Inappropriate reviews

Phil wrote: Oops! Not sure if this is the right place...but I was reviewing Rick Wakeman's Country Airs and submitted a score but no review...sorry, sorry! Not my intention. can you delete the "review" and I'll submit it properly. Thanks!

Done, Phil

ANDREW wrote:   Symphonic Prog (Studio Album, 1972) Avg: 4.54/5 from 415 ratings YES "Close to the Edge" Review (Permanent link) by BoB Posted 11:24:01 PM EST, 3/17/2006    Really, really overrated. For a band whose fans seem to go on and on about musical complexity, this sure is repetitive. For example, the keyboard thing after the intro of Siberian Khatru is repeated twenty-one times! Stop it already! The music does deserve 2-3 stars, but I have to knock it down because the lyrics make me really, really angry. They're terrible, and they make no sense at all. Now nonsensical lyrics work great for people like Syd Barrett, because they are suited to that style of music; the main thing though is that with Syd the listenerknows it's just nonsense, but on CTTE I get the feeling that Jon is trying to say something, but he can't get his point across. He sings crap like "Even Siberia goes through the motions" so seriously that it's impossible to take it as sheer nonsense. So that really kills almost any enjoyment of the music. Another thing is the packaging. It's hard for me to respect a band that has so many reissues, but then Yes compounds upon that by that annoying green CD case which throws off the rest of my CDs. Much more importantly though, the booklet has the editor of YesWorld breathlessly praising every single second of the album. Fine, tell us about the making of the album, but don't try to influence my opinion with your praise. Most bands put negative reviews in their booklets (like King Crimson on ITCOTCK or Jethro Tull on TAAB), or have a neutral history (for example, on ELP's BSS, the closest they come to praising the music is calling Toccata "ferocious"). So that's why I giving this one star. Why so many people this this is the best prog album/the best album ever is beyond me.     What do you think about this review???

• in the first paragraph,he justifies that CTTE is 1 stars because of repetitive senses (?).I don't see reason in that...
• Sequencing is not abolished,I hope,therefore Siberian Khatru's theme repeating itself should be okay,right?d
• Jon is trying to say something, but he can't get his point across ???!!!??

• non-sense (apparently) words abolished also?
• talking in second paragraph about re-releases...re-masters...???
• general expression of nothing but something bothering him...cannot find anything about the album actually.
  

Pals, it's really hard to see our most estemeed artists (or their works) being eventually despised by another person but taste is taste and there's very few to do unless to respect others' preferences to make them respect ours.

Otherwise I agree that many reviews contain confused parts and/or erroneous information and depending of the case we make the edition or mail the reviewer asking for clearings or corrections.

However if all reviews with not-so-clear parts had to be deleted a large amount of PA reviews shall disappear. 

Hence, DT and Yes reviews stay.

ivansfr0st wrote: http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD. asp?cd_id=5526 Not really abuse, but there are two Gatot's reviews of the same album.  -- Ivan

Don't worry too much "tocayo" (Peruanism for people who share the first name), I once did a very long review about Benefit (More than 1,500 words and took me several hours on a weak afternoon in the office) and just when I clicked the post button, I noticed I had already done one before, I had to reboot my PC just in time so it was not added.

When you have done 20 or 30 it's easy to remember all, but after 100 it's hard to do, I can't understand how those guys who have one or two thousand reviews manage to remember.

Iván

Nothing about WHY the disc gets a high rating.

Art Rock
(Studio Album, 1977)
Avg: 4.31/5
from 48 ratings

KANSAS "Point of Know Return"
Review (Permanent link) by Herman H.
Posted 4:19:58 PM EST, 3/18/2006

   How time influences man. The other day I had a family meeting and one younger cousin appraised me for my then music collection (back in 79 / 80). Especially Boston and Kansas. Telling this I remembered the album containing 'Dust in the wind' but I didn't play it often. In fact, I didn't like it much. I still have the vinyl but don't have a record player so I had to find a mp3 version somewhere. After playing the album a couple of times I discovered that brains need maturing like wine or whisk(e)y. At my current age this album sounds to me much better than it did in "the ol' days". So to say it's an excellent addition to any prog music collection. Isn't it today, it might me be in 27 years.