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If there's time for one more list... Best Songs of 1992 1. R.E.M. - Nightswimming 2. Saint Etienne - Avenue 3. Pavement - Here 4. R.E.M. - Drive 5. Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up 6. Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day 7. Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck 8. Leonard Cohen - The Future 9. Rage Against the Ma...

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Best albums of 1992: 1. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People 2. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, 85-92 3. Tom Waits - Bone Machine 4. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 5. Various Artists - Artificial Intelligence (if ineligible, move the rest up by one) 6. Pavement - Slanted and ...

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Urge Overkill's "You'll Be A Woman Soon" actually came out in 1992, not 1994. It's on the band's Stull EP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stull_(EP)). I think the song is commonly mistaken as a 1994 release because of its inclusion in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

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Winners in red: 1. Motorhead - Ace of Spades vs. Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unusual 2. Grant Green - Idle Moments vs. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan 3. Tom Petty - Wildflowers vs. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine 4. Santigold - Master of My Make-Believe vs. Aimee Mann - Music from the Motion Picture Magnolia

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Winners in red: 1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son vs. Portishead - Portishead 2. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Shiny Beast vs. The Darkness - Permission to Land 3. The Coral - Magic & Medicine vs. Snog - Beyond the Valley of the Proles 4. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No....

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Winners in red: 1. Deep Purple - Made In Japan vs. Lily Allen - Alright Still Deep Purple's studio albums have never impressed me as much as I thought they should, based on the band's reputation. What was missing was the energy of their live shows, I guess; this album rocks in the best possible way....

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I nominate:
Gang Gang Dance - Lotus

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Winners in red:

1. The Police - Zenyatta Mondata vs. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
2. Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION vs. Sleater Kinney - One Beat
3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Djeli Moussa Diawara - Yasimika

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"Summer Babe" took quite a fall from 2012, which disappoints me. On the other hand, I'm happy to see Talk Talk easily make the Top 10.

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Winners in red:

1. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man vs. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
2. Tindersticks - Tindersticks (II) vs. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
3. Nina Simone - In Concert 1964 vs. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

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Songs of 1991: 1. R.E.M. - Country Feedback 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge 3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 4. Pearl Jam - Alive 5. Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version) 6. Massive Attack - Safe from Harm 7. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze 8. Neil Young - Farmer John (Live...

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1. R.E.M. - Out of Time 2. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 3. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 4. U2 - Achtung Baby 5. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock 6. Nirvana - Nevermind 7. Neil Young - Weld 8. Pearl Jam - Ten 9. Ice Cube - Death Certificate 10. Primal Scream - Screamadelica 11. Saint Etienne...

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Winners in red: 1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things vs. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake 2. Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt vs. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye 3. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth vs. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages of... 4. M. Ward - Hold Time vs....

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1. Depeche Mode - Violator 2. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet 3. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory 4. The KLF - Chill Out 5. Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches 6. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 7. Sonic Youth - Goo 8. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 9. Ride - No...

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Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel

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Henrik, let me offer you a belated thank you and congratulations on your pending "retirement" from the upkeep of AM. I don't know how long you've been doing this, but the Internet Archive snapshots of this site go back at least 15 years, which is a long time to do anything, let alone somet...

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You'll have my list within the next 24 hours.

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Keep me informed of the soft deadline, too! I have a list I can submit, but I'll keep listening and editing if I have extra time...

It's becoming my December/January tradition to spend those months listening to whatever decade AM is currently on...

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Sylvan Esso - What Now

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Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love

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Best Albums of 2009 1. Fever Ray - Fever Ray 2. Flaming Lips - Embryonic 3. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport 4. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! 5. The xx - xx 6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 7. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle 8. Florence + the Machine - Lungs 9. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers 10...

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Thanks for all that you do, Henrik. I'm excited to dig into the new update! Hard to believe that I have been using AcclaimedMusic as a resource for about 10 years. I'm glad the site continues to be a "living document," and I'm grateful for all your hard work on each update.

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Best Albums of 2008: 1. Portishead - Third 2. TV on the Radio - Dear Science 3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes 4. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreaks 5. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair 6. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too 7. Beck - Modern Guilt 8. R.E.M. - Accelerate 9. Vampire Weekend...

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Saint Etienne - So Tough

Where were all you Saint Etienne fans when I nominated Tiger Bay in a previously MAA tournament?

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1. The Beatles - Help! vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part 2. Saint Etienne - So Tough vs. Astor Piazzolla - Libertango I would have voted for the Jam last week, which would have forced a tie, but I messed up and missed the deadline. :angry-banghead: My favorite discoveries of ...

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I'll nominate:

Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling

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2. Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks vs. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die 3. Saint Etienne - So Tough vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West Sorry I missed the vote this week. I also would have voted for Sinead O'Conner and Rodriguez, not that this would have made a difference

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Absolutely killer year. Even the first dance song at my wedding (Gospel, by the National) barely makes my Top 10, which is a testament to how great 2007 was for music. Best Albums of 2007 1. Radiohead - In Rainbows 2. The National - Boxer 3. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 4. The Field - From Here...

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Winners in red: 1. The Jam - Sound Affects vs. The Kinks - Face To Face 2. Novos Baianos - Acabou chorare vs. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part 3. Nilsson - Aerial Ballet vs. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal 4. Fishmans - Long Season vs. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sw...

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Or our sample size is highly variable depending on the year. All it takes it 3-4 people to really change the polls, at least until the top 100 or so. I've been thinking about this...I didn't get a chance to submit a ballot this year, due to a new job, an out-of-state move, and a host of other facto...

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Nominations:
Bjork - The Gate
The War on Drugs - Nothing to Find

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Winners in red:

1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me vs. The Beatles - Help!
2. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in the West

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Winners in red: 1. Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra vs. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds 2. Santigold - Santogold vs. Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks 3. Saint Etienne - So Tough vs. Game Theory - Lolita Nation 4. Rodriguez - Coming from Reality vs. Carl Perki...

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Best albums of 2006 1. The Knife - Silent Shout 2. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain 3. Joanna Newsom - Ys 4. Studio - West Coast/Yearbook 1 5. J Dilla - Donuts 6. Mogwai - Mr. Beast 7. Hot Chip - The Warning 8. Beck - The Information 9. Thom Yorke - The Eraser 10. Grizzly Bear - Yellow H...

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Here's the albums from Acclaimed Music's current Top 100 of the 1960s that didn't make Pitchfork's cut: 24. The Band - Music from Big Pink 29. The Who - Tommy 38. Cream - Disraeli Gears 49. The Who - The Who Sing My Generation 50. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 54. Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It Fo...

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Winners in red:

1. The Beatles - Help! vs. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
2. Wishbone Ash - Argus vs. Tom Waits - Small Change
3. Fennesz - Becs vs. Ennio Morricone - C'era una volta il West (Once Upon a Time in the West)

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3. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank vs. Leonard Cohen - Live Songs

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Winners in red:

1. The Postal Service - Give Up vs. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2. Grinderman - Grinderman vs. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
4. Morrissey - Years of Refusal vs. Astor Piazzolla - LIbertango

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Winners in red:

1. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators vs. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
2. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On vs. Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks

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That's what I get for doing this at the last minute! Move up everything on the list as needed.

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Winners in red: 1. Big Black - Atomizer vs. Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra 2. Santigold - Santogold vs. Scott Walker - Scott 3 3. Saint Etienne - So Tough vs. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee 4. Rodriguez - Coming from Reality vs. Yuzo Koshiro - Bare Knuckle

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Best Albums of 2005: 1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 2. The National - Alligator 3. Kanye West - Late Registration 4. Gorillaz - Demon Days 5. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem 6. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 7. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan 8. My Morning Jacket - Z 9. M.I.A. - Arul...

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I decided to go through and look due to this conversation. There are 18 bands in the top 100 on this site who have their first album as their highest ranked: Bjork It just struck me today, completely out of the blue. Debut isn't Björk's first solo album. But yeah, I know. I've always been curious a...

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Winners in red: 1. David Bowie - The Next Day vs. The Antlers - Hospice 2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part vs. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher 4. Godspeed! You Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress vs. Weyes Blood and the Dark Juices - The Outside Room Weyes Bloo...

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Winners in red: 1. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill vs. The Kinks - Face To Face 2. Gal Costa - Fa-Tal-Gal a Todo Vapor vs. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 3. The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast vs. Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal 4. White Noise - An Electric Storm vs. La Femme - Mystère

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Now I'm getting excited!

Will 2015 albums be added to the update as well, or will there be a gap between 2014 and 2016?

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Winners in red: 1. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale vs. Prince & the Revolution - Parade 2. John Zorn - Naked City vs. Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda 3. Labradford - Mi Media Naranja vs. John Adams - Nixon in China (performed by Orchestra of St. Luke's) 4. Various Artists - I'm Your Fan vs. Stone ...

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Best Albums of 2004 1. Arcade Fire - Funeral 2. The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come for Free 3. Kanye West - The College Dropout 4. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand 5. The Go Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike 6. Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender 7. Black Keys - Rubber Factory 8. Danger Mouse - The...

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Winners in red:

1. Julia Holter - Loud City Song vs. Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
2. Tom Waits - Small Change vs. Muse - Absolution

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Winners in red:

1. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out vs. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2. Django Django - Django Django vs. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
4. Astor Piazzolla - Libertango vs. Autechre - Confield

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