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1. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
2. pass
3. Marquee Moon by Television
4. OK Computer by Radiohead
5. Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
6. pass
7. Abbey Road by The Beatles
8. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny (light / decent 8) vs. A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program (decent / strong 7) The xx - I Dare You (strong 7) vs. Craig Finn - God in Chicago (strong 6) French Montana ft. Swae Lee - Unforgettable (strong 5 / light 6) vs. Alvvays - In Undertow (strong 7) Tyler, the...

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Cold Butterfly wrote: ↑
Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:53 pm
Is it bad that I think the top three albums are overrated

As for All Mirrors, I agree. She tries to be Swans and Beach House at the same time, and while I won't say it is impossible to do, Olsen failed. I mainly chalk it up to bad mixing. The album isn't bad, but it is overrated.

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I'm not sure how these lists are generated, but my idea of it is that each journalist submits their own list, and thus every mention of "Dancing On My Own" is counted as a "vote" for that song. By the end of the counting of "votes," "Dancing On My Own" has the most votes and is therefore ranked as #...

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Thanks Hymie, this was my favorite poll that you've done. The results make a very good case that Motown may be the single greatest music label (at least for singles).

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I am not surprised by the rise of Taylor Swift's Red / "All Too Well". There were signs of this occurring since the release of the album in 2012. Also, I feel like "All Too Well" is the song of the decade for women (true, largely due to the lyrics, I mean Swift IS a singer-songwriter at heart), and ...

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Moon Shaped Pool placing at 22? It's a fix! And Invasion of Privacy just one spot different too! RockyRaccoon must've known something we didn't...and still managed to do worse than most of us! Congrats to you and prosecutorgodot by the way, your clairvoyance skills are wasted on a bet with no finan...

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To me the question is not "which is next," but "when will we do the 2010s?" And my answer is 2021 at the very latest. To make my point better, we can consider that the 2010s will leave us, and the 2020s will be born. Celebrating the 2010s 3-4 years later is akin to holding a funeral 3-4 months after...

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Royksopp & Robyn - Monument (strong 7 / light 8) vs. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up (decent 7) SBTRKT ft. Ezra Koenig - NEW DORP. NEW YORK (light / decent 6) vs. Preoccupations - Continental Shelf (light 7) blur - Ong Ong (decent 5) vs. Ezra Furman - Restless Year (decent / strong 6...

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I love the unadulterated honesty of putting their original scores of the albums. Whoops indeed for GKMC.

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Hot Chip - Flutes (light / decent 6) vs. Death Grips - Hacker (light / decent 9) Charli XCX - You're the One (decent / strong 6) vs. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You (light 7) Adele - Skyfall (strong 7 / light 8) vs. My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow (strong 5) Nick Cave - Higgs Boson Blues (...

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I usually don't like scores because scores can change, but I thought it would be fun to do it this time. Beach House - Walk in the Park (decent 8) vs. Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss (decent 5) Crystal Castles - Celestica (strong 6 / light 7) vs. Flying Lotus - Do the Astral Plane (strong 7) LCD Sou...

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Am I the only one who despises the entirety of the heavy metal genre :whistle: Have you at least tried a Black Sabbath or Iron Maiden album or two? That's what did it for me. I get that the whole umbrella genre is strangely one-dimensional lyrically, which i can see being really off-putting to outs...

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acroamor wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 7:04 pm
Why has every music critic decided in the past three months that they're obligated to include reggaeton albums as if they'd actually been listening to them this decade?

Easy - Drake's "One Dance."

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Kero Kero Bonito and Death Grips are the best bands of the decade. They both have untouchable, flawless discographies. Death Grips has also had one of the strangest marketing strategies ever seen, by outright pissing on their fans, over and over.

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Solange be killing it.

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I really like this list. It covers the bases of a lot of the pop music of this decade. Maybe it leans too heavily on pop for a general list, but I'm happy.

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Not voting, because I heard Mitski's album for the first time only once a couple days ago, and haven't heard Art Angels in years. But commenting on Art Angels: First, it has bothered me that the cover art is so fascinating but the music is rather safe. The cover art seems more appropriate for some d...

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For this final group, I had heard most of the songs before. Another week where I didn't have any major problems with the songs; however, the songs are more okay than actually good. To me, a couple songs here are proof that there is no difference between mainstream and indie music now. Like last week...

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I like it, but I'm craving a more substantive connective tissue on the instrumental side of things. You have an old-school opera track with almost no drums on the opener, jumping to standard trap banger on "holy terrain." Standout musical moment is the sample of kids chanting on "Fallen Alien." Also...

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Like Rob, I found every match to be extremely close. Angel Olsen - Sister vs. Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny The beat on "Ain't It Funny" is absolutely nutso. David Bowie - No Plan vs. A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program This was the most painful pick. The xx - I Dare You vs. Mount Eerie - Real D...

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This week I had to rush this a bit. Beach House - Space Song vs. Disclosure ft. Lorde - Magnets I was super hyped for "Magnets" when it was released, because Lorde was my Billie Eilish. In retrospect, Lorde does her part, but Disclosure does not. Majical Clouds - Downtown vs. Roots Manuva - Facety 2...

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#6 is hilarious, RR. 1) Number of Kanye West albums in the top 100* Under 10 chips 2) Artist with the top placing album* Taylor Swift 10 chips 4) Placement of Radiohead’s Moon Shaped Pool Over 22 (meaning will place at least 23) 10 chips 5) Total number of Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Rolling Stone...

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Just a thought: this album would have been better had it been more contemplative.

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First of all, this was a great week, probably the best so far. I didn't have any major issues with any song, and there was a lot of diversity. So props to people's tastes I guess. *wink wink* I am also surprised that I didn't know a lot of songs featured. This was about the time of the decade (2014-...

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Paramore - Still Into You vs. Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow Even as the forum's biggest Paramore fan, I absolutely prefer the warm blanket of "Arrow." "Still Into You" mainly shines on the killer hook. Sigur Ros - Brennisteinn vs. Laura Marling - Master Hunter This time I was not feeling the ...

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From my listening over the past three months: 1. Prince - Originals Prince is simply the best comfort food. Put it on and you know you're going to get everything you want out of music. 2. Hobo Johnson - The Fall of Hobo Johnson I really enjoyed this one. This guy manages to fuse folk, emo and hip-h...

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Julia Holter - Marienbad vs. Hot Chip - Flutes The things Holter does with her vocals melt my brain. Odd Future - Oldie vs. Death Grips - Hacker Hacker is the most quotable song of the decade. Oldie has very good verses, and I can see absolutely loving it if you pictured yourself on a night out wit...

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All my favorites are below 100, so if I take off the first 1, then I have my preferred list.

Loving Cold Butterfly's rant.

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From my listening over the past three months: 1. Prince - Originals Prince is simply the best comfort food. Put it on and you know you're going to get everything you want out of music. 2. Hobo Johnson - The Fall of Hobo Johnson I really enjoyed this one. This guy manages to fuse folk, emo and hip-ho...

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too much music... my ears will never hear all these albums

the only one I will 80% chance hear is the Danny Brown one

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I was too harsh with "Amanaemonesia." It is quite good. I still have it stuck in head. (But I stick with ADHD)

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TV on the Radio - Will Do vs. Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean It sucks when I find a cool new song and it loses. Unfortunately, pretty much any song from Helplessness Blues will clobber its competition. "Grown Ocean," like "Congratulations," is an amazing closer. But more so than last time, "Grown Ocean"...

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Good week. Beach House - Walk in the Park vs. Beach House - Silver Soul This was tough. Teen Dream is filled with solid songs, which is my reasoning/understanding as to why it is one of the most highly acclaimed albums of the decade. "Walk in the Park" has a better hook. Tame Impala - Solitude is Bl...

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:10 pm
Which one of you in the bracket predictions is "bartholomew"?

That's me! Bartholomew J. Simpson.

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Just curious, has anyone here not heard "Gold on the Ceiling" before this poll? To me it seems like one of the biggest "indie" rock songs of the decade.

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Lizzo - Boys (2018)

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Death Grips - Hacker (2012)

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YG ft. Nipsey Hussle - FDT (2016)

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MGMT - Congratulations (2010)

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Here's the top 7 from the list I made a year ago (the full list will certainly change whenever I finally get around to redoing it). The 2010s is the decade with which I have the deepest musical familiarity, and is also my favorite decade in music. I think this list shows my musical personality. 1. F...

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English is becoming the dominant language in the world, which was not the case 100 years ago. Just a guess, but probably a good majority of, if not nearly all, non-English-speaking countries teach English (not just as an option, but as a core subject) in schools? It's mildly unfortunate, because cul...

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Edre Peraza wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:51 pm
4. Green Day - Dry Ice
12. Green Day - Christie Road
35. Green Day - Going To Pasalaqua

Love these early Green Day picks!

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2019:
#1: 52 votes - 4115.34 points - 10 #1 votes
#2: 52 votes - 3359.44 points - 2 #1 votes

2016:
#1: 58 votes - 4104.2 points
#2: 57 votes - 2874 points

...at least the lead wasn't as overwhelming as last time?

Great work on rollout/presentation, TLE.

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Honorio wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:58 pm
It only lacks one. Like I said it's an old album, early 1960s...

Live at the Star Club, Hamburg?

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Elder has the best take in the big argument here.

If it's a blowout in the point total, we'll have to wait a loooooong time for the dethroning.

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I feel like I know everything about Moonbeam now... Spectacular breakdown of these albums! It's great to read about top picks having higher personal meaning.

It was cool to see love for "Halo" on Violator (those synth sounds are so unique). Also Madonna's self-titled is my favorite of hers.

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At most one per year: Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns (2010) Maybe the sound won't be for everyone, which has a 95% clean vocal / 5% screamo / 0% normally-accepted-rock-vocal mix, as well as electronic/rock/rap/others genre fusion. "Blackout" is still obnoxious, and "Iridescent" is still corny. But th...

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More people from the UK voted this time, that much is clear.

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It would be cool to see a poll of artists unranked on AM. Probably popular artists that are looked down on by critics would top it. Possibly they could also be artists that sit outside the usual wheelhouse of artists that critics usually cover.

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