Favourite Prog Reviewer?

Favorite PR? Myself of course, since I agree with all I write

Kim Ankara wrote: I read one review that made me go "wow that was really well-written ", turns out the reviewer was Shakespeare.

Nice one. However he (ours, not the 16th century one) really writes well, kudos to him!

There are a lot of reviewers out there making splendid reviews, or preciously useful ones, or spreading contagious enthusiasm.

I usually check all the reviews and I stop to read in full whenever I notice the signature of fuxi, David (Atavachron) and Bob (Easy Livin - those titles are fantastic!), probably my favourite reviewers!
A special mention goes to Erik, whatever he reviews seems like heavenly attractive. One other thing I admire is Sean Trane's restless objectivity and ability to express all what's needed in few concise sentences a la the Latin prose.
Another special mention goes for those who focus on particular, unexplored, local scenes, like the Eastern European scene [especialy Igor (Prog-jester) for Russia, Seyo for the ex-Yugo scene, Moris (clarke2001 -  I like all his reviews); btw, Tuzvi, why don't you review the Polish prog you're promoting, that would be fantastic] or the Latin American scene [Guigo (Atkingani), whose reviews are a pleasure, and Cesar Inca]. These guys' efforts are really inspiring. 
Other reviewers I enjoy reading are richardh, ZowieZiggy (so informative!), salmacis (so ojective!), Raffaella (Ghost Rider - so balanced!), also Peter's old reviews, Certif1ed's (definitely the ones I learn the most from), Gatot's, Alan's (Chopper), Joolz', sinkadotentree's (I would like to see him more on the forums), Chicapah's, Jake's (1800jarejay), and many more.
There are also many excellent reviewers who haven't yet made it to Prog Reviewer, like The Whistler (NOT Ian Anderson! - one of my favourites! too bad his collection is growing at a slow rate), Kotro, Cheesecakemouse, paolo.beenees and last but not least Ben (progismylife)... When's the next promotion round?

And finally, above all there are Rico (the wiz-kid) and Mandy ("most preffered" enthusiast), definitely PA's own wonders...

They, along with those many other guys I haven't mentioned, make this site a great resource and a great place. Thanks!

wow, Andu, good thing you like everybody. 

Thanks for the mention, andu. I do try to remain objective about albums/genres when I can- one of my main bugbears about reviews of prog albums in the mainstream music press is that the reviewer's own preferences/prejudices tend to taint their judgement and as a result, you get paragraphs of pure rock snobbery. There are of course objections to the rule for me- I find it hard to be objective about the 'poetry' on Moody Blues albums, most orchestra/rock band crossovers, Magellan, 'A Passion Play' and 'Olias Of Sunhillow'...To say I'm not a fan of these is an understatement.

Thanks for mentioning my name, I never got any compliment from my father in my childhood so great to have some compensation here on Prog Archives, it's just like a mental hospital 

Edited by erik neuteboom - August 06 2007 at 16:48

Thanks for those that remembered my name...

You're all masterliness... but since I like virtually every sub genre on the site, I tend to listen to different people when it comes to different music.

For Kraut and electronic... Philippe is the man, the most priceless resource. Followed closely by Rico and Oliver.

For prog folk, most classic symphoni, RIO/avant and almost anything else(gotta use good judgement here though).. Hugues is masterliness.

For Symphonic and RPI... Eric and Micky, also Mandy in cases when I can understand the reviews

For neo, guidance in Zappa albums, and anything else... Cyg, we have very very similar tastes. Followed by Blowie.

For obscure Avant stuff... Chris, Adam and Assaf.

Prog metal... Jody, Joey and Mike.

etc....

schizoid_man77 wrote: Call 1-800 jareyay, for real truth in new prog! Call now!   Seriously, I agree with a lot of his reviews about newer prog, and he dosent use biased opinions of old prog lovers.

Well aren't you sweet? Indeed I don't, I use the biased opinions of new prog lovers

I think it's time for a second batch of applause from me!

Geck0 wrote: I presume you mean Cert's exceptional GYBE! review?  That one made me chuckle too.

Where is Cert anyway, he's not been here since end of June....


As for the on topic part: I have no favourite reviewer, but I do enjoy a lot of the reviews by all of our prog reviewers. I do have one favourite review, that I mentioned before in a similar thread - ClemOfNazareth's review of Misplaced Childhood....