His Electric period had some interesting parts to it but it ended up being equal parts interesting and Weather Channel music.
Also, no offense to the late Mr. Davis, but after listening to all these albums, I've determined that I prefer jazz saxophone to jazz trumpet. Sax is just a more colorful instrument to me.
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- Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:19 pm
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- Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:01 pm
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It took me a month and a half but I finished listening to Miles Davis' albums- 62 in all. If I missed any, blame Wikipedia. It was very inconsistent about the chronology of his albums and which ones counted as studio as opposed to compilations. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, though I found out early that there's only so much jazz music I can listen to in one day. Listening to Miles Davis did force me to reevaluate my scoring. Now I'm have to listen through everyone but Chuck Berry again to ensure the scores are still accurate. Some will change a little I'm sure.
Milestones
Jack Johnson
Miles Smiles
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis Quintet
Cookin'
Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins
The Compositions of Al Cohn
Workin'
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Water Babies
Miles Davis Volume 2
Relaxin'
Round About Midnight
Bag's Groove
Blue Haze
Dig
Jazz Track
Miles Ahead
Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1
Miles Davis All-Star Sextet
Miles Davis Volume 3
Miles in the Sky
On the Corner
Quintet / Sextet
Sketches of Spain
Steamin'
The New Sounds
Walkin'
Young Man with a Horn
Miles Davis and Horns
E.S.P.
Miles Davis Quartet
Sorcerer
In a Silent Way
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
Seven Steps to Heaven
Filles de Kilimanjaro
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
Blue Moods
Get Up With It
Live - Evil
Collector's Items
Aura
Porgy and Bess
Bitches Brew
Blue Period
Musings of Miles
Nefertiti
Someday My Prince Will Come
The Man with the Horn
You're Under Arrest
Star People
Quiet Nights
Doo-Bop
Amandla
Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2
Dingo: Selections from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Decoy
Music from Siesta
Big Fun
Tutu
And now for the Big List. I changed the way it was set up. Now all albums that are tied for the same score are listed in alphabetical order (as Excel sorts them) rather than me trying to put them in order of preference:
Milestones
Jack Johnson
Miles Smiles
Kind of Blue
Miles Davis Quintet
Cookin'
Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins
The Compositions of Al Cohn
Workin'
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
Water Babies
Miles Davis Volume 2
Relaxin'
Round About Midnight
Bag's Groove
Blue Haze
Dig
Jazz Track
Miles Ahead
Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 1
Miles Davis All-Star Sextet
Miles Davis Volume 3
Miles in the Sky
On the Corner
Quintet / Sextet
Sketches of Spain
Steamin'
The New Sounds
Walkin'
Young Man with a Horn
Miles Davis and Horns
E.S.P.
Miles Davis Quartet
Sorcerer
In a Silent Way
Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet
Seven Steps to Heaven
Filles de Kilimanjaro
Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants
Blue Moods
Get Up With It
Live - Evil
Collector's Items
Aura
Porgy and Bess
Bitches Brew
Blue Period
Musings of Miles
Nefertiti
Someday My Prince Will Come
The Man with the Horn
You're Under Arrest
Star People
Quiet Nights
Doo-Bop
Amandla
Miles Davis All Stars, Volume 2
Dingo: Selections from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Decoy
Music from Siesta
Big Fun
Tutu
And now for the Big List. I changed the way it was set up. Now all albums that are tied for the same score are listed in alphabetical order (as Excel sorts them) rather than me trying to put them in order of preference:
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- Thu Jul 14, 2016 12:36 pm
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
My latest batch is for one of the architects of rock n' roll- Chuck Berry. Thanks to YouTube, I was able to check out all but one of his albums. He was great early on but he never managed to grow as a musician (my opinion). His later stuff felt mostly like retreads where he'd write new lyrics to his older songs or start tunes off with the same riffs but it was all still very listenable. Few of his bluesy tunes registered much with me either. The man is still alive (and turning 90 in October), so kudos to him for longevity.
Chuck Berry is on Top
After School Session
St. Louis to Liverpool
Two Great Guitars
One Dozen Berrys
Rockin' at the Hops
Chuck Berry in London
New Juke Box Hits
Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
Fresh Berry's
Chuck Berry in Memphis
Back Home
The London Chuck Berry Sessions
San Francisco Dues
Chuck Berry
Bio
Concerto in "B Goode"
Rock It
Here's the updated Big List:
I worked up a spreadsheet for all the artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and sorted them all by the date their first album was released (or first single/work published for the few who never recorded full albums). I'm going to go back to the earliest careers. For example, today I'm listening to a mix of Charlie Christian tunes. He never recorded any albums as a solo act or as a band leader. Mostly some good big band music. Next week I'm going to tackle an odd entry to the HoF- Miles Davis. He put out a lot of albums, so it might take me a while. I've found I can only listen to three or four albums a day and maintain adequate productivity at work because splitting focus on work and music requires me to replay tracks now and then.
I've also got a good list going for notable bands not in the Hall of Fame despite being eligible for a few years. I'll post that in another thread.
Chuck Berry is on Top
After School Session
St. Louis to Liverpool
Two Great Guitars
One Dozen Berrys
Rockin' at the Hops
Chuck Berry in London
New Juke Box Hits
Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
Fresh Berry's
Chuck Berry in Memphis
Back Home
The London Chuck Berry Sessions
San Francisco Dues
Chuck Berry
Bio
Concerto in "B Goode"
Rock It
Here's the updated Big List:
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I've also got a good list going for notable bands not in the Hall of Fame despite being eligible for a few years. I'll post that in another thread.
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 1:04 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
Since I'm working off the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's member list, I went back to the early days of rock and listened to the works of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. Buddy Holly only had two albums of his own (plus one with the Crickets, which I've included in my list). Valens never released a full album while he was alive. Three albums of recorded material were released posthumously. Six albums made for two easy lists to work up:
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
The "Chirping" Crickets
That'll Be the Day
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie
In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High
And now for the return of the big list!
Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
The "Chirping" Crickets
That'll Be the Day
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie
In Concert at Pacoima Jr. High
And now for the return of the big list!
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- Tue Jun 21, 2016 12:50 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I fell out of the habit for a bit but I'm making up for it by posting three sets today.
Bob Dylan's first nine albums (including most of his critically acclaimed work) were easy to find on YouTube. After that it was hit or miss. Some playlists had all but two or three songs and some albums are completely blocked. Very odd for a record label to keep the less successful albums off the internet but keep his famous stuff available. Anyway, here are the Dylan albums I was able to listen to:
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
Bringing it All Back Home
The Times They Are a-Changin'
John Wesley Harding
Planet Waves
Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline
Time Out of Mind
The Basement Tapes
Slow Train Coming
Shot of Love
Oh Mercy
Desire
Indifels
Bob Dylan's first nine albums (including most of his critically acclaimed work) were easy to find on YouTube. After that it was hit or miss. Some playlists had all but two or three songs and some albums are completely blocked. Very odd for a record label to keep the less successful albums off the internet but keep his famous stuff available. Anyway, here are the Dylan albums I was able to listen to:
Highway 61 Revisited
Blonde on Blonde
Bringing it All Back Home
The Times They Are a-Changin'
John Wesley Harding
Planet Waves
Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Nashville Skyline
Time Out of Mind
The Basement Tapes
Slow Train Coming
Shot of Love
Oh Mercy
Desire
Indifels
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:34 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
One thing I did notice is that a lot of Dylan's early stuff was covered by The Byrds. I knew they made a few covers (all inferior in my opinion) but I didn't realize just how repackaged they were.
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:15 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I think she's talking about my crack at Peter, Paul, and Mary. Sorry, S~V~S. I wrote in a flash and didn't think about how it might read to someone with different tastes. I will police myself better. I've gotten good about not bashing movie genres that aren't my cup of tea thanks to my movie reviews but it seems I'm still a loose cannon when it comes to my musical preferences. 
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:24 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
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I got through Blonde on Blonde today and can fully agree with you. The only album other than greatest hits is Highway 61 Revisited. One of my favorites and I had a hard time not giving it a perfect score.thellama73 wrote:With the exception of "The Times They Are a Changin'" which is his insincere protest-folk record calculated to separate the hippies from their meager funds, Every one of Dylan's first 7 records is at least borderline brilliant.G-Man wrote:I took a week off. I'm back in the swing of it this week though. Yesterday I began listening to Bob Dylan's discography. I was pleasantly surprised that he never went softer than "Blowin' in the Wind." I was worried it would be Peter, Paul, and Mary type wussy folk nonsense but Dylan's sneer cuts through the accoustic stuff.
- Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:06 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I took a week off. I'm back in the swing of it this week though. Yesterday I began listening to Bob Dylan's discography. I was pleasantly surprised that he never went softer than "Blowin' in the Wind." I was worried it would be Peter, Paul, and Mary type wussy folk nonsense but Dylan's sneer cuts through the accoustic stuff.
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:26 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I rate each track from 0 to 1 using a quarter-point scale. 0 are songs I hate and never care to hear again. A .25 song may have something going for it but there's something more potent in it that makes me say 'no thanks.' A .50 song is one that is adequate enough for me to listen to casually but I may be willing to switch stations for a better tune. A .75 song is a really good song that I can get into and I most likely not turn it off if I came across it on the radio. A 1-point song envelopes me in its awesomness and I will almost never turn it off mid-song.S~V~S wrote:How is the Beach Boys Christmas Album higher on your overall than the White Album?
That's a rhetorical question,obviously. Taste in music, film, everything, really, is intensely personal.
It's a very imperfect system, grading an album solely by the sum of its parts and several albums are actually tied on my combined list but you cant see the actual scores. I'm finding that shorter albums have an advantage if they contains some 1's and .75's. The more tracks on an album, the more likely you are to have a few .5's or worse, which drags down the overall score. It's creatting some interesting results for even myself but I wanted a simple system, unlike my movie rating system.
As for the White Album, the second half of that double album starts to falter a bit. The first half is great and I listen to it on a semi-regular basis. The Christmas album only had 12 tracks and many were quite good. I'd easily listen to White Album again before the Christmas Album but the scores don't show that.
As for Smiley Smile, I listened to it once and don't remember it now but they had some real lame-o stuff after Pet Sounds. I have very populist musical tastes for the most part but I have some eccentricities. It'll probably take a while to reach them though.
- Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:21 am
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
Okay, here we go with my rainbow rankings for The Beach Boys' albums. I picked them because their first album came out before the British Invasion and they've always been some kind of assumed American institution. I was surprised at not only how many albums they recorded (29 plus as EP that came with an album) but also by how unremarkable many of them were. Even in their heyday, their albums seemed stuffed with filler and covers that pale in comparison to the originals.
Pet Sounds is held up by music critics and audiophiles as this amazing, near perfect album. I remember hating most of it the first time I listened to it. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is devastatingly beautiful and all but I just don't notice the kinds of things that music snobs rave over with the album. It's one of their best, but it didn't even reach either blue category for me.
Oddly enough, the only Beach Boys album to hit the blue categories was their Christmas album. I have this policy about not listening to Christmas music outside of Christmastime, so good job Beach Boys, you made me violate my standards.
After Pet Sounds, it got rough. A few gems here and there but it mostly teetered back and forth between relying on the same old kitschy girls-surfing-cars tunes, which were beyond tired by then, or they tried to be too different with their sound and got to socially conscious with their lyrics (a major pet peeve of mine). Basically, they never figured out how to find a way to adapt their sound to their age through much of the 70s and 80s. They tried changing it but adapting works better.
Anywho, here's the list:
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
The Beach Boys Today!
Pet Sounds
Surfer Girl
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!)
Surfin' U.S.A.
All Summer Long
Beach Boys' Party!
Love You
Sunflower
Little Deuce Coupe
Wild Honey
Shut Down Volume 2
Surfin' Safari
That's Why God Made the Radio
M.I.U. Album
Smiley Smile
20/20
Still Cruisin'
Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"
15 Big Ones
Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
Surf's Up
Holland
Friends
Keepin' the Summer Alive
L.A. (Light Album)
The Beach Boys
Summer in Paradise
Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale) [EP]
And now the combined monstrosity:
Not sure where I'm going to next. I was thinking about Bob Dylan, since he started out in the early 60s but I think I need to rock out a little bit. Maybe something like Muddy Waters, The Animals, or The Kinks.
Pet Sounds is held up by music critics and audiophiles as this amazing, near perfect album. I remember hating most of it the first time I listened to it. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" is devastatingly beautiful and all but I just don't notice the kinds of things that music snobs rave over with the album. It's one of their best, but it didn't even reach either blue category for me.
Oddly enough, the only Beach Boys album to hit the blue categories was their Christmas album. I have this policy about not listening to Christmas music outside of Christmastime, so good job Beach Boys, you made me violate my standards.
After Pet Sounds, it got rough. A few gems here and there but it mostly teetered back and forth between relying on the same old kitschy girls-surfing-cars tunes, which were beyond tired by then, or they tried to be too different with their sound and got to socially conscious with their lyrics (a major pet peeve of mine). Basically, they never figured out how to find a way to adapt their sound to their age through much of the 70s and 80s. They tried changing it but adapting works better.
Anywho, here's the list:
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
The Beach Boys Today!
Pet Sounds
Surfer Girl
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!)
Surfin' U.S.A.
All Summer Long
Beach Boys' Party!
Love You
Sunflower
Little Deuce Coupe
Wild Honey
Shut Down Volume 2
Surfin' Safari
That's Why God Made the Radio
M.I.U. Album
Smiley Smile
20/20
Still Cruisin'
Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"
15 Big Ones
Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
Surf's Up
Holland
Friends
Keepin' the Summer Alive
L.A. (Light Album)
The Beach Boys
Summer in Paradise
Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale) [EP]
And now the combined monstrosity:
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- Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:11 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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- Views: 12616
Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I should have my next rainbow ranking ready for you guys tomorrow or Thursday. I'm working my way through the years in a vague, chronological way and picked The Beach Boys as my next band. All their albums are on YouTube, so I've been working my way through 29 albums and an EP. 
The second half of their career has been difficult to get through to say the least.
The second half of their career has been difficult to get through to say the least.- Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:37 pm
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
It took longer than expected but here is my rainbow ranking for The Rolling Stones. I had never listened to a full album of theirs before, so some songs/albums took a few listens to sort out.
Let It Bleed
Beggars Banquet
Between the Buttons (US)
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main Street
Some Girls
Aftermath (US)
Goats Head Soup
December's Children (And Everybody's)
It's Only Rock 'n Roll
Dirty Work
Black and Blue
Out of Our Heads (US)
The Rolling Stones, Now!
The Rolling Stones No. 2
12 x 5
The Rolling Stones- England's Newest Hit Makers
Tattoo You
Voodoo Lounge
Emotional Rescue
A Bigger Bang
Undercover
Bridges to Babylon
Steel Wheels
Their Satanic Majesties Request
And now for the combined list- Beatles, Floyd, & Stones
I'm not sure who I will do next. It might be The Who or The Yardbirds. I'm using the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list to guide me through he evolution of rock/popular music in some form of chronological order. Pink Floyd was first and technically out of order but oh well.
Let It Bleed
Beggars Banquet
Between the Buttons (US)
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main Street
Some Girls
Aftermath (US)
Goats Head Soup
December's Children (And Everybody's)
It's Only Rock 'n Roll
Dirty Work
Black and Blue
Out of Our Heads (US)
The Rolling Stones, Now!
The Rolling Stones No. 2
12 x 5
The Rolling Stones- England's Newest Hit Makers
Tattoo You
Voodoo Lounge
Emotional Rescue
A Bigger Bang
Undercover
Bridges to Babylon
Steel Wheels
Their Satanic Majesties Request
And now for the combined list- Beatles, Floyd, & Stones
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- Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:51 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I wonder how long it will take for me to hit the posting character limit.Golden wrote:Uh oh. G-Man is combining things. Soon it's going to compel me to do a single rainbow rank of 'everything on my ipod'.
- Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:53 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Revolver
Abbey Road
A Hard Day's Night
Please Please Me
Magical Mystery Tour
Help!
Rubber Soul
The Beatles (White Album)
Beatles for Sale
Let It Be
With the Beatles
Yellow Submarine
And here's Pink Floyd and The Beatles ranked together:
Next week I'll tackle the Rolling Stones.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Revolver
Abbey Road
A Hard Day's Night
Please Please Me
Magical Mystery Tour
Help!
Rubber Soul
The Beatles (White Album)
Beatles for Sale
Let It Be
With the Beatles
Yellow Submarine
And here's Pink Floyd and The Beatles ranked together:
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- Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:55 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Re: Rainbow Album Rankings
I've only listened to Animals maybe three times in my life. My take on it is that there are really only three full tracks and the two Pigs on the Wing snippets. Sheep is the only song on the album that I loved. The other two main tracks just rambled on for too long for me.Ricochet wrote:I'm actually more than ok with your list, G. You recognizing the beauty of Saucerful of Secrets compensates your inability to grasp the majesty of Animals.
The more you listen to something, however, the more you come to understand and appreciate it. Maybe somewhere down the road I can revisit Pink Floyd and see if any of my ratings change.
Fixed it for you.MovingPictures07 wrote:Who next?
- Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:44 pm
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- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Time to kiss any musical credibility you folks may see in me by posting my Pink Floyd discography rainbow. I have Ummagumma as a combined album but also scored and positioned for the live record and the studio record on their own. I wasn't sure how others were scoring them. Nothing fell into the "Good" range, which surprised me. This is a very crude scoring system that I'm using though to evaluate each track on its own and then averaging them together. I'm curious to see how some of my favorite artists fair in this system.
For the record, in using MP's color scale, I'm operating such that point level he listed is the maximum value for the cateogry (in other words, anything between a 4.5001 and a 5 is in the 5.0 color. You can figure it out from there.) Animals and Obscured by Clouds are the only two albums that have the exact same score. I think my spreadsheet put Obscured ahead of Animals because it has an earlier release year. Maybe I'll alphabetized tied album scores in the future.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
A Saucerful of Secrets
The Wall
Meddle
Ummagumma (Live Tracks)
Obscured by Clouds
Animals
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Atom Heart Mother
Ummagumma (Combined)
The Division Bell
More
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Endless River
The Final Cut
Ummagumma (Studio Tracks)
Since others are just throwing their lists out there, next week I will do The Beatles. I own all of their studio albums except for Yellow Submarine and am much more familiar with how much I like/dislike certain songs than with Pink Floyd. If I can find all the Rolling Stones albums on YouTube, I'll do them after that. After all, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones pretty much set the stage for everything that came after them. Might as well start at the source!
For the record, in using MP's color scale, I'm operating such that point level he listed is the maximum value for the cateogry (in other words, anything between a 4.5001 and a 5 is in the 5.0 color. You can figure it out from there.) Animals and Obscured by Clouds are the only two albums that have the exact same score. I think my spreadsheet put Obscured ahead of Animals because it has an earlier release year. Maybe I'll alphabetized tied album scores in the future.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
A Saucerful of Secrets
The Wall
Meddle
Ummagumma (Live Tracks)
Obscured by Clouds
Animals
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Atom Heart Mother
Ummagumma (Combined)
The Division Bell
More
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Endless River
The Final Cut
Ummagumma (Studio Tracks)
Since others are just throwing their lists out there, next week I will do The Beatles. I own all of their studio albums except for Yellow Submarine and am much more familiar with how much I like/dislike certain songs than with Pink Floyd. If I can find all the Rolling Stones albums on YouTube, I'll do them after that. After all, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones pretty much set the stage for everything that came after them. Might as well start at the source!
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:44 am
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Rating scale question- Say I have an album I feel is worth a 4.25 (again, I'm grading each song and taking an average for my album score)... Do I color it in Awesome Green (4.0) or in Almost Perfect Blue (4.5)? Would you say that a perfect album is strictly 5-stars or anything 4.6 stars and up? Just trying too hard to be accurate here.MovingPictures07 wrote:I got this idea after seeing the rainbow colored album rankings in G-Man's The Wall (Speed Game) thread.
I'll give you all an artist or band, then you give me your ranking of their albums. We can always take turns nominating bands and artists as well, whatever you all want. Sounds fun, doesn't it?
Feel free to use whatever colors you want, but I'm going to be using the following color/ranking scheme, comparable to a 5-star rating on RYM or PA:
Perfect -- 5.0
Almost Perfect -- 4.5
Awesome -- 4.0
Good -- 3.5
Average -- 3.0
Somewhat Poor -- 2.5
Poor -- 2.0
Abysmal -- 1.5
Anti-Music -- 1.0
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:59 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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I concur. I once heard someone say that the early Beatles albums are the soundtrack to young people falling in love. If that's the case then Led Zeppelin's first two albums are the soundtrack for sweaty, lust-fueled one-night stands.Ricochet wrote:So far members who ranked Led Zep's first as low as a yellow or orange are confirmed FOOLS.
Ah, Radiohead. I think my rainbow list for their albums might be in stark contrast to the opinions of many. They were one of those 90s bands that I simply never got into. I think the only reason I ever tuned into one of their songs on the radio was to annoy my parents.MovingPictures07 wrote:Radiohead
Kid A
OK Computer
The Bends
Amnesiac
The King of Limbs
In Rainbows
Hail to the Thief
Pablo Honey
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:48 pm
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- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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Ricochet wrote:Extra pointless post from me, because I apparently accidentally hit "notify me when new posts" which is wtf.
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:41 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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WellMovingPictures07 wrote:How's that, G-Man, Mr. 1 band per week? :P
on you, sir. To be accurate and hold myself accountable and consistent through all of my future discography rainbows, I created a spreadsheet and a rating system for grading each song individually, thereby allowing me to give each album a sum-of-its-parts average score. I will then attempt to adapt said score to the rating system you are using here. I will then be able to step back and ultimately rank every album on every rainbow list I make by their score. 
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:58 pm
- Forum: Tin Pan Alley
- Topic: Rainbow Album Rankings
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- Views: 12616
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Sheesh, MP! One band/artist at a time. I'm working my way through Pink Floyd for the other thread right now but maybe I'll tackle Bowie next week.