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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^And how does a reviewer know the what, why, how, and meaning of a release by any artist?
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A review is not about any of us "having to tell you or others" what the album is about. A review is "an opinion" and it should stay there and nowhere else.
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Hi,

complete with a "moonshine", as a hippie girl that is going to get taken and killed figuratively. 

I love a lot of Neil Youngs work. Especially "On The Beach" and "Zuma".

Call her Moonshine 
drinking hooch that damages her liver
Call her moonshine 
Got a still set up down by the river.

Playing hide and seek, with the state police
Banging Billy bob up on the mountain...

 


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I've limited this to bands/artists I'm actually a fan of:

Albums I've given 2 stars: 
Asia - Aqua
Tony Banks - Still
Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts, Octoberon, Face to Face
ELP - Love Beach
FM - Transformation
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte, Blues with a Feeling
Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.
Led Zeppelin - debut, Coda
Marillion - Fugazi
Moody Blues - Octave, The Other Side of Life, Sur La Mer
Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds
Saga - Generation 13
Styx - Crystal Ball, Cornerstone, Kilroy was Here
Vangelis - Direct, El Greco
John Wetton - Arkangel
Yes - Union

Albums I've given 1 star:
ELP - In the Hot Seat 
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Not very much, but ...
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Camel - The Single Factor
Vangelis - See You Later
Renaissance - Camera Camera

The reason why I rated so low these albums from some of my favorite bands is that I don't want newbies to think that their music is like that. 

The last Shub-Niggurath deserves less than one star, IMO. 
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Not very much, but ...
GTR
Camel - The Single Factor
Vangelis - See You Later
Renaissance - Camera Camera

The reason why I rated so low these albums from some of my favorite bands is that I don't want newbies to think that their music is like that. 

The last Shub-Niggurath deserves less than one star, IMO. 

Vangelis See You Later is one of my favorites. a weird and interesting album... I probably would have given it at least a 4 star.  Love that album, not a bit, all of it.
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Albums I've given 2 stars: 

Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts, That's rather harsh?
Octoberon, Outrageous!!
Face to Face   Fair enough...
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Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:


Albums I've given 2 stars: 

Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts, That's rather harsh?
Octoberon, Outrageous!!
Face to Face   Fair enough...


These are examples of albums I liked at first, but just didn't stand the test of time with me. I will say that there are some decent moments on all three, but also that my BJH collection is a lot smaller than it used to be. I will also mention that I've never rated the Victims of Circumstance album, because I was thankfully warned away from that one before actually buying it.
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Originally posted by Steve Wyzard Steve Wyzard wrote:


These are examples of albums I liked at first, but just didn't stand the test of time with me. I will say that there are some decent moments on all three, but also that my BJH collection is a lot smaller than it used to be. I will also mention that I've never rated the Victims of Circumstance album, because I was thankfully warned away from that one before actually buying it.

I have a very rough rule of thumb when it comes to BJH.. you may agree, you may not...

No Wooly, No BJH... without his mellotron, the sound became very thin and without his influence, the prog was lost and they became too poppy. So, the last album of theirs I own is XII.
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Originally posted by Valdez Valdez wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Not very much, but ...
GTR
Camel - The Single Factor
Vangelis - See You Later
Renaissance - Camera Camera

The reason why I rated so low these albums from some of my favorite bands is that I don't want newbies to think that their music is like that. 

The last Shub-Niggurath deserves less than one star, IMO. 

Vangelis See You Later is one of my favorites. a weird and interesting album... I probably would have given it at least a 4 star.  Love that album, not a bit, all of it.

Yeah absolutely. If there is a Vangelis 2 star album it was that soundtrack for the Oliver Stone film Alexander or the very early experimental albums when he lived in France.
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^ Only three 2-star Vangelis albums below, whereas the Alexander soundtrack is a 5-star masterpiece for me. That's the only reason I bought the DVD movie. Smile

3 stars 1972: Vangelis - Fais Que Ton Reve Sot Plus Lang Que La Nuit - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvM65riv3cSklLozwF98q9B
4 stars 1973: Vangelis - L'Apocalypse des Animaux (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsDSG9vZVaxnYUenfX1VybR
3 stars 1976: Vangelis - La Fete Sauvage (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lue3CBD9P_z51SBD4m0I8G1
4 stars 1979: Vangelis - Opera Sauvage (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtMKYn-VowMSeB2Bwzb0Mf3
5 stars 1981: Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsjS0L1K0ZG6sOkFp6PSGOh
5 stars 1992: Vangelis - 1492: Conquest of Paradise (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt0SV_QdtY9lGAQk-S0U-Jv
4 stars 1994: Vangelis - Blade Runner (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtQhpcQMdGQDWqy9DQGc9NH
3 stars 2015: Vangelis - Amore (soundtrack: recorded in 1973) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtZ2YsnW0mlAonlDkwdCIvC
4 stars 2019: Vangelis - Nocturne: The Piano Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsRw0Exq3REueHzZcFD5CJ9
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Opinions may Vary! Just how it is… recently I saw someone give Led Zeppelin’s debut album 2 stars. I was pretty surprised.
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