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80. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – You Little Fool: 6.5

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77. Cheryl Lynn – Got to Be Real: 7
78. Swing Out Sister - Breakout: 4
79. The Supremes – Stoned Love: 7.5

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I included composers, but only if their primary work started during the "album era." This was my best way to compromise on it, at least in my mind... 16 | György Ligeti I'm not going to include composers, but it's great to see Ligeti so high up your list as the top ranking composer. He's ...

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76. Declan McKenna – Be an Astronaut: 6

Rob wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:13 am Here an example of the random nature of picking users: Arsalan returns within a week of his last entry.

Not just within a week, within a day!

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75. Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show: 4
Not bad, for a Robbie Williams song...

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73. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops II Basinski's Disintegration Loops project is a bit love it or hate it I think. You could even call it slightly controversial. I'm in the group of listeners who loves it. Disintegration Loops I is my favourite out of the four, but they are all quite me...

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73. The Soul Stirrers – Were You There?: 7
74. C+C Music Factory – Take a Toke: 3

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70. Leonard Cohen – Please Don’t Pass Me By (A Disgrace): 7
71. Interpol – Slow Hands: 7
72. Chocolate Genius – My Mom: 8

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69. Al Green – All ‘n All: 8

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@Rob: I think I do prefer this approach, mostly for the sake of variety. And agreed that it would be a good idea to randomize the order after every full round. Having said that, I'm afraid I'm quite disappointed in the quality level (subjectively of course) of the average song that pops up in this g...

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67. Katy Perry - Roar: 2
68. Colin Blunstone – Her Song: 6

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66. The Go-Betweens - Clouds: 6

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65. Vonda Shepard – Hooked on a Feeling: 4

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64. Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All: 3

Might have been a hit, but this was the first time I heard this song. Also the last if it's up to me.

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63. Marilyn Manson – Rock is Dead: 6.5

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Today, I was pleasantly surprised by 'Yeyo' from the Venezualan rapper Lil Supa/Mark Ginale. Good stuff.

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59. Breakout - Kamienie: 7
60. Vance Joy - Riptide: 6.5
61. Michael Bolton – When a Man Loves a Woman: 4
Had to listen to the original after listening to this, to remind me how good this song actually is.
62. Smog – Teenage Spaceship: 7.5

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56. Triana – En el lago: 7
57. Rosalía - Pienso en tu mirá – Cap 3: Celos: 5
58. The Long Blondes – Once and Never Again: 5

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55. Suzanne Vega – Ironbound / Fancy Poultry: 7

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54. Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ: 8.5

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53. Billy Bragg – She’s Got a New Spell: 6

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52. Ministry - Revenge: 4

Didn't expect a synthpop song when I started listening to a Ministry song.

The basic song is not too bad, but some of the melody lines on the synths are a bit painful to listen to.

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48. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 & 2: 7.5
49. Duane Eddy – Rebel Rouser: 7.5
50. Cocteau Twins – Iceblink Luck: 7
51. Beny Moré – Cómo Fue: 7.5

Great batch!

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We can say that the ranking is based on original recorded material, at least. So any modern recording of Tchaikovsky would be a 'Cover album'. :) I don't quite get what you mean with 'original recorded material' in this context. What would constitute 'original recorded material' from the age when r...

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Why allow composers, but not songwriters? I do see a division between composers and recording performers, but for me the difference between composers and songwriters is definitely smaller. If we use 'artist' (in relation to music) in it's broadest defenition, we should not just include performers an...

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47. Kris Kristofferson – Me and Bobby McGee: 6

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There is at least the sense that when you're listening to a performance of, say, Beethoven, the conductor and orchestra are simply carrying out the composer's wishes (otherwise we're pretty fucked and we missed out on Beethoven centuries ago). I wouldn't quite feel wrong putting Tchaikovsky in my t...

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We can say that the ranking is based on original recorded material, at least. So any modern recording of Tchaikovsky would be a 'Cover album'. :) I don't quite get what you mean with 'original recorded material' in this context. What would constitute 'original recorded material' from the age when r...

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Live in Phoenix wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 3:54 pm I'm waiting for someone to double any of my picks -- meanwhile, Swans are popular as fuck.

I doubled one of those.
Can't not write about Dylan really...

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I'm going to abstain from voting because ultimately this won't affect my list, but I imagine if we do let composers count the impact on the final list will be pretty marginal? How many classic pieces ended up in our top 1000 songs, for example? I'm not so sure with artists. The amount of different ...

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My options for the top 150:
Radiohead
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
PJ Harvey
Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
Portishead
CCR
The National
Swans
Lana del Rey
Low

You can add my name to the bolded artists.

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To attempt to grade the classical composers without objectively comparing their early works up till 1896, would in my opinion de-value the Artist Lists (as it currently stands) as well as AM database by introducing subjective criteria. P.S. I originally thought this poll had a smaller scope and tar...

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Acclaimed music has always been about performing artists primarily, not about songwriters and composers. I think it would be better to keep it this way. This is also one of the reasons why I don't include classical works in song/album lists. Then I would have to at least add the performer and I coul...

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46. Alice Cooper – You and Me: 5.5

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45. Gorillaz, featuring André 3000 & James Murphy – DoYaThing: 6.5 Quite impressive what Albarn, Murphy and especially Andre 3000 cook up here. Thanks for voting for this Styrofoamboots. Could use some editing though (I'm aware and edit exists, but the official one lacks the krautrock), it's a b...

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44. Fugazi – Sieve-Fisted Find: 5.5

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Madzong wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:06 am 44. Fugazi – Sieve-Fisted Find

You forgot to add the score.

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43. Mary Gauthier – I Drink: 7

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42. The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death: 5.5

Just like the other song.

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41. Jay-Z – Moment of Clarity: 7

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40. Eric Clapton – Lay Down Sally: 7

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39. The Godfathers – Unreal World: 5.5

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38. Daniel Avery – Naive Response: 7

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37. Prince – Gett Off: 5

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36. Robyn – Stars 4-Ever: 4

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Rob wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 7:49 pm
Gillingham wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:45 pm Modest
Hello Gillingham, you seemed to have missed yesterday's Teardrops.

34. Roosevelt - Teardrops: 6

Thanks for the reminder Rob! I thought I had already voted for it, but I clearly hadn't.

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35. Modest Mouse – Dark Center of the Universe: 7

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32. The Divine Comedy – Becoming More Like Alfie: 5
33. Anri – Last Summer Whisper: 5.5

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31. The Dubliners – The Rocky Road to Dublin: 6.5

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30. Sarah Brightman – Nella Fantasia: 6

Doesn't improve on the original, which I prefer.

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