The 1in5
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Top Ten for DY2007 - Intro
A year ago this week, I subscribed to Last.fm. I have found it to be a bit useful in finding new music to listen, but it also serves as a record my listening habits. So this week I will mark my top five or ten or howevermany Albums/Artists/Songs for Dutcher Year 2007 (out of 6000 tracks recorded).
A few notes on the data:
1. The music on my charts is only music I have listened to on my iPod or on my computer. When I rip a CD to iTunes, I usually let it play, and then listen to it again within a day or so at work, so it shows up at least twice in a week.
2. The CDDB / Gracenote database is woefully inconsistent. For example, I have tracks by The Mekons that are labeled as Mekon, Mekons and The Mekons. I believe Last.fm has changed some of their code recently to correct these errors.
3. ID3 tag limitations - If a track cannot be readily identified by Title / Artist / Album (which is usually adequate for your pop and rock 'n roll), you are at the mercy of the ID3 tags and caprice of the Gracenote submitter. Therefore, there is no way of telling how much I really listened to Liszt, Schumann or Chopin when they are all played by Helene Grimaud on the same CD.
4. The Last.fm data doesn't include my drivetime music (mostly Bikini Red by The Screaming Blue Messiahs, Tribal Thunder by Dick Dale or Vision Thing by Sisters of Mercy - all recommended for rush hour traffic) or music played on the Big Stereo in the Living Room.
5. Artists with many short tracks are disproportionately represented.
So, with that caveat, here's the chart, with individual posts on the bests of to follow:
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A few notes on the data:
1. The music on my charts is only music I have listened to on my iPod or on my computer. When I rip a CD to iTunes, I usually let it play, and then listen to it again within a day or so at work, so it shows up at least twice in a week.
2. The CDDB / Gracenote database is woefully inconsistent. For example, I have tracks by The Mekons that are labeled as Mekon, Mekons and The Mekons. I believe Last.fm has changed some of their code recently to correct these errors.
3. ID3 tag limitations - If a track cannot be readily identified by Title / Artist / Album (which is usually adequate for your pop and rock 'n roll), you are at the mercy of the ID3 tags and caprice of the Gracenote submitter. Therefore, there is no way of telling how much I really listened to Liszt, Schumann or Chopin when they are all played by Helene Grimaud on the same CD.
4. The Last.fm data doesn't include my drivetime music (mostly Bikini Red by The Screaming Blue Messiahs, Tribal Thunder by Dick Dale or Vision Thing by Sisters of Mercy - all recommended for rush hour traffic) or music played on the Big Stereo in the Living Room.
5. Artists with many short tracks are disproportionately represented.
So, with that caveat, here's the chart, with individual posts on the bests of to follow:
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