Best Ever Albums

Re: Your Top Albums and BEA ranks: a survey

antiloopje — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:10:58 GMT

Author: antiloopje

Posted: 11/10/2013 12:10

Apparently I'm boring 🙁

Highest album: 1. OK Computer
average rank: 1005,4
closest to the average: 997. Band of Gyspsys
median: 117. A Love Supreme
lowest: 31020. Guitars by Philip Catherine

on a total of 100 albums:

in top 10: 8
in top 50: 28
in top 100: 46
in top 500: 74
in top 1000: 82
in top 5000: 97
in top 10000: also 97
seems like i have a lot of discovery work to do

Re: Your Top Albums and BEA ranks: a survey

Dingerbell — Sat, 9 Nov 2013 16:16:35 GMT

Author: Dingerbell

Posted: 11/09/2013 21:16

By the way, if you download your chart as a CSV file, you can open it up in Excel, and it saves you having to type all the albums in.

What's your highest ranked album, according to BEA rankings? (#2- Dark Side of the Moon)
What is the average of the rankings? (1,432.79)
Which of your albums is closest to the average? (#1,384- Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys)
What is the median? (That's the 50th ranked if you have 100) (#227- Hospice by The Antlers)
What is your lowest ranked album according to BEA rankings? (#17,745- Almanac by Widowspeak)

How many of your albums are in the top 10? (6)
How many of your albums are in the top 50? (19)
How many of your albums are in the top 100? (32)
How many of your albums are in the top 500? (64)
How many of your albums are in the top 1000? (75)
How many of your albums are in the top 5000? (90)
How many of your albums are in the top 10,000? (98)
How many albums, total, are in your top list? (100)

I guess I'm just not as cool as you two.

Re: Your Top Albums and BEA ranks: a survey

Anonymous — Fri, 8 Nov 2013 11:27:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/08/2013 16:27

What's your highest ranked album, according to BEA rankings? Radiohead - Kid A (#8 )
What is the average of the rankings? 8,906.5
Which of your albums is closest to the average? Cego Oliveira - Coleção Memória Do Povo Cearense - Volume II (#8,947)
What is the median? Zhou Xuan - The Legendary Chinese Hits (#7,763)
What is your lowest ranked album according to BEA rankings? Meira Asher - Spears Into Hooks (#23,223)

How many of your albums are in the top 10? 1
How many of your albums are in the top 50? 1
How many of your albums are in the top 100? 1
How many of your albums are in the top 500? 2
How many of your albums are in the top 1000? 2
How many of your albums are in the top 5000? 20
How many of your albums are in the top 10,000? 45
How many albums, total, are in your top list? 75

Your Top Albums and BEA ranks: a survey

Listmeister — Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:44:55 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 11/08/2013 15:44

If you go to edit your chart, before you actually start editing, you can see each album as it appears on site. From there, you can write down the Overall Rank of each album on your list.

Put this into a spreadsheet, sort them, and get an average. Answer these questions: (my answers in bold)

What's your highest ranked album, according to BEA rankings? (#2. Dark Side of the Moon)
What is the average of the rankings? (2,842.9)
Which of your albums is closest to the average? (#2899. Introspective - The Pet Shop Boys)
What is the median? (That's the 50th ranked if you have 100) (#962. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears -- Mamas and Papas)
What is your lowest ranked album according to BEA rankings? (#13,961. Asylum - Disturbed)

How many of your albums are in the top 10? (6)
How many of your albums are in the top 50? (14)
How many of your albums are in the top 100? (17)
How many of your albums are in the top 500? (38 )
How many of your albums are in the top 1000? (50)
How many of your albums are in the top 5000? (80)
How many of your albums are in the top 10,000? (93)
How many albums, total, are in your top list? (100)