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Points: 15 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2005 at 00:21
The top rated albums should not be restricted by "sub-genre". Some people are actually capable of appreciating different styles and moods of music and don't need every album to sound like Dream Theater. I like one Dream Theater song (instrumental)! If 75% of the people who like "Frances the Mute" also like "The Lamb...", or "Soft Machine 3", or "801 Live", or "Maxophone",  I think it is more important than pointing someone toward some arbitrary "genre"-specific sub-catagory that is meaningless.

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Points: 4 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2005 at 14:14
Hey! Thank you for those who submited reviews for the band Dir en grey!
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Points: 7922 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2005 at 21:12

Sometimes it works perfectly, but sometimes results are unexpected (for example, it is not obvious that URIAH HEEP fans will like RUSH). Anyway useful feature.

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Points: 311 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2005 at 11:08
It is quite irrelevant to get always the same references per category (Yes, Genesis for Symp.), Marillion, IQ,Arena for Neo Prog, Pink Floyd for Space Rock etc.
It was far much better before when it was referenced to an album rather than to a genre. PLEASE DO REVERT TO THE PREVOUS INFO (8 ALBUMS IN THE SAME STYLE).
I hope lots of people think that way.
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 06:17

Now it shows only the 12 most highly rated aöbums in the genre...

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Points: 2147 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2005 at 07:39
BETA Top 12 Rated albums in the same prog sub-genre:
(based on ratings)

YES
Close to the Edge
GENESIS
Selling England By The Pound
KING CRIMSON
In the Court of the Crimson King
GENESIS
Foxtrot

YES
Relayer
YES
Fragile
GENESIS
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
KING CRIMSON
Red

GENESIS
Nursery Cryme
CAMEL
Mirage
YES
The YES Album
CAMEL
The Snow Goose

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PLEASE LET'S GET RID OF THIS PHENOMENON!

P L E A S E . It's so boring and useless.

Nice weekend to you all. I'm off now.
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Points: 2818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 11 2005 at 08:57
^ Yes, agreed. It's totally useless for most people here. Good for newbies, but no use for others.
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Points: 4828 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2005 at 06:02

Also, wouldn't it be better to show "the top rated albums by 12 top rated bands of this genre"? Now there's 4 albums by YES, 4 albums by GENESIS, 2 albums by KING CRIMSON and 2 albums by CAMEL. Could there be only a one most rated album by one band?

Or could there be a be genre recommendations which admins and collabs would have voted?

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Points: 6 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2005 at 06:23
It might be a good plan to show not only top-rated albums in a category, but also a few RANDOM albums in the same category. That way visitors are introduced to obscure albums as well... or you could only show 16 random albums in the same category, where the chance of showing a particular album depends on its rating... (for example an album with 4,5 stars is being shown 3 times as much as an album with 1,5 star.
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Points: 715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 15:31
It should be limited to showing two albums per band, else it'll get clogged up with always the same bands. Most people will be looking for bands anyway (I am).
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2005 at 15:47
M@x is still working on the new version of the site.Wink
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Points: 214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2005 at 23:07
FINE I check this site beetween 5-10 times per day
Like a Dictionnary for me
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Points: 4049 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 24 2005 at 09:34
I removed it for now ...
Prog On !
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Points: 7922 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 19:13

It's a pity the feature has been removed.

Though it didn't work perfectly, but helped to find something new, at least for me.
Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 05:38
Note M@x's words "for now", I suspect he will have ideas on how to replace it with an improved version.Wink
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Points: 4049 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2006 at 08:39
Another complaint for the removal



Message:
Hi, people from Prog Archives.com    
This is the best site i've ever seen, and it is a fully surprised gift for those who likes prog, fusion, canterbury and related music.
I just came here to make a complaint, or a question, if it is more convenient:
One of the good things about the album's reviews were the related albums added in the end of the reviews. Why you take it off?!
Another: I'm brazilian, and don't speak (write) english in a good way, and i really wanted to write some reviews, but you don't let we write in our main language. This is really bad.
But... the site is almost perfect, and every time shows more surprises.
Thanks, and I hope to be understand.
Peace!!!!!
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2006 at 09:10
Which just goes to show you can't please all of the people all of the time!
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2006 at 13:53

I think they should be re-instated.

This site is for everyone,not just Prog Connoisseurs. The suggestions are a key part of spreading the word.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2006 at 14:18
Perhaps in a limited form then so as not to occupy too much space? Also, could there perhaps be a bit more of a randomness to them, so that they don't just show the same albums all the time.
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Points: 11979 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2006 at 15:08
Agreed.
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