Yeah, it's definitely entertainment vs. effeciency.

If more people were contributing to the thread I would agree, but this is pretty quiet and that method would take literally years at the pace we are going now.

Also there's time to discuss the albums as we go if members want to.

Alright, in that case,

1. Flaming Lips
2. Love
3. Animal Collective

^

I don't mind if we decide on simply picking a top album, but would people rather do it that way or a Top 10?

Whatever you think we should do.

Top 10. And I'm not changing my mind! :) I'm officially confirming that I know what I'm doing now so it's all cool.

Get your list ordered and post it below.

From liked most to liked least, I think my order would be...:

1. Love - Forever Changes
2. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
3. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
4. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
5. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
7. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
8. Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream
9. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
10. The Monkees - Headquarters

Some of these were really hard to rank against each other though, I could easily see some of these switching places.
edit: re-ordered the lower part of my list a bit (Feb. 18)

1. Flaming Lips
2. Love
3. Animal Collective
4. The Beatles
5. Kinks
6. of Montreal
7. Beach Boys
8. Zombies
9. Kaleidoscope
10. Monkees

1. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
4. Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream
5. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
7. The Monkees - Headquarters
8. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
9. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
10. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer

no. 1 and no. 10 are definite, some of the others could possibly swap places with further listens.

Time limit?

5 days from now?

1. Love
2. The Zombies
3. The Beatles
4. The Beach Boys
5. The Flaming Lips
6. of Montreal
7. The Kinks
8. Animal Collective
9. Kaleidoscope
10. The Monkees

Is everyone done? I'm going to try multiple ways of tallying the votes, and see what comes out differently.

10. Monkees
9. Kaleidoscope
8. Flaming Lips
7. Zombies
6. of Montreal
5. Beach Boys
4. Beatles
3. Kinks
2. Animal Collective
1. Love

1. Love - Forever Changes
2. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
3. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
4. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
5. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
7. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
8. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
9. Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream
10. The Monkees - Headquarters

Ooh, more data. I love it.

So far, four bands in the center are pretty close together. One or two more votes could seriously shake up the middle of the list.

1. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4. The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks
5. The Zombies - Oddyssey and Oracle
6. Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream
7. The Monkees - Headquarters
8. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up!
9. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
10. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Hey Goofle, I have a proposition for you. I'll calculate everything each Sunday, and post the results, and then you can post the new battle.
Rinse, repeat.

Sounds good to moi.

We will have a bit of a discussion over the final 10 first though.

Here's the picks!

Psychedelic Pop

1. Love - Forever Changes
2. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
3. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
4. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
5. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
6. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
7. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
8. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
9. Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream
10. The Monkees - Headquarters

I first found the mean score for each pick, and ranked them according to who had the least to greatest mean. The ends of the list were pretty set in stone. With 1,2,3,9 and 10 never in danger of losing their spots. However, the middle of the list went through a lot of turmoil. I will say that Frownland's votes severely upheaved some of the action in the middle, leading to some changes that I would not have expected. After all of that, the Beach Boys and Animal Collective were actually tied for fourth place, so I had to look at the median and mode as well.

The Beach Boys' median score was 5.5, and their modes were 4 and 7.
Animal Collective's median score was 6, and their mode was 6 as well.

Therefore, The Beach Boys took the #4 spot, and Animal Collective were pushed down to #5. Some of the middle section definitely did not turn out how I would have expected, and in some cases, I don't think the middle of the chart represents the album's fortitude as well as it could. That said, I've come up with a secondary reflective chart. This one is based off of the RYM ratings.

1. The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
4. The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
5. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
6. Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream
7. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
8. of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
9. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
10. The Monkees - Headquarters

This is not the official list, the official list is above.
For an explanation of what this is, please read the above paragraph.

Obviously, this list is very different from what we have. I think there are several factors that could account for these changes. I'll let others discuss this, however. I'd also like to know if you guys want me to continue to make an analysis, or to just post the list and be done with it.

That went over my head. Pick whichever you think is the fairest scoring method.

The mean makes the most sense for this. Mode's a good model for tie breaking.

I concur.

So, what's the plan here?

Bump

Oop.

Okay, let's go with this:

Synth Pop

1. Depeche Mode - Violator
2. Pet Shop Boys - Behavior
3. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine
4. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
5. New Order - Power Corruption and Lies
6. The Human League - Dare
7. Sparks - N° 1 in Heaven
8. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
9. The Knife - Silent Shout
10. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Any objections?

Cool with me. How about we go on a three week model? I don't want to have to rush this list.

Happy with that. Let's get listening.

Bump. Let's get this poppin'.

Been trying for a while. Seems longer than it is.