Without Further Ado: SDUGF's Top 100 Albums

[donnievaz]

Your compatibility rating is 48%, which is 34th on the list of 188.

Thanks, not too far off.

[tone4days]

how is compatibility % computed?

would a person have to have had their top ten match the compiled top ten in identical order to get 100% compatibility ?

what is my compatibility % and rank?

this is too much fun

thanks
t4d

[grumptruck]

Well Dream Theater and Yngwie made the list lol.

How compatible am i?

[B2D]

Veddy interesting. Two of my picks were in the top five, and all my picks but two were in the top 100. I was surprised to see Lateralus ranked higher than Aenema, and surprised Satriani's Crystal Planet made it on there as opposed to Surfing or Flying.

[Tor]

They have said they rushed to finish it and were not happy. I like some of the tracks a lot, Mofo, Discotheque for example.

Ah, I see.

Yeah, those two tracks are killer. Then you have If You Wear That Velvet Dress, and Please, which are of U2's very best chill tracks, in my honest opinion.


Keith, at what place did I rank, with my 16% compatibility?

[BigJoe77]

I guess I was slightly more compatible than I thought. My top 4 are on the list and 5 overall. Granted, 3 are #65 or lower and only one in the top 20, but still there.

I was also responsible for one of the 91 bottom albums.

[Top Jimmy]

Only one Rush album and it's All The Worlds A Stage? Are you people on dope?!?!?!

One of Moving Pictures, 2112, and Hemipsheres should be there instead at the minimum!

[Tor]

JohnX2, would you post your list? I am trying to figure out what kind of music taste you have, but that's a huge mystery!

[cream123]

how compatible am I.....eHarmony!

[Gamera]

For me, the surprises in the list were:

1) The Cult, Electric

2) Pixies, Surfer Rosa

3) The number of Tool albums listed. Really?

4) The Rush & Joe Satriani albums that won over what I'd believe to be more popular offerings from them.

Other than that I think the list is mostly predictable and a little disappointing. It's really not that different from your average radio station top 100 list where "Stairway to Heaven" inevitably gets the top slot. I don't know why I expected more rare gems when my list alone was pretty predictable for the most part. Like I said, I think the albums that made the bottom of the list might offer a few more rare titles.

[Top Jimmy]

Top Jimmy's top ten:

1. Van Halen - Fair Warning
2. Alice in Chains - Dirt
3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
4. Dream Theater - Awake
5. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
6. Rush - Hemispheres
7. King's X - Ear Candy
8. Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
9. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
10. Metallica - ...And Justice for All

[stevie_bees]

Very, very impressive stuff Keith! Thanks for your time and effort on this, it makes for great reading!

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

how is compatibility % computed?

For each person, I compare their individual albums' ranks with their ranks in the overall list. For each album in that person's top 10 list, I take the difference between the album's individual rank and that album's overall rank, and subtract that difference from 100. For example, let's say someone ranked an album #7 in their individual list, but that album is ranked #63 in the overall list. The difference between the individual and overall rankings is 56, so that person's compatibility score for that album is 44. As another example, that same person's #2 album is #2 on the overall top 100 list as well. In this case, there's no difference between the two rankings, so that person's compatibility score for that album is 100 (the maximum possible for one album). If someone ranks an album in their top 10 list that doesn't appear in the overall top 100 list, the compatibility score for that album is 0.

I do this for each of the ten albums in a person's individual list, add those scores together, and divide the total by 1,000 (the maximum possible combined compatibility score) to come up with that person's compatibility rating, displayed as a percentage.

would a person have to have had their top ten match the compiled top ten in identical order to get 100% compatibility ?

Exactly! Nobody did that.

what is my compatibility % and rank?

Compatibility Rating = 44.2%
Compatibility Rank = 45 of 188

How compatible am i?

5.4%

I was surprised to see…Satriani's Crystal Planet made it on there as opposed to Surfing or Flying.

Ditto.

Keith, at what place did I rank, with my 16% compatibility?

You ranked 131 of 188.

how compatible am I.....eHarmony!

9.6%

[bungalowbill]

Hit me up with the compatibility.....if you have time Keith.

Thanks

[DankStar]

still looking for my soul mate who voted for captain beyond's self titled as their numero 10. we're going to form a super group and take over the world.

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

hit me up with the compatibility.....if you have time keith.

thanks

60.0%

[ratherdashing]

Due to the number of requests, maybe you should just post a table of everyone's compatibility rank, Keith.

You know what else would be a fun feature? The ability to find your forum music match based on the data, i.e. a list of 5 people whose tastes most closely match yours.

If I could have a peek at the data, I'd be able to whack together an algorithm that did exactly that.

Interested?

[tone4days]

Top Jimmy's top ten:

1. Van Halen - Fair Warning
2. Alice in Chains - Dirt
3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
4. Dream Theater - Awake
5. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
6. Rush - Hemispheres
7. King's X - Ear Candy
8. Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
9. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
10. Metallica - ...And Justice for All

your compatibility % doesnt matter - you have hottest avatar by far!

[Top Jimmy]

your compatibility % doesnt matter - you have hottest avatar by far!

George Clooney is one lucky SOB.

I love her.

Plus my top ten list rocks out with it's cock out.

[BlueSky]

Wait let me get this straight not only was Lisa Snowdon his ex, but Krista Allen is Clooney's current girl? Wow, he is a lucky sob! Heh.