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    Posted: March 14 2005 at 18:46
I really don't understand this...

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=325

If you look at this listing for Symphony X, The Odyssey has way more reviews than the other albums, but is coming in with lower ratings than some other very good albums like Twilight in Olympus and The Damnation Game. Why is The Odyssey being featured when clearly the numerical ratings indicate that other albums are of higher quality? Is it just because a lot of people happen to have reviewed it? I hardly think THAT is a measure of quality!
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It is the third featured album, and there are only four with higher ratings. Now two would be expected, since it's in third place. Of the two which aren't featured that do have higher ratings, is not Twilight in Olympus a compilation album? Even if it isn't, it has a rating of only 0.01 higher than the Oddyssey (and far fewer ratings; clearly the number must be used in some way to calculate the key albums, or an album rated once with 5 stars would win). The other album which scored higher is a live album, which I suppose can't be considered on the same grounds as a studio one.

 

And you say The Damnation Game has a higher rating? It says 3.88 compared to 4.32, doesn't it?
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Points: 369 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2005 at 23:45
Twilight is NOT a compilation album at all...it's an ordinary studio release. And as for Live at the Edge of Forever, why should that be any different? If it's that good, it's that good.
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The Odyssey sucks!
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The Odyssey sucks!

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Originally posted by MorgothSunshine MorgothSunshine wrote:

The Odyssey sucks!

 

How constructive !
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Originally posted by silvertree silvertree wrote:

Originally posted by MorgothSunshine MorgothSunshine wrote:

The Odyssey sucks!

 

How constructive !

Why waste words when those three explain it perfectly. I applaud the brevity.
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Points: 4028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2005 at 00:37

Please refer here for more details about the CODING ALGORITHM

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4038

 

and in particular to Fitz lengthy posts on the third and fourth pages of that thread.
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