I really like your review !!

Feeling that more and more these days, David!

*****

Awesome front page at the moment, a cool assortment of varied reviews from Stefro, Progrussia, Thomas and Drew (nice selection of modern Italian releases from you two gentlemen as well!)

I'd just like to acknowledge uduwudu's very well explained and reasoned review of Chris Squire's solo album. Even if I don't necessarily agree with it, I always appreciate it when people take the time to properly articulate why they don't like something. 

I posted this in a PM to Warthur but wanted to share it

Edited by kenethlevine - January 26 2017 at 17:42

On behalf of the non colabs, thank you!

For my part, I liked the Incantations review you wrote a couple of days ago and thought it a fair assessment of Oldfield's fourth opus.

Two minor points of disagreement: firstly, I think the music is supposed to have a Native American rather than Celtic feel; secondly, the vocals in Part 4 are not a reprise of Part 2's Song of Hiawatha, but rather a reowrking of Ben Jonson's Ode to Cynthia to the same melody (I had to read that online, I failed to notice the words were different, as well ).

Oh, and your Ommadawn review. It captures my sentiments exactly, down to loving the Uillean pipe section and feeling let down by On Horseback.

There's a few points of Nue!mann's review of the F E A R album by Marillion that I disagree with, but it's a wonderful thought provoking critique and very well written. Good show, old boy! 

Edited by SteveG - February 11 2017 at 09:14

SteveG, I just read your review of Strawbs' From the Witchwood and I loved it. I've had it on my music wish list for a couple of years at this point and I've finally decided to get it after reading your glowing review. Cheers!

DoFP by Tapfret. Nice and Nostalgic!

UMUR's review of Watchtower's Concepts of Math: Book One, to paraphrase David Letterman, "...crystallized my thoughts perfectly.".  

There's one guy who deserves a ton of attention for all he has contributed to the review side of the Archives for many years at this point...a real silent achiever (because he doesn't really frequent or interact on the forums, so perhaps flies under the radar a bit) who not only writes thoroughly excellent and intelligent reviews, but who makes that effort for a wide range of genres, albums and artists that a lot of others don't:

Conor Fynes.

The guy is an absolute asset to the site, and the front page always looks great when his write-ups show up on it, even better when they hang around on there for a decent while.



Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - February 28 2017 at 07:14

I enjoyed both of the Strawbs reviews today by Walkscore. My only disagreement regarding Heartbreak Hill is that the two epic tracks, Starting Over, and the album's title track, Heartbreak Hill, both sound too derivative. Perhaps that's why Heartbreak Hill is not well rated. Aside from that, they were excellent.

Edited by SteveG - March 01 2017 at 12:46