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I have a question about Ry Cooder's Paris, Texas (and all the songs on it). The film was released in 1984 but according to RYM the album was only released in 1985. It's also listed as a 1985 album here on AM. Are we deeming it a 1985 or 1984 album?

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Found this and thought of posting it here for you guys. Livin' for the free gas!!! (sorry, not sure how to post a youtube video) Copy and paste the URL at the top of the screen - in this case it's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNM0ENUCO5I Then put [youtube] in front of the URL and [/youtube] afte...

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It's a hugely important album for soul music, and for creative freedom and political consciousness. But I don't understand why it is regarded as the best soul/R&B album ever made. 6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Top 33 (rpm) 20. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 21. Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the St...

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Lots of new polls up! Dismayed that the horrible "Handle With Care" has placed as a Classic, higher than "Material Girl", no less! Well, that's no good (despite quite liking "Handle With Care"). In my book, there are few 80s hits that should be placed higher than "...

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The Boss? What a joke! Boo! :mrgreen: Sorry to take out the most left-field album remaining, but I had to pick something. You can boo me if you like. Can - Tago Mago 6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 8. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. 12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 13....

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They've done it again, album of the year. Just when I thought I had lost all faith in indie rock, the National saves the day. I listened to Trouble Will Find Me for the first time today and loved it. It's their quietest and most subtle album yet - you could even call it weightless - and there are n...

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Pfff... this is getting difficult. I understand the acclaim for all of the albums, even if I don't necessarily like all of them. But I agree with Nassim that there is perhaps one Stevie Wonder album too many. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 8. The Rolling Stones - Exile...

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Adding Nina Simone's Little Girl Blue 2. The Beatles - Revolver 6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 8. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. 12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 13. Radiohead - OK Computer 15. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 16. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy S...

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I already had written about my doubts concerning which influential non-anglophone work to add; This morning then, AM Main Page showed me a criminally underrated artist who I swore had at least one record on the top 250. He hasn't and I'm adding Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. ...

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Bummer! Maybe you should meet some cooler women :wink: :character-beavisbutthead: Haha, maybe I should! And just for future reference, be careful when you use the word 'bummer' when you're speaking to a gay Brit. Check out definition 2 and 4 of the word, lol. PS: I love your 1983 albums list.

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I don't think this one would've made the top 100 if more women were music critics. 83. The Stooges - Fun House What is this based on? It's based on a couple of things: 1) Through the conversations I've had with music critics here in the UK, it's no secret that the vast majority of critics are men. ...

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So we're down to an all-male list consisting mostly of guys with electric guitars. At least all of them aren't white.

Joni will be missed.

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Moonbeam wrote:Gillingham, Henrik and Dan, do you still feel like playing?

Thanks for checking, Moonbeam. I've not spent time with any of the lists yet, so I don't feel it's right to submit my own list. Please take me out of the schedule.

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I don't think this one would've made the top 100 if more women were music critics. 83. The Stooges - Fun House 2. The Beatles - Revolver 6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 8. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. 12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 13. Radiohead - OK Computer 14. T...

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Romain wrote:The massacre must go on!

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It seems that I have something against punk rock this week. I like the Clash, but two albums by them in the top 100 is one too many, and this one doesn't belong there... The Clash - The Clash 2. The Beatles - Revolver 6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 8. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. 11. Bob...

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DaveC wrote:Surely noone cound be upset by this.

~~58. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours~~

Call me Totally Upset... I love that album.

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Huh? The Ramones, who singlehandedly invented punk rock, unoriginal? Indeed, WTF. Yeah, OK, calling the Ramones unoriginal is inaccurate and kinda outrageous. :mrgreen: I guess I was just trying to reinforce my complaint that I don't find it very original when a track on an album sounds almost the ...

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As DaveC said in the 'Overrated Albums' thread: Vive la différence! I'm sure many will disagree with my choice, but I scrolled down the list and got to #37 and realized that I found my WTF album: Ramones - Ramones. Not only do most songs sound like they have exactly the same tempo; they also sound l...

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Miguel, thanks for your comments about María Dolores Pradera. I had a hunch that her music would be perceived as uncool, which also explains the lack of critical acclaim for her albums and songs. But I wish this kind of music could be celebrated by the critics instead of ignored. It is music with a ...

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Henrik wrote:Dan, what's your opinion about Naxos?

I think Naxos is a bit hit-and-miss. The recordings are not as consistently good as on the other labels I've mentioned. But it's a good label for obscure works. EMI Classics, Decca, etc. don't tend to record many obscure works.

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Interestingly enough, parts of the Albéniz arrangement were included in the adaptation of "La Tarara" that Camarón did for his acclaimed "La leyenda del tiempo" (right now performing quite well on Round 1.9 of Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4). You can listen in that piece from &qu...

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^^

And thanks for being such a reliable source for those synth, funk and pop tunes.

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John: Thanks for your extensive Rdio list! Honorio: Thanks very much for your comments and for your story about Chopin's "Nocturne". Classical music sometimes has a similarly profound effect on me; more so than any other musical genre. And I find that classical music often helps to clear a...

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The duration of the Foreign World Cup was a whole 18 months, yet I can't believe it's over. It's been an immensely valuable experience - I feel like I've learnt quite a lot about world music through this game. It was great to engage with these wonderful songs and to share the experience with those w...

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Bracket 7.1 Mulatu Astatke - Yèkèrmo sèw Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion There are three words that usually come to mind when I think of Argentine tango: "raw", "intense" and "nostalgic". This is not the rawest or most intense piece of Argentine tango you'll ever hear, but i...

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nicolas wrote:How did you find the Ted Hawkins album? I couldn't lay my hand on it (on the Web and in the real world)

I couldn't find it either, so I bought it on iTunes. Don't know if it's available on iTunes in France. I'll try to find a way to send it to you. I think you'd like it.

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Hey, Dan, I'm sure you will like this . I do!! And now I know which album from 2013 I'll listen to first! I enjoyed reading your post, Honorio. Thanks in particular for this accurate observation... I don't get why the critics give so much acclaim to new artists that uses post-punk or synth-pop as o...

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Thanks Nic. Based on the pieces you pointed out, I can highlight some others that you might like, if you haven't heard them already (and I'm not mentioning Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and Satie's "Gymnopédie No. 1"... I think I've seen at least one of them on your lists): 13 -...

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I listened to these 8 songs earlier this week, but it was so difficult to make a choice in most of the brackets that I decided not to vote immediately. Today I listened to the songs again, and I had the same (slight) favourites in each bracket than earlier this week, so I'm just gonna go with that.....

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nicolas wrote:What's the point? The biggest list, the biggest...

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Irritation?
Bragger?
Dick?

All of the above?

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As soon as I can, I will try to give some of the classicals pieces I like too. That's the best news I've heard all day! Just one thing Dan, can you give us, in your first post, the translation of the notes. For example : Do - Ré - Mi - Fa - Sol - La - Si C - D - E - F - G - A - B Yes, I'll do that ...

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nicolas, thanks for your post about the Orchestra Baobab albums. Personally, I'm going to listen to the 2 first releases as separate albums from 1982 instead of the Pirate's Choice compilation. I'm running behind with my 1982 listening.

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Thanks guys! Is your list ranked? Yes, the list is ranked, sonofsamiam. And it’s interesting to read how you’ve come to appreciate classical music. My path went the opposite way: I was introduced to classical music from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods by my piano teacher at school, and m...

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http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/standard-orchestra-seating2.jpg A while ago I mentioned that I wanted to share my favourite classical works on the forum. I was going to start with symphonies, which are often regarded as the pinnacle of classical music, but an observant ...

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HRS wrote: 8. Chico Buarque - Almanaque

Can't resist responding...

I'm pleased that someone else here likes this kind and gentle album - especially someone who actually lives in the country where it was made. The warmth and understated elegance of the rhythms and music is something special.

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Thanks to Dan for my #1 & #9 Albums Hooray! It’s always nice when someone else shares your appreciation of a more obscure album or two. I really like the world and folk music that can usually be found amid the ace rock picks on your lists, DaveC. You’ve mentioned before that you’re British. If ...

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Bracket 5.5 Shigeru Umebayashi - Yumeji's Theme Ananda Shankar - Streets of Calcutta The psychedelic grooves of “Streets of Calcutta” is a trippy and playful marriage of East and West. But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: my heart skips a beat every time I hear “Yumeji's Theme”. Bracket 5....

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Bracket 5.1 Anouar Brahem - Vague / E la Nave Va Rokia Traoré - Dounia Rokia Traoré’s music has a complexity that is different to other Malian music I know, and I like how “Dounia” is simultaneously intimate and kinda intense. But it’s a song I admire rather than love (for some reason I feel distant...

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Henrik, for some reason I can't stop listening to Flash in the Night by Secret Service since discovering it on your Spotify playlist above. I feel very close to your 80s songs lists so far. :greetings-waveyellow: Just felt like letting you know. http://open.spotify.com/track/2IUWDFVMeFaxDhJ3MXhQsU

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Bracket 4.4.1 Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel Atalyja - Gervele Bracket 4.4.2 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Pritouritze Planinata Goran Bregovic - Mesecina Bracket 4.4.3 Jacques Brel - Vesoul Jacques Brel - Les bourgeois Bracket 4.4.4 Paco de Lucía - Entre dos aguas Joan Manuel Serrat - Mediterraneo

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Albums: 1. The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds 2. Tom Waits-Swordfishtrombones 3. The Beatles-Abbey Road 4. Joy Division-Closer 5. Aretha Franklin-I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 6. Otis Redding-Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul 7. James Brown-'Live' at the Apollo 8. The Band-Music from Big Pink 9. Pin...

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I feel like I’m getting to know these songs and artists rather well by now. And that’s a very satisfying thing to feel. Jorge Ben - Zumbi Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal Compay Segundo - Yo Vengo Aqui Trio Matamoros - Son de la Loma Ry Cooder - A Canción Mixteca Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja Mercedes Sosa - Alf...

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There were few albums from 1981 in the AM top 3000 and bubbling under section that I could get into, so I had to make an extra effort to find music I liked elsewhere. It turned out that I’m a big fan of Congolese soukous with its very danceable rhythms and seriously wonderful fingerstyle guitar play...

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