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Bruce is one of the few old rock acts that critics continue always giving some love. A big factor in why the album is doing so well, I think, is that Springsteen is actually taking a step away from his meat-and-potatoes comfort zone here - the arrangements are lush without (in most cases) being ove...

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Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny vs. A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program The xx - I Dare You vs. Craig Finn - God in Chicago French Montana ft. Swae Lee - Unforgettable vs. Alvvays - In Undertow Tyler, the Creator - Boredom vs. The War on Drugs - Pain LCD Soundsystem - How Do You Sleep? vs. U.S. Gi...

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Whilst the list on the whole is very questionable, with way too much forgettable pop garbage, I must say i'm happy to see Cellophane get a number one placing given it has been the best song of the year by a long way in my opinion ever since I first heard it. Agreed! Happy to see The Greatest at No....

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Top 10 AM songs not in the current top 100: 1. David Bowie - Lazarus (109) 2. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes (231) 3. Caribou - Can't Do Without You (134) 4. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (164) 5. Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (530) 6. Radiohead - Burn the Witch (986) 7. James Blake - Retrograde (117) 8. Ce...

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The Rolling Stones - Love in Vain: 7.5 The Beatles - I've Got a Feeling: 7 Sturgill Simpson - Keep it Between the Lines: 6.5 John Lennon - Nobody Told Me: 5 Eagles - Best of My Love: 4.5 ... Avenged Sevenfold - Fiction: 9.5 Nick Drake – Saturday Sun: 9.5 Middle Kids - Edge of Town: 9.5 KT Tunstall –...

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Maggie Rogers - Heard It in a Past Life

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Mask Off is the worst song in the EOD top 100. It has every element of a typical forgettable mumble rap song: Mumbling? Check. Random guy shouting nonsense in the background? Check. Percussion that sounds like I made it with free software instruments in GarageBand? Check. Lyrics that reference drugs...

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I had a hard time getting through Blonde when it came out. It starts off with three great songs, but I found it inconsistent at best after that. I loved Channel Orange and thought that was considered his masterpiece, so I'm shocked to see Blonde outperforming it. Maybe I should give it a second spin...

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Royksopp & Robyn - Monument vs. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up SBTRKT ft. Ezra Koenig - NEW DORP. NEW YORK vs. Preoccupations - Continental Shelf blur - Ong Ong vs. Ezra Furman - Restless Year Pass Beach House - Space Song vs. Majical Clouds - Downtown Grimes - California vs. Car Sea...

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Hot Chip - Flutes vs. Death Grips - Hacker Charli XCX - You're the One vs. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You Adele - Skyfall vs. My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow Pass Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow vs. Laura Marling - Master Hunter Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder vs. Daft Punk ft. Julian ...

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Walk in the Park was the toughest to vote against. Beach House - Walk in the Park vs. Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss Crystal Castles - Celestica vs. Flying Lotus - Do the Astral Plane LCD Soundsystem - Home vs. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. - Bang Bang Bang Javiera Mena - Luz de piedra de luna v...

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The Mills Brothers - Paper Doll: 7 ... Avenged Sevenfold - Fiction: 9.5 Nick Drake – Saturday Sun: 9.5 Middle Kids - Edge of Town: 9.5 KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See: 9 Blink-182 - Stay Together for the Kids: 9 Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream: 8.5 Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know: 8.5 Ray C...

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It's a shame that most of you seem to think 1950 is generic. I particularly love the bridge. It starts with a beautiful melody, adds a great ascending bassline, a nice harmony, and ends with a crescendo on a repeating leading tone, all elements that work really well for me and are not present in son...

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Fists of Fury is easily the best song I'm voting against. It's the song that's grown on me the most from this game, of the songs I already knew. But Freebird II is one of my favorite new discoveries. LCD Soundsystem - How Do You Sleep? vs. Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - Rockstar Amen Dunes - Miki Dora ...

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List was alright overall, but the fact that they put "All the Stars" in the top 50 and then openly admit that it's not because the song is good but because it was in Black Panther is one of the most egregious examples of critics not caring about music so much as cultural commentary. Yeah, that piss...

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Listening now and connecting with it substantially more than I did with LP1. Another one of the late 2019 records that publications will be kicking themselves for leaving off end of decade lists. Also, it's very counterintuitive to me that these mags are all dropping best of decade lists before bes...

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And Reflektor

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Get Lucky is pretty underwhelming, I thought it would be in the Top 10 easily. :o I know Arcade Fire became really uncool over the course of the decade, but surely "Reflektor" deserves a spot in the top 100? If only for Bowie's sake, at least. Yeah, what do the critics have against 2013? These were...

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Nassim wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:15 pm
Regarding names above : there is no way Incubus could be considered punk !

That's fine, you can take them off mine. I like Thrice better than all the bands I listed, but they veered away from punk pretty quickly and haven't been anything resembling punk for a long time.

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But there are lists coming out claiming Billie Eilish or Ed Sheeran or Katy Perry or Ariana Grande or Chance's Coloring Book or Rihanna's Anti and, in my opinion, they're being given untoward attention that should go to artists making more interesting music. To Billie Eilish: "You’re the only one d...

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Just seeing this. I agree with a lot of people's issues with it, but yay for Cellophane being the runaway song of the year! I totally agree with that.

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Moonbeam wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:10 am

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Fri Nov 01, 2019 1:28 am
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48 | Roy Orbison | The Comedians

I can only see a source for 1989 for this, on Mystery Girl. Do you have a source for 1988 for this?

I do not! I'll save it for next month.

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Somehow Cellophane got no support last time, but I'll try again with another amazing FKA twigs song.

FKA twigs - Home with You

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Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers: 6 ... Avenged Sevenfold - Fiction: 9.5 Nick Drake – Saturday Sun: 9.5 Middle Kids - Edge of Town: 9.5 KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See: 9 Blink-182 - Stay Together for the Kids: 9 Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream: 8.5 Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know: 8.5 Ra...

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I literally just searched "punk" on the wikipedia page for anyone who I thought might be considered punk. The New Yorker apparently thinks Grimes is too punk to be a pop star https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/28/pop-for-misfits Punk actually isn't mentioned for Billie Eilish, and it really ...

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I was raised on early 2000s pop-punk, so that dominates my list. I don't like enough pure punk to make a list out of that, so plenty of these are fringe cases... feel free to shoot them down if you don't think they belong. And then I'll make my decade lists. Once I looked through my main list and go...

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1. Grimes - Art Angels
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

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Ought - Today More Than Any Other Day vs. Royksopp and Robyn - Monument Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up vs. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass vs. SBTRKT ft. Ezra Koenig - NEW DORP. NEW YORK Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers vs. Preoccupations - Continental S...

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one I oppose with every fiber of my being (Dave Matthews Band) Lol, could you elaborate, Moonbeam? I just see them as pretty bland with a couple of catchy songs. The biggest reason I have not to like them is that they seem to appeal most to my friends who don't really care or know anything about mu...

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Someone on Twitter pointed out that the list of artists who became eligible for nomination who weren't nominated this year would make a strong inductee class on their own. "Artists who became Rock Hall eligible for the first time this year but weren’t nominated include Oasis, Weezer, Aaliyah, Daft ...

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Some lesser-known songs on my 2010s list: "Under Cover of Darkness" | The Strokes "Put Your Money on Me" | Arcade Fire Great choices! I can't say I'm too surprised Put Your Money on Me is lesser known, since Arcade Fire appeals more to me than anyone, but I am surprised that Under Cover of Darkness...

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My rankings of these artists... tossup whether to vote for Nine Inch Nails or Depeche Mode 99. Soundgarden 169. T. Rex 233. The Notorious B.I.G. 270. Thin Lizzy 315. Nine Inch Nails ---------------------- 318. Depeche Mode 381. Whitney Houston 693. The Doobie Brothers 742. Pat Benatar 874. Dave Matt...

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Where is this so called list of AM’s 50 greatest radio hits?

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Third straight week my #1 in the group has faced my #2 or 3. There's a 0.2% chance of that happening. Ugh. 3. Paramore - Still Into You vs. 1. Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow Sigur Ros - Brennisteinn vs. 7. Laura Marling - Master Hunter 4. The National - Don't Swallow the Cap vs. 5. Daft Punk - ...

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All of these matchups were pretty close for me. Skyfall and Ride are my two favorites this week, and of course they're against each other like Gold on the Ceiling and Simple Song last week. Julia Holter - Marienbad vs. Hot Chip - Flutes Odd Future - Oldie vs. Death Grips - Hacker Hot Chip - Motion S...

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Thanks, looks like I didn't have any big omissions on mine.

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Thanks mileswide. But I got an error message saying the file has unreadable content, is corrupt and can't be opened.

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Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks vs. Wilco - Art of Almost "Little Talks" is the embodiment of "hey!" "ho!" "yeah!" indie circa 2012, and that's not a compliment. It's like generic brand Arcade Fire. The chorus is sorta catchy though. 4/10. "Art of Almost" is probably Wilco's 20th best song, but ...

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I'm curious why people hold Lonely Boy in such higher regard than Gold on the Ceiling, and Little Black Submarines, for that matter. I love them all. Brutal that Simple Song had to face Gold on the Ceiling in the first round. A rare week where I'm a fan of even my No. 15. 5. TV on the Radio - Will D...

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Controversial opinion: 13 and The Colour and the Shape are the two worst albums left for round 3. I really can't get what other people hear in the horrible mess of the first and the complete lack of anything resembling originality in the latter. Especially in contrast to the Mogwai and Goldfrapp al...

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If anyone compiles a list of Motown songs on AM I'll participate, or else I'll probably participate at the end just choosing songs I like from other people's lists, because I don't know off the top of my head what's a Motown song besides a handful of obvious ones. You can also just vote for all the...

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If anyone compiles a list of Motown songs on AM I'll participate, or else I'll probably participate at the end just choosing songs I like from other people's lists, because I don't know off the top of my head what's a Motown song besides a handful of obvious ones.

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