that one is better than the other or ranks higher ... maybe even go so far as to rank them alphabetically so I don't get tired of seeing YES and GENESIS ... all over the damn place ... and I have their albums. 

I think the issue is ... the Admins here don't agree on much together, and worse ... getting them together is probably impossible with folks everywhere around the world ... one of the things that the top 100 poll conveniently lacks and dislikes!

As far as I am aware the answers are no & no. Unless they could change the weighting of collaborator & reviews. It's a popularity contest based on ratings from members. WYSIWYG. 

Sorry, Greg, but I am one of the (supposedly) sentient beings who hear this album and think, "This as good as anything in the Top 100--as good as anything in the Top 10." With my first listen I'll never forget the feeling I had as all my blood drained from my head into my gut as I realized what a privilege I was having to be listening to this masterful work of dedicated prog artists (most of whom had been founding members of Änglagård). To this day I consider it as great an artistic achievement as any of the top 20, including Close to the Edge,  Io sono nato libero, Godbluff, or Larks' Tongues in Aspic. An amazing album.   

Top hundred is cool to look at, but I doubt there are more than 10 of those 100,on my top 100.

The only top 100 worth a damn ,is my own.

So there :-) 

dougmcauliffe wrote: I def think albums like blacksstar, abbey road and related should be included. They have the ratings, apparently they just aren’t prog enough?

As far as this website is concerned, the "Proto Prog" and "Prog Related" categories are not prog rock, so they're not included on the top 100.

But I would disagree with the notion that jazz fusion or the various prog metal categories shouldn't be included. Some jazz fusion has a lot of prog rock influence (e.g., Return To Forever's Romantic Warrior) - as in, the music sounds like fusion of jazz and prog, not simply jazz and rock. And metal is a subgenre of rock, so as far as I'm concerned, a prog metal band is a kind of prog rock band. May not be your cup of tea, but removing prog metal would make as much sense as removing bands who aren't symphonic enough.