Hmmmmm let's consult the stats!Jonathon wrote: Beautiful...I have no right to ask you this, since you've already done such a great job...but any readings on Nick Cave, The National and My Bloody Valentine?
Nick Cave (currently 89)-
1. The Boatman's Call- 540
2. Push the Sky Away- 650
3. Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus- 694
4. Tender Prey- 700
5. The Good Son- 807
6. Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!- 1019
7. Let Love In- 1265
8. From Her to Eternity- 1291
9. The Firstborn Is Dead- 1446
1. The Mercy Seat- 601
2. Jubilee Street- 1200
3. Into My Arms- 1542
4. Where the Wild Roses Grow (split with Kylie Minogue)- 1695
5. The Ship Song- 2061
6. Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!- 2564
7. In the Ghetto- BU
8. From Her to Eternity- BU
9. The Weeping Song- BU
Matched up with...
Frank Sinatra (currently 72)-
1. Songs for Swingin' Lovers!- 246
2. In the Wee Small Hours- 247
3. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely- 644
4. Come Fly With Me- 943
5. September of My Years- 1091
6. Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (split with Antonio Carlos Jobim)- 1229
7. A Swingin' Affair!- 1312
8. Nice 'N' Easy- 1756
9. Come Dance With Me!- 1800
1. I've Got You Under My Skin- 680
2. One for My Baby- 1177
3. My Way- 1735
4. Strangers in the Night- 2227
5. All or Nothing- 2506
6. I've Got the World On a String- BU
7. When Your Lover Has Gone- BU
8. Witchcraft- BU
9. It Was a Very Good Year- BU
Matching these two artists up seems to suggest Nick Cave will at least place at number 72 on the all time artists list. I'm not so sure they'll have the power to beat the number 71 artist, Steely Dan, but it is possible.
The National (currently 163)-
1. High Violet- 404
2. Boxer- 423
3. Trouble Will Find Me- 550
4. Alligator- 676
5. n/a
6. n/a
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
1. Bloodbuzz Ohio- 599
2. Mr. November- 1881
3. Fake Empire- 2571
4. Mistaken for Strangers- 2812
5. Graceless- BU
6. n/a
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
Matched up with...
Elliott Smith (138)-
1. Either/Or- 417
2. XO- 561
3. Figure 8- 966
4. From a Basement on the Hill- 1121
5. Roman Candle- BU
6. Elliott Smith- BU
7. New Moon- BU
8. n/a
9. n/a
1. Miss Misery- 1063
2. Waltz #2- 1090
3. Between the Bars- 1161
4. Needle in the Hay- 2034
5. Ballad of Big Nothing- BU
6. Pretty (Ugly Before)- BU
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
Matching these two artists up seems to suggest The National will at least place at number 138 on the all time artists list.
My Bloody Valentine (currently 117)-
1. Loveless- 74
2. Isn't Anything- 550
3. m b v- 800
4. n/a
5. n/a
6. n/a
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
1. You Made Me Realise- 553
2. Soon- 612
3. Only Shallow- 634
4. To Here Knows When- 2730
5. Swallow- BU
6. When You Sleep- BU
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
Matched up with...
Primal Scream (currently 97)-
1. Screamadelica- 88
2. XTRMNTR- 485
3. Vanishing Point- 1450
4. Give Out But Don't Give Up- BU
5. n/a
6. n/a
7. n/a
8. n/a
9. n/a
1. Loaded- 349
2. Higher Than the Sun- 664
3. Swastika Eyes- 1469
4. Movin' On Up- 1740
5. Come Together- 1750
6. Rock- 1782
7. Kowalski- 1975
8. Velocity Girl- BU
9. Jailbird- BU
Matching these two artists up seems to suggest My Bloody Valentine will at least place at number 97 on the all time artists list. I'm not so sure they'll have the power to beat the number 96 artist, Sam Cooke, but it is possible.