List manipulation?

cacho wrote: Epignosis wrote: Raff wrote: Epignosis wrote: micky wrote: oh definitely... I adjust ratings .. up or down.. all the time as time goes on.. as the group does more work.. I get more familiar with an artist or what other collabs say might jog  something for me or enlighten me. I know I've  dropped DT .. raised Battiato.. dropped Ubi Maior.. will raise Decemberists' Crane Wife to 4 stars.   I am tempted to give The Crane Wife 5 stars.  The only thing holding me back is that about half of it isn't prog.  But then again, neither is Minstrel in the Gallery, and I rated that 5 easy.......hmmm... In my very humble opinion, being prog or not should not be grounds from refraining from a 5-star rating. Many of my 5-star reviews are of prog-related albums. What I generally do is mention the 'prog quotient' of the album in the final paragraph, so that people won't mistake any of those albums for the second coming of Foxtrot or Close to the Edge . And see, that's why reviews are important.  As a rule, I don't rate prog-related albums a 5, but there are a couple of rare exceptions. Zep's IV, yeah we know

And I own absolutely no Deep Purple. 

Epignosis wrote: Raff wrote: Epignosis wrote: micky wrote: oh definitely... I adjust ratings .. up or down.. all the time as time goes on.. as the group does more work.. I get more familiar with an artist or what other collabs say might jog  something for me or enlighten me. I know I've  dropped DT .. raised Battiato.. dropped Ubi Maior.. will raise Decemberists' Crane Wife to 4 stars.   I am tempted to give The Crane Wife 5 stars.  The only thing holding me back is that about half of it isn't prog.  But then again, neither is Minstrel in the Gallery, and I rated that 5 easy.......hmmm... In my very humble opinion, being prog or not should not be grounds from refraining from a 5-star rating. Many of my 5-star reviews are of prog-related albums. What I generally do is mention the 'prog quotient' of the album in the final paragraph, so that people won't mistake any of those albums for the second coming of Foxtrot or Close to the Edge . And see, that's why reviews are important.  As a rule, I don't rate prog-related albums a 5, but there are a couple of rare exceptions.

Zep's IV, yeah we know

Raff wrote: Epignosis wrote: micky wrote: oh definitely... I adjust ratings .. up or down.. all the time as time goes on.. as the group does more work.. I get more familiar with an artist or what other collabs say might jog  something for me or enlighten me. I know I've  dropped DT .. raised Battiato.. dropped Ubi Maior.. will raise Decemberists' Crane Wife to 4 stars.   I am tempted to give The Crane Wife 5 stars.  The only thing holding me back is that about half of it isn't prog.  But then again, neither is Minstrel in the Gallery, and I rated that 5 easy.......hmmm... In my very humble opinion, being prog or not should not be grounds from refraining from a 5-star rating. Many of my 5-star reviews are of prog-related albums. What I generally do is mention the 'prog quotient' of the album in the final paragraph, so that people won't mistake any of those albums for the second coming of Foxtrot or Close to the Edge .

And see, that's why reviews are important.  As a rule, I don't rate prog-related albums a 5, but there are a couple of rare exceptions.

cacho wrote: ^indeed, your SFaM review is a clear example of that

but it is consistent....   I didn't like the album.. does this mean it is NOT a masterpiece (or near) of prog metal???

and yes Rob...  I gave The Crane Wife 5 personal stars.. but for the site...it will be 4 stars.   there were songs I didn't think reflected a true 5 star prog album.   Now the Hazards of Love is a different monster... I laugh at those that try to myspace it... it is a complete album song cycle.. you can't just listen to a portion of it.

another reason why ratings are meaningless as far as the site....  they mean something different to each person.. 

I did something rare.. very rare for me.. and that was review an album before I knew the group... I hedged and went 3 stars (for the site) when I first reviewed ... loved the album. but wasn't sure where it fit in with where they had been.. or of course where they were going with the the next album (HoL).  Since I've reviewed it I've pretty much covered all they've done and feel better moving them up... saving the 5 star for HoL.   I agree with that review I posted...  best ..bar none.. concept album (rock opera) I've ever heard.  Smokes the more celebrated entries like Tommy and the Wall.  The music is better.. the story is MILES above those. 

micky wrote: oh definitely... I adjust ratings .. up or down.. all the time as time goes on.. as the group does more work.. I get more familiar with an artist or what other collabs say might jog  something for me or enlighten me. I know I've  dropped DT .. raised Battiato.. dropped Ubi Maior.. will raise Decemberists' Crane Wife to 4 stars.

I am tempted to give The Crane Wife 5 stars.  The only thing holding me back is that about half of it isn't prog.  But then again, neither is Minstrel in the Gallery, and I rated that 5 easy.......hmmm...

you should Jay.. be able to do all that AS a Prog Reviewer.  If you need to know how.. just drop me a PM'er... pretty easy to do.

oh definitely... I adjust ratings .. up or down.. all the time as time goes on.. as the group does more work.. I get more familiar with an artist or what other collabs say might jog  something for me or enlighten me. I know I've  dropped DT .. raised Battiato.. dropped Ubi Maior.. will raise Decemberists' Crane Wife to 4 stars.  

Edited by micky - April 17 2009 at 16:21