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The selections add some confusion. If I correctly understand the algorhythm, it refers to albums reviewed by the person posting a review, not to albums ENDORSED? A review can be positive, or less kind.

I'd hate to be seen as one "supposedly" endorsing an album that I've just knocked down, by seeing that I am "also listening - or whatever" to that piece.

I'd rather prefer the description as: " THE ABOVE ALBUMS WERE ALSO REVIEWED BY THE CONTRIBUTOR(S)", or the like.  That would prevent a misunderstanding seen as endorsement. 

That's perfectly ok ... the database is suggesting Sea Shanties because you gave both albums 5 stars. It doesn't say that they're similar, just that some people liked them both.

Generally, such a feature's usefulness depends on how many database entries it can use ...

^ Good idea!

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Today I wrote a review on The Underground Railroad's "The Origin of Consciousness." The following came up. I'm don't completely agree with those choices. Furthermore, in the review text, I listed a few bands that I would suggest, such as; Echolyn, Finneus Gauge, Frogg Cafe, Thieves Kitchen and others. Are we only suggesting these other albums because they have the same "star rating" or because the bands play a similar style of progressive rock? [Unquote]

I'm with you Danbo, especially when Bill Pohl and Kurt of UR cite themselves, Caravan, and Pohl has a lot of Holdsworthian licks in him. Maybe the more astude and willing reviewer should be responsible  to flag up "if you like this band, then you may care to try........". In that way the occasional band/album not included in the Archives can be recommended. (e.g. T2 for at least one Landberk album - and I have to add,  another Landberk album I have sounds like a U2 clone....)

I just noticed with my review of  Holdsworth/Beck's Thing You see, (completed yesterday), there are 8 albums suggested as secondary listening materials - in some strange ways many of these are in about the right ballpark although not the probable titles I would have picked. And I aware David Cross is having a helluva of time getting Closer Than Skin distributed.

I also noticed something, when I reviewed an album which had no previous ratings. The browser then showed "The person who liked this, likes also...", and ofcourse with titles I had done in the past. There were several which had got only one or two star rating from me...

Could it be possible, that this feature would promote only albums of four and five stars? It's a very good idea still, I have found many nice albums through it! Some were ofcourse dissapointments.

I really don't have much to suggest, but to point out another problem:

as you know, some bands' works are scattered around many sub-genres of prog rock, Tangerine Dream, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Kraftwerk to name a few... You can even divide TD's '70-'80 period into the number of albums released (minus Rubycon, essentially a Phaedra clone). With so much diversity, it doesn't work most of the time.. For instance, Cyclone and Force Majeure albums are symphonic prog albums, very diverse from the previous ambient conic soundscapes... Recommending a mainstream electronic album, such as Vangelis' Spiral, JMJarre's Magnetic Fields, and even trance-ambient works such as Klaus Schulze's Timewind in these albums' review pages is rahter weird... (not to mention those Kraftwerk works, who, according to TD official site "...is more or less representive of the opposite way to use electronic instruments.")
The same is true for Kraftwerk: first two (with the possible inclusion of Ralf&Florian album) albums are definitive Krautrock masterpieces, yet, the attitude the band took afterwards has absolutely nothing to do... Neither the albums. It might even be better to recommend Krautrock albums in these albums' pages, than to remind more electronic oriented works (the first Kraftwerk album does not even have any "Electronic" element!!!!)

So, I really could not recommend a solution, but point out to a problem to work upon! The rest is up to you!

progressively yours

Hi M@x, 

Exellent choice of albums, exept in a court of crimson king. There is a better albums of King Crimson