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Cristi 
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 Posted: September 19 2022 at 10:28 |
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that's a bad one indeed, it looks unfinished
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Hrychu
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Posted: September 19 2022 at 10:25 |
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http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=28500
This review is generic, full of blanket statements, doesn't tell you ANYTHING about the album and it's too short. How did this person even get a Prog Reviewer badge? xD
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Necrotica
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Posted: September 10 2022 at 08:19 |
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(also, keep in mind that my original account was from 2006-2007 timeframe, so I've been here for much longer than 2015)
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Take me down, to the underground
Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
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Necrotica
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Posted: September 10 2022 at 08:13 |
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lol, I'm sure there are still a few members like that here and there. Or, on the other end of the spectrum, the ones who give a bunch of prog-related albums 5/5 while hating on the majority of full-fledged prog metal albums (a certain "pumpkin" user comes to mind)
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Take me down, to the underground
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Jared
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Posted: September 10 2022 at 08:04 |
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Do we still have 'members' who insist on giving every Opeth release '5 stars' and every DT release '1 star' (or vice versa?) I think a fair amount of that needed to be weeded out back in 2005!
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Necrotica
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Posted: September 10 2022 at 07:46 |
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It's like we're back in mid-2000s PA
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Logan
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Posted: August 26 2022 at 09:45 |
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Thanks Umur.
I've deleted at least one review of his before as I recall, and I will delete that one too (this is still preferably to the one I deleted actually). Quoting so it doesn't disappear into the ether -- mostly in case the reviewer hasn't saved it and wants to seriously improve on it (I'm in the habit of saving those I delete regardless of the quality): One star "This is not a prog album. And that is ok. But having said this, we are at a prog site. And I rate the albums based on their potential to enrich a prog collection. Unless the genre attached to the group indicates it's not about prog. Oceans of Slumber are labelled as Extreme Prog Metal. I just admit I never listened to the previous output of this band. But based on this record, they should be labelled differently. Something prog related. Having said all of this, I find it a decent record. Nothing to write home about. I gave it multiple spins to form an opinion, but I will probably never return to it again. I rate this 1 star. Because it's not prog at all. Also, I hate their version of the house of the rising sun." I know this person has had quite a few problematic reviews, and I will review more of his reviews anon. |
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lazland
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Posted: August 26 2022 at 09:26 |
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I did post something similar as a parody of his style a few weeks back. My opinion is that this particular reviewer does PA absolutely no favours whatsoever.
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UMUR
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Posted: August 26 2022 at 09:17 |
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eh...this review says next to nothing about the musical content of the release in question: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2786683 It´s more a tirade over the placement of the album on PA, which is just ridiculous to use a review for. This sentence is probably the only valid one if we are to think of the text as a review: "Also, I hate their version of the house of the rising sun.", and even that isn´t exactly an intelligent comment...but to each his own. Based on this review he can actually write reviews which talk about the actual music: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2786517
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Logan
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Posted: July 16 2022 at 10:45 |
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It's not a review, and to make it worse, it's copy-paste of the bandcamp write-up: https://kawabata-makoto.bandcamp.com/album/makoto-mango Will deal with it. Thanks. |
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Duddick
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Posted: July 16 2022 at 10:35 |
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http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2777405
This review doesn’t discuss the music at all - just states historical facts?!?!? |
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projeKct
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 18:39 |
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^ Mmm... Does a 2-star rating has to be the equivalent to 4/10 ? Not sure about that.
It means "Collectors/fans only", I don't think it means 40% on any scale. But I agree there is a problem with this specific review, as it says "highly recommended..."
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nick_h_nz
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 13:19 |
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His skill in maths is clearly as good as his skill in writing. 😜
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 13:12 |
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The Ummagumma review is awful
"Overall - 2 stars The first album 8/10 Sysyphus 5/10 Grantchester Meadows 8/10 Several Species 5/10 The Narrow Way - 7/10 The Grand Vizier - 4/10 it is highly recommended for PF fans and prog fans in general" How does all that equate to 2 stars?
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Ian
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Cristi
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 09:57 |
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Poorly written I guess, I also disagree with what he states there. But abuse?! I wouldn't say so.
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nick_h_nz
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 09:55 |
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And you proved those suspicions to be correct! 😜😄 They are awful reviews!
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woundedpig
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 09:29 |
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It's interesting that folks suspected which reviewer I was speaking of prior to my posting a link.
I guess there could be abusive posts, and there are poor quality, idiosyncratic, unhelpful, even useless, etc posts. The only area which I can think might approach the abuse level are the reviews which threw water on the reviews of others in various ways, though not by name.
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woundedpig
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 09:06 |
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I thought the review was linked.
I went back and perused several reviews before posting my rant, and sat on it for several days.
Here: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=2739368 |
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nick_h_nz
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 08:35 |
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^ Yeah, that was my take, too. I find jus how ridiculous, bad and lame the reviews are amusing, rather than abuse. There has definitely been far worse, and I don’t think these need to be removed.
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Cristi
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Posted: April 26 2022 at 08:34 |
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^ I disagree with a lot of things he says, but I don't think if it's abuse.
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