Liner Notes / Analytics
The essentials, counted.
Every stat derived from the essentials itself. Click anything to filter back into the records.
By the Numbers
What a life's worth of curation looks like, quantified.
272
records in the essentials
Distinct artists
155
First year
1957
Latest year
2019
Median release
1994
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By the Decade
How the decades stack up, album by album. Click a decade to explore it in the essentials.
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Most Represented
Artists with more than one entry. Click an artist to filter the essentials.
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Longest Career Arcs
For artists with multiple entries, the gap between earliest and latest album in the essentials.
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Most Wu of Em All
Wu-Tang Clan, GZA, Raekwon, Method Man, and Ghostface Killah — counted as one extended family.
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
1993
Tical
Method Man
1994
Liquid Swords
GZA
1995
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Raekwon
1995
Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah
2000
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Curator's Eras
The essentials split into three equal thirds by year. Each era's signature album is the median entry of that bucket.