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9. Rush - Fly By Night (1975): 5.5/10 Favourite track: By-Tor and the Snow Dog Least favourite track: Rivendell Where they learned that they were better suited to prog rock than blues rock. 10. Pretty Things - Parachute (1970): 6.5/10 Favourite track: Grass Least favourite track: Cries from the Midn...

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Bonga - Venda Poro (UR)

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728. XTC – Earn Enough for Us: 6 729. Black Sabbath – Under the Sun/ Every Day Comes and Goes: 7.5 730. Orbital - Belfast: 6.5 731. Michael Bublé - Lost: 5 - I've never heard this before: Formulaic but not that bad. 732. Prince – 3 Chains o’ Gold: 7 733. Hubert-Félix Thiéfane - Quand la banlieue des...

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London Grammar - Lose Your Head

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722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You: 3
723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again: 7.5
724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei: 6
725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces: 6.5
726. The Moonglows – See Saw: 4
727. The Libertines – Gunga Din: 8

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Beach House - Wishes (UR)

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Jesca Hoop | Memories Are Now (2017): 7/10. Highlight "The Lost Sky"

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8. Graham Coxon - Love Travels at Illegal Speeds (2006): 6/10

Favourite track: Standing on My Own Again
Least favourite track: What's He Got?

The first half of the album is really enjoyable, but the second half brings it down.

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719. Bagarre - Dirty Love: 4
720. Collective Soul - Shine: 4
721. Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Why: 4

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6. MUNA - About U (2017): 4/10 Favourite track: End of Desire Least favourite track: If U Love Me Now Again not my genre and I also find the singer's vocal inflections off-putting. 7. Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (1986): 5/10 Favourite track: Can't Go Back Least favourite track: Ain't That Tough ...

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For me, 3 is the magic number. Forming an opinion after 1 listen is a mistake: If I like the album a lot, the chances are that it will get boring quickly*, on the other hand a good album rarely reveals itself on first listen. After 3 listens, I can form an opinion that probably won't change radicall...

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Nilüfer Yanya - Same Damn Luck

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711. Spectral Display – It Takes a Muscle (to Fall in Love): 4 712. fun. – At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used to Be): 5.5 713. The Mutton Birds – Come Around: 6.5 714. Atheist – Mother Man: 7 715. Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace: 8.5 716. The Sabres o...

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Not sure if this is properly 'Moderately Acclaimed' (lack of reviews and December release...) - if anyone objects, I do have a reserve choice ready to go:

Ichiko Aoba - アダンの風 (Adan no kaze)

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Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing (BU)

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705. Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say: 4
706. 杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求　～追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered): 4
707. The Rolling Stones - Family: 5
708. Bedrich Smetana - Dance: Skocná [A.K.A. Dance of the Comedians]: 5
709. At the Drive-In – Arcarsenal: 3
710. Prince – Papa: 6

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Brad wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:08 pm
DaveC wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:38 am The National - Sorrow (unranked)
Dave C - Love the Candy Claws song you nominated... my favorite discovery in this game this year!

Thanks Brad. Really pleased to hear that.

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The Avalanches, MGMT, Johnny Marr - The Divine Chord

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This is great Harold. Quite a few favourites and lots of albums I don't know that are probably well worth a listen.

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I agree with this. This isn't a forum of critics, so I don't think our tastes should define what makes something "moderately acclaimed." In terms of changing what makes an album moderately acclaimed, I made this point before but the top 500 on AM have added about 50 new albums since this game start...

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The National - Sorrow (unranked)

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Emma Ruth Rundle, Thou - Hollywood
Nilüfer Yanya - Same Damn Luck
The Avalanches, MGMT, Johnny Marr - The Divine Chord

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698. Billy Joel – The River of Dreams: 7.5 699. Cheap Trick – On Top of the World: 7 700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You: 8 701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me: 5 702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker: 3 703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 5 704. The Notwist – Ano...

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Slipping behind a bit:

5. Cybotron - Enter (1983): 5/10

Favourite track: Enter
Least favourite track: Alleys of Your Mind

I am not a fan of Kraftwerk or 80s synth-pop, but - relegated to the background somewhat - this is pleasant enough not to attract a low score.

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Gillingham wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:57 am Good call on nominating Ichiko Aboa DaveC!

Thanks. I'm considering nominating the album for BMAA2020 - I guess it qualifies as it has only appeared on one EOY list that I have seen to date.

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The Beatles – Rubber Soul: In My Life ; Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) . Talking Heads – Remain in Light: Once in a Lifetime ; Listening Wind . The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers: Brown Sugar ; Sister Morphine . Stevie Wonder – Innervisions: Visions ; Living for the City . Bob Dylan – Blood o...

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The first 10 album gap immediately turned into a 15 gap: 799. Michael Jackson - Bad 800. X - Wild Gift 801. MC5 - Back in the USA 802. Van Morrison - Too Late to Stop Now 803. Les Rita Misouko - The No Comprendo 804. Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign 805. Anderson .Paak - Malibu 806. Them - The A...

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Jirin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:51 pm
Just realized your list completely contains mine, only I heard Bakesale and ATLiens. And mine should have extended two more albums out, except I stopped at 10.

I think MAA has closed many of our gaps, but none of these has been nominated (or else I just forgot hearing them).

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Ichiko Aoba - Dawn in the Adan

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My Bloody Valentine – Loveless: Sometimes ; When You Sleep . Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Boxer ; Bridge Over Troubled Water . Love – Forever Changes: Alone Again Or ; Andmoreagain . Television – Marquee Moon: Marquee Moon ; Torn Curtain . Portishead – Dummy: Sour Times ; Road...

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691. Warsaw Village Band – The Owl: 7
692. Ramones – Poison Heart: 6
693. The Beach Boys – Diamond Head: 4
694. The Verlaines – Makes No Difference: 7.5
695. Information Society – Ozar Midrashim: 7
696. Rose Elinor Dougall – Colour of Water: 8.5
697. Madonna – Bedtime Story: 4

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Pearl Jam – Ten: Jeremy ; Even Flow . Tom Waits – Rain Dogs: Jockey Full of Bourbon ; Downtown Train . Björk – Homogenic: Jóga ; Bachelorette . Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen: Suzanne ; So Long Marianne . The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground: Pale Blue Eyes ; Candy Says . Patti Sm...

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Arcade Fire – The Suburbs: Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) . Pixies – Surfer Rosa: Where Is My Mind? ; Gigantic . King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King: The Court of the Crimson King ; Epitaph . Lou Reed – Transformer: Walk on the Wild Side ; Perfect Day . Joy Division – Unknown Ple...

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Pulp – Different Class: Common People ; Disco 2000 . Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady: Track C – Group Dancers ; Track A – Solo Dancers . Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus: Three Little Birds ; One Love/ People Get Ready . Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: Cowgi...

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Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes: White Winter Hymnal ; Tiger Mountain Peasant Song . Björk – Debut: Venus as a Boy ; Human Behaviour . The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night: A Hard Day’s Night ; Can’t Buy Me Love . PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love: Down By The Water ; C’mon Billy . The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi B...

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Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor ; Mardy Bum . Beach House – Teen Dream: 10 Mile Sterio ; Used to Be . Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York: Where Did You Sleep Last Night? ; The Man Who Sold the World . The National – Boxer: Mistak...

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690. From First to Last - Emily: 2

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Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion: Bluish ; My Girls . R.E.M. – Out of Time: Losing My Religion ; Near Wild Heaven . The Knife – Silent Shout: Silent Shout ; We Share Our Mother’s Health . Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Rust Never Sleeps: Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) ; Pocahontas . Björk...

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4. Toy Love - Toy Love (EP) (1980): 7.5/10

Favourite track: Squeeze
Least favourite track: Don't Ask Me

I nearly gave this an 8, but that would be unfair to full albums.
I always enjoy the Dunedin sound without being blown away by it and this is a prime example.

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Turns out to be 15. I've heard tracks from 1831 & 1832 & 1834 & 1836. I too should listen to Mark Hollis s/t. 1828 Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life 1829 Sebadoh - Bakesale 1830 Family - Music in a Doll's House 1831 OutKast - ATLiens 1832 The Temptations - All Directions 1833 Kruder & Dorfmeister...

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Jackson wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 12:25 am
2891. Suede - Trash

Great song - my favourite by Suede, more than worth a few minutes to close this gap.

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David Bowie – Aladdin Sane: Aladdin Sane ; Time . TV on the Radio – Dear Science: Family Tree ; Halfway Home . Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melody Nelson: Ballade de Melody Nelson . PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea: Big Exit ; Good Fortune . Queens of the Stone Age – Songs f...

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Nils Frahm - Fundamental Values

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Candy Claws - Fell in Love (At the Water) (unranked)

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Weezer – Pinkerton: No Other One ; The Good Life . Gorillaz – Demon Days: Feel Good Inc .; DARE . Radiohead – Amnesia: Knives Out ; Pyramid Song . Elliott Smith – XO: Waltz #2 . Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!: Venice Bitch ; Mariners Apartment Complex . King Crimson – Red: Starless ; Red . ...

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684. Latin Quarter – Radio Africa: 6.5
685. Kirsty MacColl - Days: 6
686. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance): 6
687. Compulsion - It’s Great: 5
688. Freedy Johnston – Bad Reputation: 5
689. Barenaked Ladies - Jane: 7

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Candy Claws - Fell in Love (At the Water) (unranked)

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