fake 5-star reviews on progarchives.com

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   It's true that a group's future depends on reviews and ranking from Progarchives. If we make bad reviews, it will certainly ruin an artist. "Don't loose your day-time job until you rank high in progarchives. Don't say I didn't warn you!" 

And I suspect Steve Wilson to boost his reviews here... I mean, he would not sell that much album unless.

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Dieu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 26 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 112	Posted: February 03 2007 at 22:21
	It's true that a group's future depends on reviews and ranking from Progarchives. If we make bad reviews, it will certainly ruin an artist. "Don't loose your day-time job until you rank high in progarchives. Don't say I didn't warn you!" And I suspect Steve Wilson to boost his reviews here... I mean, he would not sell that much album unless.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Guest Group	Posted: February 03 2007 at 21:58
	Can we also question 5 star ratings for bands who, er, intake vast quantities of oxygen (I'm not sure if I can use the word "suck"). May Blitz anyone ... 2 decent songs out of what 20. I'm not questioning the reviewer, but strange that an obscure band of such merit would not have more reviews to support or rebut the review. Add to this the multiple reviews of the "classics". Out of all the groups that compose the Prog scene, is it really possible that 10 of them (see the listing) occupy most of the top positions simply because of their quality or (take a deep breath here), because their works are much, much better known than others that may have equaled or surpassed the masters. So for the last word on reviews & ratings, before anyone buys an album based on rating(s), compare other ratings by the same reviewer. Check out sites like Amazon.com that may have song samples. If you have a second record store, check the bins out, you might get it cheaply & if it disappoints you, no big hit budgetwise. Heck , yard sales sometimes turn up the strangest treasures.

Uroboros Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 25 2006 Location: Oxford Status: Offline Points: 912	Posted: February 03 2007 at 21:47
	I doubt the guys from Cryptic Vision would resort to doing anything like that - they probably wouldn't really need it anyway. The only time when things turned suspect was when the Egyptian Kings album was released and was followed by an abundance of praising five star reviews, all written in a similar manner and orbiting around the same ideas, proclaiming the album a masterpiece. I haven't listened to the album so I couldn't tell, but those reviews were definitely "fake" and intended to make some kind of promotion for the band; and I would say the effect was in fact quite the opposite (I actually refused to seek out the album because of this).
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theBox Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 29 2005 Location: Greece Status: Offline Points: 427	Posted: February 03 2007 at 21:44
	shame....real shame...Let's hope this is not a widespread phenomenon and that it limits itself only to reviews of cryptic vision's bandmembers (somehow I doubt it though)


DarioIndjic Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2005 Location: Universe Status: Offline Points: 600	Posted: February 03 2007 at 21:34
	Maybe someone some fanatic fan who love his vocals ?
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kirklott Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 01 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 623	Posted: February 03 2007 at 20:49
	It was bound to happen someday. For years now on Amazon, etc., you couldn't trust all product reviews because many are 'plants' - i.e. fake 5-star reviews designed to boost the product rating, etc. Now it's happening here in our beloved community. Case in point, the review for the new album from Cryptic Vision, called 'In a World.' There are 6 reviews: 3 of them are ho-hum 2 or 3 star reviews, the other 3 are glowing 5-star reviews. I'm not going to spell out how to discern real reviews from fakes, lest I tip off those who post fake reviews, but Cryptic Vision is especially incompetent at this form of corporate propaganda - one of the reviews is written by none other than the band's lead singer, Todd Plant! (he posted the review using his real name!!!). Anyway, always view 5-star reviews with scepticism, unless from well-known reviewers. Here's an excerpt from Mr. Plant's review, in which he generously praises his own singing: The vocals exude all sorts of qualities - from Peter Gabriel to Steve Perry - it's one of the most impassioned performances you'll ever hear. On top of that, the harmony and multi-tracked vocals are finer than anything any of the aforementioned singers could come up with. Edited by kirklott - February 03 2007 at 20:59
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