Alienation Index (So This Is What I Do When I Could Be Reviewing Songs For Jukebox Instead)

Had the vague impression that The Singles Jukebox was giving higher scores to songs I dislike than to songs I like, so I decided to run a crude check. I broke this into three groups: those I'm thumbs down on (generally a score of 6 or under), categorized as NO; those I'm borderline on (hovering right around 6), categorized as BORDERLINE; and those I like (probably better than 6), categorized as YES. "Borderline" is a weasel category, since in Year In Pop and Year In America I TICK or NOT TICK; my main reason for keeping "Borderline" here was to ensure I didn't kill Calle 13 and keep Beirut just to raise my Alienation Index. But probably I am going to kill Calle 13 and keep Beirut (and keep Mondo Diao and Ciara).* In any event, adding up the numbers, it turns out my impression is wrong, though not wildly so. (I'll point out that relative high scorers "Lions, Tigers and Bears" and "Zero" are not that far from my borderline; I much prefer other tracks on the Jazmine and YYY albs.)

( Il Si, il Brutto, il Non )