At some point last night, in between donning a reindeer sweater with blinking lights and diving into a moving cab, the topic of 5 star songs in iTunes came up. See, I thought the majority of my music library was rated. I use ratings to make smart playlists to fill my iPhone, etc. Blah blah, I couldn’t remember which songs were 5 stars either. Anyway, a little python+appscript script later… (BTW, why is utf-8 in python so *fucked* ?)

Total tracks: 13629
Rated tracks: 5289
1-star rated tracks: 33
2-star rated tracks: 638
3-star rated tracks: 3428
4-star rated tracks: 1138
5-star rated tracks: 52

I have so much work to do now! There are thousands of mp3s that aren’t even getting a shot in my regular rotation.

52 songs that I apparently find desert (or tropical i guess, let’s say… deserted) island worthy, sorted by genre, with playcounts. And bonus: artists with more than one 4-5 star rated tracks, sorted by number of said tracks. I present this information so that you may make fun of me.

Electronic

• Ladytron - Beautyx2 (39)
• M83 - On A White Lake, Near A Green Mountain (81)
• Nanook of the North - The Explorer (22)
• Nanook of the North - Forget It Jenny, Love Is Just a Privilege for the Rich (24)
• The Shanghai Restoration Project - Bubbling Well Road (12)

Hip-Hop

• Blueprint - Pendulum Master Feat Wind’n'breeze (58)
• Common - Nag Champa (10)
• El-P - Innocent Leader (33)
• J Dilla - Stop (102)
• J Dilla - Won’t do (19)
• Jay-Z - Ignorant Shit (Feat. Beanie Sigel) (33)
• Jay-Z - dead presidents 2 (16)
• Jedi Mind Tricks - When All Light Dies (34)
• Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (23)
• Outkast - Aquemini (14)
• OutKast - You May Die (23)
• Pimp C - Knockin Doorz Down (23)

Industrial

• Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs (30)

Metal

• Isis - Wills Dissolve (42)
• Isis - Grinning Mouths (35)

Pop

• Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (21)

R&B

• John Legend - Coming Home (7)

Rock

• Bjork - Pluto (12)
• Coldplay - Talk (40)
• The Cure - The Same Deep Water As You (42)
• The Cure - Disintegration (41)
• The Cure - Boys Dont Cry (18)
• The Cure - Sinking (22)
• Death Cab For Cutie - What Sarah Said (17)
• Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (34)
• The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? (45)
• The Mars Volta - Cicatriz E.S.P. (43)
• Modest Mouse - Float On (18)
• Mogwai - Punk Rock? (61)
• Mogwai - Auto Rock (44)
• Mum - The Land Between Solar Systems (79)
• Mum - The Ballad Of The Broken Birdie Records (61)
• The Organ - Memorize The City (89)
• Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) (39)
• Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine (51)
• Porcupine Tree - The Start Of Something Beautiful (51)
• Porcupine Tree - Lips Of Ashes (31)
• Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong (27)
• Radiohead - Black Star (15)
• Radiohead - Sit down. Stand up. (Snakes & Ladders.) (22)
• Radiohead - The Gloaming. (Softly Open our Mouths in the Cold.) (24)
• Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Phthisis (38)
• Stereolab - The Noise of Carpet (22)
• Stereolab - Motoroller Scalatron (24)
• Tool - Schism (41)
• Tool - Lateralis (36)

And the big list

Jay-Z (46), Kanye West (28), Radiohead (25), Pink Floyd (20), The Flaming Lips (19), Mogwai (19), M83 (18), Nas (18), Mum (17), The Mars Volta (15), Outkast (15), Ratatat (15), Little Brother (14), Ladytron (14), Common (14), Isis (14), Eminem (13), Goldfrapp (13), Jedi Mind Tricks (13), Porcupine Tree (12), Stereolab (12), Explosions in the Sky (11), Sigur Ros (11), Mobb Deep (11), The Cure (11), The Album Leaf (11), MF Doom & Madlib are Madvillain (11), Death Cab For Cutie (11), Lupe Fiasco (11), El-P (10), Stars (10), The Foreign Exchange (10), TV On The Radio (10), J Dilla (9), Lil Wayne (9), T.I. (9), The Game (9), Sneaker Pimps (9), The Notorious B.I.G. (9), 50 Cent (8), Beck (8), Tool (8), John Legend (7), Young Jeezy (7), Handsome Boy Modeling School (7), Massive Attack (7), Elzhi (7), The White Stripes (7), Nine Inch Nails (6), Editors (6), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (6), MGMT (6), A Perfect Circle (6), N.E.R.D (6), Air (6), Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (6), The Organ (6), Bone Thugs N Harmony (6), Gorillaz (6), Tears for Fears (6), Blueprint (6), The National (6), 2pac (6), Jill Scott (6), Junior Boys (6), Modest Mouse (6), Murs (6), Nina Simone (6), Erykah Badu (5), Pineapple Thief (5), Delays (5), Lauryn Hill (5), Rick Ross (5), Zero 7 (5), Kidz In The Hall (5), Secret Machines (5), Snoop Dogg (5), Bjork (5), Mick Boogie & Terry Urban (5), Beanie Sigel (5), Cormega (5), Metric (5), The Knife (5), RJD2 (5), DJ Shadow (5), Binary Star (4), Blackfield (4), Quasimoto (4), Nanook of the North (4), Yoko Kanno (4), Broken Social Scene (4), Tortoise (4), The Postal Service (4), Brian Eno (4), Ray Cash (4), Cloud Cult (4), Matt Pond PA (4), King Crimson (4), Puff Daddy & The Family (4), Kill Bill (4), Nicolay (4), Black Star (4), Gnarls Barkley (4), Deltron 3030 (4), cibo matto (4), Mr. Lif (4), Bitter Sweet (4), Atmosphere (3), Black Milk (3), Lovage (3), Dntel (3), Cannibal Ox (3), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (3), Terence Blanchard (3), Cam’ron (3), Cut Copy (3), dead prez (3), BLu (3), ABN (3), Andre 3000 (3), UNKLE (3), The Beta Band (3), Wax Tailor (3), The Octopus Project (3), Joe Budden (3), Michael Jackson (3), Four Tet (3), Coldplay (3), The Notwist (3), Honeycut (3), Goapele (3), The Strokes (3), Bones Domingo (3), Paul Oakenfold (3), Wutang Clan (3), Juvenile (3), Franz Ferdinand (3), D12 (3), Fela Kuti (3), Entre Rios (3), M.I.A. (3), Cee-Lo (3), Mice Parade (3), Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek (Reflection Eternal) (3), Howard Shore (3), Freeway (3), S.A.S (2), Tenacious D (2), Wilderness (2), G-Side (2), Moby (2), Obie Trice (2), Propellerheads (2), Big Punisher (2), Memphis Bleek (2), Nicolay & Kay (2), Bun B (2), Slim Thug (2), Pimp C (2), Dr. Dre (2), C-Murder (2), Jay-Z And Linkin Park (2), Mannie Fresh (2), Army of the Pharaohs (2), Portishead (2), Mos Def (2), Alicia Keys (2), Prodigy (2), Notorious B.I.G (2), Dwele (2), Dilated Peoples (2), Ellen Allien & Apparat (2), Mars Volta (2), Big Tymers (2), Ras Kass (2), Jane’s Addiction (2), James Figurine (2), The Clipse (2), 120 Days (2), Jim Jones (2), B.G. (2), Scissor Sisters (2), Janelle Monae (2), Ghostface Killah (2), Kenna (2), Floetry (2), Sean Price (2), Mase (2)

If only I had a dating site profile to fill out…