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YAY for Rina. She deserves all the success she can get

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I’m listening to folklore again before I listen to evermore (also excited for the new Avalanches album today!) and before I feel like I didn’t really register just how strange this release (and evermore is sure to be) in the scope of Swift’s discography. I mean seriously, the idea of Swift collabor...

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3 Taylor Swifts songs in Top 15 are definitely overkill and I have always thought the lyrics of "exile" is too cliché. Yes to "Spotlight" which was criminally overlooked by most music publications. The nerve of Pitchfork to choose the random "What's Your Pleasure?" over "Save A Kiss", "Mirage (Don't...

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BNMs that didn't make the list: Gil-Scott Heron/Makaya McCraven - 8.6 (probably didn't regard it as a new album) Jyoti – 8.4 Medhane - 8.4 (got cancelled) Angel Bat Dawid/Tha Brothahood – 8.4 Jay Electronica (A Written Testimony) - 8.4 (already had his other album in the list) Jeff Parker - 8.4 Bla...

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I'm only down to #43 ("Murphy's Law" by Roisin Murphy is sublime!) and my favorite discovery is “Both of Us” by Jayda G. What a stunning song.

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Their K-pop selections are terrible because they could have picked two musically superior cuts from those two artists: "UGH!" by BTS and perhaps "How You Like That?" by BLACKPINK As for the others, I do love the diversity displayed here: "Murphy's Law" by Roisin Murphy is certainly excellent and so ...

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All that poptimism and they did not include Rina in the end

Some of the choices are so clearly Twitter-bait that they are comical.

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Top ten lists will start coming out in just over a month for movies. Anyone have ideas on what will make the most top ten lists? Below are some of my guesses, but COVID's impact on the film industry make this very challenging to predict in 2020: 01. Nomadland 02. Mank 03. Da 5 Bloods 04. Never Rare...

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I was hoping to see What's Your Pleasure in a higher position but it's a good list nonetheless. Fiona Apple is going to sweep all the #1, isn't she?

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Oh god Phoebe Bridgers totally deserves Best New Artist, though I doubt she'll get it. She would have deserved it even more in 2017, when she actually was a new artist. It would be great if she won, though. I'm probably more surprised that Bob Dylan didn't get an Album of the Year nomination than I...

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Love the fact that he loves "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift. I think beneath all the glossy pop production and faux-country strings, "You Belong With Me" is a sublime indie-pop tune; it has tons of charm, tons of hooks and its earnestness is undeniable.

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The nerve to put the absolutely essential Voodoo at 81.

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"Spotlight" by Jessie Ware. I prefer "Mirage (Don't Stop)" but the former clearly snatches.

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Holden wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:00 pm So predictions, what do we think the EOY Critics Favorite Songs are gonna be?

Songs with huge cultural relevance such as "WAP" and "Savage (Remix)" will be included for sure. I'd say "Spotlight" by Jessie Ware would make it pretty high on most lists too.

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1. Levitating
2. Spotlight

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1. Grimes | Delete Forever
2. Dua Lipa | Levitating
3. Run the Jewels | a few words for the firing squad (radiation)
4. Jessie Ware | Spotlight

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Songs
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt - The Seed 2.0
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Missy Elliott - Work It
The Rapture - House of Jealous Lovers
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Johnny Cash - Hurt
The Knife - Heartbeats

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After hearing my boyfriend playing "peace" by Taylor Swift in the shower several times, I've come to love how delicate, calm and soulful this song is. The gorgeous guitar playing sort of reminds me of Prince, and I thought the songwriting is very strong overall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpxX4...

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This is easy Clipse - Grindin’ Eminem - Without Me The Libertines - What a Waster vs. Foo Fighters - Times Like These -> Pass Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way vs. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 -> Pass Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body Spoon - The Way We Get By Jürgen P...

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Voted for The Road

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They picked the wrong Maxwell album. Urban Hang Suite blows BlackSummersNight out of the water. That album is so perfect. I used to take road trips and could play that entire album without skipping a song. Wrong The Weeknd album also, House of Balloons over the inconsistent Beauty Behind The Madnes...

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"Maestranza" by Fleet Foxes off their new album Shore caught me by surprise. It almost feels like an R&B track and as always, Robin Pecknolds has one of the very best voices out there. His timbre is bright, piercing with enough warmth to balance it out.

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I'm gonna represent some poptimism in this thread: 1. The spoken bridge in "Be Mine" by Robyn is a total call-back to heart-aching Motown songs done by girl groups like The Shangri-Las ("Leader of the Pack"). A brilliant touch on an already brilliant track. 2. The multiple tempo and genre change in ...

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I want to drop in and say nothing else in 2020 has moved me as much as "anything" did. The mundane details of every day life is perfectly captured in this stunner and the melody. Sigh. I want to cry when the song reaches "I wanna sleep in your car when you're driving. Lay in your lap while I'm cryin...

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I'll nominate The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz as I'm working through all the Pulitzer Winners for Fiction

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In no particular order 01. Usher - Bad Habits - He's still the finest male vocalist in the game 02. Jazmine Sullivan - Lost One 03. Jessie Ware - Spotlight 04. JoJo - Lonely Hearts 05. Megan Thee Stallion - Girls in the Hood 06. SG Lewis - Impact (feat. Robyn & Channel Tres) 07. Cardi B - WAP (feat....

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ordinaryperson wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:38 pm Here are the brackets:
Albums
Need to fix song bracket.

The tournament should start this Saturday.

Seeing Let Go by Avril Lavigne cracks me up. It's an alright album and "I'm With You" is still a great pop song.

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4 by Beyoncé, which is the first of her terrific album run (followed up by the sensational self-titled and then Lemonade.

Sonic-wise, 4 is not very cohesive but every song is executed in a way that I can see them being promoted as a standalone single for sure.

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Seeing "Ngihamba Nawe" dominate fills me with joy. Seeing "Savage (Remix) being dominated fills me with despair

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I have never read as much as I am in 2020. In the beginning of the year, I set a target of reading 20 books. As the year progresses, I've adjusted the number to 30 and I'm on tracks to completing this challenge. - Previous: "Less" by Andrew Sean Greer. Pulitzer Winner for Fiction in 2018. Readers us...

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#122. Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang (2002) Score: 156.85 Voters (2): Pauler (#2) styrofoamboots (#17) #121. Exhalation - Ted Chiang (2019) Score: 157.31 Voters (2): Pauler (#5) styrofoamboots (#11) Back to back! Nice votes Pauler. YES! Wasn't sure if anyone else was familiar with Ted...

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Just submitted mine

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My submission 1. Sufjan Stevens | My Rajneesh 2. Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé | Savage (Remix) 3. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry | Pig Feet 4. Dua Lipa | Levitating 5. Simmy ft. Sino Msolo | Ngihamba Nawe (This was my pick and I'm glad to see so many are voting for this gorgeous song) 6. Nadine Sh...

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I read quite a few books during college (The Kite Runner, Me Talk Pretty One Day & Never Let Me Go were a few favorites) but then stopped from 2013-2018 when I moved back to Vietnam. Only in 2019 & 2020 have I started reading seriously again and based on the ones I come across - mostly books writte...

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I've been loving everything Megan Thee Stallion is involved in this year: the "Savage" remix with her fellow Houstonian Beyoncé, "Girls in the Hood" and recently that filthy single "WAP" with Cardi B. Her charisma is undeniable.

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Schüttelbirne wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 5:11 pm About three days left to get your nominations in!

Submitted mine. A heavily Pop/R&B list

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I read quite a few books during college (The Kite Runner, Me Talk Pretty One Day & Never Let Me Go were a few favorites) but then stopped from 2013-2018 when I moved back to Vietnam. Only in 2019 & 2020 have I started reading seriously again and based on the ones I come across - mostly books written...

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^"Mariners Apartment Complex" was officially released in 2018, no?

"7 rings" sticks out like a sore thumb. That was among the worst songs in Grande's album. "imagine" is a much better cut.

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I know i'm late to the party, but I just listened to "Bags" by Clairo multiple times, due to it's high position on the EOY songs spreadsheet so far. I had never listened to Clairo's music before (although I had heard of her), but now it seems like i'm going to have to dig deeper into her discograph...

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Was hoping this list isn't eligible because that number one pick *eye roll*

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Also, yay for Four Tet's there is love in you. Great album.

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I love the inclusions of Parasite, Burning and Shoplifters. Parasite should be much higher on every list to be honest. What a film.

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