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Scaruffi's rating for Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen is 6,5, not 5.
Christgau rated Velvet Underground's VU A, not A-.

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I missed the semifinals due to lack of Internet connection, but, after all, my prefered songs won in each bracket. Bracket 8.1 Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo sèw Jacques Brel - Vesoul Thank you, Stephan, for running this; I haven't been participating since the very beginning, but regardless it was a pleas...

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OK, I didn't want to participate in this quarrels, but... Did you just claim that you are more knowledgeable about music than every single critic in the world? After admitting that you don't know anything by Arcade Fire? If yes, I have no more questions. Don't consider this as an attack on you, I'm ...

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Now I know many of this songs by heart, but it doesn't necessarily make choices easier. On the other hand, I hesitated surprisingly little this week - all the picks were pretty convincing. Bracket 6.1 Anouar Brahem - Vague / E la Nave Va Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo sèw Bracket 6.2 Compay Segundo - Yo V...

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Bracket 5.5 Shigeru Umebayashi - Yumeji's Theme Ananda Shankar - Streets of Calcutta Both are pretty great, but here I prefer the rocking one. Bracket 5.6 Various Artists - Hudjan Mas (Golden Rain) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu- Wiyathul At first I couldn't really get into strange soung of Golden Rain...

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My interest in literature lasts far longer than in music, but I feel my knowledge of books is even more fragmentary. Nevertheless, this is my top 5: 1. In Search of Lost Time - Proust 2. Lord Jim - Conrad 3. The Gulag Archipelago - Sołżenicyn 4. The Doll - Prus 5. Foucalt's Pendulum - Eco Number one...

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1. The Velvet Underground & Nico 2. Ramones 3. Psychocandy 4. After the Gold Rush 5. 3 Feet High and Rising 1. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back 2. The Doors 3. Unknown Pleasures 4. Odelay 5. Harvest 1. The Tracks of My Tears 2. Mr. Tambourine Man 3. Space Oddity 4. Good Vibrations 5...

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Sounds like a fun poll. 1. Fun House 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Nevermind 4. Joshua Tree 5. Transformer 1. Physical Graffiti 2. Rumours 3. Born to Run 4. Blood on the Tracks 5. Led Zeppelin II 1. Smells Like Teen Spirit 2. Good Times 3. God Only Knows 4. When Doves Cry 5. When a Man Loves a Woman 1. Take ...

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Bracket 5.1 Anouar Brahem - Vague / E la Nave Va Rokia Traoré - Dounia Bracket 5.2 Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo sèw Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica As I said before, this may be my very favourite song here. It remains as heartbreaking as at the moment I heard it for the first time. Bracket 5.3 Jorge Ben - Taj ...

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Bracket 4.4.1 Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel Atalyja - Gervele Both songs have somewhat mystic feel. I choose the ascetic, quiet Spiegel im Spiegel for it's ability to make me think that the world is really a good place. I think I may appreciate it more than it objectively deserves, but nevermind - ...

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OK, I'm done. These are the singles - only lists: Pazz & Jop; The Agit Reader; Magic; Porcys; Screenagers; Slant; DJMag; Le Vif; Goute Mes Disques; Textura. Hope I didn't miss anything. There is a problem with Textura list - it is not limited to singles; you can find EPs there too - as pointed i...

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I may take it.

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Steely Dan - 20 years between Gaucho and Two Against Nature.
I hope that Avalanches will give as an opportunity to mention them here soon...

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Bracket 4.3.1 Tokyo Jihen - Kurumaya-san Shigeru Umebayashi - Yumeji's Theme Closer than I thought before re-listening... but this piano hook is irresistible. Bracket 4.3.2 Ananda Shankar - Streets of Calcutta Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums Bracket 4.3.3 Various Artists - Hudjan Mas (Golden Rain) Si...

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Bracket 4.2.1 Jorge Ben - Zumbi Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal One of the most energetic songs in World Cup. By the way, I'm a bit ashamed that I hadn't noticed that Rod Stewart similarity before I read the YT comments. Seems pretty obvious now. Bracket 4.2.2 Compay Segundo - Yo Vengo Aqui Trio Matamoros - S...

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I must admit that French week was one of my least favourite in the previous round. It must have been a bad day of mine - same songs sound so much better today! Bracket 3.4.5 Jacques Brel - Vesoul Georges Brassens - La Marine Amazing performer, indeed; Amsterdam is one of the greatest songs I discove...

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There are some acclaimed-challenged selections on the singles list. :mrgreen: Nothing wrong with variety every now and then, though. That has something to do with their definition of a single: a song that authors used to listen to without album context, somehow outstanding from the rest; it didn't ...

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Bracket 3.4.1 Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz - Sofias Flykt Like silence, only quieter. This is the only way I can describe this song. Ideal for certain moods, when I am tired of noise and looking for something meditative. Bracket 3.4.2 Atalyja - Gervele Bob Hund - Düs...

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Sure:
http://www.porcys.com/Others.aspx?id=358
http://www.porcys.com/Others.aspx?id=357

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Albums: 100Beck - Midnite Vultures 099Mobb Deep - The Infamous 098Mouse On Mars - Iaora Tahiti 097Lilys - The 3 Way 096Mogwai - Young Team 095MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday 094Global Communication - 76:14 093Air - Moon Safari 092Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day 091Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes 090G...

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I listened to and voted for the right one, I just copied - pasted Stephen's post and forgot to change the line in my post. Sorry!

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You're not gonna like it - they merged singles, EPs and album into one list. 50Blut Aus Nord - 777: Cosmosophy 49Toro Y Moi - "So Many Details" 48Avicii - "Silhouettes" 47Microexpressions - "Ise Bay Blast 46Mount Eerie - Clear Moon 45Armando Suzette - "Oldschool Summer&...

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Bracket 3.3.5 Various Artists - Hudjan Mas (Golden Rain) Ros Sereysothea - Superstar Not a big fan of the bracket, but Golden Rain sounds better than before (and its competitor is significantly less dangerous) - I can finally appreciate its strange, unique sound. Bracket 3.3.6 Ivo's Group - That Sho...

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Bracket 3.3.1 Hanggai - My Banjo and I Tokyo Jihen - Kurumaya-san Wow, great song- it's a pity that live video doesn't work for me. By the way, Honorio, how did you find that song? It didn't show up when I searched YouTube for "Kurumaya San" and I can't think of any other way to find a vid...

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Bracket 3.2.5 Ry Cooder - A Canción Mixteca Chavela Vargas - La llorona Vocals of La Ilorona gave it small advantage, but it was not an easy bracket to vote. Bracket 3.2.6 Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja Harmonium - Vert I don't really get Pedro Navaja - maybe I have just listened to bad version (link p...

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Part 2 10. M.I.A. - Bad Girls 9. Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards 8. Jessie Ware – Running 7. AlunaGeorge – Your Drums Your Love 6. Solange – Losing You 5. Frank Ocean – Thinkin’ Bout You 4. Brodka – Varsovie 3. Grizzly Bear – Yet Again 2. Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments 1. Ronika – Autom...

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Singles 30. ScHoolboy Q – There He Go 29. Haerts – Wings 28. Usher - Climax 27. Rhye - The Fall 26. Grimes – Oblivion 25. Autre Ne Veut - Counting 24. AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It 23. Saint Etienne - Tonight 22. Bisz - Pollock 21. John Talabot - Destiny 20. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe 19....

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Bracket 3.2.1 Jorge Ben - Zumbi Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - Águas De Março Zumbi's strings and vocals sound like pure joy. Bracket 3.2.2 Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 - Mas que nada Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal Fantastic, energetic vocal performance... losing to thrilling, frenetic power of Taj Mahal. B...

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Bracket 3.1.5 Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela Mela Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo sèw Mulatu Astatke's track is a bit more focused, I think. Bracket 3.1.6 Geoffrey Oryema - Lapwony Mulatu Astatke - Yègellé Tezeta Hard choice, this time I will go with pretty vocals of Lapwony, but Yègellé Tezeta is quite enjoyabl...

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Bracket 3.1.1 Omar Khorshid - Raqsed El Fadaa Anouar Brahem - Vague / E la Nave Va I found Raqsed El Fadaa much more original; this song was changing all the time, but it remained very consistent (and fun to listen to). Bracket 3.1.2 Khaled - Aicha Rachid Taha - Ya Rayah Aicha is definitely catchy (...

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Stephen, sorry to bother you, but is it possible to keep the poll open for one more day? I hope to get new headphones tomorrow and I don't want to spoil the fun of listening because of using my old, rather shitty ones.

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Bracket 2.4.13 Jaume Sisa - Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol Los Enemigos - Desde el jergón I'd like to vote for Los Enemigos and their good old straightforward guitars, but the intimate, delicate Jaume Sisa's song is even better. Bracket 2.4.14 Goblin - Suspiria Paco de Lucía - Entre dos aguas Only ...

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Good week once again. Sorry for being late, nicolas, I wanted to vote yesterday, but somehow I just couldn't focus on music. Bracket 2.3.13 Alfred Aholo Apaka - Na Moku Eha Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Ka Huila Wai My feelings are exactly the same sa Dan's - this is pure happiness! Bracket 2.3.14 Dany St...

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O_O
I would never, never, NEVER predict that. You are awesome, guys. I would like to say something more, but I'm a bit too shocked right now. What a brilliant gift in their big year!

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Six tracks of my top twenty are either already in top twenty or will be here in a moment. Not bad.

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Hey, I thought Heroin will make at least top twenty! I don't get it, it seems to be universally loved among AMers, but it gets topped by Wish You Were Here, classic rock classic? I have nothing against Pink Floyd, but... Ehh. I hope no one takes a person's personal opinion on music as an attack -- m...

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So far my predictions failed almost completly. I was not even sure if Kashmir will make it to top 500 and expected to see Modes D, E, F... at least in top 100 (that would be great)... Well, seems like taking many lesser votes is better then being ranked high by few people only. In Dreams and Sea Son...

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[325] Slint | Good Morning, Captain [1991] Spiderland [1243.64 pts / 3 votes / 414.55 pts per vote] 2010 AMF placement: unranked 2010 to 2012 change: n/a AM rank: 2226 Fans: Zorg (4); Jackson (7) I was hoping that this would be the BIG surprise of this poll, as I saw Zorg's and Jackson's votes and ...

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Lots of great stuff of course, but I'm especially glad to see The Mercy Seat here. Both this one and Hurt have a great emotional impact on me. Such songs aren't released every day... or even every year.

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So my number one and number two are already here. I feel like I will have to wait a lot for the rest of my top ten... By the way, I don't understand why people love 1970 so much; for me it was always the weakest point of Funhouse (well, if this albums has any weak points). Anyway, it's nice to see t...

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Bracket 2.2.13 Melingo - Corazòn y Hueso Henri Salvador - Dans mon île Both tracks are very smooth and relaxing, but I'll go with great orchestration and overall subtlety of Melingo. Bracket 2.2.14 Susana Baca - Tu Mirada y Mi Voz Mercedes Sosa - Alfonsina y el mar Really touching song - because of ...

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Bracket 2.1.13 Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks - Inkomo Zodwa Thomas Mapfumo - Haruna Inkomo Zodwa wins mostly because of its marvelous flute; I also think, that it is tighter and more consistent than Haruna (which is solid too). Bracket 2.1.14 Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica Regis Gizavo - Malaso Uh oh. ...

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Bracket 2.4.9 Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garçon Jacques Brel - Vesoul Last synth pop album I've listened to almost made me mad, so I expected Taxi Girl to be... well, maybe not something as bad as this piece of crap, but nothing enjoyable. It was rather a pleasant surprise, but still I liked Brel's son...

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I can maaaaybe see that it could be irritating to others, but for me it's one of the most uplifting tunes I've ever heard.

To call admin's nomination "irritating"... I guess that's not a good start

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Bracket 2.3.9 Various Artists - Hudjan Mas (Golden Rain) Kwan Jai & Kwan Jit Sriprajan - E-Saew Tam Punha Huajai It took me a while to appreciate the unusual sound of Hudjan Mas; nevertheless, second song with its catchy enjoyable is very nice and gets my vote. Bracket 2.3.10 Ros Sereysothea - S...

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Welcome to AM! Your song list suggests that you'll fit perfectly well here (personally, I think your top two are amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazingly ballsy interesting picks [as in fact are beefsupreme's]). I think most of us would admit to being novices to rap and jazz - they're not as immediately acc...

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Hi! I've been reading this site and for quite a long time. Great work - it's an amazing way to discover new music and it expanded my tastes very much. Anyway, this is my (mostly improvised, random and cliched...) list. [001] | The Velvet Underground | Sister Ray [002] | The Stooges | TV Eye [003] | ...

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