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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control 
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- Posted: 01/14/2016 01:32
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ok, so it's a common issue amongst us all on the site then... we all kinda just guess, within broad ideas of "good" or "bad" or simply maybe what made an impression emotionally or intellectually.
I mean part of the site is to rank your own, and I'm realizing that's really tough for me to really do. I like what someone said about the Bowie albums... sometimes it depends on what mood you're in. Especially for an artist like that.
I mean I even have a hard time between my 60th and my 90th album. It's on my chart so obviously I like it to some effect, but how much... I have no idea.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
- #12
- Posted: 01/14/2016 01:33
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| StreetSpirit wrote: | | Seth, you could use a simple number system where you give every song on an album on rating of 1 to 10, then add up all the song ratings, then divide that number by the number of songs. Do that with every album, and rank them accordingly (time-consuming, right?). There are issues with this. It favors albums with fewer tracks because albums with more tracks are more likely to have filler. You can do more math to account for that. But honestly, I don't believe you can 'quantify good' when it comes to art. I believe you can use math to 'approximate good.' But beyond that, you should consider what numbers can't solve...such as album consistency, how well it flows, how often you listen, whether or not it's innovative, creativity/versatility of tracks, etc. It's not an exact science which is why I hate ranking albums in a specific order. It's the one thing about this site I dislike. I wish we had the options with our lists to either make every album worth the same, or organize them in groups of 10 where 1-10 are all worth the same, 11-20 all worth the same, and so on. Wouldn't that be nice? |
Good point. I can haz the maths.
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