Talk:Thanks for the Ether

I am changing Thanks for the Ether notability to "High" on the importance scale. Like its successor How We Quit the Forest, Ether is one of the pioneering, definitive and influential examples of the underground genre Cello Rock, thus satisfying Wikipedia's criteria of historical and cultural notability, despite it never charting, never selling in high numbers and being mostly known only to the band's core fan base. In this genre, however, the record is considered a modern classic.

-Red marquis (talk) 04:57, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Should it really be high? I looked more into it and I disagree. At most it's a mid. One could agree that they were "pioneers" in cello rock. But does cello rock have "historical ad cultural notability"? How can something that's "underground" be historical? The article for cello rock has already been nominated for deletion twice. I also attempted to do a google search and nothing came up besides lyrics and the allmusic page (and that doesn't say the album is of the cello rock genre). According to ALBUMA, it also states that "High-importance" articles are: "Most readers will have some knowledge of these albums. Top-selling or top-charting albums may have High importance, as it is likely that a good number of reliable secondary sources exist that could be used to reference the article." I do not know if most readers have some knowledge of this album; It is not a top-selling or top-charting album; finally, it does not have a good number of reliable secondary sources. Therefore, I will be changing it to mid-importance. If you feel that it should be high, tell me and I will be open-minded towards your comments. —Michael Jester (talk) 05:33, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Not "single-handedly" launching cello rock
I'd like to point out that at least Plays_Metallica_by_Four_Cellos by Apocalyptica was released before this album, so while one of the pioneers of cello rock this album was not the first. 188.127.196.70 (talk) 08:17, 4 July 2024 (UTC)