Today I had a meeting with my english mate-teachers and time was running real
slow....real slow.....
:)
....but I happened to have my RS Special Collector Bob Dylan copy with me, so I
did this:
I took the 100dylan songs list and I calculated what is the ultimate chart of
Dylan albums and of Dylan track per album if one follows those numbers strictly.
In other words, I assigned a score of 100 points to song number 1, 99 to song
number 2.....till 1 point to song number 100.
That's what I came up with:
LIST OF DYLAN ALBUMS (songs per album in the top 100)
1 - Blonde (13 songs in the top 100)
2 - Blood (10 songs)
3 - H61 (8)
4
- Basement
Another
Bringing (7)
7
- Freewheelin
Desire (6)
9 - Times (5)
10- Planet (4)
11 - JWH
Infidels
Nashville
TooM
Street (3)
16 - Shot
Morning
Mercy (2)
19 - LAT
Garrett
Slow Train
Empire
Modern
Tempest (1 song)
Then, assigning (as I said) 100-1 points to any song from number 1 to 100, I
calculated how many points any single album scores.
Which is a more thorough calculation, as it takes into account chart position,
stating that, for example, an album containing song#1 is better than an album
containing thrre songs in the top 100 but placed at n.98-99-100.
That is the list of the albums per points
1 - Blonde 673
2 - H61 595
3 - Blood 478
4 - Bringin 459
5 - Tapes 418
6 - Freewh 408
7 - Another 360
8 - Times 280
9 - Desire 273
10- Infidels 163
11- Nashville 160
12- JWH 159
13- Planet 129
14- TooM 108
15- Shot 102
16- LAT 80
17- Pat Garr 76
18- Morning 63
19 - Slow 58
20- Mercy 34
21- Empire 21
22- Modern 18
23- Street 17
24- Tempest 8
What to add?
Personally, I think this is one of the most balanced lists I've ever seen.
Not too much ModBob, not only 60s Bob either.
I can't understand how they can have ignored:
Black Coat, Workingman's and the Jack Of Hearts.
And, for the albums, I wouldn't have excluded Under The Red Sky.