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    Posted: November 12 2007 at 20:39
Nearly 3500 reviews, not a single word!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2007 at 20:49
They aren't reviews, they're ratings There's a difference. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2007 at 01:22
If rating is a review without words, what is a rating without points?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2007 at 01:33
Dang, and I think of all the time I wasted actually listening to the records I reviewed ... and then rated

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2007 at 01:44

What does he do?  Grab everything he can, listen to it once and never revisit it?

That's 5250 reviews all told. 
Let's see, joined January 31, 2006.
That's 620 days so he's doing 8.46 reviews a day.
 
If we assume that he's listening to each album to refresh his memory and that an album take 40 minutes to play, that  means  he's spending just over 5 and a half hours a day on the average to give us thoughtful and insightful ratings of those albums.
 
No wonder he's not writing reviews;  he doesn't have the time!!!
 
Just to double check, let's see how he rates the albums that I felt were so awful I had to give them one star.
 
Yes --  Open Your Eyes  1 star
Tony Banks -- The Fugitive  2 stars
Rick Wakeman -- Rock and Roll Prophet  1 star
 
Well, at least he knows what he's talking about.
 
What a dedicated guy!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2007 at 02:26
When you look at the ratings chronologically, they were done by the first letter in the bands name.  But the ratings were very spread out, and there weren't any I could catch that I disagreed with completely.  I would say it's fine, not that my opinion matters.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2007 at 02:31

Tormato

1978

Studio Album

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Review by drain-o (Jacques Brenier)
Posted 1:30:22 PM EST, 2/10/2006

3%20stars With yes adopted a different approach on Tormato. Initially, they moved away from the famous art of cover of senior and in the place employed an image of a beater in a costume and had splashed with tomatos on top. The representation encourages me to think of the sauce salad that burst but it was not carbonated and I had it everywhere my trousers. A terrible work to find the paper towels to take care of all this tomato substance.

In any event, yes went hand in hand with more friendly approach by radio on Tormato. Not one of the songs is more than eight minutes length and good number of them creates the sensation to me as I drop myself in bottom from an axis from elevator seeking from the toys and the bicycles in the store from toy. Future times and are delighted is quickly as a plane sprinkling with the jet in bottom of the traps of jungle of a fate of parking of airport. The vocals concise and are harmonized like soda cards bottles in their sines. Do not kill the whale is full with the cetacei that I suppose with the viscous play and Rick Wakeman of keyboard resembling wet noodle and biscuits of fortune. I can line all that in my truncated pullover of turtleneck. Madrigal simply put to me to sleep and made think me of introducing my pillowcase. Can we become worst?

In fact, after this which it starts to better be. Release, the release is a powerful song completion of energy more in conformity with Siberian Khatru in its stylings and total punch. The white of Alan makes some marvellous executions of drum. Although it is not any Bruford, it can certainly whip it until a frenzy of bright work. Jon Anderson makes a terrible effect sing its heart outside on this one. But the things acidify slightly on the UFO of arrival. It must be inspired by the mania of UFO which had accumulated during decades with all kinds from small gray abroad coming from Mars and Uranus and probably from centauri of alpha. They were here and making with cattle mutilations and human removing and putting few balls silver plated in their noses. Jon Anderson must be insane to expect something on the lines of a first meeting due Messie when they make insane things with our cows and people in the fields.

At all events, we move with the circus of the sky where I guess that the kids of Anderson speak about the bears about nouns and the cotton sugar refinery and dinners and such of television. It is but too nice for me and incites me to think of the pink lower trunks and the small balls scrambled on the pyjamas hammer-dotted lines. The things improve with ahead, although I smell myself slightly wasted in this moment. If you eat burst mass, you would appreciate really this. Ends of Tormato with on the quiet wings of the freedom, which is anthemic in its call and gently more robust than the remainder of the album except the release, release. It is a large end and I appreciate that they did not rinse this one to the bottom the sink with water salts flat and saved him to be monotonous and to obtain a low row of me. Nevertheless, it is such.

Tormato is certainly one of the releases more nonpopulars close yes, but it is not as bad as the grated refuse as they would release in the Eighties and the beginning of the Nineties. Thus I can only conclude that it is not essential, but am always good for your ears and nose. It feels like tomatos! Thus, since they require three holds the first role for these estimate, then me must suppose that I will give it that three holds the first role and then while I proceed at the end this review I must conclude that it should have three holds the first role and not more and not less than three the first role holds. Yes the ventilators will want to have this in their collection, though it has three holds the first role. --JB



I just found this randomly by clicking around, and it turns out this guy must know what he's talking about.  Although I've never heard this album, it seems to be a good review.  He must not do reviews cause they would be so in depth.


Also, this proves you wrong when you said that he never said a word.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2007 at 02:45
I remember this review of his being discussed in one thread before:

Strangeitude

1991

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Posted 1:08:31 PM EST, 8/22/2006

5%20stars It was the first release which I ever had of the Tentacles of Ozric. I was inspired by descriptions of the noises synthesized by spacey and the low lines of palpitation in the reviews which I had knowledge of this group. Indeed, listening at the time initially, I was not left downwards. The combination of Ed and Roly Wynne is pure genius.

All gives a kick in speed with the white tea of Rhinoceros. I am not sure how you can make a tea starting from a white rhinoceros as I thought that the tea was a factory and not an animal. Although this makes my brain feel strange, I appreciated it though I did not taste the tea. You would think that it could smell very badly, but I cannot feel anything when I listen to this song. It is probably for the best, my brain would think bravely.

Sploosh has a low line wild and palpitating which makes my ears reverse milk shakes with joy. This only song is worth the sorrow the purchase of this album for me. I can balance eggs on my head and still smell myself as I have a time of recreation. There was not something to smell here while I listened attentively. Definite more, but not has without, in my paragraph to be initialized.

I found saucers pleasant as well. These types are really gifted when it comes to qualities instrumental. The song of title is another house of power of the bright brushes of connector of ear. It is terrible and it makes my mouth sprinkle although not around celery. Really, I am excited with my nose in the music more than my toes could imagine.

I also like the odd bazaar. I was with several of the odd places on the ground, even when you look to the top the moon and fall in bottom of the throats and direct pencils in bottom of the right roads. I am certain that you can buy houses of lettuce and dog and factories of wax here. It is a pleasure to hold on your being!

Space between your ears must be inspired by the people as I who have much of this space and has us much more ears than the average person. I would say that I have approximately 32 ears and they go all around my head and some are on my back and my legs. I like to hear and I like to listen and the Tentacles of Ozric are very good to make them water.

The last entry is Throbbe of phase and it has which it low of palpitation which places my thoughtless molecules all with the fluids of washing. I can say myself will require for much stamping if I want to send my washing machine in bottom of the street with take some bags of liquorice and bread. Court the hoo!

To conclude, I must say that it was completely a happy album for my ears because they rebounded all around my main thing having the recreation and drinking sodas. I can find much only moments to eat pizza pie and whirr around the back porch of the house of dog. I can hang my trousers to the top high and never have to worry about my ears falling. It is chief of work in my spirit and because it indicates that a chief of work must be five holds the first role, then I must conclude to give these five holds the first role for him is a chief of work. Strongly recommended for your ears and moose! --JB

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