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Oh god Phoebe Bridgers totally deserves Best New Artist, though I doubt she'll get it. She would have deserved it even more in 2017, when she actually was a new artist. It would be great if she won, though. I'm probably more surprised that Bob Dylan didn't get an Album of the Year nomination than I...

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https://pitchfork.com/features/article/fiona-apple-shameika-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-interview/ Interesting article about how Fiona Apple connected with the real life "Shameika" that inspired the FTBC song. Apparently they are collaborating on a remix of the track. Thanks for the link - what a fascin...

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Vacantjoy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:56 pm henrik when will the new update happen ?

http://acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewto ... f=2&t=9182

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That's the first time I've seen a college newspaper described as an "indie magazine"!

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Incredible rollout, Holden, and great results. We've collectively created a top 1000 that can stand up against any other.

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I’d take MVOTC over The Wall, and I’m just as much of a freak as the rest of you freaks. That's beyond me. If David Gilmour and Roger Waters see these posts, They will be Uncomfortably Numb. If Gilmour and Waters could see all these people getting over The Wall, they'd probably say, "I don't unders...

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Even speaking as someone who put 12 Beatles albums in my top 500, I have to say that two Beatles albums in the top 10 instead of four is a welcome change.

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Are any of the following going to place in the top 100? Yes, all of them. The top 100 albums are going to be the 100 albums listed in Nick's post above. The lowest-ranked album from 2017 on that list was Surfer Rosa , at #177, and there is absolutely no way an album that ranked at #177 or higher la...

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Jackson wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:34 pm I'm shocked that Carole King's Tapestry had a better ranking among younger voters. I expected an extreme older split for that album.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that "Where You Lead" is the theme song to Gilmore Girls, which younger viewers keep discovering via Netflix.

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with Lou Reed's Berlin , at #385, being the lowest-ranked of those albums from last time that has not appeared yet Now, with 190 albums remaining, that title goes to Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Rust Never Sleeps (#283 in 2017). Only two other albums that ranked below #250 last time are still waiti...

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Which of the following albums will be in the top 200? Which will instead be out of the top 1000? James Brown - 'Live at the Apollo 1963 44 328 Van Halen Van Halen 1978 244 335 These albums have already appeared, at #315 and #689, respectively. And where do you see The Black Parade at #361 on the 20...

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If The Woods is the lowest album left, it is doing very well in comparison to last time, and I am very happy about it. And The Woods it is! Barring any truly unforeseen shocks, the remaining 220 albums should be the 220 remaining from the upper reaches of the 2017 poll (with Lou Reed's Berlin , at ...

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I think it's absolutely 100% The Woods. I didn't even realize it placed as low as it did last time. Yeah there’s no way The Woods didn’t make it to the top 1000. It’s in someone’s top 10 and in a bunch of top 100 including mine. Hmm. You both may be right. I just assumed that Computerwelt rising as...

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Another album that finished in the top 600 in 2017 but is nowhere to be found so far on this poll is We're Only in It for the Money by The Mothers of Invention. I have to say that, unless that album took an unexpectedly huge leap, I'm surprised that Zappa/The Mothers will only end up placing one alb...

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I think you are both wrong about Autobahn Well, Holden's newest results post knocks off two of our "outliers" ( The Idler Wheel... and Hatful of Hollow ). Assuming that NFR! and Fetch the Bolt Cutters are yet to come, I'm sticking with Autobahn for that final album not on 2017's top 500. Nassim, ar...

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prosecutorgodot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:21 am Besides The Idler Wheel..., I'm predicting Autobahn and S-K's The Woods as the outside entries.

I've also got Autobahn, but my other outlier is Hatful of Hollow. Unless a decision was made not to count it this time, and I missed it.

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There are now 300 albums left to reveal. There are 295 albums from the 2017 poll's top 500 that have not appeared yet (unless I've miscounted somewhere), and it seems highly unlikely that any of them will miss the cut going forward. That leaves five albums that were not in the top 500 last time arou...

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acroamor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:02 am Mitski: 2
The Beatles: 1
The Rolling Stones: 0

Now it's:
Mitski: 3
The Beatles: 2
The Rolling Stones: 1

I'm making a bold prediction that this will change.

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Moonbeam wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:47 am
Holden wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:00 pm 666. The Beatles | Please Please Me (1963)
Proof that The Beatles are the devil. I've been trying to warn you guys.

I always look forward to seeing what #666 is on any list with 1000 entries or more. This one couldn't have been more perfect for you, Moonbeam!

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Also surprised to see Dua Lipa here. I know the album is beloved, but usually in these polls albums of the same year don't make it. I do expect Fetch the Bolt Cutter to show up still, but as an exception. Wonder if one or two others can slip in. Besides FTBC, I would say the other 2020 albums that ...

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Beat, The Special Beat Service appears on Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die at Next Stop Flatlanders, The All American Music/More a Legend Than a Band appears both on "Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) " and on "The Rough Guide - Country: 100 Essen...

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Thanks, Otisredding - great work as usual! One thing - as much as we'd all undoubtedly like this year to end more quickly, the date in the subject line should be October 15, not October 30. Deftones took a major tumble after debuting in the top 10. Presumably that impressive start was the result of ...

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Rob wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:56 pm Why 893 though?

Because 89.3 FM is the frequency of the radio station.

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I saw that people have been including their ages at the top of their submission posts - I'm 51. Here's my top 500, the first time I've ever compiled a personal list of this size. Most of the albums near the top (except for the more recent ones, obviously) have been absolute favorites for a very long...

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Arsalan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:42 pm 2000 was a very good year for music and this list makes it clear. Wouldn't it be better to put "Yellow" instead of "Shiver"?

"Shiver" is a better song - the best on that album, in fact. As great as "Yellow" is, Spin made the right choice here.

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I have made a decision on the deadline: September 31st is the soft deadline So, since September 31st doesn't actually exist, that means there IS no deadline. Sweet! :mrgreen: I wasn't sure I'd be participating this time around, but I think the unveiling of the Rolling Stone list motivated me. I'll ...

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I have made a decision on the deadline: September 31st is the soft deadline So, since September 31st doesn't actually exist, that means there IS no deadline. Sweet! :mrgreen: I wasn't sure I'd be participating this time around, but I think the unveiling of the Rolling Stone list motivated me. I'll ...

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Schüttelbirne wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:14 pm In a way I'd rather see the individual Top 50 lists.

I know six albums that probably didn't make Taylor Swift's list...

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I also forgot that both earlier versions of the song list had entries that were less than a year old (Hey Ya! on the 2004 list, Moment of Surrender on the 2010 list, and I can see one of those songs clearly sticking around and moving up and the other, if they have any sense of musical significance ...

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StevieFan13 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:48 pm I also can't recall if any Vampire Weekend made the cut, which would be bizarre if they didn't given how well-received Modern Vampires of the City was.

MVotC is #328.

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I'm not sure how old you are, but as someone who was a teenager when they came out, I can confirm that The Black Parade and Man on the Moon... had an enormous impact upon youth culture when they were released. The Black Parade is without a doubt the defining album of the 2000s pop-emo scene, and Ma...

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Illiniq wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:14 am And am I correct that Smiths didn’t land a single album.

The Queen is Dead is #113.

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The three 2019 albums have two logical choices and also Kid Cudi. Haven’t listened to it myself but also haven’t seen a lot of critical acclaim for it. As I noted in another post, RS got the date wrong for the Kid Cudi album - it's actually from 2009, not 2019. There are three 2019 albums, though, ...

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That Kid Cudi album is from 2009, not 2019. That's RS's error, and it's kind of an embarrassing one.

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Thanks for getting this transcribed so quickly! I did jump straight to the top 50 when I visited the RS website. I'm sure the rest of the list will confirm the initial impression that this is a fascinating and frustrating effort by RS to revamp the canon (I have no doubt they're already receiving ha...

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Obviously, someone will need to transcribe and post.

And, cue the collective apoplectic outrage of internet music geeks (including me, I'm afraid) right off the bat:

#500 is Arcade Fire's Funeral.

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EiXDVicWsAAzKYw.jpeg This will be the new cover of RS. Anyone have seen the list? I saw that this morning too, and immediately went to their website - the list is not up yet. I don't think the print issue is coming out for a couple of weeks so I wouldn't expect to see the list for a while. I confes...

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Eddie Jobson's closing electric violin solo on "Out of the Blue" by Roxy Music. Greatest example of tension-and-release that I can think of. The whole track has been building up to something explosive, but that still doesn't prepare you for just how incredibly exciting it is.

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Not being able to read Russian, I can't tell if my personal favorite Russian rock song of the 20th century is in here: "Berserker," as sung by Jay's cousin Olaf from Moscow ("Olaf's a metal singer - back home in Moscow he's got his own band, they're called Fuck Your Yankee Bluejeans or something lik...

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jamieW wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:56 pm I was a bit disappointed myself. There was only 1 song on the entire album that I really loved.

I see what you did there...

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Found here: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/MarilynRoxie/nme__the_50_darkest_albums_ever_made/ Don't know if eligible. Somehow I doubt that lists based on subjective, abstract qualities of music would be eligible. Interesting list, though (even though this is probably the one and only time that Cold...

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Welcome back, Otis! Great work as always.

Highlights section should be pretty easy for Microphones in 2020...

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DaveC wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:41 pm Thriller: Three great tracks surrounded by... well I forget.

Which is the third, for you? I'm guessing "Wanna Be Startin' Something," but some people might say "Human Nature." (Not the title track, presumably, which would be nothing without Vincent Price and John Landis.)

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I find it hilarious that you criticize my English abilities in such a poorly formed sentence. Thanks for the laughs. Henry, while I agree that Wisna's comment was uncalled for (it's basically "NO! I SAID 'SAVAGE,' NOT 'SAVAGES'! CAN'T YOU REEEAAADDD???!!!???"), it's pretty obvious that English isn'...

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"Real savage-like!" -- Lindsey Buckingham, "Tusk" It's by Lindsey Buckingham but "Tusk" but doesn't including "Savage" in the title song. Are you find another song by Lindsey Buckingham or his band, Fleetwood Mac, with "Savage" in the title? I was just noting the quote (it pops up in the middle of ...

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Remain in Light: I prefer The Great Curve over Once in a Lifetime. What's Going On is my go-to example ( the three acclaimed songs are waaay better than the others), though I appreciate that the album flows smoothly from song to song. These would be the exact two I would think of (particularly sinc...

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Trinita' wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:37 pm Can't see July 31 update..

It hasn't been posted yet. Otisredding may be on holiday.

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Perhaps they are still coving corona because here in America, just about everyone i know has been infected or knows someones who has been in the past month or two Wow. Where do you live? I do know a few individuals who have been infected. Most notably my own Mother (81 years of age), my Aunt and Un...

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"Real savage-like!"
-- Lindsey Buckingham, "Tusk"

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Yes, Wisnu Tirta Aji, that was an unnecessarily rude comment. Hopefully Otis would be enjoying a well deserved holidays and he will be back with an update when he can. There is not such a hurry, is there? I actually don't think Wisna was trying to be rude, or sarcastic - I believe he was being comp...

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