This survey opened on 1999-01-29. Due to its difficulty and ambiguity, parts of it were revised (clarified) on 1999-02-11. The survey is still open, although it's been a few years since I received any responses.
For now, the only way to take part in the survey is to either email me your answers or post them on Rail On.
1. ALBUMS
So we can answer several questions at once, I've created a table.
Here are the different criteria which you can rate for each album:
ENJOY = Your enjoyability of the album's MUSIC from 0 to 10
0 awful, either very boring or very annoying
1-3 pretty lame to so-so
4-6 decent
7-9 good to excellent
10 awesome, one of your all time favorite albums
RECOM = Likelihood of being one of the first albums you'd recommend
to someone who's into that genre of music (rock/pop/newage)
(e.g., 5 = around 50%)
SONGS = Number of songs on album which get stuck in your head all
the time (in the good way) and that you'd put on a best-of
compilation (could be a box set) for yourself. For the
WSYM and Fried reissues, you *can* count the bonus songs.
LYRIC = The quality of the lyrics from 0 to 10. How intelligent,
clever, poignant, etc. do you consider them?
COVER = Overall appeal of the packaging: sleeve art, liner notes,
convenience... from 0 (awful) to 10 (work of art)
FORM = The format you own: CD, LP, Cass, dub [of CD, LP, or tape]
ALBUM |ENJOY|RECOM|SONGS|LYRIC|COVER|FORM |
======================+=====+=====+=====+=====+=====+=====+
Piano | | | | | | |
Kilmanjaro | | | | | | |
Wilder | | | | | | |
Everybody Wants to... | | | | | | |
World Shut Your Mouth | | | | | | |
Fried | | | | | | |
Saint Julian | | | | | | |
Followers of St.Julian| | | | | | |
My Nation Underground | | | | | | |
Skellington | | | | | | |
Droolian | | | | | | |
Peggy Suicide | | | | | | |
Floored Genius | | | | | | |
Jehovahkill | | | | | | |
Rite | | | | | | |
Floored Genius 2 | | | | | | |
Skellington 2 | | | | | | |
Autogeddon | | | | | | |
Queen Elizabeth | | | | | | |
Twenty Mothers | | | | | | |
Interpreter | | | | | | |
Rite 2 | | | | | | |
Queen Elizabeth 2 | | | | | | |
2. What are your 5 favorite songs? (which do you most "get into"
while you're listening and which you can hum from memory)
3. What are your 5 least favorite ALBUM songs?
4. What are your 5 favorite non-album songs? Don't include any
that are on Followers, the WSYM reissue, the Fried reissue,
or Floored Genius 2.
5. What are your 3 favorite EPs? (Don't include Sunshine
Playroom or Sunspots since they've been added to WSYM and
Fried)
6. How long have you been listening to Cope?
7. How many Cope concerts have you attended?
8. How many Cope concerts do you have on tape?
9. What question would you most like to see Cope answer?
10. What question(s) would you like to see on the next survey?
I think I have some responses somewhere, but need to tabulate them.