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Jirin wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:51 am

47. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

Going to be that guy- ENSWBL part 1 or 2?

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They're still accepting votes by the looks of things:

https://www.dandelionradio.com/festive50.htm if anyone's interested, you just have to vote for your 3 favourite tracks of the year

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Indeed, but regardless of the actual quality of these songs, that's what I like about this game. The songs are people's favorites, without preconceived notions of what is popular on the forum in mind. 100% on the same page- my external monologue was as much a reminder to myself to take other factor...

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You're right, such divine perfection is wasted on false acolytes as I. Teach me your ways on how best to praise the true Gods of Sami folk, oh Prophet Rob! Is it too late to repent and score it an 11? Honestly though, I'm grateful for bonnielaurel for choosing this and you for running BF, your revie...

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If it's just streaming you're after, I'm having no more success than you are but if you don't mind buying the albums, Discogs brought up these (I'm hoping these links don't come up in Portuguese like they have for me) : French for Cartridge - Fooling Around is on Cases https://www.discogs.com/Cartri...

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Rdwdbob wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:21 pm
I'm in for just the Hall of Famers. Obviously these stood the test of time regardless of how long they spent at #1.

Just dropped by to echo this. It might also be too cumbersome adding the number 1s to the EOY. Relieved to see votes rising again compared with last week by the way!

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The Fixx - Red Skies 5 Belle and Sebastian - The Act of the Apostle (I) 6 Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - When It's Love Time 5 Albin de La Simone - Le grand amour 7 The Replacements - Hold My Life 8 The month's best chorus Mall Grab – B.F.O.D.A.A.S 4 The 5 Royales – Crazy, Crazy, Crazy 4 Sweet - The...

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This competition opened my ears to so many awesome albums and that's got to mean more than the result, so cheers to Brad and everyone who nominated! I only wish I had the writing talent you guys have. You do yourself a disservice, I had to chuckle at the entry you wrote for Red Tape on Biggest Fan, ...

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As long as we're doing an EOD for 2010s, I'm easy with 70s or 10s next, I prefer both decades to the 80s. I do, however, think precedence should be given to the opinion of more longstanding members who have already been through the decade cycle.

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One thing that fascinates me is the manner in which that each listener discovers each release they hear is different. Here I find it fascinating that there is a listener that wouldn’t have heard Norman Fucking Rockwell if it wasn’t for this forum. Like that’s one of the few of the 60 or so albums I...

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You couldn't have had a better 1st Motown single than Norman Whitfield's peak!

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Don't worry, you're not the worst alone! 0/5 here too lol. Of course, I had it in mind you'd nommed Flutes, rather than Motion Sickness, even though I could see straight in front of me which Hot Chip was yours! You got robbed for Mountain at My Gates and Don't Swallow the Cap, a rare National track...

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(Re-) listened to all the top 500 albums I liked the sound of from the forum's last all-time list now, so focusing on albums from this year and the 2010s as a whole til the end of the year! As good a chance as any to rank every 2019 album I've listened to: 1. Better Oblivion Community Center - Bette...

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Out of curiosity, I looked at whose songs have been most successful so far, which appears to be Sweepstakes Ron's with 5 out of 5 nominations still in the game (Rather Be, In Time, Bang Bang Bang, Lies, What's It Gonna Be as ranked by my preference). Credit to SR, Cupofdreams (4 out of 4: Solitude I...

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Apparently in the 1940's, someone already had the idea, but the dolls were made of... Paper? Not usually on the same hymnsheet as Hymie for pre-60s music but he's right, you're looking at this waaaay too deeply (unless it's a parody, in which case carry on!) Paper dolls were cardboard cutouts, you ...

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A made-up place he calls "Ukraingia," I always heard it as "Eurasia". It conveys the same idea of his character being a poseur bullshitting on the spot what with Eurasia not being a fixed place or somewhere people cite as a tourist destination ("Where you going on holiday?" "Oh, you know, Eurasia")...

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A varied week but one that has two songs featuring in my respective top 10 for that year, see if you can work out what they are: LCD Soundsystem - How Do You Sleep? v. Post Malone feat. 21 Savage - Rockstar Never imagined I'd vote for both LCD tracks but this warrants my choice, maintaining a grippi...

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*Tucker Telephone did have a link attached to it but it was only Wikipedia, which of course isn't hard to find--I wasn't aware what a Tucker Telephone was but as you may all be able to infer from its pairing with the guillotine, it's a torture device. It was made out of a crank phone wired to cell b...

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Jirin wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:29 am
“Use your judgement” when it comes to things officially eligible but may be against the spirit of the game.

Meaning albums like Charli and Jesus Is King that fall outside of the top 50 but that don’t exactly need a leg-up, I take it

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Awesome, cheers acroamor! As things stand for me, I'm plumping for the goth-tinged psychedelia of The Whole of Each Eye by Abronia. Early predictions rest on FIBS and Trust in the Lifeforce..., both of which seem to have had a more enthusiastic response here than among the critics and either of whic...

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I'm new to the EOY Moderately Acclaimed Album tourney, what are the criteria?

Does any nomination just need to be missing from the 2019 MCCh/have an average review score less than 70.0?

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Of course not! I loved the head-to-head approach! Aw nice one, cheers, I try my best but I'm an amateur, you have a far greater knowledge of music and flair for writing :mrgreen: Possible scope for it to be rolled out into a wider game with match-ups like Close to the Edge vs Karma, Safe as Milk vs...

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Honorio wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 15, 2019 6:24 am
Excellent, mileswide!

You're only saying that because I'm voting the same as you

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Not the most family-friendly title but Jungle Bunny by Kele

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While voting in the previous round, I had in mind listening to both finalists one last time and having a head-to-head of each track by number. This would have been easier if there had been a change in one of the finalists (VU has 10 songs like Bury Me, Judges 2 & Art Angels both comprise 14 tracks) ...

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Jackson wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:57 am
85 - Anna Meredith: Fibs - 75,8 (78,8 / 12)

How in the world is this album so low?!?

Haven't seen any other reviews on FIBS but The Guardian bafflingly called it an "unsatisfyingly structured racket" in a 2-star review. Did they even listen to the album?

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I can't tell offhand as I don't recognise all of these but if that means Hoodies All Summer is their best of 2019, I salute them for being different and not far off the mark! Either way, the list isn't just the same choices as everyone else in a re-arranged order

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Neuschnee by Neu! is listed as 1972- its parent album NEU! 2 was recorded and released in 1973

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Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot

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Firmly approve of the Hall of Fame poll plans!

Agnostic Front - Spray Painted Walls

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I'll rate the rest of the songs featured in this month soon but while I remember, Strict Machine and Fun House should both be 9, not 8, from me- I don't know why I was so stingy with my scores...

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I promise I'll only do this for two other previously rated songs for now but can I be cheeky and bump Pornopolka up from an 8 to a 9?

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Vintage month, very eclectic, loads of absolute tunes: Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore 6 Partly a protest song against Fred Trump! Judas Priest - Untied 5 Fiona Apple - Limb 8 but it's a high 8 The Harptones - Life Is But a Dream 4 Bruce Springsteen - Take 'Em As They Come ...

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Romain wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 11, 2019 4:50 pm

Thanks a lot. If you do another translation, can you send it to me by PM for the simplicity of thread reading.
On the other hand, if you have songs you like, don't hesitate to put some : -)

Sure, will do both

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Samedi soir à Bamako sur ma moto Samedi soir à Bamako sur ma moto Ho ho ho ho c'est chaud ! Ha ha ha ha c'est là ! Ilma fata Ilma fata Ilma fata Ilma fata Il est 21h au cop me voilà sur la route Mais tous les resto du bord de la capitale sont déjà sold out C'est le rendez vous du peuple au carrefou...

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Romain wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:49 am
Je pense plutôt qu'il fait "le bonheur des autres"... héhéhé !

J'étais encore à moitié endormi ! Maybe I'm not the ideal candidate for this proofreading lark

I'll have a go at the translations where/when I can though

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Ben, le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres, comme on dit ! There's some stuff I'm sure I'll love that you can't stand-- I know that you aren't particularly into rap, for example. At the same time, I'm less likely to understand rap than any other genre in the language as it's so packed with s...

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It does seem like you're un homme-orchestre sometimes

But I reckon I'll start dropping by this thread on the same days I visit Biggest Fan, I could even score the tracks you post if you don't mind?

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Romain wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:18 pm
Songhoy Blues - Bamako - 2017

I've loved this song since I first heard it, one of those you can't stop singing when you start. I'll get round to listening to as many songs on this thread as I can one of these days!

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Dwa Plus Jeden - Nowy Wspaniały Świat 6 Gillian Welch – Elvis Presley Blues 5 Ed Harcourt – Until Tomorrow Then 6 The Kinks - Wonderboy 6 Breakout - Co Stało Się Kwiatom? 6 Little Richard – Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey Hey) 5 The Rolling Stones – Child of the Moon 7 Tom Waits – Johnsburg, Illinois 5 The...

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50 songs this decade that may have slipped under the radar (the artist choices might be obvious but hopefully not the tracks themselves): 2010 Akala - Find No Enemy https://bit.ly/2PXEzkG Guitar-backed political rap Joe Pug - Not So Sure https://bit.ly/2K0q0ZN Stark, regretful Americana Bonobo feat....

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Donchano wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:18 am
I will accept it considering only SENIOR members can join the discussion and the most important thing is editorial staff are the one who have veto power to approve what album should be included.

Can see your logic, no further questions, your honour!

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Saw this as well, it's the result of a poll of "The Genius Community" i.e. the site's registered members as well as editorial staff, would it count in that case?

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Catching up before the next top 100, so I'll save you all from my reviews: Pere Ubu - On the Surface [b]7[/b] Big Maybelle - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show [b]8[/b] The Spaniels - Baby It's You [b]3[/b] Pata Negra - Camarón [b]4[/b] (Isn't this a cover of Clapton's Lay Down Sally?) Fleet Foxes - Kept...

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7. Angel Olsen - Sister v. 3. Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny 6. David Bowie - No Plan v. 11. A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program 1. The XX - I Dare You v. 8. Mount Eerie - Real Death 5. Craig Finn - God in Chicago v. 10. ∆ - In Cold Blood 16. French Montana feat. Swae Lee - Unforgettable v. 12. ...

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Too Many Fish-Heaven, what a double-header! Though I'd be hard-pressed to come up with 91 Motown songs closer to perfection than HMHSY

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acroamor wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:19 pm
Six straight votes for Mitski followed by six straight votes for Colin Stetson.

Had the same thought when I voted, then thought how conflicted you were with this match-up...

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Come on VU! I take back what I said before about you being just an outtakes album!

4. Grimes - Art Angels v. 3. The Velvet Underground - VU
1. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges v. 2. Mitski - Bury Me at Makeout Creek

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Thanks Mileswide. Not that it really matters to me who gets the credit. I'm with you ... I follow this chart primarily to share and get turned on to new music. For example I really hadn't given Foals a chance until I heard 'The Runner'. I've subsequently downloaded both of their newest releases and...

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Damn, forgot the deadline! Here's my all-time list, no worries if too late or some bands ineligible: 1. The Clash 2. Gogol Bordello 3. Die Toten Hosen 4. Wire 5. Ash 6. Dead Kennedys 7. Big Black 8. Sleater-Kinney 9. Green Day 10. Buzzcocks 11. X-Ray Spex 12. Sex Pistols 13. The Offspring 14. Minor ...

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