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[Brigantium]

If Last.fm's allowed, then...

1 Katatonia – Evidence (26)
2 Katatonia – Ambitions (22)
3 Iron Maiden – Montségur (21)
4 Iron Maiden – The Wicker Man (20)
5 Katatonia – July (17)
6 Iron Maiden – Where Eagles Dare (15)
6 Paradise Lost – Fear of Impending Hell (15)
6 Sabaton – Gott Mit Uns (English Version) (15)
6 Katatonia – Lethean (15)
10 Sabaton – Attero Dominatus (14)
10 Guns N' Roses – Welcome To The Jungle (14)
12 Katatonia – My Twin (13)
12 Sabaton – Back in Control (13)
12 Iron Maiden – The Alchemist (13)
12 Katatonia – Day and Then the Shade (13)
12 Iron Maiden – Mother of Mercy (13)
12 Sabaton – The Lion From The North (13)
12 Alter Bridge – Fortress (13)
19 Katatonia – Ghost of the Sun (12)
19 Iron Maiden – No More Lies (12)
19 Sabaton – Panzer Battalion (12)
19 Children of Bodom – Downfall (12)
19 Children of Bodom – Silent Night, Bodom Night (12)
19 Children of Bodom – Bed Of Razors (12)
19 Katatonia - First Prayer (12)

Well, that was an enlightening exercise. I think.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

I greatly enjoy some Images and Words:

1. Dream Theater, "Metropolis"
2. Dream Theater, "Take The Time"
3. Dream Theater, "Surrounded"

And then it's a big drop. The rest are the result of shuffling a playlist of 1700+ songs, all rated 5 stars. So basically a random sample of stuff I enjoy.

4. Frank Zappa, "Hungry Freaks Daddy"
5. Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends"
6. Iron Maiden, "Transylvania"
7. AC/DC, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
8. Iced Earth, "Pure Evil" (Alive In Athens)
9. Van Halen, "She's The Woman"
10. Dream Theater, "Fatal Tragedy"
11. The Flower Kings, "Paradox Hotel" (Instant Delivery)
12. Genesis, "The Knife"
13. Iron Maiden, "Fear Of The Dark"
14. Dream Theater, "Learning To Live"
15. Genesis, "Firth Of Fifth"
16. Iron Maiden, "The Number Of The Beast" (Live After Death)
17. Kiss, "King Of The Night Time World"
18. Dream Theater, "Learning To Live" (Live Scenes From New York)
19. Dream Theater, "The Dance Of Eternity"
20. Genesis, "The Musical Box" (Genesis Live)
21. Jimi Hendrix, "Gypsy Eyes"
22. Kiss, "Strutter" (Alive!)
23. Rush, "Tom Sawyer" (R30)
24. Transatlantic, "Duel With The Devil"
24. The Who, "Overture" (Live At Leeds)

The playcount range from #4 to #25 is only 27 to 22 plays. Shuffling changes this up considerably. For instance, here are the 5 star songs sitting at 21 plays right now:

Dream Theater: Take Your Fingers From My Hair, In The Name Of God (studio and Live At Budokan), Strange Deja Vu, Beyond This Life, The Spirit Carries On
Extreme: Cupid's Dead
The Flower Kings: Love Supreme (Instant Delivery)
Foo Fighters: I Should Have Known
Genesis: The Lamia
Guns N Roses: Yesterdays
Judas Priest: Desert Plains
Rush: Freewill (Exit Stage Left)
U2: Gloria
The Who: A Quick One While He's Away (Live At Leeds), We're Not Gonna Take It

20 plays adds Sabbath, Dio and Metallica to the mix. Paschenfuckingdale is at 19 plays (but 9 more for Death on the Road version).

 

[Black Wizard]

1. (new) Iron Maiden - Wasting Love (20 times)
2. (↑) Helloween - You Stupid Mankind (19 times)
= (↓) Hammerfall - One More Time (19 times)
= (↑) Iron Maiden - Children of the Damned (19 times)
= (↔) Dream Theater - Outcry (19 times)
= (new) 3 Inches of Blood - Demon's Blade (19 times)
= (new) Dream Theater - Honor thy Father (19 times)
= (↑) Iron Maiden - When the Wild Wind Blows (19 times)
9. (new) Gojira - Rise (18 times)
= (↓) As I Lay Dying - From Shapeless to Breakable (18 times)
= (new) Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man (18 times)
12. (↓) Megadeth - Guns, Drugs & Money (17 times)
= (new) Helloween - World of Fantasy (17 times)
= (new) 3 Inches of Blood - God of the Cold White Silence (17 times)
= (new) Iced Earth - Melancholy (Holy Martyr) (17 times)
= (new) Megadeth - 13 (17 times)
= (new) Iron Maiden - Isle of Avalon (17 times)
18. (↓) Megadeth - Sudden Death (16 times)
= (new) Iron Maiden - Lord of the Flies (16 times)
= (new) 3 Inches of Blood - Fear on the Bridge (Upon the Boiling Sea I) (16 times)
= (new) Iron Maiden - The Nomad (16 times)
= (↓) Dream Theater - Afterlife (16 times)
= (new) Dream Theater - Just Let Me Breathe (16 times)
= (new) Gojira - 5988 Trillions de Tonnes (16 times)
= (new) Megadeth - Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) (16 times)

When I got my new laptop in January I found out that Windows doesn't save metadata (play counts etc.) so when you move your media library across to another computer the old play counts are lost. This meant that I had to start again with the play counts on my new laptop. However, last week when I was backing stuff up in preparation for moving to Windows 10 I came across a bit of software that backs up Windows Media Player metadata and writes it all to an xml file. So I installed it on my old and new laptops, moved the xml file from the old laptop and wrote a Python script to extract the play counts from both files, add the correct counts together (taking into account songs that have been added to my new laptop since I got it) and re-write the xml file with the total play counts. The software I downloaded allows you to restore the metadata from the xml file so I know have the updated play counts! This means I can update the top 25 list from last year!

1. (↑) As I Lay Dying - From Shapeless to Breakable (22)
2. (↑) Gojira - Rise (21)
= (↔) Iron Maiden - Children of the Damned (21)
= (↔) Iron Maiden - When the Wild Wind Blows (21)
= (↓) Iron Maiden - Wasting Love (21)
= (new) Hammerfall - Enemy Within (21)
= (↔) Hammerfall - One More Time (21)
= (↔) Dream Theater - Honor thy Father (21)
= (↔) Dream Theater - Outcry (21)
10. (↑) 3 Inches of Blood - God of the Cold White Silence (20)
= (↓) 3 Inches of Blood - Demon's Blade (20)
= (re-entry) Dream Theater - In the Presence of Enemies, Pt 2. (20)
13. (↓) Helloween - You Stupid Mankind (19)
= (new) Iron Maiden - Paschendale (19)
= (↑) Gojira - 5988 Trillions de Tonnes (19)
= (new) Dream Theater - Scarred (19)
17. (↓) Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man (18)
= (↓) Iron Maiden - Isle of Avalon (18)
= (↓) Dream Theater - Prophets of War (18)
= (↑) Megadeth - Sudden Death (18)
= (↓) Iced Earth - Melancholy (Holy Martyr) (18)
= (↓) Megadeth - Guns, Drugs & Money (18)
= (↓) Helloween - World of Fantasy (18)
= (↓) Megadeth - 13 (18)
= (↔) Iron Maiden - The Nomad (18)

 

[RTC]

My music got reset on my phone recently, so this is almost a blank slate.

The Jam - News Of The World
Blue Oyster Cult - Sole Survivor
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Megadeth - Trust
Nightwish - End Of All Hope
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
Iron Maiden - Face In The Sand
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great
Iced Earth - Pure Evil
Ayeron - Into The Black Hole
Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked
Iron Maiden - The Fallen Angel
Judas Priest - Rock Hard Ride Free
Megadeth - Good Mourning Black Friday
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
The Scorpions - Make It Real
Kamelot - Ghost Opera
Edguy - Space Police
Tool - Vicarious
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Metallica - The Memory Remains
Derek And The Dominos - Layla
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night Soundtrack - Dracula's Castle

 

[Collin]

So last December I got a Mac, and Itunes has not crashed yet. It did 4 times on my other computer causing me to lose my whole library.

So here it is

1. Tool - Eulogy (42)
2. Iron Maiden - Speed of Light (40)
3. Tool - Lateralus (36)
4. Tool - Aenima (33)
5. Tool - Disposition (30)
6. Tool - Reflection (30)
7. Tool - Parabola (26)
8. Tool - Schism (22)
9. Tool - Vicarious (22)
10. Tool - Parabol (21)
11. Tool - Ticks and Leeches (21)
12. Tool - Stinkfist (20)
13. Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane (19)
14. Tool - Hooker With a Penis (18)
15. Dream Theater - Acid Rain (Live) (17)
16. Dream Theater - New Millenium (14)
17. Tool - The Pot (14)
18. Dream Theater - Just Let Me Breathe (Live) (13)
19. Tool - The Grudge (13)
20. Iron Maiden - Brave New World (12)
21. Iron Maiden - Out of the Silent Planet (12)
22. Machine Head - Ten Ton Hammer (12)
23. Dream Theater - Beyond This Life (11)
24. Tool - Intermission (11)
25. Tool - Jambi (11)

I got into a bit of a Tool phase last spring, as you can probably see. The rest of the Iron Maiden songs start to come in around 10 plays, Speed of Light being the obvious exception. In a month If I redo this list, then the top 11 will only contain The Book of Souls.

 

[LooseCannon]

When I got my new laptop in January I found out that Windows doesn't save metadata (play counts etc.) so when you move your media library across to another computer the old play counts are lost.

It does if you move your appdata folder.

So last December I got a Mac,

Good decision!

 

[Black Wizard]

It does if you move your appdata folder.

Tried that, didn't work.

 

[LooseCannon]

Tried that, didn't work.

Use iTunes, all the data is stored in a single file that's not in a hidden folder.

 

[Cornfed Hick]

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

 

[JudasMyGuide]

My iTunes Top 25 has the first 11 songs off The Chemical Wedding (in order no less!) as #1-11, then
Dream Theater - Lost Not Forgotten
Dream Theater - Bridges in the Sky
Dream Theater - This Dying Soul: IV. Reflections of Reality (Revisited), V. Release
Fates Warning - The Apparition
Iron Maiden - The Talisman
Nightwish - Élan
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Nightwish - Alpenglow
Rush - Red Barchetta
Rush - Limelight
Symphony X - Nevermore
Symphony X - Underworld
Symphony X - Without You
Symphony X - Kiss of Fire

 

[Cornfed Hick]

My list is attached. Caveat: I reset my play-counts once or twice a year, just to mix things up, so this list won't represent my all-time top 25.

Spoiler

1 Candy-O 2:36 Candy-O The Cars
2 Suicide & Redemption 10:04 Death Magnetic [MarckIII] Metallica
3 Perfect Strangers 5:31 Perfect Strangers Deep Purple
4 Stone In Love 4:26 Escape Journey
5 Presence Of The Lord 4:51 Blind Faith Blind Faith
6 Oblivion 4:11 Visions Grimes
7 Rumble 2:26 Rock-a-Hits Link Wray & His Wray Men
8 Mississippi Queen 2:32 Climbing! [2003 Reissue - Bonus… Mountain
9 The Mob Rules [demo] 3:14 Mob Rules [Deluxe Edition] Black Sabbath
10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie… 3:33 The Band The Band
11 Amity 5:57 If_Then_Else The Gathering
12 Long Black Veil 3:06 Music From Big Pink The Band
13 Like I'm Lovin' You 3:11 Tale Of The Tape Billy Squier
14 Graveyard 4:18 Metals Feist
15 I'm So Afraid 4:23 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac
16 Heart of a Lion 3:53 Live Insurrection (Remastered) Halford
17 Rocky Mountain Way 5:15 The Definitive Collection Joe Walsh
18 La Villa Strangiato 9:36 Hemispheres Rush
19 Bring It On Home To Me 2:45 Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Sam Cooke
20 No One 4:14 As I Am Alicia Keys
21 Murder 4:59 About Face David Gilmour
22 All The Fools Sailed Away 7:12 Dream Evil (Deluxe Edition) Dio
23 Stay With Me 4:40 A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To… The Faces
24 I Can't Keep You In My Mind 2:43 Sees The Light La Sera

25 Seven Nation Army 3:50 Elephant (UK vinyl) The White Stripes

Oct 2015 Update attached:

Spoiler

 

[DJ James]

Hard drive crashed in Oct 2014, had to transfer everything over to a new hard drive and create a new iTunes library.

cough

 

[Perun]

Okay, let's see what my top 25 tracks from the last 365 days were...

1. Iron Maiden - If Eternity Should Faily
2. Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
3. Iron Maiden - The Red and the Black
4. Iron Maiden - The Great Unknown
5. Iron Maiden - Speed of Light
6. Iron Maiden - When the River Runs Deep
7. Iron Maiden - Death or Glory
8. Iron Maiden - Shadows of the Valley
9. Iron Maiden - Tears of a Clown
10. Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds
11. Iron Maiden - The Man of Sorrows
12. Atlantean Kodex - Heresiarch
13. Atlantean Kodex - Trumpets of Doggerland
14. Atlantean Kodex - Twelve Stars and an Azure Gown
15. Atlantean Kodex - Sol Invictus
16. Atlantean Kodex - Bilwis
17. Atlantean Kodex - Enthrouned in Clouds and Fire
18. Atlantean Kodex - Der Untergang der Stadt Passau
19. Enforcer - Destroyer
20. Enforcer - One With Fire
21. Enforcer - Undying Evil
22. Enforcer - Below the Slumber
23. Enforcer - From Beyond
24. Atlantean Kodex - White Goddess Unveiled
25. Enforcer - Hungry They Will Become

Three guesses for my favourite three albums of late, first three don't count.

 

[LooseCannon]

Sol, Sol, Invictus!

 

[Collin]

So about a year later.... The Book of Souls makes a big difference!

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

You've listened to The Red And The Black (from start to finish; is that how iTunes counts?) 40 times!?

That's... that's too much.

I don't have iTunes, but on WMP I've only listened to one track more than 25 times. Admittedly the Played Count reset last year at some point, but still.

 

[Collin]

You've listened to The Red And The Black (from start to finish; is that how iTunes counts?) 40 times!?

That's... that's too much.

Yep, start to finish. And I firmly believe that isn't enough.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Yep, start to finish. And I firmly believe that isn't enough.

That's a whole nine hours of just listening to that track. Speed of Light is on there twice too; in total it looks like 100+ listens. Phew! That's lots. Another eight/nine hours in fact...

 

[The Flash]

You either listen to music much more often than I do Collin, or you just don't have as much variety. Those are pretty crazy numbers for 1 year round of listening.

 

[Mosh]

I don't use itunes but there's a really cool web app that compiles your most played albums based on Last FM scrobbles.

http://www.tapmusic.net/

Obviously albums with more songs have an advantage, but it's somewhat accurate for me otherwise.

All time:

Past 6 months: