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[Prog Reviewers and SCs can edit their reviews, so there's the incentive to become one.Wink[/QUOTE]
 
I remember that I could do so before being appointed as reviewer. Did the things changed  (and if yes : why?).
 
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Presently the rule is that only PRs or SCs can edit their reviews. Smile

Edited by Atkingani - December 06 2007 at 10:35
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Originally posted by ZowieZiggy ZowieZiggy wrote:

[Prog Reviewers and SCs can edit their reviews, so there's the incentive to become one.Wink
 
I remember that I could do so before being appointed as reviewer. Did the things changed  (and if yes : why?).
 
Thanks.
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Same here. I edited my reviews long before I made it to PR status until I became one. Im not sure if that have changed now though.
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Wish I could change mine, they're littered with rudimentary spelling and grammar mistakes. I must proof read in future.
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Just let Atkingani or myself know what changes need made, or send us the revised review, and we'll be happy to help.

 
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ULVER — Shadows of the Sun
Review by TRoTZ
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5%20stars Known for their futuristic worlds of cacophony, bizarreness and abstraction (Perdition City, Blood Inside), I confess surprise couldn't be greater with "Shadows of the Sun". This time, by opposite, the album flows guided by its heavy flagrance - a dense, melancholic nostalgia, a disturbing catharses eliciting Mankind's worst fears and actions, like the inconsequential, restless moan of despair before the end.

A consuming disturbing pain is gently manifested in "Eos". Its ethereal and subtle ambiance created by a fuss of violins, strings and keyboards owes nothing to the Camel ones, with every detail seemed to be made to touch the deepness. The track's emotive charge culminates pleasantly in a sublime recital. "All the Love" continues this intricate paradigm and adds piano (a constant from this track to the end), saxophone and abstract drums to the scenario. Classic piano leads the next tracks "Like Music", "Vigil" and "Shadows of the Sun", painting them beautifully, while each one of the first two end in a metaphysical strident chaos remembering the band's last albums. "Let the Children Go" is another highlight of the album, possibly the best, together with the first one, with its dense, disturbing dark mood, not only an antagonistic organized chaos of effects, but also a moan full of emotive charge. "Solitude" is a well design cover of Black Sabbath's which fits like a glove on the mood. The album ends with the grotesque feeling of "Funebre" and the releasing "What Happened?" turning back to the "Eos" (and the album's) main motif. Lyrics around all the work are inconspicuously vague, enlarging even more the album's introspectiveness.

In a time where music seems to find progressively more difficulty in having more than simply a "couple" of years validity, where originality without dissonance seems so difficult to achieve, and where subtlety and feeling rarely equal or surpass the past works, this is, truly, a precious gem...

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Originally posted by aapatsos aapatsos wrote:

ULVER — Shadows of the Sun
Review by TRoTZ
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5%20stars Known for their futuristic worlds of cacophony, bizarreness and abstraction (Perdition City, Blood Inside), I confess surprise couldn't be greater with "Shadows of the Sun". This time, by opposite, the album flows guided by its heavy flagrance - a dense, melancholic nostalgia, a disturbing catharses eliciting Mankind's worst fears and actions, like the inconsequential, restless moan of despair before the end.

A consuming disturbing pain is gently manifested in "Eos". Its ethereal and subtle ambiance created by a fuss of violins, strings and keyboards owes nothing to the Camel ones, with every detail seemed to be made to touch the deepness. The track's emotive charge culminates pleasantly in a sublime recital. "All the Love" continues this intricate paradigm and adds piano (a constant from this track to the end), saxophone and abstract drums to the scenario. Classic piano leads the next tracks "Like Music", "Vigil" and "Shadows of the Sun", painting them beautifully, while each one of the first two end in a metaphysical strident chaos remembering the band's last albums. "Let the Children Go" is another highlight of the album, possibly the best, together with the first one, with its dense, disturbing dark mood, not only an antagonistic organized chaos of effects, but also a moan full of emotive charge. "Solitude" is a well design cover of Black Sabbath's which fits like a glove on the mood. The album ends with the grotesque feeling of "Funebre" and the releasing "What Happened?" turning back to the "Eos" (and the album's) main motif. Lyrics around all the work are inconspicuously vague, enlarging even more the album's introspectiveness.

In a time where music seems to find progressively more difficulty in having more than simply a "couple" of years validity, where originality without dissonance seems so difficult to achieve, and where subtlety and feeling rarely equal or surpass the past works, this is, truly, a precious gem...

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Agreed. That first paragraph really sucks me in. I gotta get my hands on that album!
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Originally posted by cynthiasmallet cynthiasmallet wrote:

Wish I could change mine, they're littered with rudimentary spelling and grammar mistakes. I must proof read in future.
Why can´t there be an edit button for one´s own review?  I think that would improve the site. It would make the written reviews as good as possible.  I think editing the star rating would be a good idea to. How many times has one changed ones opinion about an album after several listenings, I know I have,  probably I change opinion of 1/3 of each albums I listen to, from the 1st listen to the 5th there can be a change of opinion/perception.
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It's a question of managing the review Hamfari. We need to retain the ability make sure someone does not add something inappropriate later.
 
You can of course contact Atkingani or myself with any changes you need made (see the FAQ's thread).
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Not really a review....
 
 
It gave me a giggle thoughLOL
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Not really a review....
 



I don't know if anyone cares what I think, but that is a very funny and clever review. I don't have a particular beef with DT either.
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This one made my day LOL:

SIGUR ROS — Ágætis Byrjun
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3%20stars You know J.R.R. Tolkien and his Lord of the Rings saga? Well, there's a tree-like creatures called 'ents'. The language of them is veeeery sloooow and looong, and Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun is actually ents music in ents language: 'Sveefn-G-Englaar staaráálfuur lugufreelsaarinn nýý baatteríí hjartaõõ hamaast bammm bammm bammm viõraar veel till loftárasa...' As a matter of fact, that means 'Treebeard wants to go sleeping'. Besides sung in ent, it's also played in ent - sounds and notes are sloooow and looong... Allright, allright, let's reveal the whole truth! Are you ready? Jónsi Birgisson, Georg Holm, Ágúst and Kjartan Sveinsson are all ents in disguise, Jónsi Birgisson being the Treebeard himself! I swear to God this is true! Oh, by the way, take your time to listen this ent music, it's not for hasty people.




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I like it myself. LOL
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Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

This one made my day LOL:

SIGUR ROS � �g�tis Byrjun
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3%20stars You know J.R.R. Tolkien and his Lord of the Rings saga? Well, there's a tree-like creatures called 'ents'. The language of them is veeeery sloooow and looong, and Sigur Ros - �g�tis Byrjun is actually ents music in ents language: 'Sveefn-G-Englaar staar��lfuur lugufreelsaarinn n�� baatter�� hjarta�� hamaast bammm bammm bammm vi�raar veel till loft�rasa...' As a matter of fact, that means 'Treebeard wants to go sleeping'. Besides sung in ent, it's also played in ent - sounds and notes are sloooow and looong... Allright, allright, let's reveal the whole truth! Are you ready? J�nsi Birgisson, Georg Holm, �g�st and Kjartan Sveinsson are all ents in disguise, J�nsi Birgisson being the Treebeard himself! I swear to God this is true! Oh, by the way, take your time to listen this ent music, it's not for hasty people.





^ future prog reviewer there... you heard it here first.... that took creativity and talent.   Just a bit of tweeking on talking about the album itself would help

but I loved that one as well. LOL
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hey, put my Battles - Mirrored review back up; it was appropriate... enough... you didn't have to delete the whole thing anyway.

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I like this one myself!!
 
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EMERSON LAKE & PALMER — Love Beach
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5%20stars ELP's best album, but everyone is afraid to admit it. I think the cover is fantastic. Forget the artsey fartsey artwork that dragged into boredom. There's the band, just being men, as men are supposed to be. Progressive rock was never sexier. Most ELP fans love this album and the cover. Will I say open your shirt and let it all out. Carry on ELP!

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^^^^
 
Please let's leave that one on!! Too funny LOL and fights the bad ratings of fanboys.....
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I gave it a bit of a prune to remove the obnoxious bits.
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