Trebor.
02.09.13 | artwork doesn't work because of the goddamn ampersand fuck |
taxidermist
02.09.13 | Yeah, don't think many people do. |
toxin.
02.09.13 | no
it can be useful at times though |
MoosechriS
02.09.13 | yeah if i like the band or im new getting into a certain genre it's cool to find similar bands to the ones i like. |
ConsiderPhlebas
02.09.13 | Couldn't care less. I read the summary and the last line of the review, then check pitchfork to see if it's legit. |
MuhNamesTyler
02.09.13 | I do |
FromDaHood
02.09.13 | I don't so I stopped doing that a while ago unless there's a very obvious comparison |
DrMaximus
02.09.13 | There is a recommended by reviewer section?!? |
Trebor.
02.09.13 | Gonna keep doing it anyway |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | occasionally |
Curse.
02.09.13 | I don't anymore, because it is usually more popular albums by bands everyone knows. Also I have been
burned hardcore by it before. |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | a lot of the time the recommended are just genre greats to get people into the album they are reviewing and not vice versa |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | ^^ |
foxblood
02.09.13 | i have never discovered an album via it being in the rec section. i think it's usually because the recs are too general, like if it's a shoegaze album the recs will usually just be loveless and souvlaki or somethin. i think i'd use it if more reviewers spent more time on finding good recs |
mursu
02.09.13 | I check them. They are sometimes useful. |
Trebor.
02.09.13 | I put jokes in there a lot too |
savagecabbage
02.09.13 | depends on who it is |
Eclecticist
02.09.13 | "a lot of the time the recommended are just genre greats to get people into the album they are reviewing and not vice versa"
exactly that |
YoYoMancuso
02.09.13 | when i'm reading reviews of bands i recently got into and i want to find more bands like them. Otherwise i rarely do it. |
Cygnatti
02.09.13 | only if it's a daveyboy review ;) |
Eclecticist
02.09.13 | It can be reverse sometimes though, like if I know the artist is super popular and I want my recommend a similar album that is less known then I will put that in the recommended section because ppl will be like "okay, I know this band but who the hell is that? I don't see the connection" *youtubes* |
InfamousGrouse
02.09.13 | If I haven't heard of the band I'll look at it to get a vague idea of what it's going to sound like. If I know them, I usually don't bother. |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | irving's m b v review recced more mbv. I mean stuff like that is like, really? |
Eclecticist
02.09.13 | My favourite reviews are Hawks reviews because you can guarantee a COF rec |
ExcentrifugalForz
02.09.13 | Slip is right, that always happens making the recs kinda useless |
anarchistfish
02.09.13 | Not often, sometimes I give them a look.
I usually don't bother with them on my own reviews and if I do it's a quick afterthought |
Aids
02.09.13 | yeah I care. if I'm too lazy to read the review I will read the first or last paragraph and look at the rec'd albums to get an idea of what it sounds like. I always try to put at least three similar albums, if I can. |
Ecnalzen
02.09.13 | I use it mostly when I have never heard the band before. |
XingKing
02.09.13 | I try to put bands that are similar in my reviews, but I never check peoples recommend because they always recommend genre popular shit that I don't care about |
Eclecticist
02.09.13 | but how would you know that if you never check them |
XingKing
02.09.13 | After looking 1,000 times, you start to notice a trend. |
Cygnatti
02.09.13 | in other news, 2 is an amazing album guys
check it out, seriously |
elephantREVOLUTION
02.09.13 | i usually check them if it's a band i've never heard before |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | yeah but the point is to move from the review and share other albums nobody knows. Not bring in listeners to that one single album by reccing albums that everyone knows. |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | thats why it's "recommended" and not "sounds like" |
Aids
02.09.13 | "but I never check peoples recommend because they always recommend genre popular shit that I don't care about"
well yeah if it's a death metal review and they put Blackwater Park, Immolation, and like Ulcerate then of course you know they have no idea what they're talking about. You take the rec'd be reviewer section with a grain of salt and a critical mind, like anything else on sputnik. |
Insurrection
02.09.13 | If I like the album and review enough ill check out the recs but not too often |
laughingman22
02.09.13 | I care and I have found some cool stuff there |
demigod!
02.09.13 | I hope so, i too spend a lot of time deciding what should be put there |
slipnslide
02.09.13 | recommended means "if you like the album i have reviewed i recommend this". The point isn't to get people to listen to the album in the review the point is to show more albums.
can somebody clarify so i dont argue with this dude for a while lol |
dylanjones42
02.10.13 | I often do if I want a really quick idea of how a band I've never heard of sounds. |
Atari
02.10.13 | I don't pay attention to it to be honest. |
Cygnatti
02.10.13 | smh atari smh |
Atari
02.10.13 | i stopped putting albums in the recommended by reviewer section a while back and i actually have a valid point to make. before joining the site i used to read reviews and i would often get lazy and just look at the rec by rev section and think oh this sounds like THAT band ok guess i'll check them out. In other words, I wouldn't finish reading the review. If you don't have a recommended by reviewer section it forces the reader to actually read the review you worked hard on rather than just lazily glancing at it and looking at the recommended by reviewer section to see "what they sound like". |
Atari
02.10.13 | which is why i also don't pay attention to it anymore i prefer to read the review and let it speak for itself. besides what if the recommended by reviewer section contains a band you don't like? what's to stop that person from reading the review entirely? |
Ecnalzen
02.10.13 | It has worked for me in the opposite way, Atari. Sometimes if there isn't a RBR section, I just kind of skim the review if I am not completely interested in the artist/band. BUT, if the RBR section has some stuff I have heard that I like, it gives me more incentive to give the review a more in depth read and further look into the band.
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Atari
02.10.13 | yeah that makes sense. I just know in the past I used to look at recommended tracks and bands and not really read the review. I can see how the RBR section can be helpful, but it should be an afterthought not something people focus on when reading the review. (in my humble opinion of course) |
Atari
02.10.13 | I guess I just think it can be a distraction to the review itself |
Ecnalzen
02.10.13 | It can be hurtful and helpful. It's just one of those things. |
Atari
02.10.13 | Agreed. Other users are entitled to use it and enjoy it but it's just not for me. |