Reviews discussion

Epignosis wrote: Regarding drwlf's review, none of the criticism was particularly novel (I've heard these remarks before and have made my peace with them- never was at war with any of them, truth be told).  Aside from a few clear factual errors (I, for example, do not use a drum machine), criticizing other reviewers, and questioning how "inbred" Prog Archives is (I'm not altogether sure what that means- what exactly are we "breeding?"), I thought the review itself was decentish.    If you hates it, you hates it.

I guess I was put off due to the poor production quality, or the sequencing of the drum tracks. Wonder if there's something wrong with my copy of the album, or why on earth does that fill on 0.55 of "A Pear In The Field" really scratch my ear, or so to speak. It does sound awfully unearthly to me. I guess I do need to add an edit for the review or something, to clear the factual error(s) out ;)

And as you can read from the review, I guess I just do hate the album. Simple as that. Yes, I did have my preconceptions of the album - without the glowing reviews or the placing of the album in the 2009: Top Albums-list, I would have not gotten ahold of the album, would I?

I just felt that I had to have my say of the album, as it really did put me off - even more and more so, after every single spin. I grew to dislike it, at least for now. Who knows will my opinion change in the future. Also I did feel like raising the questions I posed, and judging from the conversation risen here - they seem well-placed. (And no, I won't be answering my own questions ;)

And what comes to new artists in general. There's good debut albums, and then there's bad ones. Sometimes the debut albums are even some sort of "Best Of"s, as the artist or the group has polished the songs, which were selected from years and years work of actual songwriting. A debut album, or an album in general doesn't dictate how I personally enjoy the next, or the previous album either. Who knows what kind of an impact will Epignosis' future albums will have on my, or somebody elses life. Never say never, eh?

And productionwise, no, I wouldn't be saying that I dislike poor production standards - vice versa. I actually do enjoy some lo fi black metal, I'd rate Nursery Cryme as my favorite Genesis album due to the warm, fuzzy inexorable overall feeling of the album, I'd rather play Wobblers actual demos, than the re-recorded material released this year - any day, they just have _that_ special feeling to them.

But no, "Still the Waters" didn't do it for me. Exactly the opposite, hence the review, with the critique.

Phideaux wrote: drwlf wrote: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=230806 I give 5 stars as he says So, how much did you pay? LOL.   I didn't see that until just now!  :-)  That is quite good, my plan is working.  Now, the rest of the incentive checks I sent should be just arriving in moments. hmmm, I wonder if I should add to my instructions to be a little more subtle.  Although the album is akin to the very first music every heard on the planet earth, it's that fresh!

At first I really thought it was you playing a prank on us ;)

Ps. There's a good suggestion for your upcoming tenth albums title, 'TOP TEN'. Oh, the word play.