The Needle & The Laser

The Needle & The Laser

An evolving project to catalogue John's music collection.

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2,293Artists
2,246Albums
29,353Tracks
2,064.2Hours of Music

Top Artists, by Album Count

Various Artists
204
The Beatles
60
Yes
48
Pat Metheny
31
Bruce Springsteen
29

Top Years, by Albums

1987
103
1985
73
1988
72
1989
67
1986
66

Top Genres, by Albums

Pop/Rock
1033
Jazz
385
New Age
145

Recently Added

Cookin'
Miles Davis
Blackout
Scorpions
Love At First Sting
Scorpions
'Live' Bullet
Bob Seger
Nine Tonight
Bob Seger

Recently Edited

Track
Nil 'Na La
Solas
 Artist
Billy Oskay & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
 Artist
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville Marriner, Conductor
 Artist The Beatles
The Beatles
 Album
Power Up
AC/DC

More About the Collection

Format Mix

CD
1993
Digital
253
Vinyl
10

Albums by Decade

1940s
4
1950s
68
1960s
197
1970s
301
1980s
621
1990s
534
2000s
335
2010s
134
2020s
35

Completeness

Cover art
4%
Insert/booklet
1%

Most Performers on a Track

"Trepak" from the Nutcracker
1
"Waltz of the Flowers" from the Nutcracker
1
"Why Hi-Fi Experts Disagree" (Microphone Comparison)
1
'Round Midnight
1
'Round Midnight
1

Top Rated

Heavy Metal (Music from the Motion Picture)
4.0

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Listening History

430,084 Total Scrobbles (2007-2025)

Top Artists, by Scrobbles (2007-2025)

Pat Metheny
11,204
Solas
8,434
Wilco
7,858
The Beatles
5,908
Diana Krall
5,669
William Ackerman
4,964
John Prine
3,845
U2
3,832
George Winston
3,204
AC/DC
2,961

Top Albums, by Scrobbles (2007-2025)

Solas
1,417
Another Day
992
Letter from Home
985
Conferring with the Moon
984
Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers
947
Waiting for an Echo
907
Secret Story
887
High Plains
872
Solid Colors
862
Sound of Wind Driven Rain
819

Top Years, by Scrobbles (2007-2025)

2025
34,997
2014
32,760
2019
31,119
2020
30,776
2018
30,685

Shows

80 Total Shows

Top Five Artists

Jimmy Buffett
8
John Prine
8
Lyle Lovett
5
Jackie Venson
3
Robert Earl Keen
3

Top Five Venues

Moody Theater
13
Paramount Theater
12
Bass Concert Hall
6
Frank Erwin Center
5
Deer Creek Music Center
4

Of the Day

Artist of the Day

Coleman Hawkins

Album of the Day

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Expanded Edition) cover
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Expanded Edition)
Wilco

Track of the Day

Leaves That Are Green
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence · 2:23