Top 30 Favourites
I've now added an 'Album Rating' feature to the individual Discography listings... When visiting a page if you click on the 'stars' shown on the right hand side, the website will record your choice and recalculate the average rating and rating distribution for that album.
In order to add your ratings, they have to be stored on your computer as 'cookies' so that if you later change your mind, you can give the album a different rating... and also to help prevent people skewing the results by clicking on a rating multiple times.
The only data being sent from your computer is your 'Rating' and the 'Album' reference. No personal data is stored either in the cookies or on the website, which only holds the total votes for each of the star rating categories...
NB: I've now re-written the code that controls the scoring and handling of the cookies... It seems to be working... but if you notice any problems please get in touch via the Contact page. The new code will hopefully convert any of the old cookie ratings, which didn't get overwritten in the old system... Apologies for the inconvenience!
Thanks
Ivor (7th Nov 2017)
PS: I've re-jigged the charts so that only those with most vote are shown, i.e. albums with only one rating of 5 stars no longer skew the results...
Votes to date:
Total votes to date: 2043
Many thanks to everybody who's taken time to vote! It's much appreciated!
Stanley Brothers - Top 30 Albums
Below is a table of the top 30 Stanley Brother albums, which have the highest overall average score... and sorted by the number of votes cast.
In order to appear in the results each album must have at least half the number of votes as the one with the most votes cast.
| No. | Title: | Label / Cat. No: | Year: | Avg. Score | Total Votes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1953 - 1958 & 1959 | (Bear BCD-15681) | 1993 | 5.00 | 13 |
| 2 | The Definitive Collection (1947 - 1966) | (Time Life B00007883-02) | 2007 | 5.00 | 11 |
| 3 | The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1949-52 | (Bear BCD-15564) | 1991 | 4.93 | 14 |
| 4 | The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 | (King/Starday KBSCD-7000) | 1993 | 4.92 | 13 |
| 5 | The King Years, 1961-1965 | (King KG-0950-2) | 2003 | 4.92 | 13 |
| 6 | On Radio | (Rebel REB-CD-1115) | 1991 | 4.91 | 11 |
| 7 | The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain Boys | (King KLP-615) | 1959 | 4.90 | 21 |
| 8 | Riding That New River Train | (Stanleytone ST-5002) | 2001 | 4.82 | 11 |
| 9 | Folk Festival | (Stanleytone ST-5003) | 2001 | 4.82 | 11 |
| 10 | Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s | (Rounder 11661-1110-2) | 2004 | 4.64 | 14 |
| 11 | The Stanley Brothers On WCYB Bristol | (Rebel REB-855) | 1988 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 12 | Shadows Of The Past | (Copper Creek CCLP 0101) | 1981 | 4.42 | 12 |
| 13 | The Complete Mercury Recordings | (Mercury MERC-B0000534-02) | 2003 | 4.24 | 17 |
| 14 | Stanley Series Vol. 3 No. 4 | (Copper Creek CCCD-5512) | 1992 | 4.18 | 11 |
| 15 | Stanley Series Vol. 4 No. 1 | (Copper Creek CCCD-5513) | 1996 | 3.82 | 11 |
| 16 | Old-Time Songs | (Stanleytone STCD-5001) | 2001 | 3.75 | 12 |
| 17 | Live At New River Ranch | (No label No #) | 200? | 3.73 | 11 |
| 18 | Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 1 | (Copper Creek CCSS-V2N1) | 1984 | 3.64 | 11 |
| 19 | Valley View Park 1957 | (Stanley Family Records SFR-002) | 2017 | 3.42 | 12 |
| 20 | In Memory Of Carter Stanley: An Empty Mansion | (Rimrock RLP-153) | 1967 | 3.25 | 16 |
| 21 | A Beautiful Life (2nd issue) | (Rimrock RLP-200) | 1967 | 3.25 | 12 |
| 22 | On The Air | (Wango LP-115) | 1976 | 2.91 | 11 |
Ralph Stanley - Top Albums
Below is a table of the top Ralph Stanley albums, which have the highest overall average score... and sorted by the number of votes cast.
In order to appear in the results each album must have at least half the number of votes as the one with the most votes cast.
| No. | Title: | Label / Cat. No: | Year: | Avg. Score | Total Votes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cry From The Cross | (Rebel SLP 1499) | 1971 | 5.00 | 20 |
| 2 | 1971 - 1973 | (Rebel REB-CD-4001-1/2/3/4) | 1995 | 5.00 | 12 |
| 3 | Classic Stanley | (Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-9002) | 1995 | 5.00 | 10 |
| 4 | Poor Rambler: His Complete King and Gusto Recordings | (King K3CD-0951) | 2003 | 4.91 | 11 |
| 5 | The Stanley Sound Around The World | (King Bluegrass KB 522) | 1973 | 4.90 | 10 |
| 6 | Live In Japan | (Seven Seas SR 690) | 1971 | 4.88 | 17 |
| 7 | Something Old, Something New | (Rebel SLP 1503) | 1971 | 4.80 | 10 |
| 8 | Clinch Mountain Gospel | (Rebel SLP 1571) | 1977 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 9 | Featuring Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs | (Jalyn JLP-129) | 1971/2 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 10 | Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers | (Jessup MB 129) | 1971 | 4.60 | 10 |
| 11 | Sing Michigan Bluegrass | (Jessup MB 108) | 1971 | 4.60 | 10 |
| 12 | Brand New Country Songs | (King 1028) | 1967/8 | 4.36 | 14 |
| 13 | John Henry | (Birdree PMC 6004) | 1971 | 4.20 | 10 |