Measuring "greatness"

Xavygravy · 2011-09-18T01:35:00-04:00

Note: this is partly a discussion on the site (which would be under suggestions on its own), but also a discussion on album 'greatness' in general, so I think this forum section is relatively appropriate. The site is called besteveralbums, but our charts are called "Top xx Greatest Music Albums". Which one is it? The two words are very different - "best" is more subjective, whilst "greatest" takes more factors into account and would be more objective imo. More conflict of words "best" and "greatest": What is BestEverAlbums.com? BestEverAlbums.com is a website that aggregates over 2,700 different greatest album charts to provide an easy way for visitors to look up and find out the greatest albums in history. Also, how do you measure greatness? If you measured greatness in terms of popularity, influence and excellence, I think you'd be pretty close. e.g. The Beatles would be 10,10,10, making them fully "great", whilst some unknown artist you consider to be the best would be 3 for popularity (objective; can't control), 1 for influence (objective; can't control), and 10 for excellence (subjective; can control). In this way, the greatest album/artist isn't always the "best", but rather the one that has a high balance between popularity, influence and excellence. Discuss. How do you measure an album/artist's greatness? What difference do you see between "best" and "greatest" and should they be used interchangeably? Is this site finding the "best" albums, or the "greatest" albums?

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Top xx Greatest Music Albums (as it is currently):		66%	[10]
Top xx Best Music Albums:		33%	[5]

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