A weird thing about Google and Stratovarius
So as I've posted about a few times, I've published reviews of every Stratovarius studio release, and they've been publicized long enough that I'm starting to see trends with what albums garner more interest than others.
What's interesting to me is that the order of popularity for the reviews. Since they're mostly a tool for people unacquainted with the band it can be a hint as to how people approach a new band. The order is as follows:
Elements Pt. I
Episode
Fright Night
Dreamspace
Elysium
Destiny
Stratovarius
Infinite
Elements Pt. II
Visions
Fourth Dimension
Twilight Time
Polaris
A few observations: First, Elements Pt. I is the first place people look, I think mostly because of the Pt. I tag, which is a shame, because I thought Elements Pt. I was their second worst album. After that they go to the best album, the first album, the most underrated album, and then the newest album.
Just some food for thought, maybe someone else will notice something interesting from this that I didn't see. I didn't include total viewership numbers because the way the reviews were posted, it would be hard to get anything more out of the total numbers than a general trend.
What's interesting to me is that the order of popularity for the reviews. Since they're mostly a tool for people unacquainted with the band it can be a hint as to how people approach a new band. The order is as follows:
Elements Pt. I
Episode
Fright Night
Dreamspace
Elysium
Destiny
Stratovarius
Infinite
Elements Pt. II
Visions
Fourth Dimension
Twilight Time
Polaris
A few observations: First, Elements Pt. I is the first place people look, I think mostly because of the Pt. I tag, which is a shame, because I thought Elements Pt. I was their second worst album. After that they go to the best album, the first album, the most underrated album, and then the newest album.
Just some food for thought, maybe someone else will notice something interesting from this that I didn't see. I didn't include total viewership numbers because the way the reviews were posted, it would be hard to get anything more out of the total numbers than a general trend.
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Episode - First album with "classic" line-up (and first with no founding members)
Fright Night - The very first album.
Fright Night - The very first album.
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VISIONS is that far down? Visions, I thought, is one of the best liked albums. Personally, it's my fav anyway.
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Re: A weird thing about Google and Stratovarius
Right, but remember that the primary audience is people unfamiliar with the band, rather than familiar with the band. Elements Pt. I earns the high slot I think mostly for the Pt. I distinction, and Episode goes second because in the list of albums I refer to Episode as the masterpiecebrowneyedgirl wrote:VISIONS is that far down? Visions, I thought, is one of the best liked albums. Personally, it's my fav anyway.
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http://www.last.fm/music/Stratovarius/+ ... ype=albumsbrowneyedgirl wrote:VISIONS is that far down? Visions, I thought, is one of the best liked albums. Personally, it's my fav anyway.
It is, and it's my favourite too. I have never read any reviews of Visions, though. Don't really know why.
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I thought the same thing; why is Visions so far down the list? It's my favorite too, and appears to be a huge fan favorite right after Episode; if not tied with Episode for first place.
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I'm guessing for listening, it's up there, but in terms of interest or uncertainty, evidently not muchbrought2ubyletterC wrote:I thought the same thing; why is Visions so far down the list? It's my favorite too, and appears to be a huge fan favorite right after Episode; if not tied with Episode for first place.
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people should listen to only what rebel likes, in the order that rebel likes, therefor google is wrong.
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Elements Pt.1 is my first ever Startovarius album and it holds a dear place in my heart. So, in my opinion, it's the best Stratovarius album ever.
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FANTAAAAAAAAAAASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALebon14 wrote:Elements Pt.1 is my first ever Startovarius album and it holds a dear place in my heart. So, in my opinion, it's the best Stratovarius album ever.
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Hey, it has a pretty badass pre-solo sectionRebel wrote:FANTAAAAAAAAAAASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALebon14 wrote:Elements Pt.1 is my first ever Startovarius album and it holds a dear place in my heart. So, in my opinion, it's the best Stratovarius album ever.
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That TOTALLY justifies the entire 9 minutes of itTheLegendaryDreamer wrote:Hey, it has a pretty badass pre-solo sectionRebel wrote:FANTAAAAAAAAAAASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALebon14 wrote:Elements Pt.1 is my first ever Startovarius album and it holds a dear place in my heart. So, in my opinion, it's the best Stratovarius album ever.
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I love every second of the song.Rebel wrote:FANTAAAAAAAAAAASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALebon14 wrote:Elements Pt.1 is my first ever Startovarius album and it holds a dear place in my heart. So, in my opinion, it's the best Stratovarius album ever.
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I just recently thought about which strato album I loved the most songs on. Turns out the only strato album on which I love every song is one most people don't seem to like at all, Elements Pt. 2! I just love 'em all.