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Heading to "La Route du Rock" for the coming 3 days, probably the French festival with the most "AM friendly" line-up (though now that we have Paris Pitchfork, this might be a bit different). Bjork has cancelled, but she has been replaced by Foals so I'm not too disappointed. Sun...

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Was going to vote for round 2 on Monday morning, didn't realise deadline was not the same as moderately acclaimed albums... Cosmo Canyon went through, so I'll be able to explain why I picked it over any of the other great FF7 songs next round. 3. Final Fantasy VI - Terra's Theme ( https://www.youtub...

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1. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz The peaks of Age of Adz are so high that they could overshadow pretty much anything, so I don't care if 3 or 4 tracks are just meh. Age of Adz, Vesuvius, Get Right Get Real, I Want to Be Well and Impossible Soul are masterpieces. More Specials though slightly disappoin...

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Stevie Wonder
Jimi Hendrix

The complete opposite of how I would vote if it was an artist poll.

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25. Earthbound - Buzz Buzz's Prophecy very original song from what I head is a very original game (still have to play it, it's on my top 5 retro games to play) 24. Beyond Good and Evil - Home Sweet Home ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTdcJWDNsao ) vs. 41. Dragon Age: Inquisition - The Lost Temple...

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Match-ups: 64. Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star That's a tough one, of course the Zelda them is incredibly iconic but Lonely Rolling Star is a very cute song that perfectly encapsulates the spirit and quirkiness of its game 33. Outlaws - Anna's Theme ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HfFMpzByo...

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I think the "NWI" indicator is the most interesting one, which gives the edge to Dylan. The way "vocabulary size" is defined just means Eminem and Kanye speak more, but for the same amount of words Dylan has a richer vocabulary. That would also put R.E.M. among the one with the r...

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My #2 of all time : Built to Spill - Velvet Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRlt3zaolqA My #4 : Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Deaf (with its great intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9zeb5BfpgE (and yes, my top 4 songs are all in a 3/4 time signature) And my #9 : IAM - Demain c'...

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Not too sure lot of people look after recommandations when there are so many. So here are my pick of 11 lesser known songs I love : Wu-Tang - I Can't Go To Sleep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2S0zu3M0rY Enter the Wu-Tang is rightfully seen as a classic but that doesn't mean there aren't some othe...

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Forgot to vote ! 1. Gorillaz - Demon Days Both have great songwriting, only one has good production value. 2. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap Yes Honorio, I'd be a bit annoyed... not as much as if it lost to a middle of road 70s classic rock, cause I'm an indie kid at heart, but still, Everything All t...

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Top 10 AM songs that didn't get any vote : The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown (#378) Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe (#536) Bo Diddley - I'm a Man (#557) Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel (T for Texas) (#596) Klaxons - Golden Skans (#669) Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes (#695) Sam Cooke - Shake ...

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Because people's rated lists skews toward the kind of music they have the strongest feelings about whereas critics listen to everything. That's why metal does so well on RYM. Well I'd also argue toward the opposite, Metal does to poorly on AM because a big part of critics don't listen to it. Bands ...

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Issue would be defining the boundaries of the genre. Depending on how you count I have between 58 and 70 hip-hop songs in my list. I'd go with 60, that's excluding 2 non hip-hop Beastie Boys song, 2 Gnarls Barkley song, several DJ Shadow song (he claims he does abstract hip-hop but let's not count i...

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The best way to 'toggle' the results to make them more interesting isn't to go by post count or only including the top 100, it's to make a delineation between the lists highly correlated to the AM list vs. those with more eclectic tastes. And with just the 7 least conforming voters: 1 | LCD Soundsy...

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Are we allowed covers made especially for a game.
Thinking about Bioshock 2 soundtrack mostly :

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My list will be mostly Final Fantasy VII, Jet Set Radio and Bust a Groove I think :p
I'll try to mix it up a bit...

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The tourney thing sounds like a great idea to me, as well. However, I'm curious how the selection process for what will be in the tourney would go? I'd go with the moderately acclaimed way, that way with even just 8 ballots you can most likely get to a 64 song tournament. to Stickerbrush Symphony f...

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And here is the artist breakdown: 4: Brian Eno Creedence Clearwater Revival Elton John Fleetwood Mac Gorillaz Green Day James Brown John Lennon Johnny Cash Kate Bush New Order Nick Cave OutKast Pavement Public Enemy Roy Orbison The Doors The Flaming Lips The Kinks Tom Waits Weezer People, we have t...

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Anyone checked what are the most acclaimed songs that did not make our top 1000 ?

I think that dubious award goes to Be-Bop-A-Lula but I haven't thorougly checked nor have any idea who's next.

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1. The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues 2. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can 3. CunninLynguists - Oneirology Might be all the video game music discussion, but half of this album feels like someone's rapping over Donkey Kong Country 2 soundtrack (which is a good thing) 4. Rites of Spring- Rites of S...

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This is getting really exciting! That leaves 10 songs from my top 20, out of which, chances are, at least 6 more will come (I'm Waiting for the Man, Satisfaction, A Day in the Life, Stairway to Heaven, the Weight and Love will tear us apart). Also, I think that Visions of Johanna may also still app...

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Did Papa Was A Rodeo come out and I missed it? I would be surprised to see it either in the top 80 or outside of the top 1000. It didn't make our top 1000 in either 2010 or 2012, so I'd say its chances of making the top 80 this time around are pretty much nil. Only got 2 votes, both in the 100-200 ...

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My favorite discoveries so far, shuffling through the Spotify list, are Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (which I had probably heard before but didn't really remember) and Hocus Pocus. Not much I dislike (and it usually means Eric Clapton is involved) so far! I'm always happy when I see a song by a b...

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Terrorize the jam like troops in Pakistan Swingin' through your town like your neighborhood Spiderman 195. Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck (1993) (1928.84 points | 8 votes) 2012 ranking: 269 (change: 74) AM rank: 911 Fans: Jackson (8), BryanBehar (10), Nassim (34) Well my bad, I looked at the 2010 p...

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221. Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy of Gold (1966) (1780.1 points | 8 votes) 2012 ranking: 541 (change: 320) AM rank: unranked Fans: ordinaryperson (5), Rob (13), Romain (17) So that's a very deserving highest new entry so far, but I'm amazed, stunned and very very happy to see that at least one oth...

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Finally - the last week of the first round! Vote for your favorite album in each match-up. Remember, anyone can vote as long as the voter has heard both albums. And please don't be afraid to vote in match-ups that don't include your own nominations! Comments are encouraged but not absolutely necess...

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I was pretty sure there had to be a song I missed because I don't have its album on my iTunes, and I know found out it's 212 I was thinking about... would have had about 100 more points thanks to me otherwise.

I'm not satisfied by the big drop of Unsatisfied, such a powerful song !

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Nassim: Queens of the Stone Age - A Song for the Deaf So my #2 is in the top 900 ???? :happy-partydance: Nick: Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You) Doesn't bode well for 2014 then... stone37: Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed The most surprising one I guess. Others like Blue Suede Shoes or Whe...

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There are lists on deezer http://www.deezer.com/playlist/630520115.
Satisfaction is 2nd, Smells Like Teen Spirit 3rd and I heard it Through the Grapevine over Johnny B. Goode, so it must be the list at it was from June 2013 to July 2014.

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Reached the 40 albums mark (well actually 41 because I forgot to note Hop Along on my tracking list) 1) Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love 2) Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell 3) Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experience - Surf 4) Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too 5) Shamir - Ratchet 6) ...

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Welp, a few more lists have been added, and I need sleep. The hard deadline will be 8 a.m. Central time, or 7 hours and 45 minutes from this post. Good night, and I should begin the presentation tomorrow afternoon. You probably should take your time and do some checks (pick at list one song from ev...

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Frankie Knuckles – “Your Love” appears on this list but not on AM > N°196 http://www.treblezine.com/the-top-200-songs-of-the--80s--part-one/ Other thing, i find it surprising to see that song of birthday party "Nick The Stripper" on this list at number 122, not in AM, and "Add it Up&...

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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports

I don't like Ambient 1 as much as Discreet Music, but Joni Mitchell's music really doesn't do anything for me.

I won't even back up my own pick this time, because I haven't heard the opposition, but Out Hud doesn't seem to need it.

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I vote for Yank Crime. When nominating it, I didn't have much hope for it going far in the tournament, so seeing "Burzum" show up against it was a beacon of hope. Neither is in a genre well supported in AM, but both are pretty great. Yank Crime is a bit front loaded, and nothing in it beat...

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I made a Playlist of the 200 top songs that are available on spotify (so it goes to my 216 since some artists are not on Spotify (Beatles, Stevie Wonder, AC/DC and to my surprise Bill Callahan...) Are you sure about Stevie Wonder? At least in this region every single album is on Spotify, Oh yeah yo...

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antonius wrote:
Nassim wrote: 225) Arcade Fire ~ Fake Tales of San Francisco
That's an Arctic Monkeys song.

Yes it is, that's edited now !

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Ok, here is my list : 1) Elliott Smith ~ Waltz #2 (XO) 2) Built to Spill ~ Velvet Waltz 3) Elliott Smith ~ Between the Bars 4) Queens of the Stone Age ~ A Song for the Deaf 5) DJ Shadow ~ Building Steam With a Grain of Salt 6) Arcade Fire ~ Wake Up 7) Outkast ~ B.O.B 8) Big Star ~ Thirteen 9) IAM ~ ...

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Rob wrote: I also noticed a high placement in your top 100 for a song by Anna Karina. I never knew she sung. I only know her as the lovely actress from Godard movies.

It's a song from a TV movie, Anna, in which she has the title role. It seems like Gainsbourg really liked writing songs for actresses

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Got tickets for Sleater-Kinney in Amsterdam on March 19. Still a new discovery for me, but really looking forward to it. The day before me then ;) If they deliver as good a concert as yesterday you are in for a big treat. It's right at the top of my favorite concerts ever. I can't even remember a s...

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1. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
2. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Both albums in this bracket have one of my favorite song ever, big difference is that there's not much I like in Locust Abortion Technician outside of Human Cannonball.

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Yes ! But I still think it'd be funnier to allow slightly different teams like "one hit wonders team", "Steve Albini produced songs" or "Wu Tang solo output" as long as it remains something that seems balanced.

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2. Japandroids - Post-Nothing 3. Bark Psychosis - Hex I enjoyed Images and Words more than I anticipated based on how terrible the album I knew (Metropolis pt 2) is. I really don't like the band's aesthetic (Labrie's voice, how the guitars are tuned, awful lyrics...), but at least they still knew th...

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I nominate Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Sunday Candy

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Just made it to 30 albums : This is still not the year where I won't like a Hot Chip album. It's not outstanding, but it's pretty much as good as usual (maybe the most consistent since Made in the Dark, though also maybe their album with the smallest range of genres and moods) Shamir's album is a lo...

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Any thoughts on Holly Herndon's album ?
I will stay neutral and say that "this is not my thing", though I had good hopes for it... there are a couple moments I enjoy but most of it is just not for me, which confirms the impression I had after seeing her live.

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It's been my goal ever since I started posting lists on this forum to post a list of 1,000 songs. Well, after topping out at 800 in my list for the 2012 poll , I was finally able to easily fill out 1,000 songs this time around. I've had a lot of fun re-assessing and re-shuffling this list over the ...

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I guess I'd have to bet on Rage Against the Machine's self titled, I might not have listened to it as intensively as Either/Or (which I'd bet as #2) or Perfect From Now On, but I have had it on regular replay for 16 years now. If Either/Or isn't 2nd, must be Songs for the Deaf, been listening to it ...

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1. D'Angelo - Voodoo

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RESULTS: 2. Name an album released on the label Drag City. Joanna Newsom-Ys x11 (DaveC, Nick, bonnielaurel, Otisredding, Listyguy, acroamor, Krurze , Sweepstakes Ron , Gillingham, Nassim, Live In Phoenix) Westing (By Musket and Sextant)-Pavement x2 (whuntva, luney6) Safe Inside the Day-Baby Dee (or...

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