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Statistical survey of my ProgRock collect

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Topic: Statistical survey of my ProgRock collect

Posted By: BestFreak
Subject: Statistical survey of my ProgRock collect
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 23:02

Lately I did a statistical survey on my ProgRock collection. Thought it might be interesting to share it with you.

My ProgRock collection includes 616 albums. Following are some statistics :

YEAR ANALYSIS :

1 - Albums from the 1970s make up 36.2%.

2 - Albums from the 1980s make up 12.3%.

3 - Albums from the 1990s make up 24.5%.

4 - Albums from the 2000s make up 24.3% (so far).

5 - The year 1974 ranks first with 35 albums, followed by 1975 with 29 albums.

6 - The year 1986 ranks last with 2 albums, followed by 1983, 1988, and 1989, each with 6 albums.

COUNTRY ANALYSIS :

1 - The U.K. ranks first with 249 albums from 59 artists (average 4.2 albums/artist).

2 - U.S.A. ranks second with 60 albums from 32 artists (average 1.9 albums/artist).

3 - Sweden ranks third with 60 albums from 16 artists (average 3.8 albums/artist).

4 - Italy ranks fourth with 47 albums from 29 artists (average 1.6 albums/artist).

5 - Germany ranks fifth with 46 albums from 13 artists (average 3.5 albums/artist).

6 - Together the Top 5 countries make up for 75% of my collection, while the Top 10 (Top 5 + France, Canada, Poland, Japan, and Spain) make up for 89.6%.

7 - Other than the Top 11 (Top 10 + the Netherlands), no country has more than 3 artists in my collection.

8 - Countries with one artist but more than one album include Mexico (Cast with 9 albums), Iceland (Sigur Ros with 4 albums), Greece (La Tulipe Noire with 4 albums), and Portugal (Tantra with 3 albums).

9 - Countries with one artist and one album include Peru (Cabezas De Cera, self-titeled), New Zealand (Lamp of the Universe, "The cosmic union"), Denmark (Beyond Twilight, "For the love of art and the making"), and Chile (Subterra, "Sombras del invierno").

10 - Australia is not represented in my collection at all. Same applies to Africa as a whole, and Asia (except Japan).

I would appreciate some comments on whether this is a balanced collection.

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All the best freaks are here!

Replies:

Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 23:44

BestFreak wrote:

9 - Countries with one artist and one album include Peru (Cabezas De Cera, self-titeled),

Hi,

Cabezas de Cera, if is not a mistake, is from Mexico, not from Perú.

BTW, good collection!

Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 03:54

interesting. While my prog selection is much smaller sometimes I like to do things like this, but not in as much detail as you have.

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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa

Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 04:15

Interesteing survey
I tried to make mine. But I can't count exact number of collection, so I wrote almost of parts by percentage. They are approximate number.

- From All Stuff -
#Country Analysis
No.1 - Powerful Countries -
1.Japan 15.7%
2.UK 15.6%
3.USA 11.9%
4.Italy 10.1%
5.France 8.2%
6.Germany 5.0%
7.Sweden 4.5%
8.Brazil 2.7%
9.Spain 2.0%
10.Poland 1.9%
11.Canada 1.7%
12.Netherlands 1.5%
13.Argentina 1.5%
14.Belgium 1.3%
15.Russian Federation 1.1%
16.Norway 1.1%
17.Hungary 1.1%
18.Greece 1.1%
19. Mexico 0.9%
20.Finland 0.9%

No.2 - Only 1 Stuff Countries -
1.White Russia
2.Armenia
3.Luxembourg
4.Jamaica
5.El Salvador
6.Colombia
7.New Zealand
8.South Korea
9.Mongolia
10.Pakistan
11.Iran
12.Bahrain

#Year Analysis
-Smallest 3-
1.1966 0.03%
2.1965 0.06%
3.1967 0.09%

-Biggest 3-
1.1975 5.56%
2.1977 5.02%
3.1976 4.80%

-From Recent One Year-
No.1 Powerful 10 Countries
1.Japan
2.USA
3.UK
3.Sweden
5.Italy
6.France
7.Canada
7.Spain
9.Israel
9.Brazil

Top 5 countries make up 54% and top 10 countries make up 72%

No.2 Only 1 Stuff Countries
1.Latvia
2.Denmark
3.Bulgaria
4.Turkey
5.Mexico
6.Venezuela
7.Colombia

No.3 Lyrics are sung in ...
1.English 27%
2.Non-English 43%
3.Instrumental 30%

No.4 Lead vocalist is
1.Male 63%
2.Female 37%

No.5 Solo or Band ?
1.Solo 19%
2.Band 81%

No.6 When was it recorded ?
1.1960s 0%
2.1970s 19%
3.1980s 8%
4.1990s 4%
5.2000s 69%

No.7 Long time stuff top 5
1.Electric Masada / At The Mountain Of Madness disc 1 79'51''
2.Renaissance / British Tour '76 79'27''
3.Jerome Langlois / Molignak 79'09''
4.The Tangent / A Place In The Queue disc 1 78'57''
5.Little Tragedies / Return 78'10''

No.8 Short time stuff top 5
1.Kirche / Schwartz Nacht 11'15''
2.Fantasmagoria / Energetic Live Demo CD 19'26''
3.Acoustic Asturias / Bird Eyes View 24'54''
4.Daniel Vega / La Noche Que Precede A La Batalla 25'41''
5.Wha-ha-ha / Live DUB 28'41''

No.9 PA listed or unlisted ?
1.listed 35%
2.unlisted 65%