Last.fm Listening Trends 2014 Q3

I continued listening to artists alphabetically on my computer and randomly on my phone.

1. Childish Gambino (92 listens) - Came across his music in my alphabetic romp. Currently conflicted. I enjoy the verbal jiu jitsu, but find a lot of it whiny (after hearing for the 15th time) and just so overly aggressively sexual I feel wrong listening to it with my daughter around. 2. Billie Holiday (64 listens) - long-time readers know that Danielle and I listen to pretty much everything from the latest music to the oldest music. Billie Holiday is awesome and more people need to listen to her. 3. Danny Baranowsky (61 listens) - Listened to the Super Meat Boy soundtrack. It was fun. 4. Chance the Rapper (47 listens) - Still really enjoy Acid Rap and don’t enjoy #10Day. 5. The Black Keys (46 listens) - I always start off happy listening to The Black Keys, but the sameness drags on me by the end. 6. Alan Menken (45 listens) - for Scarlett. 7. Celia Cruz (44 listens) - I can listen to Celia Cruz at any time. Really enjoyed revisiting these songs. 7. Brave Saint Saturn (44 listens) - Although the first album’s a tad cheesy, I really enjoy where Reese took things for the second two albums. I continue to hold out hope that he will do another one. 9. Mandy Moore (43 listens) - Scarlett wanted to listen to a lot of Tangled this quarter. 10. Anberlin (31 listens) - Maybe it’s just the quarter in which I bought it, but the last album failed to make a lasting impression. I’m sure, with time, I’ll come to enjoy it as much as I enjoy the other albums. 11. Christafari (30 listens) - The music is a great groove. I have the first two albums and I think I like more songs in the first one, but I do like a lot of the second one. Although no longer an evangelical, I still find it to be pretty uplifting. 12. Ben Shive (29 listens) - There’s a certain timelessness to the songs. Some of them remind me of a subdued Billy Joel. 13. The Chipmunks & The Chipettes (28 listens) - Playing some Chipmunks for Scarlett. 13. The Weeknd (28 listens) - I know there are issues with some of the lyrics, but I do like the sound of a few of the songs. Especially “High for This” 13. Ben Prunty Music (28 listens) - The FTL soundtrack. Quite moody. I enjoy it.

Stats

Total Songs (in my collection): 15303 (up from 15042). Less of an increase than in the past, but I’ve been so busy this quarter that I haven’t really been as diligent about looking for new songs.

Total Artists:4526 (up from 4421) I’m actually surprised at this number, but I think it was from me adding a few free songs early in the quarter.

Total Albums:3496 (up from 3454)

Average Songs Per Album: 4.38 (up from 4.35)

Average Songs Per Artist:3.38 (a slight drop from 3.4) Surprised this fell since the previous one rose, but I guess I added a few artists with long albums and then mostly artists with smaller albums.

Total Scrobbles at End of Quarter: 80539

Total Scrobbles for this Quarter:2459 (not quite the 3228 of the last quarter). I think partly due to the fact that I’ve spent a lot less time at my computer, the place I most often listen to music.

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