I decided to take stats of the list and break it down to try
to gain some perspective of the blog as a whole and its contributors. So I used
the almighty Wikipedia to compile a list of release years, album lengths, and genres.
I then broke down the information in way that I thought was interesting. I hope
you find it interesting too. Sorry it took so long, I have been working on it
since the list came out, but 210 albums is a lot!
A note on genres, they are inherently inaccurate. A genre never
really accurately describes a type of music. Also, Wikipedia has some…
interesting… opinions on what genres albums fall into (Eric is pissed that Kid
Cudi is considered “hipster hop”). Also, when I finished the list of genres I
found that the list represented 135 different genres. I decided to break down
these genres into main groups using Wikipedia and the discretion of Mark, Eric,
and I.
The first thing I did was split the combo genres like rock
pop and add an album to both rock and pop. I then collapsed derivative genres like
shoegaze into the main genre that Wikipedia claimed they derived from, in this case
electronic. I then deleted any genres that had barely any albums and weren’t collapsible.
Due to the method I used, wikipedia’s unreliableness, and the fact that albums
could “double up” on a genre by being labeled rock and pop rock (2 points
to rock), the data below should be taken with a grain of salt. It should be noted that any genre was considered Post-something was collapsed into the Post genre (since there were a good amount of them and they don't fit in with anything else. Some interesting
genre finds were Halloween, Christian metal, blue-eyed soul, anti-folk, and the
aforementioned hipster hop. Okay now onto the results.
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STEVE:
Album Lengths:
Min: 28:54 - Learning by Perfume Genius
Max: 82:52 - Microcastle/Wierd Era Cont. by Deerhunter
Avg: 45:46
Time to Listen to his whole list: 1 day, 7 hours, 16 min, 31 seconds
Release Years:
Oldest: 1965 - Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
Newest: 2012 - Spooky Action at a Distance by Lotus Plaza
Favorite Year: 2008 (6 albums)
60’s: 10.2%
70’s: 10.2%
80’s: 17.9%
90’s: 15.3%
00’s: 30.7%
10’: 15.3%
Top Genres:
Rock: 33.9%
Pop: 11.5%
Indie: 11.5%
Psychedelic: 8.8%
Post: 5.3%
Electronic: 5.3%
Elliott:
Album Lengths:
Min: 31:06 - YT // ST by Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Max: 81:09 -
Avg: 47:01
Time to Listen to his whole list: 1 day, 8 hours, 54 min, 46 seconds
Release Years:
Oldest: 1967 -The Doors by The Doors and Sgt. Peppers by The Beatles
Newest: 2011 - Several Albums
Favorite Year: 2011 (6 albums)
60’s: 11.9%
70’s: 19%
80’s: 0%
90’s: 7.1%
00’s: 45.23%
10’: 16.6%
Top Genres:
Rock: 35.9%
Pop: 11.2%
Indie: 9.8%
Psychedelic: 7.7%
Electronic: 5.6%
Eric:
Album Lengths:
Min: 28:54 - 9 Beats by Ratatat
Max: 82:52 - The College Dropout by Kanye West
Avg: 45:46
Time to Listen to his whole list: 1 day, 8 hours, 37 min, 58 seconds
Release Years:
Oldest: 2002 - All Hail West Texas by The Mountain Goats
Newest: 2012 - Several Albums
Favorite Year: 2009 (8 albums)
00’s: 61.9%
10’: 38.1%
Top Genres:
Pop: 12%
Hip Hop: 11.2%
Electronic: 11.2%
Alternative: 10.5%
Rock: 10.5%
Metal: 8.2%
Post: 7.5%
Punk: 5.2%
Emo: 3.7% (Not a top genre by my definition but I wanted to point it out)
Mark:
Album Lengths:
Min: 23:58 - Jamborie by Beats Happening
Max: 76:20 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
Avg: 45:10
Time to Listen to his whole list: 1 day, 7 hours, 37 min, 5 seconds
Release Years:
Oldest: 1962 - The Yeh Yeh Girl from Paris by Francoise Hardy
Newest: 2012 - The Lion's Roar by First Aid Kit and Born to Die by Lana Del Rey
Favorite Year: 2011, 2010, 2003, 1994, (3 albums)
60’s: 2.3%
70’s: 19%
80’s: 9.5%
90’s: 19%
00’s: 30.9%
10’: 19%
Top Genres:
Rock: 33%
Punk: 12%
Pop: 8.8%
Folk: 8.8%
Alternative: 8%
Indie: 6.4%
John:
Album Lengths:
Min: 35:00 - Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
Max: 95:35 - The White Album by the Beatles
Avg: 52:14
Time to Listen to his whole list: 1 day, 12 hours, 33 min, 55 seconds
Release Years:
Oldest: 1959 - Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Newest: 2011 - W H O K I L L by tUnE-yArDs
Favorite Year: 2008 (5 albums)
50’s: 2.3%
60’s: 9.5%
70’s: 14.2%
80’s: 9.5%
90’s: 11.9%
00’s: 45.2%
10’: 7.1%
Top Genres:
Rock: 16.4%
Electronic: 10.9%
Hip Hop: 9.3%
Soul: 7%
Experimental: 6.2%
Pop: 6.2%
The Complete List:
Album Lengths:
Min: 28:54 - 9 Beats by Ratatat
Max: 95:35 - The White Album by the Beatles
Avg: 47:22
Time to Listen to his whole list: 6 days, 21 hours, 0 min, 15 seconds
Release Years:
Oldest: 1959 - Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Newest: 2012 - Several Albums
Favorite Year: 2011 (18 albums)
50’s: 0.4%
60’s: 6.7%
70’s: 12.5%
80’s: 7.2%
90’s: 10.6%
00’s: 42.9%
10’: 19.3%
Total Genre Breakdown:
Rock: 25.7%
Pop: 10%
Electronic: 6.8%
Alternative: 6.5%
Indie: 6.2%
Punk: 4.6%
Hip Hop: 4.5%
Psychedelic: 4.5%
Post: 3.9%
Folk: 3.7%
Metal: 3.7%
Experimental: 3.1%
Neo: 2.1%
Lo-Fi: 1.8%
Blues: 1.4%
Funk: 1.4%
Soul: 1.4%
New Wave: 1.2%
R&B: 0.9%
Regee: 0.9%
Ambient: 0.7%
Dubstep: 0.7%
Emo: 0.7%
Comedy: 0.6%
Country: 0.6%
International: 0.6%
Jazz: 0.6%
It should also be noted that the following bands were prominently featured on the list:
The Beatles - 4 Albums
The Clash - 3 Albums (All from Mark)
Gorillaz - 3 Albums
Kanye West - 3 Albums (All from Eric)
Man Man - 3 Albums (All from me)
Pink Floyd - 3 Albums
Sublime - 3 Albums (All from Mark)
The spreadsheet of complete stats (including every genre) is available HERE.
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