PA's Insane Top Non-Prog Albums List (DUE Sept 15)

Same idea as the top song list.  Lists of anywhere from 25-100 albums will be accepted.  Any genre goes, but nothing listed on PA (except in proto/related).

PM me your lists when you finish.

Please use text format (not RYM), and list albums starting with #1 and then going down (do not do reverse order).

Commence.  Lists are due September 15, 2008.

NOTE: For the purposes of this list, John Zorn does not count as prog (as in, he can be included on the lists).  While he is listed under RIO/Avant prog, even the PA bio admits he is not really a prog artist.  Neither does Miles Davis, who will shortly be added to the site, since he was not on the site before this contest started.  And, once again, Proto/Related is not prog.

Note2: Classical works count as well, even if they came before the time of recording music.  Just list them as Composer - Name of Work (e.g. Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring).  Even if there are recorded versions since then, please format it as I said.



So what can I include?
-anything not on progarchives
-anything in the Proto/related categories on PA
-John Zorn and Miles Davis


Edited by Pnoom! - August 07 2008 at 01:20

DAMN YOU FOLLY THIS IS MY TURF.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46093

08's list was already done and 09 was going to start up around December.

Edited by moreitsythanyou - July 31 2008 at 21:47

My list will have a fairer scoring system.

moreitsythanyou wrote: Elaborate. If you can not tell, I am seriously displeased.

Well, according to your list, an album that is ranked #1 is 250 times better than an album ranked #250.  I would add a bonus simply for making the list, meaning that being #1 would only be ten times better than being #250 (or, in the case of my list, five times better than being #100).

I admit I didn't notice your thread.

The bonus would make a difference.

Say I put Can's Ege Bamyasi at #1, and nobody else puts it anywhere.  It gets 100 points on your system.

Suppose 99 people put Tago Mago at #100, and nobody else puts it anywhere.  It gets 99 points from you.

So EB>TM even though 99 people prefer TM.

But in my system, if EB is at #1, then if 6 people put TM at #100, it ends up above EB.

See the difference now?

Pnoom! wrote: I admit I didn't notice your thread. The bonus would make a difference. Say I put Can's Ege Bamyasi at #1, and nobody else puts it anywhere.  It gets 100 points on your system. Suppose 99 people put Tago Mago at #100, and nobody else puts it anywhere.  It gets 99 points from you. So EB>TM even though 99 people prefer TM. But in my system, if EB is at #1, then if 6 people put TM at #100, it ends up above EB. See the difference now?

While itsy's weighting may be too low, I would argue that yours is too high.

NaturalScience wrote: Pnoom! wrote: I admit I didn't notice your thread. The bonus would make a difference. Say I put Can's Ege Bamyasi at #1, and nobody else puts it anywhere.  It gets 100 points on your system. Suppose 99 people put Tago Mago at #100, and nobody else puts it anywhere.  It gets 99 points from you. So EB>TM even though 99 people prefer TM. But in my system, if EB is at #1, then if 6 people put TM at #100, it ends up above EB. See the difference now? While itsy's weighting may be too low, I would argue that yours is too high.

That was an arbitrary example.  I could easily make it any number.

I chose such a high weighting to show how much of a difference it could make.  Somewhere between 10-15 would probably be a better choice.

Is your album list finished?  If it is, I'd say go ahead with this one with the new scoring.  If it isn't, this thread can be closed and you can implement the scoring on the album list, too.

Also, I'm a bit baffled why you were so upset over a simple misunderstanding.

Pnoom! wrote: Is your album list finished?  If it is, I'd say go ahead with this one with the new scoring.  If it isn't, this thread can be closed and you can implement the scoring on the album list, too.Also, I'm a bit baffled why you were so upset over a simple misunderstanding.

The album list finished months ago, but I'll be switching up the scoring for the song list which is currently under way.
Well my first post was a bit more a joking tone (something I knew you wouldn't take too seriously ) but I worked really hard on that list and I really enjoyed doing it.