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My initial reaction is that it's a fine album, but certainly not on the same level as his best albums. Maybe it will grow on me, but I think it's at least 20 minutes too long.

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I've been looking forward to this one, will be listening soon. However I'm disappointed "My Rajneesh" isn't on the album.

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Interesting Christgau remark for assigning points to a 50 album list: Let me add that I assume you’re not so foolish as to go 50 [points] down to 1; 100 down to 51 would make much more sense, because we obviously don’t like our favorite 50 times as much as the one that squeaked in last though we ma...

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I learned long ago to not care about these Rolling Stone lists, but I'm happy to see Blue so high.

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1. The National - Alligator vs. Fugazi - Repeater
2. Laura Marling - Semper Femina vs. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
3. David Bowie - Heathen vs. Anna Meredith - FIBS
4. Frank Sinatra - Watertown vs. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me

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Henry wrote: ↑
Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:24 pm
I am curious regarding which songs are your favorites on the

5. Don Cherry - Don Cherry* album

I like all four songs on the album, but my favorites are probably "Brown Rice" and "Degi-Degi"

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We're very low on lists so far this month, so I'm expecting a landslide of them this week! Songs 1. Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love 2. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain 3. Bob Marley - Three Little Birds 4. Bob Marley - One Love 5. David Bowie - Sound and Vision 6. Elvis Costello - Alison 7. Brian Eno - By...

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1. Santana - Santana vs. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2. The Breeders - Pod vs. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
3. Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson vs. Dinosaur Jr - Farm
4. Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens vs. Wayne Shorter - EMANON

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Holden wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:31 am
Maybe a dumb question but are we doing anything 1960s next year?

That's the typical schedule we've followed, but nothing's set in stone.

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1. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert vs. Sigur Rós - ( )
2. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement vs. Fiona Apple - When the Pawn…
3. Edan - Beauty And The Beat vs. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. The Upsetters - Super Ape vs. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase

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Thanks for running this poll, Bleu! It's interesting to compare these results to those from three years ago. I'm also pretty surprised to see Infinite Jest in the top 10. Not because it's undeserving (I enjoyed it a lot), but because I'm surprised enough of us have read that 1000 page monster for it...

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Depending on how you want to define "modern," I don't think there's an album of the last ten years that was a better successor to Thriller than 21. Much like Thriller, the album produced 4 or 5 legitimate singles and sold more copies than any other album of its decade.

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Gillingham wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:05 pm
Albums:
1. Fela Kuti - Zombie

This already qualified last month, I'll bump the rest of your list up

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I'm the opposite, the amount of time I've spent reading has gone way down this year. I used to read on my commute, which for the time being I don't have. However, I started reading The Sense of an Ending a few days ago, which I probably would've already finished if I was reading it on my commute. As...

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My personal favorites are Jimi Hendrix in 1967 (Are You Experienced? and Axis: Bold As Love) and Bob Dylan in 1965 (Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and "Positively 4th Street").

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1. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid vs. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
2. Blondie - Eat to the Beat vs. Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth
3. Washed Out - Within and Without vs. Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
4. Levellers - Levelling The Land vs. The Shins - Port Of Morrow

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Schüttelbirne wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:24 am
4. Fela & Afrika 70 | Zombie

Both the song and album qualified in the 1976 poll, so I'm going to bump the rest of your lists up.

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Here are the wild card standings through 7 months. Wild card points are equal to the points received divided by the number of lists submitted. If an album or song received points over two years, wild card points are equal to the combined points received divided by the average number of lists submitt...

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I'm going to leave this open for another 12 hours or so, unless anyone needs more time. I have opened up the 1977 poll though.

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In 1977 I hope I go to heaven Welcome to the 70s! This month, we will be looking to find the best songs and albums from 1977. If you want to participate, please post a list of your favorite songs and/or albums from that year in this thread. Only the top 20 will be given points, but larger lists are...

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There's approximately 24 hours left to vote this month! If anyone needs more time than that, let me know.

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Cheap Trick's At Budokan was released in 1979, not 1978

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1. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness vs. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
2. Coil - Horse Rotorvator vs. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant vs. Everything but the Girl - Amplified Heart
4. Rodriguez - Cold Fact vs. Lou Reed - Lou Reed

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18 lists so far and no votes for In Search of Lost Time. Have any of us actually read it? I read Swann's Way at the beginning of the year but haven't felt the urge to return. The only part I really cared for was the opening chapter... I've not read it myself. Ulysses and In Search of Lost Time (and...

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1. 1984 - George Orwell 2. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger 3. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald 4. Animal Farm - George Orwell 5. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 6. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 7. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 9. Lolita - Vladimi...

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Songs 1. David Bowie - Wild Is the Wind 2. Eagles - New Kid in Town 3. David Bowie - Station to Station 4. Fela Kuti - Zombie 5. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 6. Stevie Wonder - I Wish 7. Boston - Let Me Take You Home Tonight 8. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) the Reaper 9. Boston - Something Abou...

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I thoroughly enjoyed it, but yeah it's not as great as The Glow, Pt. 2 (if we want to compare it to other Elverum albums). It certainly begets itself to repeated listenings though, it's a very layered work (even if it's relatively simple instrumentally).

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I think at least half of the tracks on Remain in Light are pretty strong. And like prosecutorgodot said, "The Great Curve" is a master piece. It's exclusion from the AM list has always confused me.

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1. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding vs. Fugazi - Repeater 2. Dire Straits - Making Movies vs. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3. Anna Meredith - FIBS vs. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American 4. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me vs. Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 [The Philadelphia Orc...

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1. The National - Alligator vs. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses 2. Nina Hagen Band - Nina Hagen Band vs. Laura Marling - Semper Femina 3. David Bowie - Heathen vs. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record 4. Nina Hagen Band - Unbehagen vs. Frank Sinatra - Watertown 2 and 4 were tough calls,...

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Great rollout, thanks for putting it together acroamor!

On The Suburbs coming in second place: depending on your source, today or yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the album's release. Rather fitting, if you ask me.

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Yeezus at 76 is really a shock. I thought Ultraviolence would crack the top 50, especially after Lana's strong showing in the songs poll.

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Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 01, 2020 6:12 pm
5 | Bob Dylan | Hurricane

This one already made the final poll in 1975, so I'm going to bump the rest of your list up one spot.

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Henry wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 01, 2020 6:11 pm
11. Blue Oyster Cult / (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
11. Boz Scaggs Love Me Tomorrow

You have two #11s here.

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I'm a bit confused by some of the results on this spreadsheet, including: Heart / Magic Man Heart / Crazy On You which I hadm (perhaps incorrectly) as belonging in 1976 Also, Linda Ronstadt / You're No Good which I think placed at number 20 in the 1974 poll is also listed in the 1975 poll spreadshe...

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Here are the wild card standings through 6 months. Wild card points are equal to the points received divided by the number of lists submitted. If an album or song received points over two years, wild card points are equal to the combined points received divided by the average number of lists submitt...

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Also AM is the only source I found that lists Zombie as 1976, so I'll keep it for 1977. I had decided that I would list Zombie as 1976 and King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown as 1977, as per AM. But other sources do suggest that they could be swapped. Any thoughts Listy? I'm not sure if I'm going to l...

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That was 1976, didn't know who I was yet A pretty little blonde-haired girl Stole my heart and changed my world Welcome to the 70s! This month, we will be looking to find the best songs and albums from 1976. If you want to participate, please post a list of your favorite songs and/or albums from th...

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Going to keep this open for another 12 hours or so, but I'm opening the 1976 poll now.

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24 hours left to vote! If you need more time let me know.

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I haven't listened to Folklore yet, but I've listened to few of the songs. I've heard "Exile" a few times (mostly because of Bon Iver), and I think it's pretty good.

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1. Kanye West - 808s And Heartbreak vs. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
2. Rick James - Street Songs vs. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
3. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Greivances vs. Dinosaur Jr - Farm

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1975 might be my favorite year for music. It's very close to being so if it isn't. Two albums in my all-time top 10, and another two in my top 20. Albums 1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 2. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 4. Queen - A Night at the Opera 5. Aerosm...

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1. Santana - Santana vs. Nico - The Marble Index
2. The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express vs. The Breeders - Pod
3. Passion Pit - Gossamer vs. Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
4. Focus - In And Out Of Focus vs. Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens

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