I like stats. So here are some. In July, we had 27 Random Albums of the Day. What, not 31? Nope. I was in the hospital with sepsis to start the month so missed a few days.

Of the 27 Albums in July, I kept 23 and trashed 4. I also trashed another album in the background which I had trouble determining what it was at first but didn’t like it anyway and somehow it never made it into a post. I just kept moving haha.

The average rating for July was 8.78, which was the highest average rating for a month in the first three months – by a long shot. Now I’m a generous rater and I know that. And keep in mind this music is all coming from my collection so I’m going to like most of it. The highest rating I gave was a 10 which was for the Violent Femmes debut self-titled LP. The lowest rating I gave out was a 3 which was for Jared & The Mill’s Daytrotter Session. Sorry Jared. Just not my thing.

Speaking of Daytrotter Sessions, we had 4 of them in July. In fact we’ve now been doing this for 77 days and we’ve had 13 Daytrotter Sessions overall. These are hit and miss as I sometimes just downloaded Daytrotter content based on the cover – which as we know you shouldn’t judge a book by its’ cover.

We started this in May and here is the data so far for 77 days of Random Albums:

I will add to the data as I go. I’m currently updating to including how many are LPs v EPs and Singles. So we’ll have that for August’s summary update. In the end, the Random Album of the Day is a good way for me to explore my large collection, pare it down and remove some of the stuff I won’t listen to anyhow, and even expand it at times when I find material that I want more of. I may even from time to time decide I want something on vinyl that I only have digitally. If I was in better health I would do a random vinyl of the day too. Also it’s a good way for me to share music. Hopefully others find it interesting!