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My Sunday routine has changed in the last few weeks, so these tend to come along a bit later.

465. Funkadelic – I’ll Bet You
Year: 1970
Album: Funkadelic
Biggest Fan: Slick (#751)

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Opeth - Windowpane: 8
For a band with roots in the metal scene, they do tranquil instrumentals very well. There is a lot of atmosphere in this one.

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That comma never made any sense to me. I didn't know it came from a pressing mistake.

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Only because it rarely rated by people who are not already familiar with it. I submit that if you got most people to rate this thing it would be ones and twos all over the place. Even here where we are all much more open minded than normal listeners it already has a few ones and twos. Oh, I don't d...

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The second appearance of Opeth:

464. Opeth - Windowpane
Year: 2003
Album: Damnation
Biggest Fan: Depeche Mode (#198)

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In that last batch I was hoping for House of the Rising Sun to win, but Paint It, Black is great too.

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The Human League - Marianne: 6 Outside of Don't You Want Me this band never really does anything to me. This one has a nice hook, but I'm not sure if I'll really remember it long after today. Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun: 7 Well, it's certainly an acquired taste. When it started today I was really ...

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Newly updated playlist! http://open.spotify.com/user/theonering/playlist/2heOC2qwXKnafN08khHx6J Sad to see Dan Deacon go, as to me he was a highlight of the playlist. But let's hear how the new songs sound. Just a thing: Porridge Radio has been number 1 for two updates, but literally nobody seems to...

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Okay, how a bout this, what is an album that you think is wrongly acclaimed? There is a surprisingly objective answer to this actually: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. "Wrongly acclaimed" is maybe not the best word for it, though. The thing with that one is that most revi...

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Although not the longest song we’ve had yet, it’s up there. It also ranks on AM at #7755:

463. Peter Brötzmann – Machine Gun
Year: 1968
Album: Machine Gun
Biggest Fan: Sonofsamiam (#281)

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Marion Jola marks the second time one of the ModAcc albums has been so obscure that it didn't exist on RYM before I submitted a request (the other was the Gemini Eye album from last year). That's especially interesting since the Jola album as more streams and Spotify than quite a few of the albums ...

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The second appearance of The Human League here. The song is only on Spotify in remixed and live versions, so I added a YouTube link to the original: 462. The Human League - Marianne Year: 1980 Album: Holiday ‘80 Biggest Fan: Moonbeam (#736) The song on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nviT7R...

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Although I wouldn't go as far as Nick in stating there is absolutely no objective measurement of art, I really can't quantify it in a way as strict as "the best ever". More than when we talk subjectively, I need clear criteria to measure "objectively the best album ever". For exa...

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The Hotelier – Your Deep Rest: 8
Damn, these lyrics are depressing. They really warrant the artless singing style. It all just hits like a punch.

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Otisredding wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:32 am Hello, Rob

Changes in highlights: Waxahatchee

Thanks.

The Hamilton Leithauser cover is wrong, by the way.

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461. The Hotelier – Your Deep Rest
Year: 2014
Album: Home, Like Noplace Is There
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#809)

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The Velvet Underground – Lisa Says: 8
Disagree with Spiritualized. Alright, perhaps it's not the best song on the album, but one of the best among many great ones.

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460. The Velvet Underground – Lisa Says Year: 1974/ 1985* Album: 1969: Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed/ VU* Biggest Fan: Brad (#143) *This is a rare case were a live version was released much earlier than the studio cut, as this track already appeared on the 1969 live record, while the studio...

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8. Sharon van Etten – Because I Was In Love It seems a lot of singer/songwriters start the same way, with simple acoustic guitar pickings and mellow vocals. Sharon van Etten did so too and like most great songwriters she went on to develop a more personal and in my opinion stronger style. This is a ...

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Georges Brassens - Marinette: 5 It has a nice bounce to it, but there is something about chansons that puts me off. Something about the singing style. The Alarm - Sixty Eight Guns: 7 For an eighties synth pop song this seems rather unusual, with it's various shifts and segments. It comes close to be...

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95 | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles | The Tracks of My Tears I'm curious why this one was the first to go for you. I never understood the classic status of this song (or the high regard in which Robinson is held). To me it is a very trite song, with grade school level rhyming and singing that fee...

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A bubbler again today:

459. The Alarm – Sixty Eight Guns
Year: 1983
Album: Declaration
Biggest Fan: 9 (#631)

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Hunky Dory wins; yesterday is was deliberating between that one and Sgt. Peppers as the album I would cut. It's one of those albums with some incredible heights, but not consistent in my opinion, but there you go.

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Sorry for the delay; some Easter related things made sure I couldn't assess my laptop earlier. Happy Easter by the way! 458. Georges Brassens - Marinette Year: 1956 Album: N° 4 [Je me suis fait tout petit] Biggest Fan: Nicolas (#689) Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your ...

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Gorillaz – Rhinestone Eyes: 8
Weird thought: that background female (?) choir going "That electri-ic-ic-ic" may be my favorite Gorillaz thing ever. There is something cool about this whole song in general.

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Many of these are great, but the biggest surprise in these leftovers is Music from Big Pink, not Loveless, if only because that Band album usually doesn't do as great in our polls.

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Thanks for the great review, Schüttelbirne! Here's a new random album, or should I say EP: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/ep/soundscape_f1/masiminia_ep/ https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Zrysr1nvL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Artist: Soundscape ...

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This is very cool. Makes me wish I had heard so many albums.

Not really a question, but something I noticed: the only Lou Reed album is Berlin. No arguing with that one, but for some reason I suspected that Lou Reed in general would be more your taste, so only one album is a surprise.

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98. The Stooges - Fun House 79. Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 9̶2̶.̶ ̶T̶o̶m̶ ̶W̶a̶i̶t̶s̶ - Rain Dogs 5̶9̶.̶ ̶P̶o̶r̶t̶i̶s̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ - Dummy 2̶5̶.̶ ̶M̶i̶c̶h̶a̶e̶l̶ ̶J̶a̶c̶k̶s̶o̶n̶ - Thriller 5̶3̶.̶ ̶N̶e̶i̶l̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶n̶g̶ ̶-̶ ̶A̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶G̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶R̶u̶s̶h̶ 4̶4̶.̶ ̶J...

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Yet another song by Gorillaz, the third already:

457. Gorillaz – Rhinestone Eyes
Year: 2010
Album: Plastic Beach
Biggest Fan: Antonius (#500)

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World Party - Take It Up: 7

These lyrics could have been U2 or some similar band and could have seem self-absorbed, but with this gentle, yet optimistic delivery it becomes something more genuine.

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9̶8̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶t̶o̶o̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶-̶ ̶F̶u̶n̶ ̶H̶o̶u̶s̶e̶ 8̶9̶.̶ ̶D̶e̶r̶e̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶D̶o̶m̶i̶n̶o̶s̶ ̶-̶ ̶L̶a̶y̶l̶a̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶O̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶A̶s̶s̶o̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶L̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶S̶o̶n̶g̶s̶ 9̶2̶.̶ ̶T̶o̶m̶ ̶W̶a̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶-̶ ̶R̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶D̶o̶g̶s̶ 5̶9̶.̶ ̶P̶o̶r̶t̶i̶s̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶-̶ ̶D̶u̶m̶m̶y̶ 2̶5̶.̶ ̶M̶i̶c̶h̶a̶e̶l...

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Here’s the second appearance by World Party:

456. World Party – Take It Up
Year: 1990
Album: Goodbye Jumbo
Biggest Fan: Damosuzuki (#479)

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So, The End of Evangelion is my nomination and In and Out of Focus is positively streamrolling over it. Now maybe people simply like the Focus album, more. That is a good album after all, if in a style unfashionable on this forum. But I have noted that anything soundtrack related and not by Ennio Mo...

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Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka - Inakunarinasai (A.k.a. Pokey Means Business): 8 Far from pathetic, but a masterclass in composing for the very limited 16-bit capabilities of the SNES gaming console. Perhaps you have to have played games from the era to truly appreciate such a thing, but altho...

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98. The Stooges - Fun House 89. Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 92. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 59. Portishead - Dummy 25. Michael Jackson - Thriller 53. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 44. James Brown - 'Live' at the Apollo 88. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model 19. Pink Flo...

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Today not a bubbler or ranked song, but a song that in a way has never officially been released. How do you like that? 455. Keiichi Suzuki & Hirokazu Tanaka - Inakunarinasai (A.k.a. Pokey Means Business*) Year: 1994 From the game: Mother 2/ Earthbound** Biggest Fan: Ordinaryperson (#596) The son...

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M83 - Run Into Flowers: 7
Synthpop that sounds half like it belongs into an energetic movie soundtrack and half on an ambient album. Interesting mix.

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Why did you put a 3 if you like it? I forget to rate "Euphoria". I'm sorry, Wisnu, I don't want to do this, but at the moment I can not keep counting your votes, since I have no reason to believe you vote according to the rules of the game, even if these rules aren't all that strict. I do...

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98. The Stooges - Fun House 89. Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 92. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 59. Portishead - Dummy 25. Michael Jackson - Thriller 53. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 44. James Brown - 'Live' at the Apollo 88. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model 19. Pink Flo...

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A lot of ranked songs or bubblers these days. Here’s one that ranks at #6951:

454. M83 – Run into Flowers
Year: 2003
Album: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Biggest Fan: Jackson (#712)

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Animotion - Obsession: 7

Some good eighties synthpop. On the verge of being tacky, but unexpectedly atmospheric.

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98. The Stooges - Fun House 89. Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 92. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 59. Portishead - Dummy 25. Michael Jackson - Thriller 1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 2. The Beatles - Revolver 3. Nirvana - Nevermind 4. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velv...

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