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I'm doing a quick look at the ones that stand out. Just Missed Out: Tool-Lateralus: Yeah, I figured. Prog-Metal's just gonna be the genre I love but nobody else seems to care for. Future Islands-Seasons (Waiting on You)-Surprised this missed out. Not only because I also voted for it, but it also won...

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1) The Artist 2) Bol 3) Drive 4) Hugo 5) Moneyball 6) Rango 7) A Separation 8) The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn 9) War Horse 10) Warrior 11) X-Men: First Class 12) This is Not a Film 13) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 14) Intouchables 15) Source Code 16) Kung Fu Panda 2 17) Pe...

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Plastic Beach A nostalgic experimental album that ushered in the 2010s in style. Cryoshell I am aware Danish alt-metal is a VERY niche genre, but I feel giving it a good introduction was best. ALL my albums were knocked out first round, but Ill keep voting anyway. Besides, Nine Types of Light wasn't...

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Inside my Head is a Scary Place

Supporting my pick.

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This is how it goes. Whenever I nominate something, I'm the only voter for it.

I'm kinda busy so I can't play this as often as I like, but it's a fun game.

Now I nominate...

Pop Noir-Don't Fool Yourself

I already put my favorite song of the year on. Now I go for the second.

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I think I have a decent Top 20 now. It took a few listens to determine a #1. This is songs released in 2015 only, and not just songs from 2014 that I just so happened to hear this year. 1) Civil Twilight-Holy Dove 2) Courtney Barnett-Pedestrian at Best 3) Pop Noir-Don't Fool Yourself 4) Grimes-REALI...

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Civil Twilight-Holy Dove is two months old and complies with the chart rules.

After a few listens, I think it's my current frontrunner for song of the year!

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Florence + The Machine-How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds-Chasing Yesterday (Great jazzy tracks. I preferred the iTunes bonus tracks because "Do the Damage" is a hidden gem if there ever was one) Dodos-Individ Sufjan Steve...

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White Stripes-Get Behind me Satan

Galaxie 500 just sounded like a poor man's Pixies. Not horrible, but nothing special. Get Behind Me is very underrated and has the virtue of being my #351.

and...that's about it for now.

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Florence + The Machine-How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Florence never sounded better; features best production and vocals on one of their albums) Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly Dodos-Individ Sufjan Stevens_Carrie and Lowell Courtney Barnett-Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit B...

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Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly Dodos-Individ Sufjan Stevens_Carrie and Lowell (Not his best work, but good) Courtney Barnett-Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (okay, but didn't live up to "Pedestrian at Best") Bjork-Vulnicura British India-Nothing Touches Me (Again, o...

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Dream Theater-Images and Words.

Yes, Hex is a powerful album, but it had to enter my Top 20 all-time to even stand a chance. Kinda close, but edge goes to #11 on that list.

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I have a provisional list for now. This is by no means final as I do have some movies I want to catch up on. Here's a base preliminary list I will come back to. I should have a decent Top 20 by the end of it. 1) Toy Story 3 2) The Social Network 3) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 4) Inception 5) How to ...

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luney6 wrote:Hello. My name is Mohul. I live in India, and my family is Indian, but I was born in the U.S.A. I'm 15 years old.

Another young gun! Unfortunately, I'll be twenty in just two months, so I don't know if I can hold that distinction anymore.

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Everybody's talking about movies.

I made an IMDB list for that.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls058545001/?publish=save

Sorry if it's late, I just got around to making a Top 100. Last poll was half that size.

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That might work better. I have counted all the movies I rated highly on IMDB, and I know exactly what I'd vote for. Here's about how big my list(s) would be if I only included ratings of 8 or higher. 2010: 11 films 2011: 14 films (15 counting Senna, whose release is ambiguous) 2012: 17 films 2013: 1...

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bootsy wrote:
BleuPanda wrote:I'd be fine with expanding things as long as other people are.
I like 20.

I would too, but seeing as I'm kinda picky and also don't really have a lot of time to see that many movies, it will be hard for me to do a full 20. I could probably do 10 though.

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Only One this week! Pearl Jam-Vitalogy While I deeply respect Radiohead's efforts on this one and love "Lotus Flower" and "Codex" greatly, Vitalogy was the more experimental and the overall greater effort into an album. Let's put it this way: I didn't doubt Radiohead could make K...

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I think so. I know for a fact some of them, like Stella, will not be on there. Honorio gave some Spotify with his lists in prelims. I don't really have the time to make one now, but anyone who can is welcome to. Since I said in prelims it wasn't necessary to specify a recording, the same should appl...

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Here it is! The final round! After months of votes and several recounts, it's finally time. Rules: [*]Anyone may vote, regardless of wether or nor you submitted in prelims. [*]Rank a list of as many pieces as you've heard. Don't segregate by genre anymore, just take the list and rank them all togeth...

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Poll is closed. The Top twenty-FIVE advance this round. Honorio sent the winners, I added up the point totals. 1) Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring/105 points 2) Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade/86 points 3) Prokofiev-"Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet"/70 points 4) Sant-Saens-Danse Macabr...

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^^It's fine. Not an inconvenience at all.

Thanks to Honorio, I know the standings for the round, so adding your totals will be no problem.

I will allow you to submit late and won't post the results until after that.

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One more day to go!

I kinda want to hear from at least Dan, as he was a fairly regular contributor. But I'm bumping for any last-second voters.

Thanks Honorio for sending me the finalists via PM. That makes things so convenient.

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Four Days!

Update on Final Poll, I think I'll be using the same formula we use for everything. But I'm not sure how long I open it.

I was thinking three months for optimal listening time and to segue into the next Unacclaimed, but given the turnout, I was thinking one month.

Any compromise?

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Boston
Smile Sessions
We Shall Overcome

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I was really looking forward to this. One of my favorite times to listen to Classical is around Halloween. At least three pieces commonly associated with Halloween are included here. 1) Saint-Saens-Danse Macabre 2) R. Strauss-Also Sprach Zarathustra 3) Dukas-Sorcerer's Apprentice 4) Tchaikovsky-1812...

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Snowpiercer and Dredd for some action-y stuff. If Snowpiercer is considered a 2013 film, LEGO Movie wins 2014 easily. Artist and Hugo for 2011 for throwbacks. Would Jodorowsky's Dune count? It's a documentary from 2014-ish? Easy Top 5 of that year for me. Drive, Song of the Sea, Nightcrawler, Dance ...

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Here's the moment you've all probably been waiting for. It's for the stuff that doesn't fit neatly into any of the other categories.I'd say to keep it apples-to-apples, if your piece is part of a larger work like a suite or a collection, please select one portion. I know this will seem controversial...

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I don't consider the larger works "Ensemble" as they don't have standout segments. Fortunately, KingofTonga submitted more than enough to have all their votes counted. Everything moves up about one spot and gets the same number of votes as if the piece was not there. No HUGE surprises. Mos...

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Poll is closed!

I'm a bit busy tonight, but results will be up as soon as I can post them tomorrow-ish.

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I don't know whether or not to call "Only One" a 2014 or 2015 song. Since it placed last year, I won't count it, but it's currently in a slight lead. Birds of Tokyo-Anchor (The rest of the EP was disappointing, though) British India-Wrong Direction Civil Twilight-Holy Dove Civil Twilight-S...

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I do love me some Celt-Rick (even if they are English), but I have to go with Morphine as they are my pick.

Rush-2112 beats Dustbowl Ballads also. I respect Woody for this album, but I enjoyed Rush more.

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Almost the last day.

I want at least one more vote in before Saturday at midnight.

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What's the status of the poll?

I already have somewhat of a list.

Where do we submit? Is there a deadline?

Could someone please tell me what is going on?

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Man, I suck this round.

I always think of going for the obvious ones, but then find an even MORE obvious one wins it.

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Your humble host is here to save the poll and remind people there's just a bit less than a week left. 1) Pachelbel-Canon in D major (this is probably my pick to win it all, just saying) 2) Beethoven-"String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor" 3) Schubert-Piano Quintet in A major "Trout&q...

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New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too

I'm really glad Lana won Moderately 2014 now.

Because she turned what would probably have been a fairly difficult match-up into a super easy choice for me.

This is the only one I can vote for.

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I've been a bit behind because of College, but an outlet finally opened and I got around to some album listening. Here's where they stand. Kendrick Lamar-To Pimp a Butterfly Dodos-Individ Bjork-Vulnicura Mountain Goats-Beat the Champ Decemberists-What A Terrible World, What a Beautiful World Doomtre...

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Alright, after a minor mix-up before, NOW we can do ensemble works. This time, look for "Music for small groups of instruments. They can include any types of instruments in combination, and the focus again is on the interplay between the instruments". I'd say more than two. I know last rou...

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Wow. Low turnout. Well, we did hit my house minimum, so I guess the show must go on. This one was noticeably close. There was no clear leader up until the very end. Though I'm sure Satie's victory had something to do with his "Unacclaimed" performance. 1)Satie-Gymnopédies/115 points 2)Debu...

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Just a quick reminder, our time grows short. 1) Satie-Gymnopédies 2) Bach-Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Toccata) (One of my favorites. Could have won had I not heard "Gymnopedie" in Unacclaimed) 3) Debussy-Suite Bergamesque 4) Mussorgsky-Pictures at an Exhibition 5) Beethoven-Piano Sonata ...

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Children of God was totally on Spotify last time I checked. Sticking with the strategy of only ones I know, I side with both my picks (Dan Bern and Swans). but I did listen to their competitors. Swans had it roughest. It was going to be difficult to knock off an album I ranked at #21 all-time, but t...

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^^Duly noted. It has been fixed to Solo so we hit 125 for the final pool. Three rounds means sixty advanced. These next two rounds brings us to an even hundred, and we expand Other to twenty-five advancing.

SO just solo for now.

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OK thanks. I was half asleep when compling the list. I use the first list as it fits the original rules. Thank you!

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So, the strangest, broadest category of the poll is out of the way. Now, we can go back to whole pieces with little ambiguity. I am honestly impressed by all you guys' knowledge of classical works. I wasn't expecting much of a turnout, but I have gotten a consistent vote count with a loyal group of ...

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Well, this definitely had the most...diverse voting of the poll! This is probably one of the lower-scoring rounds also. It was weird to run essentially a songs poll in the middle of an "albums" one, but I made it work. In some cases, one first-place vote on one ballot was enough to secure ...

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OK poll is done.

If anything, this round exposed some of the holes in the poll, but we made it work.

I am currently tallying the results, once those go live we can move on to Chamber/Ensemble.

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Here's the host: 1) Orff-O Fortuna 2) Mozart-Requiem in D 3) Bizet-Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre 4) Handel-Messiah 5) Mozart-Don Giovanni (Act II, Commendatore scene) 6) Mozart-Die Zauberflöte (Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen) 7) Schubert-Ave Maria 8) Bach- Mass in B minor (Kyrie eleiso...

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Wow! it's gonna be close. I think everyone knew which songs would make the Top 5. The real question is "In what order?" There is one I don't like, One that wouldn't be too high, two pretty good songs I put somewhere in the middle of my Top 100, and one that came very close to winning it al...

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