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Same problem, link not working. The link does not work, because of the "_/" at the end. If you want it to work, you need to format it like this: Gotcha! Strange thing is the link for the second album did work for me initially but it's now bringing up a 404 like it must be for everyone else. Sorry t...

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I'm pretty sure I had Ghosteen as my number 1 and Norman Fucking Rockwell at 2 You did! No change in points, a mistake during the biggest fans phase. Sorry to you both, I should've highlighted this beforehand, Holden, but no points or place change as you say! Otherwise, the rollout was a flawless v...

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Dan wrote: ↑
Fri Feb 28, 2020 12:10 pm
Delighted to see Little Simz in the top 10 and kicking the male rappers' asses.

"I'm a boss in a fucking dress."
- Little Simz, from the song Boss

"They will never wanna admit that I'm the best for the mere fact I've got ovaries"

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And If wild cards were allowed: Happy Mondays – W.F.L. (Think About The Future) [the song that started the 90s!] The Clash – The Magnificent Seven Pixies - Caribou Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy George Harrison – All Those Years Ago Now shoot me! :) You're on safe ground on the first two, I might use up my ...

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Black Sabbath, N.I.B., Children of the Grave, Sweet Leaf, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Changes, Snowblind and Supernaut (with Beck's favorite riff of all time) all are way more interesting and exciting than Paranoid You almost definitely know this but the band recognised Paranoid was a Communication Bre...

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Lizzo is another artist I have trouble seeing the appeal of. For me, her specialty is clearly her performance. She sells what she sings like no one else. It's been many years, even decades, since the last (mainstream) performer with this much energy on record. Beyonce looks tame compared to her. Th...

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I was sent on a right crate-digging mission by DJ Random- we failed to find an album by Nicolae Ceaușescu's favourite violinist, a techno soundtrack, a French flamenco compilation on all streaming outlets but we did unearth this: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jeremy_squires/when_will_you_...

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I was sent on a right crate-digging mission by DJ Random- we failed to find an album by Nicolae Ceaușescu's favourite violinist, a techno soundtrack, a French flamenco compilation on all streaming outlets but we did unearth this: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jeremy_squires/when_will_you_g...

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Hypnodrone Ensemble usually perform as a five-piece with a core of shoegaze-specialist guitarist Eric Quach (formerly of Montreal band Destroyalldreamers) and multi-instrumentalist Aidan Baker (from husband-and-wife Toronto drone-metallers Nadja), whose base of operations is in Germany, presumably i...

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Good call on including individual critics' rankings! It really puts it all into perspective (that our polls are better than theirs)

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spiritualized wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:43 pm
Anyone fancies reviewing this one ? Fans of Krautrock / Prog Rock ?

If no one else claims it by the end of TheLastEnemy's show, I'll give it a whirl and a review!

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Here's everything from 2020 I've heard above a 6. The order and rating may waver over the year, especially after more spins (everything below has had at least 2 full listens apart from The Weather up There and Deities, both of which I've only heard this week): Moon Hooch - Life on Other Planets 9 Al...

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Crikey, could you get any closer between the top 3 in both groups?

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Oscars best original song winners – ranked!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 ... ers-ranked

Eminem: his 30 greatest tracks, ranked!
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... cks-ranked

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If we can't find a version for play in the U.S. I will purchase a copy from Amazon next week & mail around again (like Tokyo Jihen last year). Seems the same in the UK (only In der Halle des Bergkönigs is playable on Spotify, while YouTube doesn't have the original studio recording of Säbeltanz). I...

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I shamefully haven't heard all the top 100! The personally most indefensible omission is Otis Blue but I've also failed to grace my ears with The Band or Music from the Big Pink, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (or Yoko's counterpart for that matter) or Imagine, nor Bitches Brew. I'll just rank the fir...

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Oh mais I really like this. :music-listening: I enjoy this kind of full energy song. And I alreday said that for the Malian voices but the grain of voice of these singer (here a Congolese) are wonderful. A beautiful discovery. It's life-affirming, isn't it? I don't know if Mbongwana Star fully qual...

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^I was trying to suggest my ears were burning, I didn't quite pull it off! Oh well, 137 Avenue Kaniama's a really fun album in the same mould mixing rap with the likes of highlife on L'hiver indien and Afrobeats on Glossine, so I hope you give the whole thing a try

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Romain wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:33 am
Next song, thanks to Mileswide

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I wouldn't have listened to Craig Finn or Abronia otherwise and both are keepers. I'm too bigheaded not to be flattered, I'm made up that you got into my choice of Abronia! I discovered the album when Spotify was down and couldn't think what I wanted to hear on YouTube, so I genuinely searched "201...

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Excellent, you understood what I wanted. And for the french ones, I'm going to use them. Merci mille fois. De rien, pleased to see you're getting into your rap more :mrgreen: After commenting and seeing Live in Phoenix's re-posting of Bootsy's lists, I realised how lopsidedly male my choices were, ...

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Surprised nobody's mentioned "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow yet. Literally what came to mind when I saw this thread! If you're looking for some rap that sounds lighthearted, Romain, I'd add: Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard Skee-Lo - I Wish Young MC - Bust a Move Biz Markie - Just a Friend Blak Twang ...

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Listening to Super Ape at the minute and I feel compelled to change Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the Upsetters - Dread Lion from 7 to 8

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Also, it seems as though pictures are going to have to be taken from multiple sources. Could someone tell me how to edit the photo size in the forum posts? It's the imgsize tab, you wrap it round the URL, so it goes: [imgsize={number x number}]url[/imgsize] Here's 100x100 with Jenny Lewis: http://s...

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Nujabes - Luv(Sic) Part 3 6 Genuinely improvised-sounding freestyle bringing some complementary contrast to the polished piano, which could pass for an acid-jazz reimagining of Clocks by Coldplay. Future, featuring Pharrell Williams, Pusha T & Casino - Move That Dope 5 Impressive to hear Future outc...

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Oh dear. To quote Ralph Wiggum, "haha...I'm in danger!" When you grow up, you're going to bovine university! But I'll be fair, the number of preconceptions I'll have about the Eurovision entry will be equal to the points Jahn Teigen came away with in 1978.... Damn you guys really felt that Green wa...

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It turns out that Jenny Wilson's Trauma is near to impossible to find cover images for-the only nice one I managed to find is Rate Your Music's, which doesn't work, so if anyone manages to find one let me know! http://sonicmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JWILSON.jpg This should work, Moonbe...

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It would take a brave person to bet against mine + Rob's predicted winner seeing as it's one held dear by the forum (justifiably), even if it seemed forgotten by the critics in the EOD rankings. Interesting clashes here, not least King of Cool Lou Reed vs. Contest of Kitsch Eurovision! (not having a...

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Rob wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:42 pm
Nujabes – Luv(Sic) Part 2: 7

This just has a very dreamy vice that seems to agree with this very day for me.

^ reads like one of my comments, needs more use of the word 'this' though!

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It might seem late to some but Honorio's projected timespan of July-September for the all-time albums nominations may give us the breathing space between polls and the sufficient time to turn in ballots without rushing, just sayin! As Moonbeam says though, anyone who wants to submit before then shou...

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Henrik wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:20 am
230. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (108)

I assume this song had the highest polarisation index?

Good shout- if not, then Raining Blood maybe? Both of which I'm sad to see so low

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Is there anything SVE can't do? In between winning the AMF Weekly Chart and the Songs of 2019 polls, she's not let it all go to her head and she's still humble enough to meet one of her fans. The photo's class, acroamor, as was this presentation, hopefully the first of many polls from you (if you wa...

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No songs with the bottom three deciles empty, but there are four instances with a lone wolf in those sections. New Year's Day - babydoll The Killing Moon - FrankLotion Sweet Child o' Mine - mileswide Once in a Lifetime - Moonbeam Explain yourselves! I've never particularly liked anything by GNR (th...

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A point each for: Ryan Adams - My Winding Wheel (2000) The Knife - Heartbeats (2002) The Killers - All These Things That I've Done (2004) The Flaming Lips - The W.A.N.D. (2006) The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart (2007) Janelle Monàe feat. Big Boi - Tightrope (2010) Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Ja...

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I'm pleasantly surprised my nomination made the Top 10. You and me both! Fanm d'Ayiti's a worthy top tenner, you get a real sense of it telling a social history without being preachy and Alléluia's particularly gorgeous. Also can't see beyond FIBS to win the thing but then I expected Springsteen an...

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There's an argument to be made for The Cure being the great singles band. That run from Boys Don't Cry in 1979 to Friday I'm in Love in 1993 is extraordinary.

I've just had a pang of déjà vu, I may have already said the above sentiment on the forum before

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Anyone have any thoughts on the album version of Borderline by Tame Impala, as opposed to last year's single? I like them both, but they're pretty different. The world would've still kept turning if it hadn't been remixed but I do prefer the album version by a matter of margins- even though the dru...

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acroamor wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:11 pm
*Lego train set sounds*

Genius!

Lot of stuff that didn't make my 50 but I'm happy to see here (Doorman, Sunglasses, Hollywood, Offence...)

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Rob wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:43 pm

Yes!

Perfect, cheers Rob!

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Should have done this long ago but all the more so now it's officially in my top 50 of the last decade- permission to bump Shark Smile from 9 to 10?

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Certainly “Under Pressure” is in there. Pretty sure ”About A Girl” (Nirvana) is one of them. And, this might be me being hopeful but perhaps “Marlene on the Wall” (Suzanne Vega) is the other. Well, you were right about About a Girl, here's hoping your premonition skills are just as strong for Marle...

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Pink Floyd - The Trial 8 Probably no one has a lit a fat one to this or tested out their stereo with this or yelled this as a request at a concert- it's not a stereotypical Floyd tune in other words, not that it matters. It's a shamelessly theatrical, high-kicking romp. William Bell - I Forgot to Be...

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spiritualized wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:01 pm
starts as he means to go on with "Miss Maggie", scorching Margaret Thatcher in the process - he loves women, as not one of them could be as daft or dishonest as their brother, except of course Maggie Thatcher.

He can't be all bad then!

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The ongoing 80s countdown, the start of the 2019 rollout and now the MAA '19 complete with comments from Rob on the same day? I clearly prayed to the right gods this morning! Pity about Little Brother appearing already, it was the discovery of this game for me, going to dig into their back catalogue...

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Dan, how did you stumble upon the Ernie K-Doe stuff? Can't speak for Dan but a lot of us Brits (me included) would have first heard Here Come the Girls on a long-running commercial for Boots (our version of Walgreens). The advertising campaign was so popular that girl group Sugababes took their rem...

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Jirin wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:57 pm
My discoveries so far:
1. Moon Horch - Life On Other Planets
4. Ailen Nosejob - Suddenly Everything Is Twice As Loud

Yes Jirin! Both in my 2020 top 10 too (LOOP's also my #1)

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Hymie wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 16, 2020 10:22 pm
Billy Idol did a version and changed the title some.

Namely To Be a Lover, which we covered in October, making this the first time we've had two versions of the same song on Biggest Fan. Historic!

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As you may be able to extrapolate from the member list from pauldrach, it breaks down something like below. There's a few sections that share a name due to renaming that happened late last year, maybe October-time? 0 - Post-Nothing 1 - Debut 2 - I'm New Here 3-9 Superunknown 10-24 Start Me Up (origi...

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