My latest comment: (posted only seconds ago)
in regards to the album Across The Broad Atlantic Artist: Various Artists – Shanachie Records Label: Shanachie Records / The Orchard
“Umm soooooooooooo not roots reggae
Yeah this is (as evidenced, before even listening to, by the album cover) Irish Folk music not the music of Jamaica or any other TROPICAL island .”

Yeah that’s right eMusic I called you out on your genre/style issues.

Can we officially submit it as an enhancement request?

You know I did the same thing (with my brother) I lestened to the BOB song I had and before it was even finished i interrupted it (convergence device “TREO” Phone and Music Player) and called my brother (EMU subscriber) and told him that he must check the album out.

that said (about that album) I think the reviews are great though I’d like to see a report this comment (or at least something like YouTube’s got where stupid or inappropriate comments are minimized). I am sick to death of the following two types of comments:

!) “This is an outrage why isn’t this available in {my country},” wherein they then go and blame eMusic instead of realizing that the various distributors and copyright laws must be dealt with.

2)”Blah blah blah this s### is terrible F### emusic why can’t the get good s###.” Look you knew when you signed up that this is a place to discover and distribute independent music without DRM mucking things up. If yopu don’t like it don’t subscribe but stop complaining to people who wouldn’t care if you left. go download some Falloutboy from Wlamart and STFU.

The comments are often good and I (at least) try to put other bands that someone might lsten to if they’re interested in an album or rather the other way around but I’m at work and can’t get the sentance right). (example Felt http://www.emusic.com/artist/Felt-MP3-Download/11624146.html) or if the albums been mismarked (again Felt which keeps getting x-referenced with FELT (Slug Murs)).

In general, I only add a review if a particular album hasn’t been well reviewed (i.e., hardly any reviews or not-so-useful reviews). In my reviews I like to include links, my favorite tracks, and some artist info – things I hope other subscribers appreciate.

and adamm, i know what you mean about us focusing more on who they are — you are right. for us, we were just really, really struck by who they were as people, and we thought eMu folks would be similarly smitten.

again, lemme restate that i absolutely love both records. just love. we were very, very lucky to have such great music kickoff this project.

Also, I (and many other eMu folks, by a 5 or more to 1 ratio) tend to post favorable reviews. HP’s is a much more “challenging” record than BOB’s, and therefore much more likely to inspire reviewers to give up on it altogether rather than form and articulate a favorable opinion.

Or, maybe BOB appeals to a broader audience. I recommended it to my wife (an eMu member with decidedly more mainstream tastes than mine) and skipped recommending HP to her altogether. For the record, she digs BOB (but probably won’t post a comment about it).

I think the High Places album is great too, but it’s definitely not as wide reaching of a sound as Breathe Owl Breathe. It has looser structure and is noisier, more experimental and more private. So another guess is that High Places is something people like to listen to for themselves, while Breathe Owl Breathe is something people like to share.