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thehallway
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 13 2010
Location: Dorset, England
Status: Offline
Points: 1433
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Topic: Genesis Conspiracy Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:00 |
Selling England By The Pound remains the most rated album on this site.
For a while it had slowly sunk down to third after a series of coincidental 2-3 star reviews. It jumped back up to the top spot, as it always does, without any particularly abnormal number of 5-stars. Thick as a Brick and Close to the Edge have had, if anything, more positive reviews than ever, recently. Yet SEBTP crawls back up every time. It makes me wonder if something 'fishy' is going on!
As deserving as the album is of a high rating.... such activity seems 'engineered' to my eyes.
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The Quiet One
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 16 2008
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 15745
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:05 |
Yes, haven't you heard? All Prog Reviewers and Collaborators and Admins can manipulate the Top 100 Albums every week.
It's supposed to be a secret, but you can call myself an infiltrated guy in the Collab Zone, so shhh...
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thehallway
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 13 2010
Location: Dorset, England
Status: Offline
Points: 1433
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:10 |
I knew it!
Time to bring this site down...............
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Roland113
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: March 30 2008
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Points: 3843
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:27 |
If I can just throw this out there, have you ever considered Decaf?
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-------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob-------
I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms.
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Snow Dog
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:30 |
Roland113 wrote:
If I can just throw this out there, have you ever considered Decaf?
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What number is that in the chart?
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: August 18 2008
Location: Anna Calvi
Status: Offline
Points: 22989
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 12:35 |
Roland113 wrote:
If I can just throw this out there, have you ever considered Decaf?
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Hey Tom, haven't seen you around in a while.
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Philius Maximus
Forum Newbie
Joined: December 08 2010
Location: Exeter
Status: Offline
Points: 27
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 15:06 |
Go on, admit it - you're Ian Anderson in disguise aren't you?!
Don't be paranoid mate, Selling.... is way better than Thick.... - IMHO.
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Conor Fynes
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 11 2009
Location: Vancouver, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 3196
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 16:07 |
Don't question the overlords!! Are you sure your family is safe!?!?
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TLM170
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 12 2011
Location: montreal
Status: Offline
Points: 232
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 16:12 |
The Quiet One wrote:
Yes, haven't you heard? All Prog Reviewers and Collaborators and Admins can manipulate the Top 100 Albums every week.
It's supposed to be a secret, but you can call myself an infiltrated guy in the Collab Zone, so shhh... |
herm.... alright I won't tell anyone!
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chopper
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20030
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 16:31 |
It's Phil Collins. He keeps joining under various pseudonyms and giving it 5 star reviews.
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Evolver
Special Collaborator
Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams
Joined: October 22 2005
Location: The Idiocracy
Status: Offline
Points: 5482
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 18:11 |
chopper wrote:
It's Phil Collins. He keeps joining under various pseudonyms and giving it 5 star reviews. |
No way! He hates the prog albums. He's the one boosting the last few albums he was on.
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Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
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Conor Fynes
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 11 2009
Location: Vancouver, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 3196
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Posted: February 18 2011 at 18:37 |
I think Phil Collins works for AllMusic.com instead
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chopper
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20030
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 07:13 |
Evolver wrote:
chopper wrote:
It's Phil Collins. He keeps joining under various pseudonyms and giving it 5 star reviews. |
No way! He hates the prog albums. He's the one boosting the last few albums he was on. |
No, that's just part of his evil plan.
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DisgruntledPorcupine
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 16 2010
Location: Thunder Bay CAN
Status: Offline
Points: 4395
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 11:00 |
I wonder why Selling England is up there in the first place. There's 3 songs that everyone likes, yet the other 5 tracks are generally considered average or are disliked. It seems that some abuse the 5-star rating.
Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - February 19 2011 at 11:00
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Snow Dog
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: March 23 2005
Location: Caerdydd
Status: Offline
Points: 32995
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 11:01 |
^ I disagree, it is 5 star from start to finish. If that opinion is "abuse" well any opinion is also.
Edited by Snow Dog - February 19 2011 at 11:02
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thehallway
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 13 2010
Location: Dorset, England
Status: Offline
Points: 1433
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 15:26 |
Phil Collins..... pah!
It's obviously Tony Banks...... he has 37 accounts on this website.
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Lark the Starless
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 15 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 1902
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 18:01 |
Snow Dog wrote:
^ I disagree, it is 5 star from start to finish. If that opinion is "abuse" well any opinion is also. |
Well put sir.
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Slartibartfast
Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam
Joined: April 29 2006
Location: Atlantais
Status: Offline
Points: 29630
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 18:18 |
Ratings rankings are just for amusement purposes. They are kind of like the economy, they go up they go down and no one knows the hell why or how.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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ExittheLemming
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 19 2007
Location: Penal Colony
Status: Offline
Points: 11420
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 18:58 |
Conspiracy eh? This wouldn't be a view from the grassy knoll now would it?
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Triceratopsoil
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 03 2010
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 18016
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Posted: February 19 2011 at 21:27 |
Wait a second, is OP implying that there is any aspect of this site that isn't fishy?
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