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Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 04:37:04 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/07/2019 08:37

I try to post it monthly but skipped the first couple of months this year as life was a bit hectic outside of BEA

Re: top 1000 alert service

RoundTheBend — Sat, 6 Apr 2019 22:26:06 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/07/2019 02:26

martintho wrote:

thanx anyways for the tip @sethmadsen. i ought to check this out and i suppose this all takes place in the forums somewhere and those streets are yet for me to roam; i'm a suggestions kinda guy. but nothing can keep me from cool analytics so here i go.

Yeah thanks to AlbumMaster for posting it... I can't remember if it's monthly or quarterly, but it's usually a fun gander.

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Sat, 6 Apr 2019 20:56:15 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 04/07/2019 00:56

thanx anyways for the tip @sethmadsen. i ought to check this out and i suppose this all takes place in the forums somewhere and those streets are yet for me to roam; i'm a suggestions kinda guy. but nothing can keep me from cool analytics so here i go.

Re: top 1000 alert service

RoundTheBend — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:49:15 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/28/2019 02:49

I was about to mention AlbumMaster usually posts really cool analytics about the movements of albums... and then it goes that direction in the thread anyway :).

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:14:23 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 03/27/2019 22:14

it is, thank you. just in time for me to enjoy my wednesday top 1000 albums watch routine.

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:15:08 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 03/27/2019 12:15

Hi, thanks for reporting that. Just made a quick fix, so hopefully all OK again....

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:08:06 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 03/27/2019 00:08

thanks for sorting out the glitch real fast last time (13th dec 2018). same thing happened again today, i'm afraid.

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 03:55:35 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 12/13/2018 08:55

thanks for spotting, I'll investigate that. The server was migrated to more powerful hardware about a week ago, so it looks like a glitch. I'll remove any bad data from the system which should fix the problem.

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:28:55 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 12/13/2018 00:28

I have used the list that you provided for me, or gave me: https://www.besteveralbums.com/overall_history.php?f=&fv=&page=50 (thank you!) every wednesday for some time now and have kept track of newcomers and outgoers from the top 1000 best albums according to BEA. I've noticed that it is very unusual that albums on the top 800 drops out of there. but the issue today is that it shows that one week ago every album was in position zero. very saddening for me buhu of course.

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 13:09:00 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 08/10/2017 17:09

Last week is always 7 days ago (as not using week numbers for this), so all days are pretty much the same and there isn't a preferred day. I did publish some movers data to the Music forum at the start of August which was heavily based on what you'd requested a few weeks back at the beginning of this thread & I'm going to post some more data at the start of September and we can see what kind of debate it generates. I think most people seem happy to do their own thing with the data, but agree some kind of commentary around it might be useful.

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Wed, 9 Aug 2017 16:37:27 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 08/09/2017 20:37

So I have started keeping track of changes in the lower region of the top 1000 list and this week (today) an historic event occured as Peter Gabriel's Us left the chart for the first time in history as far as I can detect. But I do my trackings every wednesday and noticed today that my scribblings doesn't entirely coincide with the ones given by the chart history and I might have the answer to that already, but still I ask: what is last week? 7 days ago, or week #30? What should be my preferred weekday to do my detections? PS maybe this weeks album should be this weeks climber? To broaden the topics for discussion, if only.

Re: top 1000 alert service

Purplepash — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:25:51 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 07/21/2017 13:25

Love it!!! Something like this every month would be awesome!

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 06:19:55 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/21/2017 10:19

a problem with the above is that it's always going to pick up movers towards the bottom of the top 1000 as you simply won't see the same level movement towards the top of the overall chart. You'd therefore need to see other sections of the chart to give a fuller picture of what's going on e.g. the top 500, 250 & 100.

If it was split by week AND month, I think it would be information overload so perhaps just a monthly digest (as a weekly digest wouldn't pick up as much movement). Something like this might be helpful?

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TOP 1000
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Top 1000 monthly climbers
Ghosts Of The Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon Rank today: 899 Rank last month: 977 (+78 places)
Teens Of Denial by Car Seat Headrest Rank today: 567 Rank last month: 639 (+72 places)
Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown Rank today: 837 Rank last month: 889 (+52 places)
The Slider by T. Rex Rank today: 876 Rank last month: 924 (+48 places)
Section.80 by Kendrick Lamar Rank today: 927 Rank last month: 973 (+46 places)

Top 1000 monthly fallers
Torches by Foster The People Rank today: 980 Rank last month: 936 (-44 places)
LP1 by FKA Twigs Rank today: 986 Rank last month: 944 (-42 places)
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen Rank today: 1018 Rank last month: 978 (-40 places)
Fallen by Evanescence Rank today: 907 Rank last month: 872 (-35 places)
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches by Happy Mondays Rank today: 778 Rank last month: 744 (-34 places)

Top 1000 new entries
Pure Heroine by Lorde Rank today: 947 Rank last month: 1002 (+55 places)
Hand. Cannot. Erase. by Steven Wilson Rank today: 964 Rank last month: 1005 (+41 places)
Exmilitary by Death Grips Rank today: 968 Rank last month: 1022 (+54 places)
The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem Rank today: 984 Rank last month: 1073 (+89 places)
Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera Rank today: 988 Rank last month: 1007 (+19 places)
Karma by Pharoah Sanders Rank today: 990 Rank last month: 1009 (+19 places)
Whatever And Ever Amen by Ben Folds Five Rank today: 991 Rank last month: 1027 (+36 places)
English Settlement by XTC Rank today: 994 Rank last month: 1042 (+48 places)

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TOP 500
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Top 500 monthly climbers
�... (Blackstar) by David Bowie Rank today: 374 Rank last month: 402 (+28 places)
To Be Kind by Swans Rank today: 469 Rank last month: 497 (+28 places)
Lust For Life by Iggy Pop Rank today: 467 Rank last month: 486 (+19 places)
The Glow Pt. 2 by The Microphones Rank today: 304 Rank last month: 319 (+15 places)
The Money Store by Death Grips Rank today: 389 Rank last month: 404 (+15 places)

Top 500 monthly fallers
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater Rank today: 483 Rank last month: 465 (-18 places)
Aftermath by The Rolling Stones Rank today: 451 Rank last month: 437 (-14 places)
Dog Man Star by Suede Rank today: 370 Rank last month: 357 (-13 places)
Abraxas by Santana Rank today: 500 Rank last month: 487 (-13 places)
Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks Rank today: 441 Rank last month: 429 (-12 places)

Top 500 monthly new entries
Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rank today: 495 Rank last month: 505 (+10 places)
American Football by American Football Rank today: 496 Rank last month: 508 (+12 places)
Sheer Heart Attack by Queen Rank today: 498 Rank last month: 501 (+3 places)
The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman Rank today: 499 Rank last month: 504 (+5 places)

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TOP 250
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Top 250 monthly climbers
A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead Rank today: 208 Rank last month: 220 (+12 places)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John Rank today: 201 Rank last month: 206 (+5 places)
The College Dropout by Kanye West Rank today: 217 Rank last month: 222 (+5 places)
Channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean Rank today: 233 Rank last month: 238 (+5 places)
High Violet by The National Rank today: 158 Rank last month: 162 (+4 places)

Top 250 monthly fallers
Disraeli Gears by Cream Rank today: 222 Rank last month: 213 (-9 places)
Ænima by Tool Rank today: 187 Rank last month: 182 (-5 places)
Loaded by The Velvet Underground Rank today: 209 Rank last month: 205 (-4 places)
L.A. Woman by The Doors Rank today: 181 Rank last month: 177 (-4 places)
At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash Rank today: 243 Rank last month: 239 (-4 places)

Top 250 new entries
Takk... by Sigur Rós Rank today: 249 Rank last month: 253 (+4 places)

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TOP 100
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Top 100 monthly climbers
To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar Rank today: 83 Rank last month: 86 (+3 places)
Funeral by Arcade Fire Rank today: 8 Rank last month: 10 (+2 places)
Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones Rank today: 29 Rank last month: 31 (+2 places)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys Rank today: 43 Rank last month: 45 (+2 places)
For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver Rank today: 91 Rank last month: 93 (+2 places)

Top 100 monthly fallers
Nevermind by Nirvana Rank today: 9 Rank last month: 7 (-2 places)
Achtung Baby by U2 Rank today: 75 Rank last month: 73 (-2 places)
Surfer Rosa by Pixies Rank today: 86 Rank last month: 84 (-2 places)
Animals by Pink Floyd Rank today: 45 Rank last month: 43 (-2 places)
Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Rank today: 31 Rank last month: 29 (-2 places)

Top 100 new entries
None

Re: top 1000 alert service

Purplepash — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:21:52 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 07/21/2017 07:21

I too would love these sort of weekly/monthly updates.
Already found these two you have done interesting.

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 05:23:43 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/20/2017 09:23

to find the detail, you'd have to drill into the rankings of each album, but I've just spot-checked the two albums that you pointed out & I can't spot any gaming so they look legit from a bea point of view (looks natural).

here are monthly movements just for reference (compared to 30 days ago)

biggest climbers:
Ghosts Of The Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon Rank today: 898 Rank last month: 976 (+78 places)
Teens Of Denial by Car Seat Headrest Rank today: 565 Rank last month: 642 (+77 places)
The Slider by T. Rex Rank today: 876 Rank last month: 924 (+48 places)
Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown Rank today: 841 Rank last month: 888 (+47 places)
Section.80 by Kendrick Lamar Rank today: 926 Rank last month: 973 (+47 places)

biggest fallers:
Torches by Foster The People Rank today: 980 Rank last month: 936 (-44 places)
LP1 by FKA Twigs Rank today: 986 Rank last month: 944 (-42 places)
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen Rank today: 1018 Rank last month: 978 (-40 places)
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches by Happy Mondays Rank today: 778 Rank last month: 742 (-36 places)
Fallen by Evanescence Rank today: 907 Rank last month: 872 (-35 places)

new entries:
Pure Heroine by Lorde Rank today: 958 Rank last month: 1002 (+44 places)
Hand. Cannot. Erase. by Steven Wilson Rank today: 964 Rank last month: 1005 (+41 places)
Exmilitary by Death Grips Rank today: 968 Rank last month: 1021 (+53 places)
The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem Rank today: 984 Rank last month: 1073 (+89 places)
Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera Rank today: 988 Rank last month: 1007 (+19 places)
Karma by Pharoah Sanders Rank today: 990 Rank last month: 1010 (+20 places)
Whatever And Ever Amen by Ben Folds Five Rank today: 991 Rank last month: 1027 (+36 places)
English Settlement by XTC Rank today: 994 Rank last month: 1042 (+48 places)

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 05:02:36 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 07/20/2017 09:02

Something like that would be pure gold for me, and I would guess there'll naturally be a lot of Listoholics in our members base. I was wrong about the Nora Jones Lp (changed it to Bruce Sprinsteen above; another return), but surely it has been inside very recently. The most interesting new changes discovered these three last weeks has been the tremendous climb of Lordes - Pure Heroine, and XTC's English Settlement who has done an impressing climb from around 1,500 over a period of just a couple years. Can anyone explain why?

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 04:45:24 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/20/2017 08:45

martintho wrote:

Last week there were no new entries on the top 1000 albums chart, but this week these are the changes:
in:
985 Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (returning after two weeks in the cold)
990 Pharoah Sanders - Karma
out:
1,001 Cake - Fashion Nugget
1,003 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Are there any particular weekday best suitedfor spotting these changes?

the stats are updated multiple times every day, so any time should be the same as any other. if you were going to track this on an ongoing basis, then obviously doing it at the same time each week would be the important thing (regardless of which time you chose). I could try and automate some type of forum or social media post to do this, but not sure how much demand there'd be. I could do something like this with a bit of tidying up:

Biggest climbers:
Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash by The Pogues Rank today: 741 Rank last week: 769 (+28 places)
Hand. Cannot. Erase. by Steven Wilson Rank today: 964 Rank last week: 992 (+28 places)
Mellow Gold by Beck Rank today: 887 Rank last week: 914 (+27 places)
Ghosts Of The Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon Rank today: 898 Rank last week: 925 (+27 places)
The Nightfly by Donald Fagen Rank today: 647 Rank last week: 670 (+23 places)

Biggest fallers:
LP1 by FKA Twigs Rank today: 986 Rank last week: 945 (-41 places)
The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys Rank today: 920 Rank last week: 898 (-22 places)
Giant Steps by John Coltrane Rank today: 613 Rank last week: 593 (-20 places)
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen Rank today: 1018 Rank last week: 1000 (-18 places)
Curtis by Curtis Mayfield Rank today: 771 Rank last week: 757 (-14 places)

New entries:
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell Rank today: 985 Rank last week: 1024 (+39 places)
Karma by Pharoah Sanders Rank today: 990 Rank last week: 1013 (+23 places)

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 03:23:22 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 07/20/2017 07:23

Last week there were no new entries on the top 1000 albums chart, but this week these are the changes:
in:
985 Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (returning after two weeks in the cold)
990 Pharoah Sanders - Karma
out:
1,001 Cake - Fashion Nugget
1,018 Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ - Bruce Springsteen
Are there any particular weekday best suitedfor spotting these changes?

Re: top 1000 alert service

albummaster — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:46:57 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 06/29/2017 17:46

Could maybe do this in the form of a weekly/monthly email or social media post etc, but let me have a think about how best to implement this because people may want to see this for different time periods e.g. week, month, calendar year etc 🤔 and the interface would be cluttered if everything was shown at once.

The other way of doing this (which I'd forgotten about) is to view the overall chart at a point in time (e.g. show the chart as it was last week) and (at the bottom of the screen) it'll show you the biggest climbers/fallers since then. The only thing missing from that page is the new entries, but maybe this is something that could be added to that screen.

Re: top 1000 alert service

martintho — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:15:14 GMT

Author: martintho

Posted: 06/29/2017 12:15

Brilliant. TU. New feature for me, that. so there I could learn that we have 4 new albums in the top 1000 this week with Lorde - Pure Heroin the biggest climber.