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gwen Posted Wed 18 Feb, 2009 2:22 PM |
I was driving in the car with my husband, listening to J Smith and wondering if it's possible that the new album is slipping up the rankings to become my 2nd favorite Travis album, displacing The Invisible Band. So, my darling husband suggested a completely analytical approach to this non-analytical question. Obviously, an album will resonate differently at different times in my life and when I am in various states of mind, but it was a very fun exercise, and I was surprised by the results.
Here's what I did. I assigned a point value to each track on the album (I left off hidden tracks for simplicity). -1 for a song I don't like and usually skip, 0 for a song that I feel neutral about, 1 for a song I like, and 2 for a song I love. Then, I took the average, dividing the total point value by the number of tracks to get my very scientific result!
The Man Who: 16 total points, 1.6 average
J Smith: 13 points, 1.08 average
Good Feeling and The Invisible Band TIED, 12 points, 1.0 average
Boy With No Name, 11 points, .92 average
12 Memories, 8 points, .73 average
SO...congratulations J Smith to your impressive showing at Number 2. I'm looking forward to hearing tracks live in Boston and NYC! |
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BenFilbert Posted Wed 18 Feb, 2009 2:49 PM |
Nice! :)
6 - Good Feeling - 8 points
2 - The Man Who - 15 points
1 - The Invisible Band - 19 points
3 - 12 Memories - 14 points
5 - The Boy With No Name - 12 points
3 - Ode To J Smith - 14 points |
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Typing to Reach You Posted Wed 18 Feb, 2009 3:14 PM |
1) The Man Who: 18 points
2) Good Feeling: 15 points
3) The Invisible Band: 14 points
4) The Boy With No Name: 10 points
5) 12 Memories: 8 points. I'm sure I like it more than this lol.
6) Ode To J. Smith: 7 points |
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vampire_lover Posted Wed 18 Feb, 2009 3:21 PM |
Winner: The Invisible Band 1.6 (16p)
2nd place: The Man Who and Ode To J. Smith 1.5 (15p and 17p)
3rd place: 12 Memories 1.2 (12p)
4th place: The Boy With No Name and Good Feeling 1.0 (12p)
But points according to this ranking aren't really saying everything, it should be more specific ;) |
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gwen Posted Wed 18 Feb, 2009 3:38 PM |
vampire_lover wrote:
But points according to this ranking aren't really saying everything, it should be more specific ;)
Oh, I totally agree, but it's a fun exercise anyway. |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Wed 18 Feb, 2009 4:03 PM |
Nice one, I love these kind of things :)
The Man Who: 12
The Boy With No Name: 12
12 Memories: 12
Good Feeling: 11
Ode To J. Smith: 10
The Invisible Band: 9
Strange result, I love TIB
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Sarah- Posted Thu 19 Feb, 2009 12:43 PM |
this is interesting. especially since i never know what to answer when i'm asked about my fav travis album - it sort of changes every day, heh.
so, here's my result (i included the hidden tracks!)
1. Ode To J. Smith - 19 points / 1.73 average
2. Good Feeling & 12 Memories - 19 points / both 1.58 average
3. The Boy With No Name - 19 points / 1,46 average
4. The Man Who - 15 points / 1,36 average
5. The Invisible Band - 15 points / 1,25 average
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Wolfy Posted Thu 19 Feb, 2009 4:17 PM |
1.)The Man Who ..............20 I luv All of them!!! (2p per song)
2.)The Boy With No Name 17 (1.41p per song)
3.)12 Memories ...............16 (1.45p per song)
-.)Ode To J.Smith ............16 (1.45p per song)
5.)Good Feeling ...............15 (1.25p per song)
-.)The Invisible Band ........15 (1.25p per song)
Yeah, if there was Sailing Away instead of New Amsterdam the Boy would have 20 points too... |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Thu 19 Feb, 2009 7:29 PM |
Fun!
I'm considering hidden tracks (those that are on the editions I have).
Since not all the albums have the same number of tracks, I'm basing on the average to make the ranking.
1. The Man Who & Ode To J. Smith - 1.55 average / 17 points
2. 12 Memories - 1.50 average / 18 points
3. The Boy With No Name - 1.31 average / 17 points
4. The Invisible Band - 1.17 average / 14 points
5. Good Feeling - 1.08 average / 13 points
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Kaizer Posted Sat 21 Feb, 2009 9:00 PM |
1. The Man Who - 16 points - 1,6 average
2. Ode to J.Smith - 13 points - 1,18 average
3. The Boy With No Name - 12 points - 1 average
4. The Invisible Band - 11 points - 0,92 average
5. 12 Memories - 9 points - 0,82 average
6. Good Feeling - 9 points - 0,75 average
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alanistradi Posted Sat 21 Feb, 2009 10:05 PM |
it's interesting how change the results if you include hidden tracks :D
My results:
1. The man who ................(15/11) = 1,36
2. Ode to J Smith..............(16/12) = 1,33
3. The invisible band..........(17/14) = 1,21
4. The boy with no name .......(18/15) = 1,2
5. Good feeling / 12 memories..(10/10) = 1
(I'm surprised, I didn't think "Ode" could be in second place with this mathematical rating :D)
Sarah- wrote: this is interesting. especially since i never know what to answer when i'm asked about my fav travis album - it sort of changes every day, heh.
agree! |
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BenFilbert Posted Sat 21 Feb, 2009 10:18 PM |
| The order in which i'd put them in is mostly quite solid. Good Feeling definitely at the bottom. The Invisible Band and The Man Who in 1st and 2nd place. But 12 Memories, Ode To J Smith and TBWNN can move around a bit. I think it's because none are perfect albums and i can personally find faults in all of them for different reasons. Though i still love all 3 of them. :) |
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