OK ...So What Do You Listen to Most?

Posted by: Mr Underhill on 06 May 2015

With the wonders of modern technology we can now check on our systems what we ACTUALLY listen to most frequently ....perhaps embarrassingly!

 

Here are the top page of albums as captured by my NS01:

 

Medusa .......................................Annie Lennox

The Seeds of Love ......................Tears for Fears

Wake Up .....................................Tom Figgins

Steve McQueen (Acoustic) ..........Prefab Sprout

Clapton ........................................Eric Clapton

Dr Who Series 5 ..........................BBC National Orch

Eye in the Sky ..............................Alan Parsons Project

Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle ....Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle Orch

0 ...................................................Damian Rice

Very Best of Cat Stevens .............Cat Stevens

 

So, what do you listen to most?????

 

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Posted on: 06 May 2015 by Pallie

- Eagles 

- The Alan Parson project

- Frazey Ford

- Dire Straits

- Grace Jones

- Taylor Swift

- Steely Dan

- Michael Jackson

- Norah Jones

 

Last month top page.

Posted on: 06 May 2015 by ChrisSU

I don't think there's anything too embarrassing here!  In the past I've seen some very unfamiliar tracks on the list though, so I'm not entirely convinced of it's accuracy...

 

 

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Posted on: 16 May 2015 by IanG

Interesting. How do you do this as I can't seem to find it ?

Posted on: 16 May 2015 by ChrisSU
If you're using UPnP on the Naim app, there's a menu where you select to listen by album, artist, playlist, etc. Further down the list, you should see 'top 20'. If you also use N-Serve, there's a similar option, but better in that it shows the most played 100 instead of just 20. No doubt other NAS/UPnP software has something similar, as does iTunes.
Posted on: 16 May 2015 by IanG

Thanks Chris. I don't however have that. My app/firmware is up to date.

 

Under playlist I do have a "Most Played" option but this appears to be individual tracks rather than albums.

Posted on: 16 May 2015 by ChrisSU
This info, along with music and metadata, is provided by the NAS, so if there is a way of configuring it, I think that's the place to look. The only NAS I've used is a Unitiserve, so I'm not sure how this might work with other devices.
Posted on: 17 May 2015 by hafler3o

My top 20 albums (including EPs) since last March are as follows, and in no particular order:


Monolake - Atlas / Titan (ep)
Arovane - Cycliph (ep)
10cc - The Original Soundtrack
The Durutti Column - Deux Triangles (ep)
Luke Abbott - Wysing Forest
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos I - XII
Rainer Veil - New Brutalism (ep)
Hans Zimmer - Inception OST
Jansen / Barbieri - Other Worlds In Small Rooms
Susumu Yokota - Sakura
Steve Jansen - Exit North (ep)
Fennesz - Seven Stars (ep)
Vermont - Vermont
Bill Nelson/Harold Budd/Fila Brazillia - 3 White Roses And A Budd (ep)
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Mika Vainio - Kilo
Autechre - L-event (ep) *
Elton John - The Diving Board
Mogwai - The Hawk Is Howling
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
 
* the winner!
Posted on: 30 May 2015 by mudwolf

A lot of early jazz of the Duke, Ella, Sarah, Billie, Ray

New passions are wonderful to have, exploring a previous generations greatest is priceless and with so many wonderful new pressings.  I was just at THE Newport Show and bought 12 180 g vinyls, they gave me a discount.  Half were jazz but also got Eat a Peach, Kiko, PF's Wish You Were Here and DSOTM, Zep3, Santana Abraxus.  Seeing that many of the older series were numbered I thought buy now or be sorry.  2 jazz were used at the show in the Naim room, he's a new dealer to me, and at the counter another very helpful guy kept showing me the gotta have wellingtons and johnny Hodges, etc, that was great fun.  About 5 customers were all talking about first albums in the rock category.  I pick up Abraxus and I said even a skinny white kid had to dance to this in the basement. They all agreed it was the best.

Posted on: 30 May 2015 by dayjay

Hm, six Rush albums in the top ten plus Tear For Fears Greatest Hits, Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak, Shawn Mullins, Souls Core and A Feast of Consequences by Fish.  Quite surprised at the last one, didn't think I listened to that as much although my wife loves it.

Posted on: 30 May 2015 by Clive B

But n-Stream doesn't list all the LPs I've been playing lately!

 

However, at the top of my Top 20 list on the NS01 is Naim Label's HD freebie from Christmas 2013, 'Best of British and Beyond'. I know this is caused by the Charlie Haden song 'First Song' performed by Laurence Hobgood, Kurt Elling and the composer. A truly splendid performance of a beautiful song.