@GoonieBuff and @whatstheuse324 (and others):
Regarding the methodology - different things are valued differently by different people doing the ranking. Though we put this out as a "we", it is really a collection of "I"s - who have different opinions on what makes a great show. Or even who recognize all these different things and try to have their own list reflect a little of each.

There may be some minor lobbying, cajoling, and accusations of deafness throughout the process, but in the interest of objectiveness (in this admittedly subjective exercise) we stick to a methodology and system (which I think is described in one of the earlier linked ranking exercises). There are often strongly opposed opinions that get balanced out in the aggregate. (Even though we were unanimous on # 1 for this year.)

Then the writeups get done by an individual, credited.

FWIW, for example, I really tried to get Alpine into my top 10. I love that style, the setlist, the narration. But upon listening very closely to the other shows we had at #5 - 14, I just couldn't get it in there.