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Points: 401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2007 at 09:04
Originally posted by toolis toolis wrote:

it's unacceptable for bands like Black Sabbath to have only one album above 4 stars...

to us, metalheads, albums like Master Of Reality, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Vol 4, Heaven And Hell, Headless Cross and Tyr are higher than the sky...
More than fully agreed... by taking part in this site we accept its basics, of which one is that there is a kind of ballotage team deciding which bands have to be included and which don't. It doesn't make the least sense to try and overrule that system just by downvoting bands of which the progressiveness is cast into doubt.
 
In other words: a proper average rating reflects the value a group of prog listeners adds to it rather than the prog value a group of prog listeners adds to it, which is a subtle difference (I hope at least).
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2007 at 12:59
As prog as this website is, I'm still a MUSIC fan first, PROG fan second.... So if a prog-related album is a true masterpiece for me (like Muse's Absolution) I will give it a 5.
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Points: 8619 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2007 at 21:33

If we had a 10 point system, I could see 10's being rare. But its really hard not to get all excited about albums you like with only 5 options.  And I agree with Slarti, 1 star albums are usually hard and a waste of time to review. I have very few 1's left in my collection, they end up in the yard sale or the used bin at Rasputin records.


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Points: 322 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2007 at 01:32
I think the star system is prefect as it's reflective of the fact that music is subjective and a precise rating for music can't feasibly be justified for that reason also it would promote nitpicking.

A half-star system would be good but at this stage it would be far too hard to implement as there are way way too many reviews on the site for it to be feasible now, the star system as it is works perfectly IMO.


Edited by FruMp - November 10 2007 at 01:33
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Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2007 at 12:13
I would never rate an album here because of its 'progginess'
as long as it is here, it is considered to be prog or related, thus, no fuss...
if Powerslave is a masterpiece (which it is) I will give it 5 stars
it's unfair to give it 3 or 4 stars because it may not be a 'masterpiece of prog music'...
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