Best Ever Albums

Re: Misnamed website?

RoundTheBend — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:50:18 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/12/2016 02:50

In all fairness, the poster is new. But yeah...

Re: Misnamed website?

Applerill — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:25:23 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/11/2016 21:25

This thread (or maybe it was the Billy Joe Royal one?) reminded me how much I'd love a gay porn site called www.Best-Ever-Al-Bums.com, where all these musicians named Al pose nude with their album covers. That would be a beautiful site indeed.

Re: Misnamed website?

meccalecca — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:45:49 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 07/11/2016 20:45

Lowkey wrote:

Luke won the thread

Allabaster's name is Luke?

Re: Misnamed website?

Lowkey — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:57:05 GMT

Author: Lowkey

Posted: 07/11/2016 04:57

Luke won the thread

Re: Misnamed website?

RoundTheBend — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:19:49 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/11/2016 03:19

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Re: Misnamed website?

Anti — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:47:06 GMT

Author: Anti

Posted: 07/10/2016 23:47

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Re: Misnamed website?

cestuneblague — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 17:09:59 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 07/10/2016 21:09

The rankings are based both on the number of ratings, the composition of all the ratings and how many charts it appears on. A ranking, afterall, is just a ranking, like any site it's just a composite of a series of votes rather than ironclad proof on a particular work's quality. Yes, "Hi-Low" is probably among the most well-known Nada Surf works as is their lone massively... POP-YOOUUUU-LEERRRRRRR... popular song, so both likely appearing on a lot of charts and more people rating the song, that's just how it ends up being ranked higher. Ratings are fine and expected but not the be-all, end-all of BEA. Talk to the people.

ANyways I do have to admit I never thought Nada Surf would ever be the source of forum... "controversey"?

Re: Misnamed website?

Applerill — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 17:03:02 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/10/2016 21:03

Allabaster wrote:

The proper title is, "Aggregate Lists of Canonical Albums Appreciated by a Subset of Mostly-White-and-Male, Internet-Using Popular Music Afficianados." The proper font is Angel Tears.

Re: Misnamed website?

alelsupreme — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:41:30 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 07/10/2016 20:41

SuedeSwede wrote:

Nada who

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Re: Misnamed website?

SuedeSwede — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:51:05 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 07/10/2016 19:51

Nada who

Re: Misnamed website?

Rhett — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:45:57 GMT

Author: Rhett

Posted: 07/10/2016 19:45

The correct name for the website should be "great place to find music you don't know about".

Re: Misnamed website?

dihansse — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:56:46 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 07/10/2016 18:56

Allabaster wrote:

The proper title is, "Aggregate Lists of Canonical Albums Appreciated by a Subset of Mostly-White-and-Male, Internet-Using Popular Music Afficianados." The proper font is Angel Tears.

Sorry Alabaster is correct too 😉

Re: Misnamed website?

dihansse — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:54:42 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 07/10/2016 18:54

Nada surf is ranked the 1609th artist on this site and I think you'll agree the lower a band is ranked the less accurate the rankings of the albums become just because less people rate them.
Personally I think that See These Bones from Lucky is their best but that's just a personal opinion and luckily the sum of all opinions makes up this site. Unfortunately I don't agree with all opinions on this website ( I don't like rap, hair metal, nu metal an d progrock) but I'll have to live with that and I do respect all opinions on this site: that's why I like it so much!

Re: Misnamed website?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:03:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/10/2016 18:03

The proper title is, "Aggregate Lists of Canonical Albums Appreciated by a Subset of Mostly-White-and-Male, Internet-Using Popular Music Afficianados." The proper font is Angel Tears.

Re: Misnamed website?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 12:48:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/10/2016 16:48

You're right, I have no idea why Nada Surf would ever be considered by anything purporting to account for what is "best" or even "good." This website must be about popularity if they're on here.

Misnamed website?

rdadmanesh — Sun, 10 Jul 2016 11:35:03 GMT

Author: rdadmanesh

Posted: 07/10/2016 15:35

Based on this website's own explanation (under the "Help" tab), the rankings of a particular artist's albums are admittedly determined by aggregating results of thousands of charts. I'd love to know what types of charts we're talking about, because it sounds to me that this website's rankings should more accurately be titled "Most Popular Ever Albums" rather than "Best Ever Albums."
Case in point: When I looked at the rankings for the artist Nada Surf, their debut album "Hi/Low" was ranked their 3rd best record and its featured single "Popular" was ranked their best song ever. Ask any true Nada Surf fan who didn't just hop on board for that one fluke of a hit single or any reputable critic and you'd quickly learn that both of those rankings are totally ridiculous IF WE'RE TRULY TALKING ABOUT THEIR "BEST" RELEASES!
Many other websites (e.g., Stereogum and the band's own ranking of their releases), which tend to be much more aligned with one another than this site, clearly place "Hi/Low" at or near the very bottom of their lists and albums like "The Weight is a Gift" and "Lucky" much higher. All I can say is thank goodness that at least "Let Go" was at the top of your list like every other list, otherwise I'd be making a much bigger stink out of this.
Respectfully, while you have every right in the world to post lists as you see fit, at least don't be deceptive with the name you gave yourselves. Yours is a popularity list and most definitely NOT an indication of the "best ever albums" by any means. Your accompanying statement in your explanation that "in theory, the higher the chart positions of an album, the better an album is" truly astounds me as THAT IS TOTAL NONSENSE, and you know it.
Yes, I realize you might very well read this comment and laugh at me or ignore me completely, but C'MON already, you know I am right in raising this point.
Thank you.[/u][/b]