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: 2441
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 a third of 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 | 14 |
| 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 | 15 |
| 4 | The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain Boys | (King KLP-615) | 1959 | 4.93 | 29 |
| 5 | The King Years, 1961-1965 | (King KG-0950-2) | 2003 | 4.92 | 13 |
| 6 | The Early Starday/King Years, 1958-1961 | (King/Starday KBSCD-7000) | 1993 | 4.92 | 13 |
| 7 | Mountain Song Favorites | (Starday SLP-106) | 1959 | 4.92 | 12 |
| 8 | On Radio | (Rebel REB-CD-1115) | 1991 | 4.91 | 11 |
| 9 | Riding That New River Train | (Stanleytone ST-5002) | 2001 | 4.82 | 11 |
| 10 | Folk Festival | (Stanleytone ST-5003) | 2001 | 4.82 | 11 |
| 11 | Earliest Recordings: The Complete Rich-R-Tone 78s | (Rounder 11661-1110-2) | 2004 | 4.69 | 16 |
| 12 | The Stanley Brothers On WCYB Bristol | (Rebel REB-855) | 1988 | 4.67 | 12 |
| 13 | Country Pickin And Singin' | (Mercury MG-20349) | 1958 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 14 | Hymns Of The Cross | (King KLP-918) | 1964 | 4.60 | 10 |
| 15 | Shadows Of The Past | (Copper Creek CCLP 0101) | 1981 | 4.50 | 16 |
| 16 | Hymns And Sacred Songs | (King KLP-645) | 1959 | 4.50 | 10 |
| 17 | The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers | (Columbia CK-53798) | 1996 | 4.45 | 11 |
| 18 | The Complete Mercury Recordings | (Mercury MERC-B0000534-02) | 2003 | 4.32 | 19 |
| 19 | Stanley Series Vol. 3 No. 4 | (Copper Creek CCCD-5512) | 1992 | 4.25 | 12 |
| 20 | Stanley Series Vol. 2 No. 1 | (Copper Creek CCSS-V2N1) | 1984 | 4.06 | 16 |
| 21 | Stanley Series Vol. 1 No. 1 | (Copper Creek CCSS-V1N1) | 1982 | 3.92 | 12 |
| 22 | An Evening Long Ago | (Columbia/DMZ CK-86747) | 2004 | 3.91 | 11 |
| 23 | Old-Time Songs | (Stanleytone STCD-5001) | 2001 | 3.85 | 13 |
| 24 | Stanley Series Vol. 4 No. 1 | (Copper Creek CCCD-5513) | 1996 | 3.82 | 11 |
| 25 | Earliest Recordings | (Revenant REV-203) | 1997 | 3.80 | 10 |
| 26 | Live At New River Ranch | (No label No #) | 200? | 3.73 | 11 |
| 27 | Stanley Brothers Of Virginia, Vol. 2: Long Journey Home | (County CO-739) | 1973 | 3.73 | 11 |
| 28 | Stanley Series Vol. 3 No. 1 | (Copper Creek CCSS-V3N1) | 1987 | 3.70 | 10 |
| 29 | Stanley Series Vol. 4 No. 2 | (Copper Creek CCCD-5514) | 1996 | 3.70 | 10 |
| 30 | Valley View Park 1957 | (Stanley Family Records SFR-002) | 2017 | 3.57 | 14 |
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 a third of 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 | 27 |
| 2 | Classic Stanley | (Freeland Recording Co. FRC-CD-9002) | 1995 | 5.00 | 13 |
| 3 | Live In Japan | (Seven Seas SR 690) | 1971 | 4.92 | 24 |
| 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 | 4.91 | 11 |
| 6 | Live At The Smithsonian Institution | (Atteiriam API-CD 1662) | 1992 | 4.91 | 11 |
| 7 | A Man And His Music | (Rebel SLP 1530) | 1973 | 4.89 | 9 |
| 8 | 1971 - 1973 | (Rebel REB-CD-4001-1/2/3/4) | 1995 | 4.85 | 13 |
| 9 | Something Old, Something New | (Rebel SLP 1503) | 1971 | 4.82 | 11 |
| 10 | Play Requests | (Rebel SLP 1514) | 1972 | 4.82 | 11 |
| 11 | Clinch Mountain Gospel | (Rebel SLP 1571) | 1977 | 4.67 | 15 |
| 12 | Featuring Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs | (Jalyn JLP-129) | 1971/2 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 13 | Sing Michigan Bluegrass | (Jessup MB 108) | 1971 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 14 | Gospel Echoes Of The Stanley Brothers | (Jessup MB 129) | 1971 | 4.64 | 11 |
| 15 | Brand New Country Songs | (King 1028) | 1967/8 | 4.40 | 15 |
| 16 | John Henry | (Birdree PMC 6004) | 1971 | 4.27 | 11 |
| 17 | Over The Sunset Hill | (King 1032) | 1968 | 4.10 | 10 |
| 18 | Live at Watermelon Park: Berryville, Virginia 1969 | (Stanleytone STR-1105) | 2005 | 4.00 | 10 |
| 19 | I Want To Preach The Gospel | (Rebel SLP 1522) | 1973 | 3.78 | 9 |