Rank the B-sides!

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dVTB · #76 Post by **dVTB** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 4:10 pm

I don't know how to compile the list in the most fair way.

Not everybody came up with complete lists, so not every song has the same amount of votes. Ideas are more than welcome. Post them here, PM me. As soon as I have a good solution, I will compile the final chart.

Phillip · #77 Post by **Phillip** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 6:08 pm

dVTB wrote:I don't know how to compile the list in the most fair way.
Not everybody came up with complete lists, so not every song has the same amount of votes. Ideas are more than welcome. Post them here, PM me. As soon as I have a good solution, I will compile the final chart.

I hope my PM has helped.

dVTB · #78 Post by **dVTB** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 6:09 pm

Yes, thanks Phillip

fluffmoln · #79 Post by **fluffmoln** » Fri 27 Oct 2006, 12:25 am

Oooooh, the suspense.

iwficon · #80 Post by **iwficon** » Mon 30 Oct 2006, 9:51 am

1. Miserablism
2. Don Juan
3. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
4. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
5. Shameless
6. In The Night
7. Paninaro
8. We All Feel Better In The Dark
9. Hey, Headmaster
10. Decadence
11. The Truck Driver And His Mate
12. What Keeps Mankind Alive
13. It Must Be Obvious
14. Sexy Northerner
15. A Man Could Get Arrested
16. Do I Have To?
17. Too Many People
18. You Know Where You Went Wrong
19. Losing My Mind
20. That's My Impression
21. Was That What It Was?
22. No Time For Tears
23. I Want A Dog
24. One Of The Crowd
25. The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
26. Girls & Boys (live)
27. Music For Boys
28. Euroboy
29. Betrayed
30. We're the Pet Shop Boys
31. Some Speculation
32. Hit And Miss
33. Your Funny Uncle
34. Screaming
35. How I Learned To Hate Rock And Roll
36. Jack The Lad
37. A New Life
38. The View From Your Balcony
39. Disco Potential
40. The Calm Before The Storm
41. Pet Shop Boys
42. Sail Away
43. Delusions Of Grandeur
44. Positive Role Model
45. Silver Age
46. The Sound Of The Atom Splitting
47. Casting A Shadow
48. The Ghost Of Myself
49. Lies
50. Transparent
51. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
52. The Resurrectionist
53. Blue On Blue
54. Between Two Islands
55. Confidential
56. Always
57. Nightlife
58. Searching For The Face Of Jesus
59. If Love Were All
60. Friendly Fire
61. Girls Don't Cry
62. Je t'Aime… Moi Non Plus

Joemoz · #81 Post by **Joemoz** » Mon 30 Oct 2006, 10:19 am

I think that for those who didn't come up with complete list, the top and bottom positions should be left open. For instance, if somebody only ranked 50 of the 62 b-sides, places 1-6 and 57-62 should be considered left open. That's probably the easiest way to fix that problem.

profile790 · #82 Post by **profile790** » Tue 12 Dec 2006, 10:51 pm

Below are the results of the Rank The B-sides survey. I processed 21 lists. The number 1 song got 62 points, the number 2 song 61 points, and so on. Some songs did not get votes from all 21 participants. I divided the total result by the number of voters, and multiplied it with 21.

The winner is.... Shameless
followed by #2 Miserablism and #3 In The Night & Do I Have To?(joint)

This is the full list
01 Shameless 1084
02 Miserablism 1032
03 In The Night 1000
03 Do I Have To? 1000
05 Paninaro 999
06 Too Many People 956
07 I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) 951
08 The Resurrectionist 943
09 Hey, Headmaster 915
10 Your Funny Uncle 914

11 Delusions Of Grandeur 903
12 A Man Could Get Arrested 900
13 Don Juan 892
14 Always 887
15 Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend 876
16 Hit And Miss 867
17 It Must Be Obvious 860
18 No Time For Tears 845,25*
19 Decadence 845
20 I didn't get where I am today 844

21 The Truck Driver And His Mate 825
22 We All Feel Better In The Dark 788
23 That’s My Impression 782
24 Sexy Northerner 750
25 Was That What It Was? 739
26 Jack The Lad 697
27 Between Two Islands 669
28 Some Speculation 668
29 A New Life 647
30 Friendly Fire 646,80*

31 The Ghost Of Myself 620
32 One Of The Crowd 617
33 The View From Your Balcony 613
34 You Know Where You Went Wrong 611
35 Losing My Mind 606
36 The Calm Before The Storm 601
37 Positive Role Model 583
38 Blue On Blue 582,75*
39 We're the Pet Shop Boys 579
40 Screaming 560

41 I Want A Dog 557
42 Euroboy 549
43 Searching For The Face Of Jesus 533
44 Betrayed 530
45 Music For Boys 503
46 The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On 502
47 Girls Don’t Cry 500
48 How I Learned To Hate Rock And Roll 496
49 Lies 494
50 Silver Age 464

51 Confidential 458,85*
52 Casting A Shadow 449,40*
53 Sail Away 442,05*
54 The Sound Of The Atom Splitting 409
54 Disco Potential 409
56 What Keeps Mankind Alive 377
57 Nightlife 372,75*
58 Je t’Aime… Moi Non Plus 363,30*
59 Transparent 350,70*
60 Girls & Boys (live) 349,65 *
61 If Love Were All 263
62 Pet Shop Boys 172,67 ***

*** 3 out of 21 votes missing. Result (148) calculated: total, divided by 18, times 21
* 1 out of 21 votes missing. Result calculated: total, divided by 20, times 21

retrofuturist · #83 Post by **retrofuturist** » Wed 13 Dec 2006, 12:23 am

Thanks Statsfreak.

Well done.

Retro.

Phillip · #84 Post by **Phillip** » Wed 13 Dec 2006, 12:29 am

3 of the top 10 are in my top 10 number's 1, 2 & 3

My Fav only made number 18

Thanks stats-freak for a great list.

skorpion76 · #85 Post by **skorpion76** » Wed 13 Dec 2006, 5:01 am

My favorite B-sides are Paninaro, We All Feel Better In The Dark, I want a Dog, The Truckdriver And His Mate, Losing my mind, We're the Pet Shop Boys. What keeps mankind alive?

Pet Shop Girl · #86 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Wed 13 Dec 2006, 5:53 am

It is simply too hard to rank them all.

skorpion76 · #87 Post by **skorpion76** » Wed 13 Dec 2006, 9:56 am

Exactly. There are so many good.

dVTB · #88 Post by **dVTB** » Wed 13 Dec 2006, 11:20 am

Perhaps this list is indeed the proof that Shameless should have been a single. The number of participators in the survey isn't very high, but thanks to the extensive method, the preference is pretty clear. Shameless is way ahead.

I'm very (pleasantly) surprised about Miserablism being #2. To me, this is further proof that Miserablism is the 11th Behaviour track. I consider Behaviour their best album ever.

I'm displeased with the results of Betrayed and Searching For The Face Of Jesus, though. Both are in the highest regions of my PSB chart.

Fargo · #89 Post by **Fargo** » Mon 18 Dec 2006, 5:38 pm

I knocked out by this survay and a huge peace of work you've done, stats-freak! You've done it well! But unfortunately I was too late to participate but I love b-sides as much as you do and the same about statistics.

Just tell me - is it possible to count my ranking list too? I'd like to very much...
I know some persons who can call Shameless the best b-side, but I would pup it rather somewhere in the middle of my list.

dVTB · #90 Post by **dVTB** » Mon 18 Dec 2006, 6:47 pm

I don't think it cause huge differences, Fargo. Shameless is 52 points ahead of Miserablism. You can post your list if you want. If enough people do so, I might process the voting results.

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