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Good God I had know idea you could add up to 10,000 for just one single playlist. And that’s not considered enough for some people lol? I check my friends on Facebook and I’m impressed if they have over 200 songs. So they think I’m nuts for having a playlist of over 1,500 songs (I named it “the Furl...

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Have they ever given an album 5 full stars off the bat when it’s brand new? I know with them they tend to upgrade as time passes but I’ve never seen them love something as soon as it’s released enough to give it a full fledged 5 star rating.

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Allmusic.com.com has been really slow to review a bunch of recent releases including this one. Wonder what their excuse is.

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Pretty much anything from the WonderStuff 80s/early 90s catalogue, Fountains of Wayne’s Welcome Interstate Managers, Suede’s Coming Up....yeah I get it, it’s the first without their acclaimed guitarist but they still pull it off. Sleater-Kinney’s One Beat, PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire, Sinead O Connor...

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At this point just replace the words concerts with REFUNDS. Laughing my ass off cause TicketMaster charges a fortune in all this BS tax they make up, now they have to refund it 100% as they charged people. Hope this gives them a second perspective on them screwing concert goers over like they’re not...

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Whitechocolatespaceegg by Liz Phair. Think it came in last EVEN AS A BUBBLER for that year so it narrowly edged out another all time fave, Someone to Drive You Home by the Long Blondes and Supergrass’ Life on Other Planets which I also think ended up as one of the last bubblers for that year.

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The Dreaming by Kate Bush. 🤔 Always wondered how it ranked in that last 80s album poll we took. Hoping Hounds of Love made the top 3. Being that the 80s was so dismal I only voted for a handful of artists so I had to really stretch out my list at the recommendation of the administrator of the poll. ...

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Wow the rarest of the rarest of the rare. Move over Bigfoot, only took a worldwide pandemic for a new Fiona Apple album to finally be released. Enjoy!

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[quote=madzong post_id=120459 It would be also be cool to breakdown the UK into England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. [/quote] England would dominate although Scotland’s my personal fave. Wow Italy did well. Out of all the big European cities I don’t even think I could name so much as a on...

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Yeah along with Henry “the Fonze” Winkler of all people, the FOY were of a very few amount of people to not look so highly on Tom Hanks who didn’t give them any real credit for being the band behind the band in his movie. Luckily that move didn’t “jump the shark” on their careers but it would have b...

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I liked both 2003 and 2006 for pretty similar reasons. Very poppy, melodic, throwback albums and singles. Most catchy singalong, hooky,records came out these years as well. I remember not LOVING or even liking many of the critics pics for those years especially 03 so it was like you had to go out an...

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COVID-19 related sadly. I always preferred them to the Shins, in fact Welcome Interstate Managers probably ranks in my top 5 for the entire decade of the 00s. They got heat for Stacy especially from classic rock aficionados but it was more than just that single which wasn’t even close to their best....

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It really is a shame. I love "The Gambler." Also, on an unrelated note: luvulongTIM, you might want to see what's happened to your little photo icon. Yeah photobuckets charging now so they’re restricting whatever I’d posted before. You should see my junk mail folder with all the photobuck...

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Sorry I couldn’t get into more detail but it was late over here and.....Corona Virus????? Yeah I’ll blame that on the slothful ways

But it is tragic that his passing is pushed so far back in the NEWS with all the goings on today. He deserves better but I guess it’s understandable

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The Gambler was 81

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Not gonna say the word cause I’m sure people are coming on here to avoid anything to do with it but yeah, my condolences to anyone to had plans to go to a show cause it’s not looking good :( Saw some people saying they had tix for shows in July. I don’t think it’s gotten bad enough to where shows th...

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Los Angeles had a punk band called Face to Face. In fact the lead singer recorded to most arrogant, self centered tag, I guess is what they call it, for KROQ about how important they are to the LA punk revival scene and how they started all and no one would be there without them. I’m like “ok, liter...

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I know Ireland has the Frames who I thought would have gotten at least a cult following in the States following the success of Once and the soundtrack and all the great word of mouth about their concerts but than I saw their insanely low placement when they were being advertised to play Coachella, s...

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Was listening to The First Taste by Fiona Apple. That song which I thought was a standout on the album at the time, but now omg that is a sensational song and one of her all time best. I had to put it on repeat it was so incredible and I was so glad I added to my playlist on Spotify. And she wasn’t ...

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Wow! You were even able to get the lyrics to a Cocteau Twins song? I always heard most of their 80s work was impossible to translate to any language let alone English. Good job.

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Manic Street Preachers

Gerry Goffin & Carol King

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Tom Snyder for the backstage wing for giving the punk rock movement a platform to thrive by frequenting his show. 1. Lush 2. Shonen Knife 3. Teenage Fanclub 4. Guided by Voices 5. Manic Street Preachers 6. Supergrass 7. Sinead O’ Conner 8. Billy Bragg 9. Vampire Weekend And since pop stars are reall...

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Always wondered if there was a Roxette Box Set and if they’d name it cause Roxette box set pretty much sells itself.

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I gained a lot of respect for Nic Hartcourt for voting Tilly and the Wall’s o as his album of the year in 07 and this is coming from a Rodney guy here in LA. He was big into the Chameleons, Doves, Belle and Sebastian, Catherine Wheel and Cocteau Twins too so his tastes were at times quite Godhead. H...

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Finally the one saving grace year of all the 80s I can actually get behind. Only took the entire decade 1. Stone Roses- The Stone Roses 2. Pixies- Doolittle 3. The Wonder Stuff- Hup 4. Madonna- Like a Prayer 5. The Blue Nile- Hats 6. The Beautiful South- Welcome to the Beautiful South 7. Nine Inch N...

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Kind of too little too late with the deadline but the grey area about proto punk for me was Television. A band labeled proto punk who’s debut album was released a year after the first actual punk bands debut? Never understood that logic.

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1. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
2. The Primitives- Lovely
3. The Wonder Stuff- The Eight Legged Groove Machine
4. The House of Love- s/t (debut)
5. The Pixies- Surfer Rosa

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1. Sinead O’Connor- The Lion & The Cobra
2. Michael Jackson- Bad
3. The Spacemen 3- Perfect Prescription
4. The Housemartins- The People that Grinned Themselves To Death
5.George Micheal- Faith
6. Sonic Youth- Sister
7. Prince- Sign ‘O’ The Times

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Well let’s not forget the 70s most acclaimed record came out in December of ‘79 so there’s still hope. Keep the faith all.

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It’s very critic friendly just on a superficial basis alone. Artsy being that it’s on 4ad. They’re also an indie folk band from Brooklyn so that in itself you know was gonna put it in the top 10 alone. I think because of this is the same reason it won’t make number 1 this year. It’s too stereotypica...

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1. The Chameleons- Strange Times
2. The Housemartins- London 0 Hull 4
3. Peter Gabriel- So
4. Billy Bragg- Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
5. The Smiths- The Queen is Dead

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Not even the fans so much as the critics cause I’m noticing it’s liked here but not universally adored like they way critics are praising it just by the fact i see it ranked here but not like top 3 or scoring in the high 80s and 90s. But in this day and age you form a indie folk band and move them o...

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No moving your band over to the hipster Mecca of the world and signing to 4ad which was a sensational label back in the 80s and 90s and still has a few highlights once in a blue moon. Just that alone makes me roll my eyes along with the hipster beards of the male members. Even Fleet Foxes are doing ...

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I know today’s only the first day it’s been posted on Metacritic but the new Slipknot scoring 100% (as of August 7th)? My God!!!!! Wouldn’t it be something if they beat out Big Thief in the polls this year? They are about as non pretentious and artsy fartsy as it get, as opposed to our current #1 an...

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Well I didn’t mean it to come across like I was calling any individual out, just felt like Kate was being slighted in a year so many here have called one of the weaker years in the 80s when there was so much worse especially before’ 85. Yeah 80s synth wave was still a thing and we were preparing to ...

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A woman FINALLY tops the albums and (the same woman mind you) singles list and it gets called “the weakest year of the 80s?” As opposed to ‘81 and ‘83? Really? The Human League? And most Richard Blade influenced synth rock from that era for that matter. And the 80s had some terrible, dreadful moment...

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Kind of sounds like they’re paying homage to the classic Magnetic Fields album from that year yet.....where the heck are they?

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No she’s always been our highest ranked female even in our all female artist poll a few months back.

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Wow! Beautiful South outranking the Housemartins? Weird I didn’t think there was anybody that preferred The Beautiful South over the Housemartins.

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1. Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
2. The Replacements- Tim (MY NAME!!!!!!!!!!)
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain- Pyschocandy
4. Whitney Houston- s/t
5. Tears for Fears- Songs From the Big Chair

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1. Cocteau Twins- Treasure
2. Tina Turner- Private Dancer
3. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
4. This Mortal Coil- It’ll End in Tears
5. Sade- Diamond Life

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I don’t get Allmusic. Veronica Falls 5 Stars yet ZERO 5 star review albums for a single Kate Bush album obviously with Hounds of Love at the forefront? I like Veronica Falls and all, in fact “Stephen” is one of my favorite songs but to have them achieve a their biggest feat over a masterpiece like H...

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1. Cocteau Twins- Head Over Heels
2. The Chameleons- Script of the Bridge
3. The Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams
4. David Bowie- Lets Dance
5. Cyndi Lauper- She’s So Unusual

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Maybe not Pavement overrated but a tad I guess. Nothing really stands out for me but I’d still rather see them rank higher than some hipster snob Brooklyn indie act.

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Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vamp...

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Best year EVER.....TO BE BORN

....in music? Meh! Go class of 2000!!!

1. Kate Bush- The Dreaming
2. Michael Jackson- Thriller
3. Cocteau Twins- Garlands
4. Prince- 1999
5.The Clash- Combat Rock

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D’oh! !!!I meant OLDER

How did I not see that. OMG I’m losing it.

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The deadline is just over an hour away, but I won't be able to start finalising the tally until about 2 hours after that. Get those last-minute lists in! Good riddance. Most of the early 80s and much of the mid 80s was abysmal but this year takes the cake and may go down as the worst year ever in m...

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Wow! Ain’t it strange how actual the 17 year old looks younger than the woman who ranks one notch above her?

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I’d have thought someone would have posted on the surf guitar legend’s passing by now. He deserves acknowledgement here even if he isn’t too highly regarded in the rankings.

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