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Final Fantasy VI - Terra's Theme Absolutely brutal victory here. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Ballad of the Wind Fish Thanks for sharing such a wonderful arrangement! The melody in its original Gameboy incarnation is gorgeous enough to win here. Ico – Heal Underdog vote! Both are great pi...

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No votes yet for The Ecstasy of Gold?!

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The thing who amazed me in this site, it's the lack of English people. Guys, you made the best music in the world... where are you? Hello! :D I was born and raised in Aylesbury, England; my Mum's from Slovakia and my Dad grew up in Yorkshire. I've also got Irish blood on my Dad's side, and who know...

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Team Fortress 2 - Main Theme Going with my original list for this one. World of Goo - Regurgitation Pumping Station Goes to show what an achievement in aesthetic design this game was. The mix between Shaft and Histoire de Melody Nelson I never knew I needed. Persona 3 - Memories of You This has bee...

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1. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz vs. The Specials - More Specials In terms of scale, composition and production, Age of Adz is sublime. It can be overwhelming, though, and I find there are some questionable lyrical and stylistic choices. On the other hand, I don't think I could live without More S...

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The problem with Nancy Sinatra is I can't go back to 1965 and vote for it there, so maybe I should just leave it? Maybe it'll be for nowt, but I'd say keep it - I originally had it on my 1965 list but moved it to this one due to the same confusion. If we'd mistakenly voted for a song in the wrong y...

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I was wondering where to mention it, but I saw AM was referenced by the late great Scott Miller in his book Music: What Happened? He said he was surprised how relatively unacclaimed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled LP was, but glad that "American Girl" ranked higher in the song...

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I have quite a few, so I'm going to go for the 'Unacclaimed' route of choosing songs also not on albums in the top 3000 list. 4. Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts from Abroad 54. The Beatles - Only a Northern Song 76. Jackson Browne - Somebody's Baby 95. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again Okay, I have to give ...

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Outlaws is a 1997 first-person shooter from LucasArts, a relatively minor one, but it has a cult following and the soundtrack is highly regarded in the video game milieu. The story (set in the Wild West) is about a retired marshall who refuses to sell his farm to an evil landlord, who then procedes...

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The Legend of Zelda - Overworld vs. Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star With the first matchup, we see one thing already that has to be taken into consideration - difference in sound quality. When it comes to the early NES-era scores, it's amazing how limited the sound processors were and thus how...

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1. Gorillaz - Demon Days vs. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man It hurts to vote against Gorillaz, but if anyone's going to put up a good fight, it's Leonard Cohen. Am I biased because it's him? Maybe. But I don't think anyone else could have made an album so personal and yet so gleefully kitsch. That low...

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How good was 1965? 4 albums in my top 50 of all time and God only knows how many of my favourite songs. It seems like the first year in the '60s where the album as a concept became fully realised, and by so many people. The Beach Boys go Lennon; The Beatles go Dylan; Dylan goes electric, and the wor...

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Audio is not available in your region. Noooooooooooooooooooooooo Hola Unblocker is the answer to all your problems. Look it up. ;) Very decent so far. I can't even say how it compares to Lonerism cause it's so different, not just in sound but in emotional content; it's still got anxiety in its lyri...

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A timely article from Pitchfork here: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/837-gamin ... nt-tracks/

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I think this is the best list to find "lost" or "new" jewels: If we divide the points each song earned by the number of votes, these are the top 100 songs that on average scored better votes, with a minimum of 2 votes (In other words: people who put these songs on their lists, p...

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I think it's a swell idea, and depending on how many other members can play this could be very rewarding. In October/November I'll be back at uni, which means I might have access to keyboards and stuff so I could use them to record. Needing a decent recording setup may be a problem for some other pe...

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I don't know why I thought this would be a forum favorite, but all the way up until about the top 150 or so I kept expecting to see "The Stars of Track and Field' by Belle and Sebastian. It's my favorite of theirs and I thought many others would feel the same. I'd agree with you there! Unfortu...

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Christ, not only is selecting just 20 tracks harder than I thought, but going through all these soundtracks is bringing back so many childhood memories at once... Also, isn't it funny how short some of the older, classic tracks seem to be? I guess with concision even the shortest melodies could be t...

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Thanks for reminding me what an emotional and meaningful album this is. 1. Pyramids 2. Pink Matter 3. Bad Religion 4. Sierra Leone 5. Sweet Life 6. Monks 7. Thinkin Bout You 8. Super Rich Kids 9. Pilot Jones 10. Fertilizer 11. Not Just Money 12. Crack Rock 13. White 14. Lost 15. Forrest Gump 16. Sta...

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1. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues vs. My Morning Jacket - Z Very close call. I'll take the first two tracks off Fisherman's Blues over anything off Z, but the rest of the Waterboys album doesn't match up to them sadly ("And a Bang on the Ear" would, if it weren't overly long). Besides, ...

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Channel Orange: 1. Thinkin Bout You 2. Sierra Leone 3. Sweet Life 4. Super Rich Kids 5. Pilot Jones 6. Crack Rock 7. Pyramids 8. Lost 9. Monks 10. Bad Religion 11. Pink Matter 12. Forrest Gump 13. End (I have cut out interludes) :O I love Fertilizer though! I mean Start and Not Just Money, fair eno...

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I'd love for something like this - or failing that, simply for a discussion where people can recommend their favourite video game soundtracks. Of course, you'd have the same problem as with film music (increased further by the needs for more repetition) - is it a test of how well the music serves th...

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I'm gonna gush some more about this year a bit later, but for now here's a gem I discovered courtesy of Scott Miller's Music: What Happened?

Don't forget that I Fought the Law is also eligible.

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I think you might have successfully guilt-tripped me into voting properly from now on... :? It is perhaps unfair that I should pop in just to see "my precious" nominations get through, since they mean so much to me, but other people could feel the same about theirs and they wouldn't have g...

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Why don't you play the game? 362. Daft Punk - Digital Love (2001) (1334.66 points | 10 votes) 2012 ranking: 407 (change: 45) AM rank: 507 Fans: VanillaFire (59), TimmyWing (78), sonofsamiam (80) Wait, those are the lyrics? I always thought it was "Why don't you play it again?", as in want...

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664. Robert Wyatt - Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road (1974) (821.44 points | 4 votes) 2012 ranking: 970 (change: 306) AM rank: unranked Fans: Fred (19), luney6 (54) I'm delighted this made the list, but I'm slightly saddened it isn't the more substantial closer to that album, Little Red Robin Ho...

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Just remembered about Wipers' "Youth of America".

Shit.

Oh, well, maybe next time...

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Here goes nothing! SONGS: 1. The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby 2. The Temptations - My Girl 3. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' 4. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 5. Them - Gloria 6. The Kinks - You Really Got Me 7. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come 8. The Beach Bo...

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1. Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports vs. ~~Joni Mitchell - Hejira~~

Really wish I had the time to listen to more of these albums, no doubt there are some great discoveries I've missed. :/

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The only matchup in which I've listened to both albums (Souvlaki only quite recently actually) but this is a no-brainer.

2. ~~Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain~~ vs. Slowdive - Souvlaki

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Finished my provisional list of 1000 songs, finally!

Now, time to scour through this thread and other lists to see what I've missed... :S

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I'll take David Bowie: 1. Space Oddity 2. Moonage Daydream 3. Life on Mars? 4. Changes 5. Lady Grinning Soul 6. Starman 7. Sound and Vision 8. Heroes ...and The Clash please: 1. Rock the Casbah 2. Complete Control 3. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 4. Spanish Bombs 5. London Calling 6. White Riot ...

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Albums: 1. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 2. James Brown - Live at the Apollo 3. The Beatles - Please Please Me 4. Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift for You 5. John Fahey - Death Chants, Break Downs and Military Waltzes 6. Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Charles Mingus - Money Jun...

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A woefully ignorant list this time, but it's better than nothing. TRACKS: 1. Del Shannon - Runaway 2. Barry Mann - Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) 3. Anthony Newley - What Kind of Fool Am I? 4. Ben E. King - Stand by Me 5. William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water 6. Roy Orbison - Crying 7...

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SONGS: 1. The Drifters - Save the Last Dance for Me 2. Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind 3. Miles Davis - Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio 4. John Coltrane - Mr. P.C. 5. Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying 6. The Everly Brothers - Let It Be Me 7. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? 8. John Coltrane ...

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I'd just like to say thanks to whomever voted for Caught Up - easily my favourite discovery from this poll. It's just some wonderful, well-made soul, very much in vein of Isaac Hayes's Hot Buttered Soul which I absolutely adore. Having said that there are still some albums I haven't heard yet, but i...

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First song of 2015 I've heard and it's a good one! I nominate Kanye West - Only One (feat. Paul McCartney)

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Noooo! If I'd have voted and put Boys Don't Cry at #1 it would have made the cut.

Why'd I have to be at uni these past few months...oh well, at least I have some say in the final outcome.

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1. Don't Believe the Hype 2. Caught, Can We Get a Witness? 3. Bring the Noise 4. Prophets of Rage 5. Rebel Without a Pause 6. Night of the Living Baseheads 7. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos 8. Terminator X to the Edge of Panic 9. She Watch Channel Zero?! 10. Mind Terrorist 11. Cold Lampin' with Fl...

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As for albums! When it comes to The Clash and Are You Experienced, I really only think of them by their UK releases, as they were the original releases, and presumably had less meddling done to them by the record label. In the case of The Clash, the US version was released in 1979, two years after t...

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If the 1975 version of Roadrunner had gotten through (and even if that meant not having to vote for it in the 1976 poll) I wouldn't have minded. If this aggregate points system meant that the two versions had to be lumped together for the sake of convenience, that would be fine as well. Essentially ...

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The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - The Last Bell I Will Ever Hear ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmSEO8GJX50 Change - The Glow of Love ~ http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/The+Glow+Of+Love+With+Change/3vy4yQ?src=5 Fleetwood Mac - Angel Bob Marley and the Wailers - Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) Joni Mitche...

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Silly Love Songs!

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I assume the only reason why those who voted for it in 1976 did so was out of ignorance of the fact that a single version of the song was released in 1975. What would be the best way to proceed? I was thinking of discussing this at some point before but I guess now's the time to do it. [does some h...

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Reluctantly putting these lists up - if only to give Fela and the Modern Lovers a bit of a push. That said, there are still so many potential favourites that I didn't get the chance to listen to (including "Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers" - different album! - Joni, ELO, The Resid...

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1. What's Going On
2. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
3. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
4. Save the Children
5. What's Happening Brother
6. God Is Love
7. Right On
8. Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
9. Wholy Holy

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1. For No One 2. And Your Bird Can Sing 3. Got to Get You Into My Life 4. Tomorrow Never Knows 5. Taxman 6. She Said, She Said 7. Eleanor Rigby 8. Here, There and Everywhere 9. Doctor Robert 10. Love You To 11. I'm Only Sleeping 12. Yellow Submarine 13. Good Day Sunshine 14. I Want to Tell You Tomor...

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PAUL MCCARTNEY GROUP 27) White Denim - Some Wild Going Outward 42) Passion Pit - Carried Away 12) Rivers Cuomo - Longtime Sunshine 52) Games - Strawberry Skies The White Denim song was terrific; I love the drums. Carried Away is nice and bouncy (very catchy), and Longtime Sunshine is good but not as...

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89. Jay-Z and Kanye West's Adventures in Paris (2011) 217. Metronomy - The Look (2011) 40. The Shins - New Slang (2001) 168. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980) Oh, how I have such a love-hate relationship with ABBA, probably more than any other band. I'm not even sure it has anything to do with o...

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