I was thinking about this the other day and how most of the reviews that you read on amazon(etc) are totally useless, of course people are going to say that albums they own are amazing, I wouldnt personally waste time by writintg a review saying how terrible an album actually is.
although I probably should, but I just tend to give music htat I dont like away!

any thoughts?

thats very true!! have you heard the second album by steps tho!? this may not be the right place to plug it but its amazing!!! go out and buy it now!! amazon.com

just goes to show you can say anything on the web mwahahahahaa

Well, sometimes when I get new albums, I'll write a review for them- regardless fo whether I like them or not, so if I'm dissapointed, think things are decidedly average, or that it may be the coolest record in the world, I'll say so- most of the stuff I buy tends to have a good balence of reviews. I always read the ones on Amazon, and I tend to have a browse of progarchives.com too (for any prog fans here, this is the progressive bible!).

But, whilst it's just my opinions, I've always paid attention to reviews, and I've bought some great music on a whim just because of what someone else's said!

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Originally posted by mrbaggins:
I've bought some great music on a whim just because of what someone else's said!

Almost every band/artist I love now has been stuff I bought completely randomly, on a whim, mostly without the aid of others' opinions though! I think it's the best way to do things, you discover some fabulous bands. I still remember how freaked out I was when I randomly got into the Baebes, they along with Kula were my favourite band, only to discover that they knew each other/ were dating each other. Small world....

There are some bad reviews on Amazon for some bands. There is an art to music writing though, and of course most of the reviews on there are very amateur and rarely contain any real insight (though occasionally they do).

What I find more useful are the customer reviews of technical products; PC accessories, ipods and the like, can be very very useful to help you to find out what you're getting.

dont get me wrong the internet is great for reviews for actual gear(guitars software etc) but I just generally dont trust what other people recommend, OK if I told someone that I liked these bands and then they say oh well you will probably like so and so as itsa similiar style

for example
I must run out and buy this album

Shakira can sing and dance, she's awesome., November 9, 2006
Reviewer: Wayne J. Roberts - See all my reviews

Not only is Shakira a good singer, she is so pretty. I liked every song on the album. And if you see her videos, she can dance. I would love to dance with her some day. I really recommend this album, I think im gonna buy her other albums too. And her albums in spanish, "she makes a man wanna speak spanish."


having said that the tongue in cheek reviews of hasselhoffs stuff always cracks me up(its from amazon as well)
Get Ready to ROCK your body and ROLL your heart!!!!!, September 6, 2005
Reviewer: Oswaldo Graziani "The Os" (Nirgua, Venezuela) - See all my reviews

After reading some reviews in this forum I really understood the magnitude of the light and influence of the mighty Hasselhoff. He has changed the life of a variety of people around the world: old and young, men and women, cancer survivors and junkies, italian monks and iraqui insurgents, even the unforgeteable gay peruvian.
It's good to know that I'm not alone when I think It's amazing how a man can reach so many hearts and transform so many souls with his astonishing, yet sublime, voice, and the sincere charm of his fashion.
I can tell you this: It surely enhanced my life and yes, I have my own story to share, even though it may not be nearly as incredible as the ones I read.
My name is Ed Asno, and I'm an active member of The Richard Dean Anderson Fan Club; for those of you who dare not to know he is the man behind the superb MacGyver... my own personal TV GOD. (I used to be in the Geraldo Rivera Fan Club but I quit when I find out he had an affair with Bette Midler... but that is another story.)
Well, as you can imagine, with the kind of TV icons I just mentioned it's difficult for The Hoff to be the only master of the industry. For me he is on the Top 5 most influential men to ever touch the face of earth, but little did I know that it would become an unbeatable number 1. As you all come to realize, a true genius has the power to transcend other horizons like a shooting star in the sky. And oh boy, this is how I find it out how the "Knight Rider" did it:
Herbie, the president of the Fan Club, threw a party at his house to show us his new memorabilia collection: "TV's Little Men, Big Souls", dedicated to Paul Fusco, the man and mind behind ALF, and Gary Coleman, the charming and somehow cute Arnold in Different Strokes.
At 5pm all of us were wasted on a high of pop tarts and kool aid when Herbie decided to change our lives forever: He put his radio shack speakers to the ultimate test: The one and only Very Best of David Hasselhoff.
Well, my friends, I just can say that It blew me away!!! The songs, the rithyms, the melodies, the holy voice, the chest hair. All the party, and with "ALL" I mean The four of us!, just got into an abstarct, almost hypnotic mode that I had never, ever, felt before. The air started to smell like roses, the lights went dim, and the rush, oh my gosh, the rush was like (and forget my french) an orgasm.
Since that day my mind hasn't stop repeating the celestial lyrics of the master piece, the opera prima, Hot Shot City:

"11 o'clock we are ready to rock,
11 o'clock yeah we are ready to rock!
Hot Shot City in a Saturday Night
We are gonna party down into the morning light!"

David Hassehoff may not be Richard Dean Anderson, Geraldo Rivera, not even Tony Danza, but he surely is the savior of the music industry, a man who truly dare to go where no other has gone.

Make you a favor: Buy this album and get ready to rock and roll!!!