If you could change one thing about PA .

SteveG wrote: I snuck this post in as a sleeper cell (Akmed by praised) and I'm surprised by the response.     I would like to see the album ratings to include half stars. For example 3.5 stars instead of rounding off to 4. That said, I wouldn't change a thing.

mathematical rule says that anything with a .5 (half) should be rounded up to the next number except here on P.A. obviously this site is too prog for such rules.

Catcher10 wrote: ^ Who is ELP....new techno band??

A glitch duo that stabs knives into their turntables.

Kati wrote: to date no band has been more groundbreaking compared to the Beatles  they ended up experimenting and do whatever they wanted creatively because they had the power and will to do this.

Nice save there, Sonia!

Yep, The Beatles offered ambitious pop music the likes of which the world had never heard before (and pretty amazing to think they were only around for about seven years or so), but nothing close to prog. It kind of bums me out when I see Beatles reviews pop up on the front page!

Here comes the sun, this I dedicate to Moogtron III  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6j4TGqVl5g

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Oh, I'm always bumbling around the Archives somewhere, Sonia! Some weeks I'll be very quiet, the next you can't shut me up! I have no doubt that Beatles were ground-breaking (and I do love the `Magical Mystery Tour' album especially! ), but I wonder how many prog artists consider the Beatles a big influence on their `proggier' side? Actually, better we get told off for getting a little too off topic , would you have heard this Transatlantic epic live where they incorporate part of the second side of the Beatles `Abbey Road' suite into the track?!

Kati wrote: Catcher10 wrote: SteveG wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Well my comment has nothing to do with Steve's question....but anything "....Beatles are the greatest and oh yea they created prog!!" Stirs the solid wastes in my intestines and what is about to exit in my rectum....Not sure my replies would be anymore intelligent than "they SUX!!" I do remember the heated debates all over the place 4-5yrs ago.....Mostly funny to read and I would participate every once in awhile. Where's Henry Plainview when you need him  The Beatles are indeed a sticky topic, Jose, as I do give them their creative just deserts. I just can't listen to them anymore. They are no more creative than say Kanye, Lady Gaga or Madonna.....One Direction  had better vocals too. Beatles sounded just that, amplified beatle bugs. to date no band has been more groundbreaking compared to the Beatles  they ended up experimenting and do whatever they wanted creatively because they had the power and will to do this.

I would NEVER abolish ratings.  I personally hate ratings and don't think the worth of an album can be quantified in a number.  But...but....doing away with ratings would be to yank PA too far away from the mainstream.  When I say mainstream, I don't mean Taylor Swift, to be clear.  I mean that there's literally no widely used interactive music website that does something like that.  RYM, Metal Archives, you name it.  IIRC All About Jazz does not rate albums but they also have a team of reviewers and not just anybody can go rate/review albums as they can on PA.  Ideally, I would like to see the metal-archives system on PA where a team of moderators vet and accept reviews.  It is undemocratic and can sometimes lead to furious debates, accusations and what not but it does help ensure a bare minimum quality in the reviews published on the website.  Unfortunately I don't think we have the 'resources' to be able to man such an activity so the current system is probably the best we can have.  

I have two Beatles albums, the blue dbl vinyl hits album and Sgt Pepper. My wife bought them cause she thought they would be worth millions one day.....I told her "silly goose, only things people want are worth millions honey...it's OK I still love you even though you blew $20.00.." 

Kati wrote: SteveG wrote: I snuck this post in as a sleeper cell (Akmed by praised) and I'm surprised by the response.     I would like to see the album ratings to include half stars. For example 3.5 stars instead of rounding off to 4. That said, I wouldn't change a thing.  mathematical rule says that anything with a .5 (half) should be rounded up to the next number except here on P.A. obviously this site is too prog for such rules.

dr wu23 wrote: I would open up band inclusion on the site to a vote by all registered menbers.

Absolutely. I would also strictly enforce a "majority vote" so that to be included a band would need 26,893 yes votes [based upon current tally of 53,785 registered members], of course that would significantly boost the sales/downloads/streams of every band suggested.