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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:11 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AM has users in China apparently
- Replies: 20
- Views: 788
Re: AM has users in China apparently
If we can diversify and have users find more non-English language lists I'm all for it.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173669
Re: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
Just adding a handful...to sometimes just replace an album from the same artist makes the update feel like they're just throwing darts up there.
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:58 am
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: Billboard - 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time (2023 - Staff list) + The 100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 100 (2023)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12911
Re: Billboard - 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time (2023 - Staff list)
Never thought I would see "Island in the Sun" on a best ever list...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
- Replies: 73
- Views: 204313
Re: PREDICTIONS - AMF All-Time Favorite Albums (2023 Edition)
I also feel like some of us are getting comfortable with what we already like (or simply failing to find the time to update our lists) which is likely to hurt the more recent releases. I stand by my general idea that most people who get serious about music feel the urge to check out the classics, b...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:45 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
- Replies: 222
- Views: 1155235
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Excellent roleout!!!!
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 5:02 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2023 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 223
- Views: 992969
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2023 LIST THREAD
Thinking over the past three years...there hasn't been that many changes in my list. I guess I've just grown static in my middle age. The only thing that really moved is that first American Football LP, which I keep coming back to again and again. Also only going up to 100 this time, because at a ce...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The Commercial Relevance of the Billboard Top 10
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4636
Re: The Commercial Relevance of the Billboard Top 10
So why does Drake, Taylor Swift and others consistently beat out 200 other artists and dominate in the charts. For example, why don't The Beatles albums hang around in the charts year in and year out while they continue to be streamed today. One major reason is that today's public prefers to stream...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:26 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: Consequence of Sound (US) : The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1262
Re: Consequence of Sound (US) : The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time
Some weird ones here, like 2001 over The Chronic and The Fame Monster.
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:58 am
- Forum: Soundtracks
- Topic: Rolling Stone (USA) - 100 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time (2022)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1329
Re: Rolling Stone (USA) - 100 Best TV Theme Sings of All Time (2022)
1. Taxi and Twin Peaks theme (RIP) should be much higher.
2. The true meme choice of Too Many Cooks at 10 is dumb. Have it on your list for laughs, sure. But not that high.
2. The true meme choice of Too Many Cooks at 10 is dumb. Have it on your list for laughs, sure. But not that high.
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:39 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Kanye West Praises Hitler & The Nazis on Infowars
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10498
Re: Kanye West Praises Hitler & The Nazis on Infowars
I had already written off any new Kanye material, but the past weeks of stuff just seals the deal. Dude has gone off the deep end for good.
- Mon Oct 17, 2022 2:10 am
- Forum: Single critics & musicians
- Topic: LiveAbout (USA) - Top 20 Rock Songs of the 2000s (2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1522
Re: LiveAbout (USA) - Top 20 Rock Songs of the 2000s (2018)
This list is...bad.
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:33 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Artist List (2022 Edition) - Results
- Replies: 213
- Views: 115773
Re: AMF All-Time Artist List (2022 Edition) - Results
Great job on the presentation!
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:38 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: How do you factor in an artist's bad work?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3383
Re: How do you factor in an artist's bad work?
In the end, there is no artist, absolutely no artist, that doesn't end up with a couple clunkers if they have a long career. And you can have a dozen clunkers if you've already made enough great stuff. For a group like The Decemberists, who I had as my #2 or 3 in the poll, I think half of their cata...
- Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:36 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Artist of the Month - August '22 - Arcade Fire - List Thread!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8495
- Mon Aug 22, 2022 7:47 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Artist List (2022 Edition) - Results
- Replies: 213
- Views: 115773
Re: AMF All-Time Artist List (2022 Edition) - Results
Really excited to see how the rest of the list goes!
- Sun Aug 14, 2022 3:33 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top Artists of All Time 2022 Edition List Thread (Deadline: August 15)
- Replies: 113
- Views: 70640
Re: AMF Top Artists of All Time 2022 Edition List Thread (Deadline: August 15)
Because I see that I'm running out of time, this list is me taking a look at my last.fm profile and seeing who I've been listening to the most for 18 years. 1. R.E.M. 2. The Decemberists 3. Paul Simon 4. The Beatles 5. Bruce Springsteen 6. The Beach Boys 7. Vampire Weekend 8. Arcade Fire 9. Sufjan S...
- Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:59 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 263
- Views: 799028
Re: Albums of 2022 Discussion Thread
Technically this is late 2021 but I am kinda into this new album by the Taiwanese band 百合花 (Lilium.)
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:21 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Neil Young's Music Pulled From Spotify
- Replies: 44
- Views: 16312
Re: Neil Young's Music Pulled From Spotify
I mean, good. At least it is helping to get people to turn on Joe Rogan.
- Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:34 am
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone Magazine version 2021)
- Replies: 190
- Views: 327344
Re: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone Magazine version 2021)
[youtube-https][/youtube-https]Saying Dreams is up there just from a meme is like saying September is so high because of Demi Adejuyigbe.
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:26 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Predictions: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs update 2021
- Replies: 214
- Views: 149840
Re: Predictions: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs update 2021
I wanted to write a short post, and then after forty minutes it had turned into the bible. I'm indulging in some digressions but I hope I made clear how these issues relate to one another. A good post. There are so many things that shape our cultural connections to music which is just because of ou...
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:02 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Predictions: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs update 2021
- Replies: 214
- Views: 149840
Re: Predictions: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs update 2021
From Wikipedia: In late 1995, Ryan Schreiber, a recent high school graduate, created the magazine in Minneapolis. Influenced by local fanzines and KUOM, Schreiber, who had no previous writing experience, aimed to provide the Internet with a regularly updated resource for independent music. After re...
- Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:41 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Predictions: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs update 2021
- Replies: 214
- Views: 149840
Re: Predictions: Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs update 2021
You will see a great reduction of 1950s artists, just because they really have left the cultural consciousness.
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:59 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Long Article About My Grandfather, Herman Lubinsky, owner of Savoy Records
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3148
Re: Long Article About My Grandfather, Herman Lubinsky, owner of Savoy Records
Interesting piece, thanks.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:35 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: An idea for the next update
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2710
Re: An idea for the next update
I would also like to see this, even if it may be impossible to find it from previous updates.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 2:14 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Do Grammys = Acclaim?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17659
Re: Do Grammys = Acclaim?
The Grammys, just like any "Academy" dominated nomination process, will have problems because these nominations are not coming from the critics themselves, but the artists. And well...it is alot easier to influence other artists than a critic.
- Sat Nov 28, 2020 12:34 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Site Update
- Replies: 36
- Views: 32830
Re: Site Update
I've been waiting since the last update!
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:35 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 398593
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
The reason I frequently prefer the lower halves of a list like this is because it always contains the more unusual picks. Take for example that Popol Vuh album that just drops in out of absolute nowhere without warning. I haven't heard it so I have no opinion on it, but I love how random it feels i...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:28 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 398593
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
Thanks for rollout, I can't wait to see how many big shifters there are in the top 100.
- Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:40 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173669
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
Arcade Fire, through The Suburbs, had proven themselves as the most commercially successful indie band in the United States. They hit #1, beating Eminem in the summer of 2010 - who could have predicted that coming? Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend were a signal change in American rock music - a death...
- Thu Oct 08, 2020 4:32 am
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173669
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
Drake has been the most influential artist of the past decade it's no wonder artists are listing him off left and right y'all need to stop hating Not QUITE a sentiment I’d say I agree with. I’d say Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar have both been way more influential. Honestly, the direction taken by A...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 8:15 am
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173669
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
I feel vindicated on How I Got Over now...I probably think that is my favorite Roots album.
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:31 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173669
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
Considering it wasn't on the original list and then 498 in 2012, that is a big improvement.
So, so much neo-soul on the list now. And yet The Roots only get one album and Common doesn't make the list?
- Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:24 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264990
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
I just shared my spreadsheet with Holden, too. 1 Paul Simon Graceland 2 R.E.M. Automatic for the People 3 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run 4 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds 5 Arcade Fire Funeral 6 Cut Copy In Ghost Colours 7 Joni Mitchell Blue 8 The Decemberists Castaways and Cutouts 9 Belle and Sebastian If...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:35 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 278
- Views: 352310
Re: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
OK, I'm doing a rough 50 here. But give me two hours, two weeks, whatever, I'll never keep fiddling with it. I'm copying this from a spreadsheet so tell me if I need to add some formatting. Maybe too much of this is me just looking at my most-played lists, so that's why some earlier decade stuff is ...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums and Songs of the 2010s - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 278
- Views: 352310
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 6:46 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Most Popular Songs of AM Top Songs of the Decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s) (according to Spotify)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10363
Re: Most Popular Songs of AM Top Songs of the Decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s) (according to Spotify)
I can see why not comparing the number of streams would be useful for comparing songs from the last decade, but I feel like streams are more indicative of popularity for older songs (and would be less susceptible to fluke popularity spikes from appearances in movies and whatnot). I would suggest lo...
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:01 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Rolling Stone decade list game
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20595
Re: Rolling Stone decade list game
1) Number of Kanye West albums in the top 100* Over 2) Artist with the top placing album* Adele 3) Placement of Car Seat Headrest’s Teens of Denial 51-100 (3-1) 4) Placement of Radiohead’s Moon Shaped Pool Under 5) Total number of Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Rolling Stones albums in top 100 Under ...
- Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:25 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Ric Ocasek Dead at 75
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8160
Re: Ric Ocasek Dead at 75
I used to listen to Just What I Needed over and over again in high school...And this was in the 2000s!
- Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:57 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Favorite Album Artwork this Decade?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 43006
Re: Favorite Album Artwork this Decade?
Started the decade as the best and ended it.
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:28 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 1985 Poll
- Replies: 110
- Views: 111995
Re: Albums and Songs of 1985 Poll
Albums 1. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash 2. The Smiths - Meat is Murder 3. Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair 4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 5. Sade - Promise 6. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction 7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 8. A-Ha - Hunting High and Low 9. Dire Stra...
- Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:54 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Sufjan Stevens' last singles
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5574
Re: Sufjan Stevens' last singles
They are also from soundtracks...sometimes those kinds of singles get left out because they aren't from "real" albums.
- Wed May 02, 2018 4:54 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11852
Re: Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
I would say it is not as good as ArchAndroid (I mean, very few things are) but better than Electric Lady. I'm glad she is kind of ditching the Cindi robot shtick. Django Jane is probably my favorite song of the year thus far.
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:22 am
- Forum: Israel
- Topic: Time Out Tel Aviv (Israel) - The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The Best Israeli Albums of All Time (2017)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10052
Re: Time Out Tel Aviv (Israel) - The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The Best Israeli Albums of All Time (2017)
Some of these album covers...wow.
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:21 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: It has happened!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17070
Re: It has happened!
Well that is making me feel inadequate. I need to post more inane garbage.Pierre wrote:At the rate he's going, StevieFan13 will be number 1 before the end of the yearHenrik wrote:http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/forums/me ... memberlistVanillaFire1000 wrote:I have no idea how many posts I have.
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:06 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: It has happened!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17070
Re: It has happened!
I have no idea how many posts I have.
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 4:49 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
- Replies: 764
- Views: 1188932
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
Number of points = 100 - [square root(18.5*Placement-1)] I think the points seem pretty close. Especially at these altitudes, I would expect the albums to have more significant gaps between. There are only 38 points between Funeral and Born to Run , and only 34 points between Born to Run and Kid A ...
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:33 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
- Replies: 764
- Views: 1188932
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
Back to back Bruce!
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
- Replies: 764
- Views: 1188932
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
I sense a theme. Rap isn't really supposed to be melodic, in the same way that poetry isn't supposed to be melodic. That isn't the point...For two of the rap groups you name, Public Enemy were very much against melody, because that wasn't the Police by. What are you trying to say in that last sente...
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:40 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: RIP Tom Petty
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9229
Re: RIP Tom Petty
Yeah, this one is pretty hard. Tom Petty, alot like Billy Joel or Elton John, were just always on the radio when I was growing up. Everyone knows the hits.
- Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:31 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
- Replies: 764
- Views: 1188932
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- RESULTS
People have noticed trends before. The older the albums are, the more likely they are to be highly acclaimed by AM, while newer (90s and up) are not as correlated. Nature of the site, really. We all came here to find what the "best" albums are, but the ones closer to our own personal lives...