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I seemed to be more in a Cocteaus than a Kate mood this week, hence their switching of positions in my rankings: 3. Santana - Santana v. 7. Cocteau Twins - Treasure 5. The Breeders - Pod v. 8. Kate Bush - The Sensual World 4. Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson v. 2. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm 6. Ritchie Valens - ...

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(I gave a nod to Shed Seven) If you didn't love Eurovision so much, I'd swear you were British! The poll's somehow still allowing votes, despite results being announced in August, like you say. Here they are; I will transcribe them if eligible, however unlikely that is, considering their selection ...

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Nothing nearly as intelligent as much of the above on my part, mainly alternating between biogs at the minute, be they on The Stones, Johnny Cash, the making of London Calling and- most dubiously of all- the life and times of Shaun Ryder. Light reading on the fiction front too, with One for My Baby ...

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Pauler wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:17 am
14. Arlo Parks - Eugene

It cheers me no end that you connected with this so much! (It was one of my noms for the 2020 songs tourney)

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Honorio wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:40 pm
None of my nominations passed to Round 3 (and I had high expectations on "Clube da Esquina").

I foresaw bigger things for Milton & Lô as well, truly an album cut down before its time

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1. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta 2. Sia - Chandelier 3. Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay - 212 4. FKA twigs - Cellophane (my 3 & 4 are inadvertently the same as Holden and acroamor- they're in that order on my EOD list, honest!) 5. Solange - Cranes in the Sky 6. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy 7. Tame Impala ...

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Awesomeness abounds this week- Ender, IN IN IN and Dramuscule especially were real finds (their placings in my ongoing and ever-evolving 2020 songs list are in brackets below). More like these, please! 16. Jessie Ware - Spotlight v. 8. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto (BU, around #481) 3. Lingua Ignota - O R...

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Someone else nominated Lover I Don't Have to Love as well then? :mrgreen: Albums 6. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot v. 7...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes 2. Beck - Sea Change v. 3. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People 1. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the P...

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Kero Kero Bonito - Break 6 OutKast - Happy Valentine's Day 5 The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky 4 Beck - Chemtrails 9 When I saw the artwork for Modern Guilt on the BF playlist, I was crossing my fingers it'd be Chemtrails! A complete diversion in his already varied career but moody and bliss...

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200 Prince songs at the very least would be well within Mr. MB's range, that was approx. the amount he had in his list for the 2018 AT poll if I recall correctly? His was unquestionably the most vertical ballot as far as artists were concerned. On the other point, I do like Jackson's idea of a free ...

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You can only choose 1 but there's 4 Oasis songs? I can see some vote-splitting among most of Absolute Radio's audience (all 4 are ace songs, mind)...I've voted for Common People in any case

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...straight after spotting the above, I realised by seeing carlos74's list and checking AM that I'd falsely placed Luxury Liner by Emmylou Harris on my 1976 ballot when it was from '77, so I've not got a leg to stand on!

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Henry wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:37 pm
316. The Clash (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

Top choice but this is 1978- the source of the confusion might be its inclusion on the US version of 1977's The Clash, which was released in 1979. Not that this placing has any bearing on the results, I'm just highlighting it for others.

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Hope you're feeling back to your best, Rob: Split Enz - Take a Walk 8 Louis the Child feat. K.Flay - It's Strange 7 Billy Joel - The Entertainer 4 Kelly Clarkson - Piece by Piece 6 Stereolab - Super-Electric 8 British Sea Power - Blackout 6 Raekwon feat. Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna - I...

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2. Run the Jewels - a few words for the firing squad (radiation) v. 15. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 1. Drive-by Truckers - Thoughts and Prayers v. 3. Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget 10. Kaja Draksler Octet - Away! v. 14. The Psychedelic Furs - No-One 9. Haru Nemuri - 愛よりたしかなものなんてない v. 13. Bob Dylan -...

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My contrived theme this round centres upon which track from each album has grown on me the most after three listens (or more if I'd heard the album before the tournament). Here goes: 8. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert v. 7. Sigur Rós - ( ) 5. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement ...

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Henry wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 10, 2020 3:13 pm
I hope we get a list from Moonbeam in this thread.

I was thinking the same! Romain too, for that matter

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Tricky feat. Marta - Chills Me to the Bone

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Danke Schüttelbirne! Here's my ballot (with how each film ranks in my combined Disney/Pixar list in parentheses):

1. The Incredibles (2nd out of 28)
2. Toy Story (5/28)
3. Toy Story 2 (7/28)
4. Up (11/28)
5. A Bug's Life (13/28)
6. Toy Story 3 (16/28)

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Round 4, no? 5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor v. 7. David Bowie - Lazarus 9. Grimes - Oblivion v. 12. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? 10. David Bowie - ★ v. 11. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 2. Solange - Cranes in the Sky v. 16. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen 14. Lana Del Rey - Video Games v. 15. Courtney Bar...

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Haruki Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle: it's the one book of the top 50 I haven't heard of and I imagine not many people who left it off their ballots have read it.

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Pity you won't be doing another poll whuntva as you clearly put a lot of love and research into this, especially the Fun Facts, but fully understandable, hope things work themselves out. Pinocchio feels like it's always been part of my life- I called my childhood cat Figaro, one of my AT songs sampl...

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I'll most likely revise my list after watching more videos, whether those of other pollsters or not, but I've tried to avoid resorting for necessarily the biggest or most expensive videos and instead going for those that elicit some strong reaction in me, tells a story, does something I've not seen ...

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The top 2 albums this week play like 'best of's, both are sublime: 1. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid (#1 out of 4 albums I've heard by the artist- including Metropolis in this ranking) v. 2. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (3/5) 4. Blondie - Eat to the Beat (4/4) v. 8. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's G...

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Cortex - Tropeau bleu 8
Joni Mitchell - Come in from the Cold 5
Beach House - New Year 6

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Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny 8 One of the high-water marks off Tusk, trust me! Kanye West - 30 Hours 4 Joe Satriani - The Crush of Love 5 Clifford T. Ward - The Best Is Yet to Come 4 EDIT: Only altered the phrase 'high watermark' to the correct 'high-water mark', no other changes, least of all to...

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Albums 8. 1999 (1982) 7. Planet Earth (2007) [got this for free from my grandparents' Daily Mail in case you're wondering why I've listened to this and not some of the more classic Prince albums] 6. Controversy (1981) 5. Dirty Mind (1980) 4. Sign "☮" the Times (1987) 3. Purple Rain (1984) 2. Parade...

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Cheers, I've emailed you my ballot!

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The most formidable round so far- 5 songs that made into my decade top 100 and 2 more that wouldn't be out of place among such company: 15. Lana Del Rey - Video Games v. 10. Adele - Rolling in the Deep 4. Azealia Banks feat. Lazy Jay - 212 v. 16. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best 12. M83 - Midni...

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Am I right in thinking anyone can vote in this, not just those who have voted in the individual year polls?

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Father2TheMan wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:51 am
48 Johnny Cash One Piece at a Time

This should've been in my list as well

One of the few Cash songs worth salvaging from the 70s!

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Included (using "Robert Johnson would have released albums" logic): Robert Johnson | King of the Delta Blues Singers Omitted: The Original Soundtrack | The Harder They Come | 1972 (compilation) Buzzcocks | Singles Going Steady | 1979 (compilation) If it's any indication of eligibility, these were a...

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spiritualized wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 02, 2020 6:31 am
593 Turbo – W sobie 74

I'm calling it here, W sobie will be the first Biggest Fan #1 with more than half of its score coming from one voter!

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10. Sufjan Stevens - My Rajneesh v. 7. Devendra Banhart - Let's See 5. Fiona Apple - Cosmonauts v. 8. Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé - Savage (Remix) 6. Nicolas Jaar - Gocce v. 3. Terrace Martin & Denzel Curry feat. Kamasi Washington - Pig Feet 12. Yves Tumor - Kerosene! v. 9. Dua Lipa - Levitat...

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Ah, I've got a good idea about who it could be and if I'm right, I'd imagine the artist in question is the youngest on the list...

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Rob, I'mma presume you're counting Tunes 2011-2019 as an album and plump for Burial? Have to say an ace presentation's been made even better by you crowning me as one of your queens

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8. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness (#2 of 2 albums I've heard by the artist) v. 5. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (1/2) 1. Coil - Horse Rotorvator (1/2) v. 3. Parquet Courts - Light up Gold (3/4) 7. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant (6/6 among St. Vincent albums) v. 2. Ever...

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Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man 3
Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis 7
Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin' 8
Blondie - Maria 5
Turbo - W sobie 4
Danny Wilson - The Second Summer of Love 6 Better than Mary's Prayer!
The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine 6

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10. Robyn - Dancing on My Own v. 2. Arcade Fire - Reflektor 11. Frank Ocean - Pyramids v. 3. David Bowie - Lazarus 4. Grimes - Oblivion v. 9. Kanye West feat. Pusha T - Runaway 7. Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? v. 16. Grimes - REALiTi 6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs v. 12. Courtney Barnett - Avant ...

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3. Woodkid - Goliath v. 4. HAIM - The Steps 5. The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers v. 11. Basia Bulat - No Control 16. Waxahatchee - Fire v. 10. Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP 15. Charli XCX - detonate v. 13. HAIM - I Know Alone 12. Wisnu Tirta Aji - Alone v. 14. Christine and the Queens - La vit...

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Only 'Spells' remains on British Spotify when it comes to Backxwash's album of this year God Has Nothing to Do with This...

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Some mouthwatering ties there! I'm guessing there were songs with multiple noms?

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Holden, huge thanks to you for presiding over the poll and to everyone whose list I've plundered for the below! To answer your earlier question, I'm 32. And my emails are playing up, so I'm attaching my Google Sheet here if that'll suffice ? I'll try again if not: 350 | Acoustic Ladyland | Last Chan...

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It seems my fanboying (is that a word?) It is a word if you say it is, you are Wilhelm Shakespear after all! Great find by you (or sonofsamiam, whoever claims first dibs), I also have you to thank for, let's say, 100% of the German rap I've discovered this year plus a few other choice jazz pearls, ...

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Neptunian Maximalism - Éons 8.5 I can understand any reservations about this album but I don't share them- the execution matches the ambition for me, I just know its length won't make it easy for its individual tracks to imprint themselves on my brain (it ranks between Dark Matter and The Archer any...

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BleuPanda wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:59 pm
Here's Miguel's list:
19. George Orwell: Homage to Catalonia – UK, 1938

This would place highly in my non-fiction list but while parts of it may or may not be artistic licence, it isn't fictional.

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1. Kendrick Lamar - Alright 2. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street 3. Adele - Rolling in the Deep 4. Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales 9. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio 5. Rosalía - Malamente (Cap 1: Augurio) 6. Kanye West feat. Pusha T - Runaway 7. The 1975 - Love It If We Mad...

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ryan Dalton - Can't Hold Us 6
Alicia Meyers - Appreciation 6
DD Smash - Whaling 7
Chilliwack - Baby Blue 4
Taraf de Haïdouks - Dragoste de la Clejani 7
Grave Digger - Night Drifter 6
Jorge Ben - País tropical 6

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Rodney P's The Future has vanished from Spotify but Millie Jackson's Caught Up has returned in its entirety!

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8. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding (#2 of 2 albums I've heard by the artist) v. 1. Fugazi - Repeater (1/4) 7. Dire Straits - Making Movies (2/2) v. 2. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (1/2) 3. Anna Meredith - FIBS (2/2) v. 5. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American/Jimmy Eat World (1/2) 4. The ...

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