I like stats so here is the monthly report on the Random Album of the Day posts. Added lots of data this month.

We had 30 albums in August. I forget why but no album on August 2nd. The average rating for the month was 8.65. I’m a generous rater but also music in my collection is going to tend toward music I like usually. We kept 25 albums and deleted 5 albums from our collection.

We had 22 full length Albums, 7 EPs, and 1 single. So mostly longer play albums. We did have two Split albums and 1 Various Artist Compilation.

The Top Genres for August were Indie Rock and then Indie Pop, Punk Rock, and Singer-Songwriter… Overall we had 50 different genres represented in August!

Most of the music in my collection comes from the USA. But I do have some geographic spread. Music in August was from 8 different countries.

Taking a closer look at where the USA and Canada music came from, most of it was from California or New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington D.C. also did well. Overall we had 12 American states and 1 Canadian Province represented,

Anyhow there is a quick look at the stats for August with glimpses at the YTD totals. Also, note that so far we have done 111 Random Albums (including the 4 so far in September). We keep on moving…

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!