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VanillaFire1000 wrote:Did they say how long they accumulated poll results?

I believe they gave listeners two weeks. Unfortunately, I didn't hear about it until after that, so I didn't get to vote. Their list could definitely use some additional votes AM'ers.

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This year, the local radio station here in Minnesota is counting down the top 893 essential artists, voted by listeners. Although the list is a bit hit or miss, it has been pretty decent for a user poll. Just thought I'd share it in case anyone is looking for something to listen to this week. It's a...

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Here's my first attempt to put together some sort of order on the songs I've heard this year: 01. Slide, Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean 02. Love, Lana Del Rey 03. Ballad of the Dying Man, Father John Misty 04. Thinking of a Place, The War On Drugs 05. Green Light, Lorde 06. Pure Comedy, Father John Misty...

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There has to be an error in your calculation for Run The Jewels 3. Based on the reviews that it has gotten, I wouldn't expect it to be even close to Damn, and shouldn't be ahead of A Crow Looked at Me, either. Here's a look at the average scores for the top 5 albums: Damn: Metacritic: 95 Any Decent ...

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I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks are the best songs of the 2010s so far. My current top 50 (in alphabetical order by artist) are as follows: Rolling In the Deep, Adele Someone Like You, Adele When We Were Young, Adele Breezeblocks, Alt-J We Used To Wait, Arcade Fire Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic ...

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I feel like I'm way behind on my 2017 listening, but my current top 10 are as follows: 01. Slide, Calvin Harris (but mostly Frank Ocean) 02. Love, Lana Del Rey 03. Real Death, Mount Eerie 04. Say Something Loving, The xx 05. (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano, Sampha 06. Ballad of the Dying Man, Fathe...

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Call Me Maybe topped the 2012 Pazz & Jop poll and nearly doubled the votes of the runner up; there's no way it belongs in this topic. In fact, probably half the songs that have been mentioned would probably fall somewhere on AM's top 10,000 songs, proving that our taste is simply too good to lik...

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Time Magazine called Justin Timberlake's CAN'T STOP THE FEELING the worst song of the year, but I had it in my top 50. And I'm fairly certain that I'm the only music snob in the world who put The Fray's How to Save a Life on a top 50 of the year list.

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It's official: I'm the only person in the entire world that doesn't adore "Blackstar". I love Bowie (and consider Ziggy Stardust a top 10 album of all time) and I admire the album, but it's not one that I can listen to on repeat like many of the others in the top 10. To me, it's better tha...

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Yes, thank you Sweepstakes Ron! This is my main source for finding new music through December and January and I appreciate all of the work you put into this!

And that goes for you too, Setherex. Your playlists make it easy to listen to a lot of great music.

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Updated my list above to include songs and made some slight revisions to the album list (sorry!). This will be my final update, notbrianeno!

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Albums: 01. Lemonade, Beyoncé 02. Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headrest 03. Blonde, Frank Ocean 04. American Band, Drive By Truckers 05. 22, A Million, Bon Iver 06. A Sailor's Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson 07. My Woman, Angel Olsen 08. A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead 09. A Seat at the Table, Solange ...

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FutureCritic, you don't think Skeleton Tree will make the VV top ten? I think Cave displaces Car Seat Headrest. Skeleton Tree hasn't done too well from the American critics, so I feel like it might miss the top 10. I almost feel like Rihanna could crack the top 10. If not her, possibly a Tribe Call...

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Within the next day or two, the 2016 Village Voice Music Poll (formerly known as Pazz & Jop) results should be released. Any guesses on what the top albums and songs will be? Here are my guesses: Albums: 01. Lemonade, Beyoncé 02. Blackstar, David Bowie 03. Blonde, Frank Ocean 04. Coloring Book, ...

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My favorite song of 2017 so far is "Say Something Loving" by The xx. Along with "On Hold", it's a standout on the first great album of the year, in my opinion.

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Does anyone have an idea of when the Pazz & Jop poll results will be released? Last year, they were released on the second Tuesday of January, so my guess is any day. It should be interested to see who wins - I think Blackstar has the advantage, but Blonde and Lemonade are definitely in the runn...

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For my money, only truly elite level songs I heard all year were Jesus Alone , I Need You and Distant Sky off Skeleton Tree , Four of the opening six tracks from Car Seat Headrest's Teens Of Denial , Lazarus , Cold Little Heart and Love and Hate from Michael Kiwanuka, Cranes In The Sky , Lucinda Wi...

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EW's top 100 songs: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/09/ew-best-songs-2016

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Nick wrote:
Interested to see how my list affects this!

I included your list from October in the original poll's results.

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I put the lists that were created in November and December into a spreadsheet because I was curious on what the consensus is. Overall, I think the results are pretty great - arguably better than the song lists that have been released by major publications so far. 1. Burn the Witch, Radiohead 2. Ultr...

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Yes!! Thank you!

I can't argue with the top 20 at all - they are all worthy picks.

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Paste just released the top 50 songs. The list is here: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/ ... -2016.html

I'll transcribe it this weekend, if someone doesn't beat me to it!

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Just wanted to post one last top 50 before the critics' lists start rolling out. I'll be the first to admit that I'm influenced by the AM list (and it typically includes several songs I didn't previously know), but last year the final top 50 list that I posted in October did have 24 songs in common ...

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It actually appears that the song list from Rolling Stone this year might be from an individual. The album list mentions several contributors, but the song list just mentions one.

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The song list is pretty disappointing, even by Rolling Stone's standards. They actually don't think any songs by Radiohead, Bon Iver, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Michael Kiwanuka, ANOHNI or James Blake are in the top 50? And I don't think anyone considers the ones they picked for Frank Ocean, Dav...

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I'll add my predictions to the mix: Albums: 01. Lemonade, Beyoncé 02. Blond, Frank Ocean 03. 22, A Million, Bon Iver 04. A Seat at the Table, Solange 05. You Want It Darker, Leonard Cohen 06. A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead 07. Blackstar, David Bowie 08. My Woman, Angel Olsen 09. Skeleton Tree, Nick C...

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I know I'm missing a ton of songs, and I expect this to change a bunch between now and January, but here is my current attempt at a top 50 list for the year: 1. Ultralight Beam, Kanye West 2. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales, Car Seat Headrest 3. Formation, Beyonce 4. 22 (OVER SOON), Bon Iver 5. Burn the...

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I was expecting a strong showing by the new Drive-By Truckers' album. Did they not receive the minimum number of votes required? Or is the album not as acclaimed as I thought it was?

Thanks again for all your work on this! I always look forward to it!

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Perhaps it's just me, but I don't feel like it has been a very good year for songs. This is a bit surprising, since I feel like it has been a pretty decent year for albums. In fact, most of the top songs seem to be from a handful of albums. I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks will place high on...

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The first half hasn't had a lot of standout songs, in my opinion. But since we're at the halfway mark, I think it's time to attempt to put together a song list: Here are my current top 25: 01. Ultralight Beam, Kanye West 02. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales, Car Seat Headrest 03. Freedom, Beyonce 04. Bur...

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I'm not trying to advertise for the local public radio station in Minnesota, but I thought AMers might find it interesting that they are counting down the top 893 albums of all time, as voted by listeners. They have been playing one song from each album. The list is pretty hit or miss, but I'm hopef...

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Before I forget and miss out, here are my picks: Best Songs of 2015: 1 Run Away with Me by Carly Rae Jepsen 2 Loud Places by Jamie xx Feat. Romy 3 I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) by Jamie xx (Featuring Young Thug & Popcaan) 4 Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd 5 King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar 6...

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http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/12/best-songs-of-2015/

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I disagree with this and of course you had to point the HipHop list. I somehow think if it wasn't a hip hop list you would be ok with it? Please don't take my comment out of context. I was simply using HipHopDX as an example because it is one of the few publications included that obviously focuses ...

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I'm not sure how I feel about including them, so I'll withhold my vote. But I've always wondered why we include publications that are limited to certain genres. Does anyone really think that Sufjan Stevens has a chance of making the HipHopDX list? These genre lists seem like they should be excluded ...

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Thank you so much Henrik for updating the song list. I can't imagine how much work it is, but it is very much appreciated. Same to Harold for the albums updates! You guys are great. With that said, here are my opinions on the current song rankings: Songs That Are Ranked Too High: 8. Alright, Kendric...

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Rolling Stone's Top 50 songs were released today: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists ... 5-20151203

Sorry - I can post the list now, but will do so tonight if someone doesn't beat me to it.

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So far, there aren't many surprises with the album rankings. Although I am a bit surprised about the following: * Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell is currently ranked 12th. I still sort of expect to see this finish around 30th, but I think it's very deserving of a top 20 spot. * Natalie Pras...

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I know it's way too early to over-analyze this, but the following songs have appeared on all four of the major lists so far: Hotline Bling, Drake (12|6|4|1) Let It Happen, Tame Impala (7|2|34|2) I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times), Jamie xx (4|3|9|32) King Kunta, Kendrick Lamar (33|11|6|15) And the...

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My Predictions are: Best Album: 01. To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar 02. Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens 03. Currents, Tame Impala 04. In Colour, Jamie xx 05. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I just Sit, Courtney Barnett 06. I Love You, Honeybear, Father John Misty 07. Art Angels, Gri...

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I'm sure I'm missing a ton of songs, but here are my current top 50: 1. Run Away With Me, Carly Rae Jepsen 2. Loud Places, Jamie xx 3. I Know There’s Gonna Be, Jamie xx 4. Cause I’m a Man, Tame Impala 5. King Kunta, Kendrick Lamar 6. Chateau Lobby #4, Father John Misty 7. Should Have Known Better, S...

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It's tough to believe there are only three months left of 2015, which means we're likely less than two months away from the beginning of the "best of the year" lists being released. With that said, does anyone have any predictions on what songs will top the lists this year? Below are my pr...

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1. King Kunta by Kendrick Lamar 2. I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) by Jamie XX 3. Loud Places by Jamie XX 4. Chateau Lobby #4 by Father John Misty 5. How Could You Babe by Tobias Jesso Jr. 6. REALiTi by Grimes 7. The Blacker the Berry by Kendrick Lamar 8. Should Have Known Better by Sufjan Stev...

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Thanks for all the great work so far, Jackson! And I'm also loving the song lyrics that you pick for each song - especially the one for Avant Gardener, which I think might be my favorite lyric of the entire decade.

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I better get my votes in, for Taylor Swift's sake... Albums: 1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West (2010) 2. Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend (2013) 3. AM, Arctic Monkeys (2013) 4. The Suburbs, Arcade Fire (2010) 5. Days are Gone, Haim (2013) 6. Channel Orange, Frank Ocean (20...

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Thanks for all the wonderful work on this, Dan! Can't wait to see the song list!

P.S. I stand by my vote for T-Swift, even if the haters gonna hate...

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Albums: 01. Are We There?, Sharon Van Etten 02. Lost in the Dream, The War On Drugs 03. 1989, Taylor Swift 04. Too Bright, Perfume Genius 05. St. Vincent 06. Run the Jewels 2, Run the Jewels 07. Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson 08. Benji, Sun Kil Moon 09. LP1, FKA twigs 10. Singl...

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For some reason, Taylor Swift has 2 mentions for "Track 3," which would be for "Style." This would bump "Style" up to 14 mentions and tie it with "West Coast" at the 49th spot. This seems to be the only mention of a track number instead of the song title, whic...

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Great to see Black Messiah get the praise it deserves. It was definetly the most acclaimed album of the year and I thought it'd be left out since it was released so late.

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