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1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm vs. U2 - Boy
2. Lou Reed/John Cale - Songs For Drella vs. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
3. Laurie Spiegel - The Expanding Universe vs. St. Vincent - Marry Me

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Haven't seen a recommendation thread yet, so I'll just put this here: This is the first of four straight years where I'll be (unsurprisingly) advertising a Game Theory album. This year's in Real Nighttime . I'll admit it's not as great as the albums they'd put out in '86 and '87, but it's still pret...

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Like others have said, ther only thing expanding the finals lists will do is give people more albums/songs to rank (and those extra rankings will likely be for naught, as most will end up at ther bottom of the list anyway).

So my vote is for option 2.

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Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners vs. Coldplay - Parachutes

I unfortunately don't have 5 and a half free hours to listen to Okami, but I'm glad that Heatmiser doing well!

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1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Bob Dylan 3. The Beatles 4. David Bowie 5. Led Zeppelin 6. Bruce Springsteen 7. R.E.M. 8. Elliott Smith 9. The Rolling Stones 10. Simon and Garfunkel 11. Queen 12. U2 13. Radiohead 14. Nirvana 15. Joni Mitchell 16. Kanye West 17. Sleater-Kinney 18. Tom Waits 19. Creedence Clearwat...

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1. Jackson Browne - Running on Empty vs. Echo and the Bunnymen - Crocodiles
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah vs. Pink Floyd - Animals

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Moonbeam wrote:
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20. Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire
25. Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire

You've listed this one twice. Should I keep it at 20 and move the others up?

Oops. Yeah that's fine.

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Albums 1. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. 2. R.E.M. - Reckoning 3. The Replacements - Let it Be 4. Prince - Purple Rain 5. The Smiths - The Smiths 6. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire 7. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II 8. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime 9. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow 10. Ta...

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Jap123 wrote:Surprised that one only made one list

So am I! It's one of the better songs on a pretty well-liked album.

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1. Elvis Costello - Get Happy!! vs. Mano Negra - Puta's Fever
2. Lou Reed - Street Hassle vs. Lorde - Pure Heroine

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Today marks the 35th anniversary of Born in the USA. During the 1984 poll! Great timing!

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1. Joni Mitchell - Hejira vs. Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence I considered nominating Sounds of Silence and did not. I did nominate Hejira , however. I have the same preferences regarding these two albums that I did four months ago. 2. Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. vs. George Michael - Li...

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New single from Sleater-Kinney. Full album coming later this year.

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1983 features my #1 album of the decade, and my #2 and #3 songs of the decade. Albums 1. U2 - War 2. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes 3. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual 4. R.E.M. - Murmur 5. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain 6. Djeli Moussa Diawara - Yasimika 7. Madonna - Madonna 8. Tom Waits - Swo...

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1. Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg vs. The Smiths - Meat is Murder I had forgotten that I'd heard the Lewis album before, which is never a good sign. Of the four non-Hatful Smiths albums (because is that really an album?), Meat is Murder is my least favorite, but it's still pretty g...

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The amount of time spent listening to The National skyrocketed after I graduated from college (do with that information what you will). I do really enjoy their lyrics, but they obviously have a great band dynamic as well. I also really like Matt Bernihger's vocals.

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Listened to I Am Easy to Find twice this morning. Initial reaction: It's not one of the band's best album, but it's solid. There's utterly no reason for it to be over an hour long though. I like that the band is taking chances, such as the heavy incorporation of female vocalists and electronic influ...

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https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/0 ... c-catalog/

They're going to Apple Music first, but will be on Spotify in a month

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Does Gemini Eye have an entry on RYM? I can't seem to find it.

Edit: I made them one, assumed the answer was "no"

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Can hopefully listen to the other albums later in the week, but here's my vote for the stuff I've heard:

Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly vs. Blur - 13
David Bowie - Lodger vs. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

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Djam Leeli seems to be from 1989, is currently listed as 1983

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Song: 1. Michael Jackson - Beat It 2. Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City 3. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message 4. Tears For Fears - Mad World 5. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf 6. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 7. Prince - Let's Pretend We're Married 8. Richard and Linda Thompson ...

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Album: 1. Prince - 1999 2. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights 3. Michael Jackson - Thriller 4. Kate Bush - The Dreaming 5. The Cure - Pornography 6. XTC - English Settlement 7. Liliput - Liliput 8. Duran Duran - Rio 9. R.E.M. - Chronic Town 10. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 11. The Fal...

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1. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on a Hill vs. Crowded House - Woodface Elliott Smith is a favorite of mine, and while this isn't his best album, it's still great. 2. Etta James - At Last! vs. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain Goldfrapp is less consistent, and didn't have a song as great as "At Lelst...

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Might submit a vote for match #2 if time permits. 1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Mornin g vs. Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me Both of these albums belong to a pretty similar genre, but the lyrical content of the two is vastly different. I didn't like either much more than the other, but I t...

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Liliput's (aka Kleenex) self-titled is also worth a listen

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It’s like Scott Miller meets garage rock. I can't wait to hear this album now! Anyway, here are my votes for the week: 1. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking vs. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There Both these albums are pretty good, but Van Etten's album is certainly in a league above Fairport Convent...

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Wow, I was expecting a sure win for Grimes, but not a complete shutout! Where were all the AnCo fans this week? I might've been one cos Sung Tongs is now on my all-time list, but I'm still not listening to Art Angels cos of the cover. Maybe if it does really well in the tournament, I will. I guess ...

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Not exactly a deep cut or anything, but Kate Bush's The Dreaming is great and hasn't made the cut in either of the first two editions of this poll. I've seen in on a couple of lists already, so hopefully we can change that!

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Is anyone actually surprised by the Jackson allegations? I was under the impression they were public knowledge (MJ was a punchline because of them, among other things, before he died). With that said, I agree with what some others have said in that I don't evaluate the music I listen to based on the...

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Animal Collective - Sung Tongs vs. Grimes - Art Angels

Sung Tongs is the best Animal Collective album thatI've heard... though that isn't a bigger compliment.

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Last time around, a few songs got in because of two votes, with each of those votes at #1. [12] Au Pairs - Headache for Michelle: (100) [12] Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away: (100) [12] The Gun Club - She's Like Heroin to Me: (100) This time these songs placed at #49, #308, and #43; and a song w...

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1. Fiona Apple - Tidal vs. David Bowie - Young Americans
2. Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine vs. Le Tigre - Le Tigre

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I think the forum policy on live versions (as well as remixes and other new versions of old songs) is to vote for them in the year the song was originally released. This is how it's done on the songs list for AcclaimedMusic as well.

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And here's my songs list: 1. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight 2. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 3. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe 4. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure 5. Prince - Controversy 6. Squeeze - Tempted 7. Bob Dylan - The Groom's Still Waiting At the Altar 8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbo...

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Here's my album list, songs to come later today (probably): 1. This Heat - Deceit 2. Penguin Café Orchestra - Penguin Café Orchestra 3. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju 4. Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat 5. King Crimson - Discipline 6. Marquis de Sade - Rue de Siam 7. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up...

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I have to take issue with the term ""most acclaimed song of 1939." It is the most acclaimed song NOW that was originally released in 1939, but that's something entirely different. Not only are there no critics lists included here that were done in 1939, I doubt that there are even an...

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Great thread, as always, Honorio. It's a shame to see it grey rundown with an inane argument that really doesn't relate to the original point of the thread....

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King Crimson's Discipline Non-streamability is probably the main issue for anything Robert Fripp. Personally, non-streamable albums on Spotify or Youtube will not be in my list whatsoever. This is fair, it was rather difficult for me to track down as well. My local library had a copy, which is how ...

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A few more albums that haven't appeared on many lists so far: Penguin Cafe Orchestra (self-titled album) and King Crimson's Discipline. Both are definitely worth a listen!

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Hal Blaine, who is perhaps the greatest studio musician we've ever had, has passed away at the age of 90. Recordings that he played on are all over the AM list (it's estimated that he played on as many as 6,000 songs). To name just a few: "Good Vibrations," "Be My Baby," "Br...

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Nick wrote:I’m pretty surprised that “Americans” is totally unranked on the critics’ list. It’s the final track on the critics’ number 1 album of the year, and as Jirin said, a great summation of the state of affairs in contemporary America.

Agreed. It would have been my #1 song, had I voted.

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The National announced a new album, being released in May, and released the first single from it. The song is much more of an electronic track than the tinges they've had on their previous albums. I'm not sure how much I'd like the whole album if it's that heavy on the electronic, though. The album ...

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Great poll Dave, thanks for running it!

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1. Happy 2. Can't You Hear Me Knocking 3. Midnight Rambler 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Sister Morphine 6. Gimme Shelter 7. Jigsaw Puzzle 8. Moonlight Mile 9. Sympathy For the Devil 10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 11. Parachute Woman 12. Sway 13. She's a Rainbow 14. The Last Time 15. Rocks Off 16. Monkey M...

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I'm also a bigger fan of Third than Dummy

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One of the benefits of the wild card is that points for songs with ambiguous years can be added together (this worked well in the 90s poll last year).

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There's some pretty good albums outside of the top of the AM list; Deceit, Rue de Siam, and Beauty and the Beat are a few of my favorites from that category.

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