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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

^ You are being selective Iván:
 
The true picture looks more realistic:
 
Not selective, got the ratings as they are showed....-But anyway.
 
I am a Genesis fan, bought ATTW3, it was terrible for me, gave them a chance with Duke, also terrible for me, so never bought any other Genesis album.
 
This guy buys (supossedly) the worst Wakeman albums, considers them weak, and insists one after the other and more and more.
 
But even worst, repeats with several artists.......Sorry, I don't buy this.
 
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Well, you can read one of his reviews: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=73669 
 
...and when you've made head or tail of it, perhaps a 1000 word summary would aid others. Wink
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With integrity or not, drain-o can keep his ratings to his fanbase*, I'm not impressed. 

Music is not a term paper, to get just grades and rates, and expressing your view over the quality of music can be perfectly done using adjectives.

* Of course, I'm not suggesting any kind of wrong doing in this, I'm merely discussing.


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^ You are being selective Iván:
 
The true picture looks more realistic:
 
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA 200 Motels (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Absolutely Free (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Ahead Of Their Time (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Anyway The Wind Blows (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Apostrophe (') (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA As An Am (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Baby Snakes (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Baby Snakes (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Bongo Fury (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Broadway The Hard Way (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Buffalo (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Burnt Weeny Sandwich (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Cheap Thrills (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Chunga's Revenge (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Civilization Phaze III (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Does Humor Belong In Music? (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Everything Is Healing Nicely (EIHN) (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Fillmore East, June 1971 (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Francesco Zappa (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Freak Out! (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA FZ:OZ (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Guitar (rating only)
5 stars FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Imaginary Diseases (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Jazz From Hell (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage, Act I (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage, Acts I, II & III (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage, Acts II & III (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Joe's XMASage (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Corsage (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Domage (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Just Another Band From L.A. (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Läther (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Lumpy Gravy (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Make A Jazz Noise Here (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Mothermania: The Best Of The Mothers (rating only)
5 stars FRANK ZAPPA One Size Fits All (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Orchestral Favorites (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Over-Nite Sensation (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Piquantique - Stockholm 1973 (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Playground Psychotics (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA QuAUDIOPHILIAc (DVD-Audio) (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Roxy & Elsewhere (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Saarbrucken 1978 (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Sheik Yerbouti (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (The Box Set) (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Sleep Dirt (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Son Of Cheep Thrills (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Strictly Commercial (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Studio Tan (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Ark (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Grand Wazoo (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Lost Episodes (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Man From Utopia (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Mystery Disc (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Perfect Stranger (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA The Yellow Shark (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Them Or Us (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Thing-Fish (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Tinsel Town Rebellion (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA Trance-Fusion (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Uncle Meat (rating only)
2 stars FRANK ZAPPA Unmitigated Audacity (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Waka / Jawaka (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA We're Only In It For The Money (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Weasels Ripped My Flesh (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Are What You Is (rating only)
5 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (rating only)
5 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (rating only)
3 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Zappa In New York (rating only)
4 stars FRANK ZAPPA Zoot Allures (rating only)
 
 
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN 1984 (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN 2000 A.D. into the Future (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN A Suite of Gods (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN A World of Wisdom (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN African Bach (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Aspirant Sunrise (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Aspirant Sunset (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Aspirant Sunshadows (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Beyond The Planets (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Can You Hear Me? (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Christmas Variations (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Chronicles of Man (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Cirque Surreal (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Cost of Living (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Country Airs (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Country Airs - Piano Solos (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Crimes of Passion O.S.T. (rating only)
4 stars RICK WAKEMAN Criminal Record (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Fields of Green (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN G'olé O.S.T. (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Greatest Hits (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN I'm So Straight I'm A Weirdo (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN In the Beginning (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Journey to the Centre of the Earth (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Light Up The Sky (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Lisztomania (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Live At The BBC (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Live at the Hammersmith (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Live on the Test (1976) (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Lure of the Wild (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Master Series (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Morning Has Broken (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Night Airs (rating only)
4 stars RICK WAKEMAN No Earthly Connection (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN No Expense Spared (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Orisons (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Out of the Blue (rating only)
4 stars RICK WAKEMAN Out There (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Phantom Power (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Piano Vibrations (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Prayers (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Preludes To A Century (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Retro (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Return to the Centre of the Earth (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Revisited (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Rhapsodies (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Rick Wakeman At Lincoln Cathedral (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Rick Wakeman In Concert KBFH (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN Rock n'roll Prophet (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Romance of the Victorian Age (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Sea Airs (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Silent Nights (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Softsword (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Songs Of Middle Earth (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Stella Bianca alla corte de Re Ferdinando (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Tales Of Future And Past (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Tapestries (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Art in Music Trilogy (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Burning (Film Soundtrack) (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Classic Tracks (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Classical Connection (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Classical Connection 2 (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Family Album (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Gospels (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Heritage Suite (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Legend - Live in Concert 2000 (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Natural World Trilogy (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The New Gospels (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Piano Album - Live (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Seven Wonders of the World (rating only)
4 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Six Wives of Henry VIII (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Wizard And The Forest Of All Dreams (rating only)
1 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Word and Music (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Themes (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Time Machine (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 1 - The Real Lizstomania (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 2 - The Oscar Concert (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 3 - The Missing Half (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 4 - Almost Classical (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 5 - The Mixture (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 6 - Medium Rare (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 7 - Journey to the Centre of the Earth + (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 8 - Stories (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Tribute (rating only)
4 stars RICK WAKEMAN Two Sides of Yes (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Two Sides of Yes - Volume 2 (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Unleashing the Tethered One - The 1974 North American Tour (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Vignettes (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Visions (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Wakeman & Cousins - Hummingbird (rating only)
3 stars RICK WAKEMAN Wakeman with Wakeman (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Wakeman with Wakeman Live (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN White Rock (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN White Rock II (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Zodiaque (rating only)
 
anyway, my favourite drain-o quote:
 
Originally posted by drain-o drain-o wrote:

The Maya calendar finishes in 2012 and supposedly thus made the world. I am irradiated with rays of ultraviolet ray each day and I feel as a mouth completely cheese marbles and cracklings. Also wax I much.
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

drain-o is a fabulous character, one of the Founding Fathers of PA. nobody knows him and he never wrote anything on the forum, still he has a great taste (and collection). Wink
 
Great taste: i doubt he heard all the albums he has rated.
 
Check something, the guy rates BANDS, not individual albums, take an example
 
 
Does somebody believe all Zappa albums are exactly the same?
 
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Beyond The Planets (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN A World of Wisdom (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Burning (Film Soundtrack) (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Country Airs (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Light Up The Sky (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Lure of the Wild (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Wakeman with Wakeman Live (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Rick Wakeman In Concert KBFH (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN No Expense Spared (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Songs Of Middle Earth (rating only)
2 stars MERCHANTS VICE Amber (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Preludes To A Century (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Chronicles of Man (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Christmas Variations (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Visions (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Tribute (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Master Series (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Stella Bianca alla corte de Re Ferdinando (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Unleashing the Tethered One - The 1974 North American Tour (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Piano Album - Live (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The New Gospels (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 8 - Stories (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 5 - The Mixture (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 1 - The Real Lizstomania (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 2 - The Oscar Concert (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Treasure Chest Volume 3 - The Missing Half (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN White Rock II (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Vignettes (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Tapestries (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Romance of the Victorian Age (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Wakeman & Cousins - Hummingbird (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Wizard And The Forest Of All Dreams (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Greatest Hits (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Heritage Suite (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN A Suite of Gods (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Zodiaque (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Time Machine (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Sea Airs (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Night Airs (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Phantom Power (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Aspirant Sunrise (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Aspirant Sunset (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Aspirant Sunshadows (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Softsword (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN 2000 A.D. into the Future (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Classical Connection 2 (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Country Airs - Piano Solos (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Gospels (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Rhapsodies (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN G'olé O.S.T. (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Crimes of Passion O.S.T. (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Silent Nights (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Cost of Living (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN The Classical Connection (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Return to the Centre of the Earth (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Cirque Surreal (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN Themes (rating only)
2 stars RICK WAKEMAN White Rock (rating only)
 
Or the guy is the worst masochist in the world, or has selected the weakest Wakeman albums, but rated White Rock and Return to the Centre of the Earth exactly the same as all the New Age albums.
 
I don't buy this, but the guy is innocent until proved gyuilty.
 
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drain-o is a fabulous character, one of the Founding Fathers of PA. nobody knows him and he never wrote anything on the forum, still he has a great taste (and collection). Wink
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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

I've found a stunning progger...

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=6701

I'm surprised at his number of ratings.
Terrific...he's listened to over 5000 progressive albums...more progressive than Sean Trane... Shocked


98% of them are ratings, and since ratings without reviews don't tell me anything...Sleepy


LOL
But wait, even without reviews, posting over 5000 ratings should be so hard for us. Shocked


It should take me no more than three hours.

Opening pages to different albums of different bands would be the nightmare, compared to just clicking a rate from 1 to 5. Tongue
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Originally posted by inrainbows (from Reviews reporting thread) inrainbows (from Reviews reporting thread) wrote:

lol ! the bet albums of last year all in 1 star rating?Angry

Who's that gentleman? What's his taste and criteria? Does anybody know him?

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I think there should be a limit of at least 100 posts, for someone  to rate an album (IMO)

 
I'm not sure if that would help. I've seen this way of acting before (just giving 1 and 5 star ratings) and I consider people like this big children who can't control themselves. A pain in the neck of our site, but what can you do ? I think we should consider to ban this way of acting by throwing them off the site. Don't forget they are ruining averages of hard working bands. We can live without this misbehaviour.
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Originally posted by inrainbows (from Reviews reporting thread) inrainbows (from Reviews reporting thread) wrote:

lol ! the bet albums of last year all in 1 star rating?Angry

Who's that gentleman? What's his taste and criteria? Does anybody know him?

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I think there should be a limit of at least 100 posts, for someone  to rate an album (IMO)

Oh, please cool yourself down, inrainbows. Wink
I guess he should decide between "good or bad" clearly. LOL
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

I've found a stunning progger...

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=6701

I'm surprised at his number of ratings.
Terrific...he's listened to over 5000 progressive albums...more progressive than Sean Trane... Shocked


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But wait, even without reviews, posting over 5000 ratings should be so hard for us. Shocked
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^ I thought it might not be too difficult to write a routine limiting access to albums until their release date, but I've not done any programming for nearly two decades, so I'm just guessing.

I'd rather have no reviews at all than the current situation. Those with promo copies can wait a little, surely?
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I am becoming increasingly uncomfortable about the number of reviews of DREAM THEATER's latest album a FULL MONTH before it is officially released. Many of the reviewers admit they have obtained the music illegally.

How can we allow this?
• It makes it appear as though PA supports illegal downloads
• The quality of the reviews are generally poor, and don't help anyone genuinely interested in buying the album
• The credibility of the site is affected.

The answer is surely simple. We should let people make pre-release reviews based on legitimate promotional copies. These people tend to be Collaborators. So why not make the pre-release reviews available for collaborators only?

Unless there is a software mechanism to prevent non-collabs from posting a review I think it will only encourage people to post.

I'd say no reviews at all before the release date since prooving legitimate copies is difficult and time consuming. It is a dilema - record companies send out promo copies so that "professional" reviewers can publish reviews before the release date - this historically was aimed at print publications so that the magazine reviews hit the stands at the same time as the album hit the shops. 
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

I've found a stunning progger...

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=6701

I'm surprised at his number of ratings.
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I am becoming increasingly uncomfortable about the number of reviews of DREAM THEATER's latest album a FULL MONTH before it is officially released. Many of the reviewers admit they have obtained the music illegally.

How can we allow this?
• It makes it appear as though PA supports illegal downloads
• The quality of the reviews are generally poor, and don't help anyone genuinely interested in buying the album
• The credibility of the site is affected.

The answer is surely simple. We should let people make pre-release reviews based on legitimate promotional copies. These people tend to be Collaborators. So why not make the pre-release reviews available for collaborators only?
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I've found a stunning progger...

http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=6701

I'm surprised at his number of ratings.
Terrific...he's listened to over 5000 progressive albums...more progressive than Sean Trane... Shocked


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Well, please now ... we can't have people disagreeing with what albums we see as outright fives, now can we !
So to do my part in this path to righteous views, I'm going to have to insist that everyone review & rate Klaatu's Hope AND Ange's Emile Jacotey a Five. Those who have already posted something are now able (as per M@x's recent update) to go in and make the appropriate changes.
PLease hurry, as injustice cannot be allowed to reign.
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

    I read above.... You have to be kidding!!! Do you like prog at all as you slammed the most incredible albums that all fans adore.
    Tulls TAAB is the masterpeice
    Yes' Close to the Edge is quintessential Yes so forget anything else if you hate that.
    I cant understand these unfair ratings

Well please cool yourself down... Wink
I suggest each progger should have his opinion (whether usual or unusual), but the above ratings be kidding as everyone has said. LOL


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But this is obvious

    I read above.... You have to be kidding!!! Do you like prog at all as you slammed the most incredible albums that all fans adore.
    Tulls TAAB is the masterpeice
    Yes' Close to the Edge is quintessential Yes so forget anything else if you hate that.
    I cant understand these unfair ratings
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It`s a free world. Big smile 
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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

I agree with Ivan,we can't Pink Floyd fanboys rating Pink Floyd albums at 5. And hell, he missed more than half of their output.
Is it possible that this person has been visiting PA for a while, finally joined up, and plunged right in once he felt comfortable ?
After all, not one group has its' entire discography rated, at five or one.

Now I might just be talking like that because I've seen some knowledgeable people here rate every one of their idols albums at 4 or 5. And I've had a spell recently where it seemed like every album mi reviewed was one that I seemed intent on cutting its' heralded status with some here.

So maybe, maybe , this is just an overreaction based on ?
 
That's the point, he has pointed tyo the best albums of:
  1. Symphonic
  2. Folk
  3. Prog Metal.
  4. Jazz
  5. Exlectic
  6. etc

And rated them low because they are a duirect competition to Pink Floyd

But this is obvious

                    He has taken the top 5 albums which are not by Pink Floyd and rated 3 with one star and one with 2 stars.
                    Please Claude, this is obviious.
                    Iván
                   
                  Yeah, it's obvious and therefor PA once invented the rules about ratings. Such ratings without review only count for 1 where a rating with review of a reliable guy like you counts for 10. Good thinking by PA ! Clap
                   
                  These unfair nonsense ratings will always be there (unfortunately) and this is the way to deal with them.
                  A day without prog is a wasted day
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