Author Topic: Top 50 Albums Tracker v2 - chat only (OP has been archived) (Read 2657 times)

Zook · « **on:** September 30, 2013, 06:13:52 PM »

You can put me down in the "may go in the future" list.

Scorpion · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2013, 07:45:48 PM »

Like I said, I'd be ready to go if the people in front me aren't available. Not trying to pressure anyone, just trying to keep this going.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2013, 07:47:27 PM »

Yeeeaaahh... I'm gonna be in the "May go in the future" list for a while - still working on it though.

? · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2013, 12:51:33 AM »

You can move my name to the "may go in the future" list.

Big Hath · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2013, 09:32:32 AM »

Orthogonal is complete. Still haven't heard from Dittomist - sent another PM today. PM's also sent to everyone in the "future" list.

Lolzeez and Lowdz, we need one or both of you to go ahead with your lists. Are you ready to go?

Scorpion, you are on standby.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2013, 01:29:42 PM »

I can start sometime this weekend.

Big Hath · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2013, 01:37:29 PM »

awesome - go for it

Big Hath · « **Reply #7 on:** October 03, 2013, 02:10:40 PM »

I just added the composite top 10 DTF albums to the bottom of the OP. More stats to follow.

Colors fell out of the top 5 as it was passed by both WYWH and O:MC. Deadwing and DSOTM both jumped into the top 10, replacing Addicted (Devin Townsend Project) and The Alchemy Index (Thrice).

Images and Words has appeared on 67.4% of all top 50 lists. 6DOIT and Blackwater Park have both appeared on 44.2% of the lists.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #8 on:** October 03, 2013, 02:17:35 PM »

IT'S ON!
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=39348.0

Orthogonal · « **Reply #9 on:** October 03, 2013, 04:03:21 PM »

Thanks for taking this thread Big Hath, you're a perfect fit for it and it looks like you've brought your cattle prod too.

Can you shed some light on the scoring methodology? I'm assuming something like a #1 album is 50pts and a #50 album is 1pt or something like that.

One last question to indulge me. Did I have any DTF firsts for my Top 50?

Thanks,

Big Hath · « **Reply #10 on:** October 03, 2013, 10:16:28 PM »

Quote from: Orthogonal on October 03, 2013, 04:03:21 PM

Thanks for taking this thread Big Hath, you're a perfect fit for it and it looks like you've brought your cattle prod too.

Can you shed some light on the scoring methodology? I'm assuming something like a #1 album is 50pts and a #50 album is 1pt or something like that.

updated the OP with the info, but yeah that's the gist of it.

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One last question to indulge me. Did I have any DTF firsts for my Top 50?

lets see . . . looks like you had 13 first timers to the database:

Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Sieges Even - Paramount
Flaming Row - Elinoire
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
Big Big Train - English Electric Part 2
Big Big Train - English Electric Part 1
Angra - Rebirth
Serenity - Fallen Sanctuary
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
Cloudscape - Global Drama
Live - Throwing Copper

Orthogonal · « **Reply #11 on:** October 03, 2013, 10:29:29 PM »

Woah, figured maybe a few, but damn, 13 is a lot.

Big Hath · « **Reply #12 on:** October 03, 2013, 10:35:59 PM »

eh, I haven't looked at that for everyone, but it may not be as high as you think. I just looked at mine and I have 15 that haven't been mentioned by anyone else.

Big Hath · « **Reply #13 on:** October 03, 2013, 10:49:45 PM »

went ahead and posted top 20 albums. Master of Puppets was the only album that moved into the top 20 since the last time I ran these numbers.

Other big movers in the top 50 or so albums:

- Symphony X had two albums that made big jumps, V climbed 39 spots to #42 and Divine Wings went up 88 spots to get to #47.
- Opeth's Still Life moved ahead 45 spots to #38
- Radiohead's Kid A was passed by the most albums. It lost 17 spots and now sits at #48.

Big Hath · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2013, 09:35:45 AM »

a couple of notes on the artist ranking:

- Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson finally jumped over Devin Townsend/SYL. Devin has 15 albums earning points to Wilson's 10, but 3 PT albums rank higher than Devin's highest ranking album.
- Opeth is now only 3 points behind Devin
- Rush eclipsed Iron Maiden with this update
- Queensrÿche jumped 6 spots to get into the top 10
- Symphony X jumped 10 spots to get into the top 20

nicmos · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2013, 10:26:48 AM »

Fantastic job compiling those top 20 lists! great idea too.

Big Hath · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2013, 02:56:44 PM »

added top 10 years for music according to the top 50 lists

- 2005 continues to dominate, with 2007 still comfortably in second place.
- 2011 passed both 2006 and 2003, primarily on the strength of point gains from Visions (Haken), Grace For Drowning (Steven Wilson), A Dramatic Turn of Events (DT), and England Keep My Bones (Frank Turner).
- Interestingly, 2010 fell out of the top 10 as it was passed by 1999 and 1998 (and 1992).

Elite · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2013, 04:41:31 PM »

Quote from: Big Hath on October 03, 2013, 10:16:28 PM

lets see . . . looks like you had 13 first timers to the database:

Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Flaming Row - Elinoire

How the F? I had Mercy Falls at #2 on my second list and jingly had Elinoire at #1 on his second list. Are you not counting second lists then?

Also, I just noticed you have BTBAM's Parallax II in there twice, with different names (one starts with 'The' and is the correct title, as opposed to the one missing that word).

Big Hath · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2013, 05:03:23 PM »

Quote from: Elite on October 07, 2013, 04:41:31 PM

How the F? I had Mercy Falls at #2 on my second list and jingly had Elinoire at #1 on his second list. Are you not counting second lists then?

I only input each person's top 50 into the database, so a second list doesn't go in unless it replaces the first one. Since jingle's and your second lists were supplements to the first, they weren't counted.

Although I did notice in your thread you said "At the end of this list, I will combine both top 50's to create a new one that would be correct for all albums I have ever heard." But I don't think you ever posted that list. Post it and I will update your list in the database.

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Also, I just noticed you have BTBAM's Parallax II in there twice, with different names (one starts with 'The' and is the correct title, as opposed to the one missing that word).

thanks for that. If anyone else catches any mistakes, please let me know.

Elite · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2013, 05:06:37 PM »

Quote from: Big Hath on October 07, 2013, 05:03:23 PM

Although I did notice in your thread you said "At the end of this list, I will combine both top 50's to create a new one that would be correct for all albums I have ever heard." But I don't think you ever posted that list. Post it and I will update your list in the database.

No, I never did. I never got round to combining the lists and let it go eventually.

jsem · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2013, 07:53:23 AM »

Love the work in the OP, that database.

I never knew that DTF would be this inbred in prog-metal. It's worse than expected,

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Big Hath · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2013, 12:02:17 PM »

cool, glad you like it. Trying to think of different interesting ways to slice up the info - maybe a top 20 artist/decade list or something like that.

jsem · « **Reply #22 on:** October 21, 2013, 12:38:06 PM »

Decade would be interesting. Think 00's would dominate heavily though.

Big Hath · « **Reply #23 on:** October 21, 2013, 12:44:05 PM »

well, I would separate it by band as also. So 80s Metallica vs 70s Pink Floyd vs 00s Opeth and so on.

CharlieDominietzsche · « **Reply #24 on:** November 09, 2013, 04:54:20 AM »

At me to the list if you don't mind, but sheesh, with a waiting list like that, I probably shouldn't compose my list now in case my opinions are radically different in two to three years LOL.

Big Hath · « **Reply #25 on:** November 09, 2013, 08:37:07 AM »

Quote from: CharlieDominietzsche on November 09, 2013, 04:54:20 AM

At me to the list if you don't mind, but sheesh, with a waiting list like that, I probably shouldn't compose my list now in case my opinions are radically different in two to three years LOL.

added, although with the rate people are moving to the "may go in the future" list, you may be up quicker than you think!

CharlieDominietzsche · « **Reply #26 on:** November 09, 2013, 09:04:16 AM »

"At me"

Oh, whoops. At any rate, thanks.

Lowdz · « **Reply #27 on:** November 09, 2013, 02:51:53 PM »

Just noticed my v2 is close to the top and I haven't even begun to think about it. Please let others go ahead of me. I'm in no rush at all.

Big Hath · « **Reply #28 on:** November 12, 2013, 11:11:35 AM »

PuffyPat and Mladen, are you about ready to go? We've got Lolzeez and Scorpion close to wrapping their threads up, so start prepping your threads please. Third PM sent to Dittomist, if I get no response I guess I'll just remove him from the list.

Nick, you mentioned a month or two back that you may be ready for your v2. You ready to go now?

Kilgore Trout · « **Reply #29 on:** November 21, 2013, 10:10:59 AM »

I'm new around here, but I would like to do one - since the waiting list is quite long, I will be there for some time when my turns come

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Prog Snob · « **Reply #30 on:** November 21, 2013, 10:16:13 AM »

Wow. I can't believe there is only one Rush album in the Top 20 and it's Moving Pictures, not even A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, or Permanent Waves.

Big Hath · « **Reply #31 on:** November 21, 2013, 10:53:55 AM »

Quote from: Kilgore Trout on November 21, 2013, 10:10:59 AM

I'm new around here, but I would like to do one - since the waiting list is quite long, I will be there for some time when my turns come .

added!

PuffyPat, you're up.

Big Hath · « **Reply #32 on:** November 21, 2013, 10:56:56 AM »

Quote from: Prog Snob on November 21, 2013, 10:16:13 AM

Wow. I can't believe there is only one Rush album in the Top 20 and it's Moving Pictures, not even A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, or Permanent Waves.

A Farewell to Kings just missed at #22.

Hemispheres is at #54. PeW is tied with 2112 at #107. (Power Windows is actually higher than both at #72)

bl5150 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 21, 2013, 07:35:11 PM »

I'm happy to get on the "may go" list - I would love to do it but need plenty more time and thought. Numbers one, two and three are obvious to me but that's about it. Recently had a corrupted iTunes library file and lost a lot of my ratings (I'm not good at doing this by memory) and I also have hundreds of CDs in my collection I've barely (or not) listened to.

My list will be a bit more melodic rock/melodic metal + a touch of blues and a bit less prog rock/industrial etc... compared to most here but a bit of variety never hurt anyone

Big Hath · « **Reply #34 on:** November 21, 2013, 10:18:02 PM »

I'll go ahead and put you on the waiting list because it will be at least a few months before we get to you.

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

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