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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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1. What are the 10 best albums of 2010-2019? #1 : Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City #2 : Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy #3 : Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell! #4 : Thrice: Major/Minor #5 : Arcade Fire: The Suburbs #6 : The National: High Violet #7 : Beyoncé: Lemonade #...

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Daniel Ceasar, featuring Kali Uchis – Get You: 4 ... 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 K...

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Interesting, I could pretty much say BleuPanda's exact comment on Beach House but flip the songs - I think the way she sings "It is happening again, oh oh" makes Silver Soul slightly more commanding than Walk in the Park. I Am Not a Robot is my favorite new discovery this week. 4. Beach House - Walk...

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Blur - Ong Ong (2015)

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Beyonce - All Night (2016)

I really wanted to nominate Radiohead - Present Tense for that year too

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King Princess - 1950 (2018)

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Kesha - Praying (2017)

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Belle and Sebastian – I Want the World to Stop: 7.5 ... 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 Yo...

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You could still make a case for Oasis though. I'm not sure what the raw point totals are on the AM artists list, but I would guess that if you scaled those points to equate to the points you assigned here and then calculated the difference between the two, Oasis would come out on top. I'd bet that ...

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You could still make a case for Oasis though. I'm not sure what the raw point totals are on the AM artists list, but I would guess that if you scaled those points to equate to the points you assigned here and then calculated the difference between the two, Oasis would come out on top.

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I agree with all of Nick's points. I would guess the consensus is that he peaked in 1956, but my favorite Elvis album (From Elvis in Memphis) and song (this one) came out in 1969. Hymie, I'm curious, what do you think was his best vocal performance? And do you think his vocal ability had declined by...

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The Band – King Harvest (Has Surely Come): 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:...

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Great top 10! And great presentation, mileswide. I thought Don't Look Back in Anger had a better shot at No. 1, but oh well. Mr. Brightside is a worthy winner. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out is a classic song with a great chorus, but to me the melodic line in "Well, the pleasure, the privilege...

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My first impressions... Pretty much what you would expect from Tool: extremely long songs with complex time signatures that are dense and will require me a few listens to fully form an opinion. But it's definitely a good album up to the standard set by all of their previous releases. Not too much se...

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acroamor, thank you for singlehandedly helping me get 1234 and Chop Suey! into the top 40! I love all your choices that showed up on this page - I either voted for them or they would have been in my next 50.

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This is possibly my favorite year ever in music. Incredible depth. 1 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy My favorite hip-hop album by a mile, and the only one in which I enjoy every song. 2 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs Somehow I had never been introduced to Arcade Fire until this album s...

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6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs I was resistant to this when I first listened to it after release, but it grew on me with time, particularly after listening to Hey Ocean's remarkable cover of "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)". Thanks for sharing! I'm a huge Arcade Fire fan, and this is the firs...

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I felt that Intro by The xx was a very unconventional, out-there choice for a track from xx, but just found out that it is actually the most played track by the band on Spotify, by far. Odd. I remembered this comment and figured I’d shed some more light on it. I went to the World Fencing Championsh...

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Big Thief – Shark Smile: 8 ... 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 Charles -...

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I love a lot of the 90s choices, Jirin, especially to see someone else here vote for Santa Monica and Plush. I probably should have voted for Flagpole Sitta too.

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Nice of you to take the time to do this, makes the poll feel really friendly and communal! Agreed! Glad you enjoyed Never Is a Promise, mileswide. I love that album, and that chorus in particular really gets me. The way she sings “you’ll never understand” that final time really makes me believe she...

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Jackson wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:41 pm
(what's next, polling our favorite guitar riffs?)

Why not! I think I'd have fun ranking any common component of a song.

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Big Thief – Mythological Beauty: 7.5 Orelsan – Suicide social: 6.5 Green Day – In the End: 6 The Jam – English Rose: 4.5 ... 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 Empir...

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Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

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I already did my top 100s, but here are my albums and songs of the year... Me too. Albums: 2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2011: Thrice - Major/Minor 2012: Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 2013: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City 2014: Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence 2015: ...

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Because I got some criticism for my "Favorite Albums of the 2010s" list since the decade is not over, I figured Artists would make more sense. With the decade 96% complete, I think it is fair to start looking at the best/favorite artists of the decade. Maybe, but because many people are now going t...

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I’ve also thought a lot about the best bridges/middle eights as I’ve gone through my choices, so if you ever wanted to go for your original idea, I’d be down for that too.

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Damn, I was just finalizing my list after hours and hours going through it. I feel worse now, I didn't know anyone else was going to enter, sorry andyd. It would be a shame for everyone's hard work to go to waste. I know this indecision from me is equally bad as anything I mentioned in the last pos...

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41 | Howard Tate | Ain't Nobody Home 57 | Stephen Cummings | She Set Fire to the House I see "Ain't Nobody Home" as being released in 1966. Is there a 1986 version? I also can only find a 1989 date for "She Set Fire to the House". You are correct on Tate. I actually see 1987 for She Set Fire to the...

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I would love to know why the number of votes is so low every week. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I’m as perplexed as you might be thelastenemy. I find this chart just a little more interesting than the ‘classic’ chart. I’ve been turned on to way more interesting new music here over t...

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Hate to pit mine up against each other but I can't not nominate new Tool:

Tool - Fear Inoculum

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FKA twigs - Cellophane

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FKA twigs' comeback single "Cellophane" is absolutely stunning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkLjqFpBh84 Seconded. I wish I took your recommendation sooner. I just heard it for the first time, and it's immediately my song of the year, and I think it's one of the greatest songs of all time. I ha...

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Sarah McLachlan - Adia: 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 Charles - ...

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Alright, recap time. I saw IDLES, Tierra Whack, Maggie Rogers, Janelle Monae and Tame Impala. Pretty awesome lineup. My friend had never heard of IDLES and loved them. They were much better than I expected - great energy and the lead singer made crazy facial expressions that were entertaining - hard...

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The National - Ada: 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 Charles - (The...

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