Best Ever Albums

Re: Favorite Artists Survey [Deadline August 4th]

Hayden — Wed, 5 Aug 2020 10:30:42 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 08/05/2020 14:30

BozoTyrannus wrote:

That idea has honestly never occurred to me before, but it's kinda brilliant.

I've already got the list tallied, but I think after I've posted the results I'm going to give this a try and see how it looks.

I tally the film lists in the same manner BozoTyrannus is doing this one, but I agree that's an interesting suggestion. There's always been this (well, a 'value issue' I suppose) I've been trying to properly sort out, and that could be an excellent way to do it.

Anyway, digging the list so far. Surprised with MBV and Belle & Seb placing so low, but otherwise it's looking great.

Re: Favorite Artists Survey [Deadline August 4th]

BozoTyrannus — Wed, 5 Aug 2020 07:32:47 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 08/05/2020 11:32

Skinny wrote:

I'd always be tempted in a situation such as this, say, to award a #1 artist 132 points, and a #100 artist 33 points - they're still 99 points apart, but this time that #100 artist would only have to appear on four different lists to have more points than the rogue #1 choice who only one user has chosen.

Re: Favorite Artists Survey [Deadline August 4th]

Skinny — Wed, 5 Aug 2020 05:16:13 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/05/2020 09:16

BozoTyrannus wrote:

After a conversation in our ongoing Best Songwriter tournament in which many expressed shock that Joni Mitchell, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, etc weren't in the Top 40 best ranked artists on the site, I began wondering what would happen if, rather than choosing Best Ever Artists based on number of albums and chart position, how it would look if we did a simple survey.

Process would go same way our albums are ranked. #1 artist gets 100 points, #2 gets 99, and so on down to your #100 getting 1 point (so also the exact same method Hayden is using in the Lounge for the Best Film surveys)

I'm thinking any recording artist would be allowed (or in other words any artist included on the site. Beethoven and Chopin would therefore be ineligible, but any pianist or orchestra who records their works would).

Also, much like the site, any variantions/aliases would be combined (Prince, Prince and the Revolution, New Power Generation, and Prince & the New Power Generation would all be counted as one artist), whereas a solo artist with a distinct career from a band would not be combined (The Beatles and John Lennon would be counted as different artists)

Anybody be interested in trying this out?

Personally, I find this a bizarre scoring system when working with such a small sample size of lists. It means that an artist who appears at #1 on just one list (but doesn't even appear on anybody else's) would score higher than an artist who appears at #100 on ninety-nine different lists, despite the latter being clearly more popular. I'd always be tempted in a situation such as this, say, to award a #1 artist 132 points, and a #100 artist 33 points - they're still 99 points apart, but this time that #100 artist would only have to appear on four different lists to have more points than the rogue #1 choice who only one user has chosen.

Then again, if you've already begun tallying then ignore this. I should've mentioned it earlier. Just a thought.

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

RoundTheBend — Wed, 5 Aug 2020 02:13:35 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 08/05/2020 06:13

Nice!

Look forward to the tally!

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

Rhyner — Tue, 4 Aug 2020 16:46:28 GMT

Author: Rhyner

Posted: 08/04/2020 20:46

This is an impossible task. I wan't even going to submit a list, but the deadline rushing up lit a fire under me. I simultaneously agree with the following list and hate it. It's the best I can do.

1. Neutral Milk Hotel
2. Joni Mitchell
3. Allo Darlin'
4. Bright Eyes
5. David Bowie
6. The Decemberists
7. Bob Dylan
8. The Shins
9. The Beatles
10. Nick Drake
11. Radiohead
12. Sonic Youth
13. Pink Floyd
14. Sufjan Stevens
15. Wilco
16. Led Zeppelin
17. The Rolling Stones
18. Stina Nordenstam
19. Cocteau Twins
20. Mates of State
21. Kate Bush
22. The Smashing Pumpkins
23. The Smiths
24. Bruce Springsteen
25. Van Morrison
26. Neil Cicierega
27. Mercury Rev
28. Brian Eno
29. Love
30. M. Ward
31. R.E.M.
32. Modest Mouse
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival
34. Arcade Fire
35. Kurt Vile
36. Talking Heads
37. Peeping Tom
38. Jason Isbell
39. Red House Painters
40. Jeff Mangum
41. John Lennon
42. Joanna Newsom
43. Talk Talk
44. Andrew Bird
45. Faith No More
46. Keane
47. Scott Walker
48. Charles Mingus
49. Fleetwood Mac
50. The White Stripes
51. Animal Collective
52. The Band
53. Beck
54. MGMT
55. Band of Horses
56. Islands
57. Bon Iver
58. Sound Team
59. Queen
60. Alanis Morissette
61. XTC
62. Simon and Garfunkel
63. Belle and Sebastian
64. The Fiery Furnaces
65. Pixies
66. The Antlers
67. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
68. The National
69. Tom Waits
70. Barenaked Ladies
71. Frou Frou
72. Monsters of Folk
73. Courtney Barnett
74. The Cure
75. St. Vincent
76. Joy Division
77. Nirvana
78. The Weepies
79. The Rentals
80. Sleigh Bells
81. 311
82. The Doors
83. Mr. Bungle
84. Nico
85. Patti Smith
86. The Black Keys
87. King Crimson
88. The Cars
89. Sigur Ros
90. Rilo Kiley
91. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
92. Blur
93. Frightened Rabbit
94. The Flaming Lips
95. Man Man
96. Cold War Kids
97. Jeff Buckley
98. The War on Drugs
99. My Bloody Valentine
100. Marvin Gaye

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

BozoTyrannus — Tue, 4 Aug 2020 09:28:58 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 08/04/2020 13:28

Skinny wrote:

19. Weather Report

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Today is final day, so if you've got any last minute lists, send 'em in!

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

Skinny — Mon, 3 Aug 2020 18:05:57 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/03/2020 22:05

1. Ghostface Killah
2. Curtis Mayfield / The Impressions
3. Wu-Tang Clan
4. Prince
5. Nick Drake
6. Bob Dylan
7. Sade
8. A Tribe Called Quest
9. The Fall
10. UGK
11. Gregory Isaacs
12. Jay-Z
13. Miles Davis
14. The Grateful Dead
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. The Notorious B.I.G.
17. Burial
18. Erykah Badu
19. Weather Report
20. Roc Marciano
21. David Bowie
22. Black Sabbath
23. DJ Quik
24. The Velvet Underground
25. Pavement
26. Freddie Gibbs
27. Larry Heard (Mr. Fingers / Fingers Inc. / etc.)
28. Dexy's Midnight Runners
29. Charles Mingus
30. The Band
31. The Blue Nile
32. Outkast
33. Fela Kuti
34. Theo Parrish
35. Joni Mitchell
36. Can
37. Clipse / Pusha T
38. Broadcast
39. Jenny Hval
40. Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters / Sun Kil Moon)
41. Mobb Deep
42. Sam Cooke
43. Elvis Costello
44. Orange Juice
45. Gang Starr
46. snd (/ Mark Fell)
47. Augustus Pablo
48. Van Morrison
49. Galaxie 500
50. Earth
51. E-40
52. Aphex Twin
53. Belle & Sebastian
54. Tom Petty
55. Stevie Wonder
56. Björk
57. Scarface (/ Geto Boys)
58. Talking Heads
59. Love
60. MF Doom (etc.)
61. Sleep
62. Kendrick Lamar
63. Spiritualized
64. Frank Sinatra
65. New Order
66. Marvin Gaye
67. Blu
68. Joe Gibbs
69. Scritti Politti
70. Gillian Welch
71. Tortoise
72. Brian Eno
73. Dizzee Rascal
74. Thundercat
75. The Waterboys
76. Lauryn Hill (/ The Fugees)
77. Richard Thompson (/ Fairport Convention)
78. Talk Talk
79. Townes van Zandt
80. The Streets
81. The Hold Steady
82. Four Tet
83. Gil Scott-Heron
84. The Flaming Lips
85. Lee "Scratch" Perry
86. The Smiths
87. John Martyn
88. Steve Reich
89. Jason Isbell
90. Slick Rick
91. The Pogues
92. Ornette Coleman
93. D'Angelo
94. Ka
95. Oval
96. Boosie (Lil Boosie / Boosie Badazz)
97. Bong
98. Tom Waits
99. Beyoncé (/ Destiny's Child)
100. Patsy Cline

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

Applerill — Sun, 2 Aug 2020 11:58:32 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 08/02/2020 15:58

Wait, here’s an updated version of my list <3

1.Tori Amos
2.Avril Lavigne
3. GFOTY
4. AG Cook
5. Vanessa Carlton
6. Kitty
7. Miley Cyrus
8. Iannis Xenakis
9. Baby Zionov
10. Paco de Lucia
11. DJ Uncle Al
12. Bill Evans
13. PJ Harvey
14. Joan La Barbara
15. Carly Rae Jepsen
16. Wendy Carlos
17. Modest Mouse
18. Henri Chopin
19. SOPHIE
20. Steve Reich
21. Taylor Swift
22. Carl Stone
23. Lil B
24. John Coltrane
25. Weezer
26. Lana Del Rey
27. Morton Feldman
28. Kenny G
29. Soulja Boy
30. Kate Bush
31. Drake
32. Mike Oldfield
33. DJ Yo Yo Dieting
34. Kacey Musgraves
35. Omar Souleymann
36. Michael Mayer
37. Sixpence None the Richer
38. Larry Levan
39. Michael Pisaro
40. Daft Punk
41. Wesley Willis
42. DJ Rashad
43. Radiohead
44. Rihanna
45. Arthur Russell
46. Warm Surplus
47. Brokencyde
48. Philip Glass
49. Alanis Morissette
50. Celine Dion

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 1 Aug 2020 12:08:48 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 08/01/2020 16:08

Three days left to submit lists

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

RasmV — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:08:24 GMT

Author: RasmV

Posted: 07/28/2020 08:08

1. Muse
2. Radiohead
3. Arctic Monkeys
4. The Strokes
5. Tame Impala
6. Arcade Fire
7. Coldplay
8. The Beatles
9. The National
10. The Stone Roses
11. The War on Drugs
12. Kashmir
13. Pink Floyd
14. The 1975
15. Bon Iver
16. alt-J
17. Mew
18. David Bowie
19. Oasis
20. New Order
21. Led Zeppelin
22. The Minds of 99
23. Future Islands
24. The White Stripes
25. Father John Misty
26. The Black Keys
27. The Killers
28. Blur
29. The Cure
30. The Shins
31. Avenged Sevenfold
32. Queen
33. The xx
34. Keane
35. The Smiths
36. The Rolling Stones
37. Talking Heads
38. The Who
39. Bring Me The Horizon
40. Sufjan Stevens
41. Green Day
42. U2
43. Bruce Springsteen
44. Red Hot Chili Peppers
45. Foo Fighters
46. Jimi Hendrix
47. Franz Ferdinand
48. Interpol
49. Suede
50. Jack White
51. Kings of Leon
52. Royal Blood
53. The Clash
54. Jeff Buckley
55. Fleet Foxes
56. MGMT
57. Elton John
58. Joy Division
59. Beck
60. Queens of the Stone Age
61. Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
62. Slowdive
63. Snow Patrol
64. 30 Seconds To Mars
65. Carpark North
66. Kasabian
67. The Raconteurs
68. Depeche Mode
69. Dire Straits
70. Placebo
71. The Antlers
72. Death Cab for Cutie
73. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
74. Foals
75. Kent
76. The Beach Boys
77. Parquet Courts
78. The Verve
79. Television
80. Michael Jackson
81. Stevie Wonder
82. Guns N' Roses
83. The Doors
84. Of Monsters and Men
85. Daft Punk
86. Modest Mouse
87. Alabama Shakes
88. The Last Shadow Puppets
89. Highly Suspect
90. Vampire Weekend
91. DIIV
92. Calexico
93. Wilco
94. Sigur Ros
95. Weezer
96. Bloc Party
97. Lou Reed
98. Massive Attack
99. Beach House
100. The Voidz

Could be a lot different had I made it another day.

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

RoundTheBend — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 20:24:24 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/27/2020 00:24

BozoTyrannus wrote:

9 days until deadline! From that point, anyone who hasn't submitted a list has also lost the right to complain about the final ranking.

🤣

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

BozoTyrannus — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:36:16 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/26/2020 20:36

9 days until deadline! From that point, anyone who hasn't submitted a list has also lost the right to complain about the final ranking.

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

revolver94 — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:57:03 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 07/24/2020 00:57

Alrighty, here’s mine ...

1. Jenny Hval
2. Lana Del Rey
3. Beirut
4. Joanna Newsom
5. Susanne Sundfør
6. Julia Holter
7. Bjørk
8. Kanye West
9. Brian Eno
10. David Bowie
11. Kate Bush
12. The Beach Boys
13. Hinds
14. Vampire Weekend
15. Miranda Lambert
16. Lydia Ainsworth
17. Beach House
18. Drake
19. Taylor Swift
20. Lykke Li
21. The Strokes
22. Alvvays
23. Bruce Springsteen
24. Dirty Projectors
25. Lorde
26. Kraftwerk
27. Radiohead
28. Sufjan Stevens
29. Bon Iver
30. Austra
31. Animal Collective
32. Holly Herndon
33. Guided by Voices
34. Helena Deland
35. Grizzly Bear
36. Kacey Musgraves
37. Magdalena Bay
38. Perfume Genius
39. Miguel
40. Sharon Van Etten
41. Weyes Blood
42. Wilco
43. Charli XCX
44. Velvet Underground
45. Tove Styrke
46. Maren Morris
47. MØ
48. Mitski
49. Pulp
50. Rosalía

My List

junodog4 — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:12:07 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 07/21/2020 19:12

Far from permanent, but this is my best guess:

1. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2. Radiohead
3. Beatles
4. Bob Dylan
5. R.E.M.
6. Blue Rodeo
7. Aerosmith (guilty pleasure)
8. Sloan
9. Wilco
10. Arcade Fire
11. Pixies
12. Bran Van 3000
13. Nirvana
14. Wu-Tang Clan
15. Roots
16. Tragically Hip
17. Soundgarden
18. Beastie Boys
19. Led Zeppelin
20. Rolling Stones
21. Beck
22. Jimi Hendrix
23. Tom Waits
24. Flaming Lips
25. Modest Mouse
26. Jurassic 5
27. Rage Against the Machine
28. Otis Redding
29. Feist
30. Marvin Gaye
31. Kanye West
32. Big Sugar
32. Janelle Monae
33. Fiona Apple
34. Neil Young
35. Outkast
36. Johnny Cash
37. Kendrick Lamar
38. The National
39. Lynyrd Skynyrd
40. Metallica
41. Simon & Garfunkel
42. Tribe Called Quest
43. Pink Floyd
44. Queen
45. Pearl Jam
46. Sonic Youth
47. David Bowie
48. Belle & Sebastian
49. Sufjan Stevens
50. Sam Cooke
51. Portishead
52. Decemberists
53. Bon Iver
54. The Who
55. Leonard Cohen
56. Joni Mitchell
57. Talking Heads
58. Gordon Lightfoot
59. Tom Petty
60. Elvis Costello
61. Michael Jackson
62. Headstones
63. Weezer
64. Stevie Wonder
65. Blur
66. Rocket From the Crypt
67. Shins
68. Queens of the Stone Age
69. Strokes
70. Bruce Springsteen
71. Vampire Weekend
72. Sigur Ros
73. Common
74. Gorillaz
75. Fleet Foxes
76. Grizzly Bear
77. Arctic Monkeys
78. Foo Fighters
79. Doors
80. Creedence Clearwater Revival
81. Car Seat Headrest
82. Soul Asylum
83. U2
84. Spirit of the West
85. Replacements
86. Liz Phair
87. Waylon Jennings
88. Black Keys
89. Deerhunter
90. Run the Jewels
91. Dandy Warhols
92. The Band
93. New Pornographers
94. Sam Roberts
95. Eric B & Rakim
96. Nick Cave
97. Thrush Hermit
98. Supergrass
99. Willie Nelson
100. Ben Folds

Ask me tomorrow, half of this list would be different.

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

BozoTyrannus — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 07:45:07 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/21/2020 11:45

RoundTheBend wrote:

excited to see what this looks like in the end.

It is definitely something else. With each consecutive list, the top ten shakes up a lot. And most times, in a pretty surprising way.

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

RoundTheBend — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 14:15:12 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/19/2020 18:15

some great lists!

excited to see what this looks like in the end.

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

Hayden — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:42:11 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/19/2020 15:42

1. Charles Mingus
2. Bob Dylan
3. Fela Kuti
4. Joanna Newsom
5. Nick Drake
6. Nina Simone
7. Velvet Underground
8. Billie Holiday
9. John Coltrane
10. The Beatles
11. Thelonious Monk
12. Tom Waits
13. Nick Cave
14. Belle And Sebastian
15. My Bloody Valentine
16. Gil Scott-Heron
17. Kendrick Lamar
18. Leonard Cohen
19. Neutral Milk Hotel
20. Oscar Peterson
21. David Bowie
22. The Beach Boys
23. Duke Ellington
24. Django Reinhardt
25. Arcade Fire
26. Max Roach
27. Joy Division
28. Vashti Bunyan
29. Frank Sinatra
30. Sonny Rollins
31. Ali Farka Toure
32. J Dilla
33. Sigur Ros
34. Tim Buckley
35. Art Blakey
36. MF DOOM
37. Radiohead
38. Buddy Rich
39. Albert Ayler
40. Pink Floyd
41. Archie Shepp
42. William Onyeabor
43. Joni Mitchell
44. The Flaming Lips
45. Ali Akbar Khan
46. Kanye West
47. The Stooges
48. Pharoah Sanders
49. Lee Scratch Perry
50. Ennio Morricone
51. Ravi Shankar
52. Lee Morgan
53. Lubomyr Melnyk
54. Red House Painters
55. Peter Brotzmann
56. The Smiths
57. Sun Ra
58. Jorge Ben
59. Don Cherry
60. Hank Mobley
61. Alexandre Desplat
62. Ornette Coleman
63. Charlie Parker
64. Bob Marley
65. Sufjan Stevens
66. Outkast
67. Scott Walker
68. The Doors
69. Mal Waldron
70. Slowdive
71. Fiona Apple
72. Gene Krupa
73. Prince
74. The Free Design
75. Simon & Garfunkel
76. Smog/ Callahan
77. Aretha Franklin
78. Talk Talk
79. Stina Nordenstam
80. Virginia Astley
81. Arthur Russell
82. Amalia Rodrigues
83. The Band
84. Colin Stetson
85. Bjork
86. Louis Armstrong
87. Elton John
88. Earl Sweatshirt
89. The Field Mice
90. Mount Eerie / Microphones
91. Pixies
92. Julia Holter
93. Nujabes
94. Elza Soares
95. Talking Heads
96. Iannis Xenakis
97. Wes Montgomery
98. Animal Collective
99. A Tribe Called Quest
100. Elliott Smith

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

Purplepash — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:33:12 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 07/19/2020 00:33

I pretty much just went by instinct. What I found hard to compare and place was current favourite artists that I listen to a lot now vs old favourites that I no longer listen to much. So many artists unlucky to miss out...I had another 50 or so fighting for the last ten spots.

1. Pixies
2. Nirvana
3. The Smiths
4. The Velvet Underground
5. Modest Mouse
6. Car Seat Headrest
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
8. R.E.M.
9. David Bowie
10. The Cure
11. Prince
12. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
13. Pink Floyd
14. Sonic Youth
15. Radiohead
16. Talking Heads
17. Spacemen 3
18. Joy Division
19. Parquet Courts
20. Led Zeppelin
21. Johnny Cash
22. Thee Oh Sees
23. Pond
24. Queen
25. Jane’s Addiction
26. Dinosaur Jr.
27. Mudhoney
28. The Jesus And Mary Chain
29. Pavement
30. Mercury Rev
31. Dead Kennedys
32. The Stooges
33. LCD Soundsystem
34. Primal Scream
35. The Doors
36. The Beatles
37. The Jam
38. Bauhaus
39. Violent Femmes
40. The Lemonheads
41. The Pogues
42. The Birthday Party
43. Spiritualized
44. Beastie Boys
45. Soundgarden
46. The Who
47. My Bloody Valentine
48. Weezer
49. Eels
50. Jimi Hendrix
51. Ramones
52. Pearl Jam
53. The Clash
54. Ty Segall
55. Bob Dylan
56. Sex Pistols
57. John Lennon
58. Syd Barrett
59. The Fall
60. Madness
61. Stiff Little Fingers
62. Metallica
63. Depeche Mode
64. The The
65. Billy Bragg
66. The White Stripes
67. Pulp
68. The Flaming Lips
69. The Specials
70. Oasis
71. Big Black
72. Queens Of The Stone Age
73. Blur
74. System Of A Down
75. New Order
76. Jebediah
77. Rage Against The Machine
78. The Prodigy
79. Nine Inch Nails
80. Neil Young
81. Courtney Barnett
82. Black Sabbath
83. The Smashing Pumpkins
84. Public Image Ltd.
85. Grinspoon
86. Violent Soho
87. The Stone Roses
88. Ride
89. PJ Harvey
90. Swervedriver
91. The Smith Street Band
92. The National
93. Grinderman
94. Idles
95. Happy Mondays
96. Green Day
97. The Replacements
98. Cat Stevens
99. The Rolling Stones
100. Foo Fighters

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:38:11 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/18/2020 12:38

Skinny wrote:

Can I find a way to give Rush minus points?

You have some choices:

You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill

Re: Favorite Artists [Closed. Can't Say We Didn't Warn You!]

Skinny — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:26:12 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 07/17/2020 21:26

Can I find a way to give Rush minus points?