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Obviously there is nowhere near an equal amount of great music from all genders. As for assuming that there is the same amount of great music from all over the world, why would anybody think that? Those are just neutral start values in a Bayesian model before any other information has been consider...

Bruce, now you are talking about another weight parameter, that is already mentioned on the Q&A page. "A critics' list from a region with a relatively large number of critics' lists at Acclaimed Music (relative to both the region's population and the number of artists at Acclaimed Music) g...

OK, this may not be a good idea at all, but I'm throwing it out. What if we use the decade formula for the yearly polls as well? What I mean is that we list all the films we have seen. For each ballot, JimmyJazz then applies an "unseen score" to every other film that someone else has voted...

Bruce, now you are talking about another weight parameter, that is already mentioned on the Q&A page. "A critics' list from a region with a relatively large number of critics' lists at Acclaimed Music (relative to both the region's population and the number of artists at Acclaimed Music) ge...

many years ago I decided to even out the distribution somewhat by country (relative to population data), gender and release year. I can see evening the distribution out by country population data, but NOT by gender or release year. As a scientist you should never manipulate the data to get a result...

I've looked at it a bit, and I like what I see. Hooray for "Hey Bulldog"! What, though, is the purpose of the "female artist" column? It has an impact on the weights of the critics' lists. A list with a good mix of male and female artists might get a somewhat higher weight becau...

Nassim wrote:I'm taking B and C

For non english language do you need a yes/no, just a yes or an x, or the language to be written ?

Language written out please. If it's difficult (e.g. African languages) make a comment in column L.

Thanks Nassim!

Al Jolson is a borderline case. Maybe he would be better categorized as USA (New York) instead, but in Andy Williams' case I think Iowa is the most suitable since he seemed to grow up there before high school and "Williams' first performance was in a children's choir at the local Presbyterian c...

Pierre wrote:a few WTF?

For sure.

JimmyJazz wrote:Just out of curiosity, Henrik: How much will this expanded amount of songs affect the artist rankings?

I haven't decided this yet...

I've looked at it a bit, and I like what I see. Hooray for "Hey Bulldog"! What, though, is the purpose of the "female artist" column? It has an impact on the weights of the critics' lists. A list with a good mix of male and female artists might get a somewhat higher weight becau...

pauldrach wrote:Henrik, what do I do if the track is by a male electronic artist but features a female vocalist (e.g. Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond). Female or not?

Good question. I'd say female.

Edit: And thanks for helping me!

Very well explained, Jirin. When you wrote "half the critics focus more on form and the contemplative aspects of cinema" in the other post, I interpreted that as an academic view rather than someone's personal enjoyment, just because I don't usually enjoy those kind of films myself. I'm gl...

In the attached Excel sheet I have over 4,000 songs that I plan to add in next year's site update. When I have added these 4,000 songs the algorithm will work even better. I will then rerun my preliminary score program and probably it will point out some additional songs that should be included at A...

Thanks for a really good show, Petri! I've had a great time!

I didn't know these three films would be in their own league. I'm surprised that the top two Leone and Kubrick films are not closer to each other.

I really love the top 10 movies so far, but I have to agree (at least partly) with Jirin. The Apartment is quite conservative when it comes to expected roles of men and women. More importantly, Wilder can do better than this. I enjoyed The Apartment a lot when I saw it, but it was a long time ago a...

I definitely dont think people who have seen very few films (say, less than 30) shouldnt be able to vote, but maybe it would be suitable if the pointsystem would be a little different. I dont remember the formula exactly but a number 12 in a list of 20 films should receive more points than a film t...

Everybody expects roughly the same thing from music other than the hardcore academics I guess your more used to 'experimental' music than to experimental film. You're probably right, but this is what I'm having a hard time top accept, as I think I've seen quite a lot of experimental films by now (a...

Was my least liked film the last one to appear?

Great presentation and very interesting to follow the results! I have 9 of my 10 favorites left, and I'm really happy about this outcome. However, I also have three haters left. Well I try not to hate any movies or music and instead consider them more as "not for me". The thing I struggle ...

Oh no. "Candle" is Sonic Youth's best song ever, while "Everybody Knows" is just one of the many really good tracks on "I'm Your Man".

Thus, Candle.

Henrik wrote:I used the "copy topic" mod tool for the first time

Jirin and Charlie Driggs, are you still working on your lists? I used the "copy topic" mod tool for the first time, since maybe there are those who never go to the movies forum but want to participate in this poll? Rank all the films you have seen (not just the films you like) in Petri's s...

JR, I just noticed that you still have "Elvis Country" as a compilation. Also, I think you misunderstood the comment on "Story of The Who" - it is a compilation. Wouldn't it be easier for you as well to re-sort it before you do more work? Or you can make a copy of my post. It's j...

Albums 1. Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 3. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 4. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man 5. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective 6. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 7. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 8. Tracy Chapman - Tracy...

*Otis Redding, Complete and Unbelievable...The Dictionary of Soul
*Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus and More

These are also original albums, in the second case with extra tracks but that's ok with me.

Thanks JR! I put the list into Excel, sorted it by artist, and put it back here. I have added asterisks for the albums mentioned by Pierre and o.m., and also removed the asterisk for "Elvis Country" which I think isn't a compilation (is it not the album from 1971?). *A Tribe Called Quest, ...

Wow JR, that's great. Please post!

I will vote as well
(of course)

Nick wrote:other lists like "The best albums/songs of 2013 up until this point" can be included, right?

No, lists like that have never been included.

It seems we have pretty good reasons to deem this one ineligible.

Thanks Harold!!! The old sheet is fine as a template.

(And thanks Otis)

I haven't thought about this yet, but aren't all these songs included in the top 1000 list?

Harold, I moved this topic and deleted your new one. Hope that's ok.

o.m. wrote:Apparently they updated the songs book as well...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1001-Songs-Must ... pd_sim_b_1

Cool! Anyone who could list the changes like Harold did in the first post for albums?

Also, shouldn't this thread be in the critics lists section?

There are several artists and genres that NME wasn't kind to. Prince definitely, as well as other soul, funk, disco, reggae..., metal/hard rock (not just Black Sabbath, there's no LZ in the top 100 and their first two album are not even in the top 500), there's basically no prog at all except for Da...

Thanks Hector!

However, before I add anything to AM, I want to understand why there's an overlap in both directions between http://www.theguardian.com/music/series ... rite-album and http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicb ... difference

A couple final final notes: Congratulations to Henrik for winning the Predict-It bracket! Thanks! The predictions were difficult for everyone I suppose, as I was far from correct. These were my guesses for the quarterfinals: The Cure - The Head On The Door vs. Meat Puppets - II Jorge Ben - Africa B...

1. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3. Jacques Brel - Olympia 64
4. Fela Kuti and Afrika 70 - Zombie

Nothing wrong about being number four here...

Let me take this opportunity to thank you for a great game, Brad!

Henrik wrote:Sorry, Jimmy and Otis, for taking up your time.

jamie, I meant you. Double sorry.

Big thanks, o.m.!

I was looking on the internet, and I found a 100 most influential songs list by Time Out. I will post this later. Jimmy, I suppose you mean "100 songs that changed history", and that list isn't eligible either. It was discussed a long time ago. Just like the 1000 songs, the changes go in ...

Thanks JR!

Thanks JR for the deeper check, but ouch, I don't think this book should be included at all then. The top ten lists are also quite randomly chosen (top ten train songs etc.) so I don't want to include them either. What a pity, it could have been a great add... Don't enter more data! Sorry, Jimmy and...

OK, here's my assessment of the non-CoS Madonna lists. Arizona Republic will be included but not the others. Fuse TV's list is just a playlist, with 55 of her best songs so that's definitely not eligible. The lists from PopMatters and Slant both have too few songs and too few writers. Top 20 lists l...

If anyone could transcribe these lists that would be awesome!

Thanks Otis!

Jimmy (and Otis), I answered too quickly yesterday. I would actually prefer "The Beatles" and "David Bowie" to "Beatles, The" and "Bowie, David".

I looked over the intro, and some of the text via searches- some of the commentary for some songs isn't exactly positive. But, they sure may have "changed lives," which is what it's about. :mrgreen: Hmm, I was a bit worried about this when I scrolled the songs list. Did you notice any rea...

Congratulations Ddiamondd! Great work!

Looks great, Jamie. Thanks!

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