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Cold Butterfly wrote:unpopular opinion - old town road goes fucking hard

Man, I'm getting old. I'm guessing this song will be remembered the same as "Macarena" or "Whoomp! There It Is" someday. (Course a lot of people still love those today, too.)

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Typically, I'm not big on melodies (for me, much of the time, the more discordant the better), but even I have to admit that the new American Football album has some really nice ones.

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Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
Oval - 94 Diskont
Enya - Shepherd Moons
Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Favorite album I couldn't vote for: Kino - Kino (The Black Album) My second favorite album of the week (and a really nice discovery).

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13. 23 Skidoo. One JamieW complaint Is this Seven Songs or Tearing Up the Plans ? You mean there were two Skidoo albums in '82? :o I've got something to look forward to, because I gotta check that other one out. I won't speak for Jade, but the one i found on the all-time list was "Seven Songs....

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pheww//back to normol ((A)) 01. Scritti Politti. Songs To Remember 02. Rip Rig + Panic. I Am Cold 03. Lora Logic. Pedigree Charm 04. The Monochrome Set. Eligible Bachelors 05. Sad Lovers And Giants. Epic Garden Music 06. Annette Peacock. Sky-skating 07. Malaria! Emotion 08. Sparks. Angst In My Pant...

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Moonbeam, I just noticed that Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" is officially listed as 1982. (I wasn't familiar with this version.) Is it okay to vote for it in 1987? That's the version I know and prefer (and they're quite different). I'll let you make the call & vote for the '82 version...

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"Self Control" is definitely one of those songs I feel has stood the test of time. There's an underlying, eerie quality that fits the theme well and has always given me chills. Agreed. So catchy yet slightly terrifying at the same time. And kinda hot. Agreed again! (Including the "re...

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Grimes - Art Angels Janet Jackson - janet Ravi Shankar - Shankar Family and Friends Unfortunately, it seems I've exhausted my options for listening to The Mutton Birds. I signed up for Deezer, but it's not letting me listen unless I upgrade to "Premium." Looks like I might have to skip the...

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Ha ha - I like that, Dan!

"Self Control" is definitely one of those songs I feel has stood the test of time. There's an underlying, eerie quality that fits the theme well and has always given me chills.

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Would love to meet all of you someday but (similar to Romain) I'm a terminal introvert and (now that I work from home) rarely leave the house. I do pretty well getting to know people one-on-one; but, in a group, I shrink to the back, never to be heard from, so it's really difficult to get to know me...

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Back in 1984, when I was 13 years old, I started my own "weekly" top 30 chart (inspired by Casey Kasem and his "American Top 40" radio show). At the end of every year, I'd calculate the results and I still remember my top 10 (keep in mind, this was based upon those weekly charts,...

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Album results: [63.5] Toyah - Anthem : 1 vote, 100 points lol pee.ass: i really grab the resultatos of this poll. gut joblem everybodi I wanted to check it out but didn't get the chance! :o I checked this one out, but too late to vote for it. Since I, too, enjoy the 'esoteric,' I looked up jade's &...

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Judging from some of the comments, looks like I'm in the minority this week. I thought all the songs were pretty solid (even if "Anima latina" was the only one I can say I loved). GROUP OMICRON 4. Nolan Strong & The Diablos | If I (Could Be With You Tonight) 5. George | Special Ones 6....

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I'm glad to see Billie Eilish getting a little love. I had no idea how the critics would respond, but the first time I heard her I thought she might've created a new genre: Gothic teeny-bopper. (Maybe only because my 11 year old daughter loves her.)

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Great:
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panaiotis - Deep Listening

Very Good:
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Le Tigre - Le Tigre

Good:
David Bowie - Young Americans
Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine
Paul Oakenfold - Goa Mix

Okay:
Pet Shop Boys - Concrete
Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math

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Moonbeam wrote:
jamieW wrote:22. Felt – Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty

This one seems to be from 1982. Care to replace it?

Sure! I'll add "In the Garden" by Eurythmics at #40 and correct the list above. (Not sure how i managed that one, since I see I have all the songs from Felt as 1982 in my spreadsheet.)

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Albums: 1. Blue Öyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin 2. New Order – Movement 3. Glenn Branca – The Ascension 4. The Cure – Faith 5. Fela Kuti – Original Suffer Head 6. Fela Kuti – Coffin for Head of State 7. The Sound – From the Lion’s Mouth 8. Au Pairs – Playing with a Different Sex 9. Prince – Con...

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Do the following links work in the US? Probably songs 2 and 4 will work (official video-clips), not sure about the rest though... Sorry, Honorio, I got the "uploader made this unavailable to your country" for all of them (including 2 and 4). :( Thanks for the effort, though! This is Shiin...

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Same system as before ... An all-time personal favorite: David Bowie- Lazarus Frank Ocean- Pyramids Great: Kanye West (featuring Pusha T)- Runaway Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal The Black Keys- Lonely Boy Future Islands- Seasons (Waiting On You) Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks Good: Tame Impala- Let It Ha...

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Songs 16 | Julius Eastman | The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc Great lists, DaveC (like always)! Lots of my favorites, but I'm especially happy to see this one. I'm still working on my songs, but I'm quite sure this will be my #1. (Hopefully, sonofsam posts a list this month, too, since he's the reaso...

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People don't seem to like my picks much. Wait'll one of mine comes up! :lol: BTW, I haven't been participating; but, if I had, I would've given your song "Handlebars" a 9. At the time, I thought it was a clever jab at how a kid bragging about how he can "ride a bike with no handlebar...

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I’m shocked Fireworks made the top 10. That’s the best surprise for me. I was about equally shocked that the critics snubbed it completely. And, honestly, I was shocked last year when the critics (and just about everyone), given the social and political times we're living in, snubbed "You Are ...

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I might be the only Scrooge here, but I get more disappointed every year in the critics list and (while I always prefer the AM list) most of these this year are the predominant "critical darlings." I like most of the albums these are from (with the exception of Musgraves and Monae, both of...

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Great project! One thing's for sure, it exposes the problems with the "points system" I used in my all-time artists list. Primarily, I need to bridge the gap between favorites with smaller discographies vs. those that have been around forever and have released tons of material. For exampl...

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Great project! One thing's for sure, it exposes the problems with the "points system" I used in my all-time artists list. Primarily, I need to bridge the gap between favorites with smaller discographies vs. those that have been around forever and have released tons of material. For example...

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Thanks, DaveC! Great job with the poll and presentation, as always!

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I'm not allowed to link stuff on AMF anymore but Kelly Marie's It Feels Like I'm In Love is 74% a 1980 hit Would love to see some lists from you! I second this! (My list is heavy on pop from my youth. Would love to listen to some great lesser known/more experimental albums like you provided in the ...

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1. Paint It, Black 2. Miss You 3. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 4. Under My Thumb 5. Play with Fire 6. As Tears Go By 7. Jumpin’ Jack Flash 8. Gimme Shelter 9. Mother’s Little Helper 10. Heart of Stone 11. Angie 12. Ruby Tuesday 13. Sister Morphine 14. Ventilator Blues 15. Anybody Seen My Baby? 16. ...

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Moonbeam wrote:
jamieW wrote:Songs:

93. Bette Midler – The Rose
154. Rupert Holmes – Him
155. Chuck Mangione – Give It All You Got

These ones are from 1979. Care to replace them?

Sure! I edited my list accordingly.

Thanks!

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Thanks for expanding the point system, Moonbeam! (Lots of “pop” music, since that’s what I rolled with when I was nine.) Albums: 1. The Cure – Seventeen Seconds 2. Joy Division – Closer 3. Steve Reich – Octet/Music for a Large Ensemble/Violin Phase 4. The Sound – Jeopardy 5. The Feelies – Crazy Rhyt...

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It's Bizarro-week for me. One of the only Cage the Elephant songs I like; a rare Stevie song I don't; a Brazilian song that seems like something I'd typically love, but doesn't connect with me for some reason (and it's the second week in a row for that!). Well, at least there's the always dependable...

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Some of my favorites took a beating in that last batch. I expressed my surprise about Scott Walker in the songs thread, so the relatively low placement for "Tilt" wasn't shocking. However, I'll now say that I thought there were more Slowdive fans in the forum. (I'm sure my memory's faulty ...

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I calculated this list based upon every song I've given a 7 or above and every album I've given a 6 or above in my spreadsheet. Next time, I'd like to use only my top 200 songs and 50 albums of every year, which I think will be more accurate, but I need to complete those first. The only artists I ex...

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That whole auction part never seems to end. I also can not believe Scott Walker in the role of a farmer. He sounds too much like a posh, elite gentleman. Ha - that's something I'd never considered before. As someone who grew up around many farmers, it's hard to argue that point! (Though, given it's...

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Had much less time for music this past year, but here are my favorites … :music-listening: Great to see you back here Jamie Hear, hear! Thanks, Dave and Moonbeam - it's great to be back! Also, Moonbeam, let me join Henrik in thanking you for your review of "EXORCISM." As a child of the '8...

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So sorry I couldn't get my songs list done in time for this. I would've given a huge boost to "Farmer in the City" and "Would?", which both would've likely been in my top 10. My jaw nearly hit the floor when I saw how low "Farmer in the City" was (I thought there were a...

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Had much less time for music this past year, but here are my favorites … :music-listening: Albums: 1. Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic 2. Tim Hecker – Konoyo 3. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth 4. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile 5. Jenny Wilson – EXORCISM 6. Ben Lamar Gay – Downtown Cast...

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Since the eighties was the decade of my youth, I was curious to see just how many of my personal favorites made Pitchfork's 200. Of my top 100, only 34 featured (marked with a *). But then my list is even more "poptimistic," so that's not very surprising. Since I took these directly from m...

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1999 is Prince's best album of the decade. ;) If anything the list could use MORE Prince. Controversy , Parade , and Lovesexy all belong. We'll agree to disagree there. While I've never seen a greater live performer in my lifetime, always been a touch underwhelmed by Prince on album. Wildly creativ...

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Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unusual Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (Going against my home state here, including a song about my hometown. In fact, Sufjan went to college about a mile from where I lived at the time.) Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Mari Boine - Idjagieđas: In the Hand of the Night I ...

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I think this is the link you're looking for: http://leonid-shevtsov.github.io/monkeysort/ (Taken from the All-Time songs poll thread.) This is It! I actually looked in that thread but didn't find it. Father2TheMan, let me know how this works for you. I took a look at it, but I don't think there's a...

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