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Atkingani
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: August 22 2006 at 09:47 |
Eetu (& others),
When we delete (or edit) a review a communication is sent to the reviewer, explaining why the deletion and encouraging/inviting him/her to redo and resubmit the deleted one and make new ones.
In general, the replies are fair and the further development is agreeable - some are now fine PA reviewers (although I won't mention names here).
The communication text is more or less "standard" but we always make some changes when it's the first review of a member or when we realize that the reviewer's native language isn't English, etc.
However, any idea for improvement is welcome!
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Eetu Pellonpaa
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 17 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 4828 |
Posted: August 22 2006 at 08:16 |
It's still sad as some who might not be very talented writers, would still want to give reviews for their favorite artists. Instead of deleting these, could this kind of reviewers be helped to fathom what their writing maybe lacks, and give them a change to enhance their writing? EDIT: I mean, my first reviews weren't much better than FloydFan's. If he would be guided to write concretelly why this album is a must have, you could have a new reviewer in the future. Simply bashing peoples own work by indicating thet they do not "qualify", you hurt the writer, lose a potential resource, and turn the site's culture towards a bad direction. Edited by Eetu Pellonpää - August 22 2006 at 08:38 |
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: August 22 2006 at 08:05 |
Dealing with...
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Guigo
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Sacred 22
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1509 |
Posted: August 22 2006 at 02:25 |
Yup, so you really have to screen those reviews, but the big problem is the reviewer can reflect in an overly positive or negative way thus wrongly indicating the merits of a particular work. This is especially important when considering many new or more obscure works that don't get the weight of numbers that the more popular works get. This is where you spend your money.
I don't trust the way I review, so I shy away from it as a result.
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Raff
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429 |
Posted: August 22 2006 at 01:59 |
Some people really have no clue of how a review should be written... For most, a review is essential in order to know whether a certain album is worth buying. If the relevant info is missing, what's the use of having a review at all?
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memowakeman
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 13032 |
Posted: August 22 2006 at 00:07 |
PINK FLOYD — Meddle
Review by FloydFan (Colt) This is by far one of the greatsest Pink Floyd albums of all time. If you like floyd you'll love this album. It features great songs like Echos and One of these days. So please do your self and every other music lover a favor. BUY THIS ALBUM!!! Posted Monday, August 21, 2006, 23:51 EST | Permanent link A Floyd fan ... but a poor review... |
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:22 |
GR & Fassbinder & Oliver: in both cases, I erased the text and let the rating.
If the reviewers want to really improve their reviews they can PM or mail me (or any Mod) and room will be provided for new submissions. Edited by Atkingani - August 21 2006 at 10:25 |
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oliverstoned
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Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:20 |
Well, i noticed it also this morning...poor review. No description. Edited by oliverstoned - August 21 2006 at 10:20 |
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Fassbinder
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 27 2006 Location: My world Status: Offline Points: 3497 |
Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:17 |
I wonder if this is a review of an album:
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Raff
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429 |
Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:29 |
I just found this review of an ELO album:
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA — On the Third Day Review by prog frog This album Is Fantastic! and i know anything ''PROG'' including reviews have to be long drawn out affairs!Not this time! like the album my comments are short sharp and to the point !.........Buy it! Here's the permanent link too:http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=87799 As usual, it's not the length - it's just that it doesn't say anything useful about the album in question. Edited by Ghost Rider - August 21 2006 at 09:30 |
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: August 21 2006 at 08:15 |
Just in case...
In fact, a fine review that deserves to be translated.
PENDRAGON — Believe Review by decogna99 En el mundo de la música rock, envejecer es una maldición: todos tenemos grabado en lo más hondo que el rock es cosa de jóvenes. Pero la juventud se acaba pronto y se puede disimular, pero no hasta el infinito. Nosotros envejecemos, pero afortunadamente los músicos también. ¿Qué les ocurre a los músicos cuando van pasando los años? Pues que se cansan, se repiten, que cruzan el punto más alto y empiezan a caer, rodando hacia abajo por la pendiente del desengaño del mundo. Como nos ocurre a los demás mortales. ¿O no es así? Por supuesto que siempre no. Y esta afirmación es la que para mí resume mejor este disco hermosísimo de Pendragón: sangre madura que corre por unas arterias sabias por viejas, por haber corrido por la vida, atravesando placeres y desdichas. Ahora, con la edad, los músicos pueden decir cosas tan precisas y difíciles que sólo la edad posibilita. Por fin la envidia que sentimos de la música clásica, su madurez, se aplaca, porque nos damos cuenta de que también nosotros, amantes del rock, podemos dejar de intentar parecer adolescentes y está permitido sentarse plácidamente en la butaca y escuchar a Barret y Nolan con la atención que se debe a los grandes de otros siglos. ¡Por Dios, nosotros, que no íbamos a la iglesia de chavales, creíamos sin embargo que la música nos salvaría y nos conduciría al paraíso! Y así fue, pero sólo entonces. Luego, al crecer, nos fuimos quedamos solos, porque Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jethro Tull, Génesis, King Crimson o Wishbone Ash escogían caminos diferentes a los nuestros. ¡Traidores, que nos abandonaron! ¿O éramos nosostros los que les abandonamos? En todo caso, ¿quién hará la música de mis 48 años? Tengo una respuesta. Esta obra de Pendragon, varios años después de la opus anterior, años que no se sabe muy bien cómo han pasado tan rápido (¿te suena eso de la velocidad del tiempo?), llega cuando estábamos decaídos. ¡Cuanto rock progresivo sin alma! Y sin embargo este disco de -los 'antiguos y repetitivos dicen algunos- Pendragon está repleto de joyas sonoras, frescas como lechugas: es extremadamente variado y te conduce de viaje por terrenos melódicos... que me recuerdan los versos místicos de un gran poeta español: la música callada la soledad sonora Para mi gusto los temas más bellos son 'The Wisdom Of Solomon' y 'Learning Curved' donde la guitarra lírica nos humedece los ojos y nos encoje el corazón, porque la esperanza -parece decir- no es incompatible con la pena. Curiosamente, en la gira actual, o al menos en el concierto que puede ver, la banda no los interpreta, es una lástima. El disco contiene algo no muy frecuente: recitados (en 'The Wishing Well - a. For Your Journey' o 'The Edge Of The World') que ponen la carne de gallina. También hay cánticos con unas melodías sacadas de las profundidades, como en el tema que da título al conjunto, 'Believe'. También hay una estupenda canción rokera para mover el esqueleto dolorido: 'No Place For The Innocent', pero no es la que da el tono principal al disco. El tono principal son las bellísimas melodías arropadas por texturas y textiles sonoros tiernos y espesos, que avanzan plácidamente, hasta que, como en las mejores amistades, sobreviene una discusión, como en ''The Wishing Well - d. Two Roads'. Por favor, Barret, Nolan y compañía, regaladnos con una obra madura como esta el resto de los años de nuestra vida. Envejezcamos juntos, sin prisas. (Nota: lamento no saber el suficiente english para escribir esta reseña en esa lengua, pero no podía dejar de escribirla) Posted Monday, August 21, 2006, 04:37 EST Edited by Atkingani - August 21 2006 at 08:24 |
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: August 18 2006 at 08:15 |
He really mistook... I deleted Canción del Sur and left space for a new review.
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Guigo
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Tristan Mulders
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 28 2004 Status: Offline Points: 1723 |
Posted: August 18 2006 at 06:53 |
Could have been a mistake, eh?
I'd say give him notice of the fact and delete the faulty one |
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memowakeman
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 13032 |
Posted: August 17 2006 at 23:44 |
JAIVAS, LOS — Los Jaivas
Review by jvargas The album, also named Los Jaivas (aka El Indio) was a huge step forward, in compositions, lyrics and sound quality. The chilean folklore roots mixed with rock appear on "Pregon para Iluminarse", while they sound like Santana on "Guajira Cosmica". The standout track here is the 13min three section instrumental "Tarka y Ocarina", the first can be defined like King Crimson circa Lark's Tongues in Aspic mixed with traditional altiplanic music, the second is an extended almost solo piano section, alternating beautiful and calm passages with more agressive material (one of their keyboard players, Claudio Parra, had formal training on piano, and he shows it here, as the whole piano section is just him). The last section is very pastoral, with harps, flutes and acoustic guitars. Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006, 17:27 EST | Permanent link JAIVAS, LOS — Canción Del Sur
Review by jvargas The album, named Los Jaivas (aka El Indio) was a huge step forward, in compositions, lyrics and sound quality. The chilean folklore roots mixed with rock appear on "Pregon para Iluminarse", while they sound like Santana on "Guajira Cosmica". The standout track here is the 13min three section instrumental "Tarka y Ocarina", the first can be defined like King Crimson circa Lark's Tongues in Aspic mixed with traditional altiplanic music, the second is an extended almost solo piano section, alternating beautiful and calm passages with more agressive material (one of their keyboard players, Claudio Parra, had formal training on piano, and he shows it here, as the whole piano section is just him). The last section is very pastoral, with harps, flutes and acoustic guitars. Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006, 17:25 EST | Permanent link |
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: October 21 2005 Location: Terra Brasilis Status: Offline Points: 12288 |
Posted: August 17 2006 at 20:00 |
Duh... I was searching for a Rush review in the frontpage! |
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Tony R
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Posted: August 17 2006 at 19:47 |
Progressive Metal
(Studio Album, 2002) Avg: 3.43/5 from 19 ratings RHAPSODY / RHAPSODY OF FIRE — Power of the Dragonflame Review by lffm I find the songs on this particular album to be most enjoyable. Rhapsody exhibits an energy that few bands can match. While alot of the songs really do sound similar this band is extriemly good at what it does. And while this may not impress everyone, it certanly has impressed me. Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006, 19 ---------------------------------------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=87564 |
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Easy Livin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: August 16 2006 at 03:53 |
Dealt with
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Ricochet
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
Posted: August 16 2006 at 01:35 |
So I've been told.
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Bj-1
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Online Points: 31307 |
Posted: August 16 2006 at 01:34 |
I was about to post that one! You're fast, Rico
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Ricochet
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Posted: August 16 2006 at 01:32 |
borussia wrote a review on Pawn Hearts in capital letters.
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