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I'd correct out all the lines where he adresses to "the prog reviewers of Abacab" and express his blatant insatisfaction, and leave what seems his impression on the album.

Therefore, the review would remain:


DUKE was the sellout album!!! ABACAB is an attempt to reinvent the band sound into more of a power trio. They didn't stick with it, though, and drifted back towards an updated DUKE sound to close out their career.

This is a pretty darn good album. Sure, there's a little cheese to "Me and Sarah Jane," but no more than to some of the tracks off Wind and Wuthering. "No Reply at All" and "Man on the Corner" have the Phil solo sound, but it's some of the best of the Phil solo sound (no motown, thank God.) "Abacab" and "Dodo/Lurker" (the two best tracks) both sound like dark versions of what the band was doing on A Trick of the Tale, while "Keep it Dark" isn't far behind in quality. All of that is great stuff. "Another Record" and "Like it or Not" are mediocre, and "Whodunnit" is frankly bad, but there's an awful lot of good stuff to counterbalance that.

Genesis doesn't go on life support until the NEXT album.

This one is worth 3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up this time.


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Edited by Ricochet - June 27 2007 at 02:03

darkmatter wrote: This one is a single sentence: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=80579

Technically, it's not even that. There is no grammatical subject.

clarke2001 wrote: Useless text, and nickname in clash with site's policy: KEKAL — The Habit of Fire Review by Skull_f**ked (Karina) Kekal, being around for quite some time,over 10 years,is a very extrodinary band.All the album's they've had is very promising. Never been let down with any of the album,and neither has The Habit of Fire,is album is awesome.

It's a small price to pay for maintaining our open to all policy Erik. Our vigilant memebrs are great at calling out the cheats.

salmacis wrote: progismylife wrote: I know this is usually for iffy reviews but this made me laugh out loud. Easy Livin that is one great pun! HILLAGE, STEVE — L Review by Easy Livin (Bob McBeath) Admin Group Forum Moderator & Reviews Manager One L of an album   My favourite of Easy Livin's headlines was the one for Tony Banks' 'Bankstatement'- the headline said 'Out Of Credit'...

Sean Trane wrote: salmacis wrote: progismylife wrote: I know this is usually for iffy reviews but this made me laugh out loud. Easy Livin that is one great pun! HILLAGE, STEVE — L Review by Easy Livin (Bob McBeath) Admin Group Forum Moderator & Reviews Manager One L of an album   My favourite of Easy Livin's headlines was the one for Tony Banks' 'Bankstatement'- the headline said 'Out Of Credit'...   Bob's opening titles are alwaysa joy and proof he spends enough time thinking of the album he reviews.

this is kind of a subject change but I think the reveiws should be listed the other way, so when you're looking at an album, the first reveiw you see is the newest one.  That way, all the reviews will get their chance at the top.

Kotro wrote: Yes, but how do you discover which rating is made to manipulate which album? Ratings without reviews come in many forms, from many sources. Hughes Chantraine has them, why can't the Average Joe have them too?   Take "Obras de Violeta Parra", for instance. The album had an impressive record of 4 and 5 star ratings and reviews. At one point, it was the highest rating displayed in the Top100 (4.80, if I remmeber properly). That decreased to 4.thirty something after a  2-star rating without review was posted by a non-forum member. Yet if it was meant to manipulate the score and bring it down, why not give it 1 star? People are free to browse the main page, ignore the forums and post the rating he desires.   I have not, however, seen if this user in partcular made any more reviews or rated any albums. But then again the whole idea of pursuing an username just because we don't agree with his opinion sounds creepy.