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846. Carly Rae Jepsen – E*MO*TION
Run Away With Me
Emotion

838. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Youth Knows No Pain
I Follow Rivers
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Pixies - Come on Pilgrim: They really did come out of the gate sounding only like themselves, Caribou and I've Been Tired are good examples of that and get my vote.

The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!: Help Me, Rhonda is the best song on the album and still sounds amazing, it's not hard to see them go from this to Pet Sounds just a year later. My other vote goes to Dance, Dance, Dance which is pretty slight compared to some of the other stuff they were experimenting with but it has that irresistible bass line and chorus.

Jethro Tull - Aqualung: Aqualung and Locomotive Breath are deservedly the most loved tracks on the album, they both show the band's ability to make some very dynamic tracks that change between sections within the song, and all of those sections are awesome.

SZA - Ctrl: I was not a fan of her debut EP and wrote off SZA for years before this came out, though right from the start of Ctrl with Supermodel it was clear that she had an incredible and incredibly distinctive voice in modern R&B. Once Drew Barrymore came on (the best track) I was completely converted.

The Specials - Specials: A Message to You Rudy obviously should stay but I also love the energy of Concrete Jungle.

Panda Bear - Person Pitch: I don't know if there's any easy way to get into this album unless you're already a fan of him or Animal Collective so I'll just pick my favorites which are both SUPER long tracks but great all the way through: Bros and Good Girl / Carrots.
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844. Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith : The White Lady Loves You More - Christian Brothers (I know Needle in the Way is a critical darling but it would not be in my top 30 Elliott Smith songs)

832. The Roots - undun : The OtherSide - Tip the Scale
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Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place: Not exactly any clunkers on this one, only five tracks and they're all good. I feel like First Breath After Coma or Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean are the two that I invariably think of when I'm thinking about EITS in general.

Slayer - Reign in Blood: I was actually just listening to this again today, Rick Rubin didn't produce metal albums too often (although a few times with Slayer) which is a shame because this album FUCKING RULES! :music-guitarred: The two classic tracks, Angel of Death and Raining Blood, are still the best. The mixing on both of these songs has every sound in the exactly perfect place and sound more crisp than almost anything else in the genre, I could fawn over Raining Blood in particular for days but I'll just say I don't know if thrash metal has ever sounded this good or so catchy as it is here.

Sleigh Bells - Treats: For a very brief period of time after this album came out I remember people saying that, for better or worse, this might be the direction of rock going forward (probably better that it didn't, this sound would've gone stale real quick). I will say that Treats sounded amazing at the time and still holds up well in that Sleigh Bells had such a distinctive style, best seen on Infinity Guitars and Rill Rill (style borrowed from heavy Funkadelic sample notwithstanding).

The Beatles - Beatles for Sale: In my eyes the worst Beatles album, and it's amazing. Half of the tracks would be great in the playlist but my personal favorites go to the first two tracks of the album (both sung by Lennon), No Reply and I'm a Loser. The latter of which being a sharp contrast in topic after all the love songs they had written up to this point.

The Roots - undun: I'm very glad undun seems to be a forum favorite of sorts because I was crushed to see it snubbed so much by the end of the decade, Sleep doesn't sound like anything else in their discography and has some incredible wordplay, Make My is just gorgeous.

Fugees - The Score: I used to be obsessed with this. I can't think of a better mission statement by a group than Fu-Gee-La which also sounds great and basically every line is quotable (surprisingly all of the song's remixes are great too if you haven't heard them). Although clearly not written by them, Fugee's rendition of Killing Me Softly is unmissable and for my money its the definitive version of the track.

Sufjan Stevens - Michigan: So many of Sufjan's albums are great that I truly can't remember where I've ranked Michigan in his discography, there's at least a dozen songs that are worthy for this playlist but I'll settle for Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) and Oh Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!) which are probably most representative of the album.
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842. Camarón – La leyenda del tiempo
- Volando voy
- Nana del caballo grande

826. Johnny Cash | American III: Solitary Man
- The Mercy Seat
- I See a Darkness
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841. Laurie Anderson | Big Science
O Superman is the obvious choice (and it deserves all the praise it gets). My other choice is Example #22, but there really are quite a lot of great songs on there.

Rob wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:44 pm
Schüttelbirne wrote: Fri Oct 30, 2020 8:54 pm 870. Carla Bley & Paul Haines | Escalator Over the Hill: I wholeheartedly agree with the official picks Hotel Overture (one of the best pieces of jazz of the '70s)
I was listening to this yesterday as it came up while playing this list randomly. I didn't know what to expect from something tagged as 'experimental big band', but this was quite awesome. Will check out the full album.
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a larger set for me this time

857. Stereolab – Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
Sorry for omiting the obvious Jenny Ondoline but Toneburst, Crest

850. Cat Power – You Are Free
Very difficult, such a consistent album. Good woman for sure and .. lets say … Maybe not

843. Kae Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
Obviously Tunnel vision and (more difficult) Perfect Coffee

841. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
I#m fine with the preselection O superman, Born, never asked

839. Stereolab – Mars Audiac Quintet
Transona Five and Outer Accelerator

836. Julee Cruise – Floating into the Night
The Nightingale and if Falling is already in for the Twin Peaks OST then I Remember

827. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Push the Sky Away
Higgs Boson Blues and the icy cold Push the Sky away
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Rob wrote: Sat Oct 31, 2020 9:44 pm
Bourée is not from Aqualung, but from two albums earier: Stand Up. You can have another vote here.
Sorry, I change my choice for Cross-Eyed Mary.
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850. Cat Power – You Are Free Don't agree with the critics : Werewolf and He War are my favourite.
835. The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow S.F.Sorrow Is Born and Old Man Going but it's not a song album.
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Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith: Agree with the critics on this one, Needle in the Hay.
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes: I Follow Rivers, and hope to see more love for Sadness is A Blessing.
Julee Cruise - Floating Into the Night: Falling, and Floating edges The Nightingale.
Big Thief - U.F.O.F.: Almost every track could be a highlight, but I find the title track UFOF always stands out..
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away: Higgs Boson Blues, Jubilee Street.
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Taking a backseat from commenting for the next few days, votes will still be forthcoming from me, however:

I Speak Because I Can: Goodbye England (All Covered in Snow) & Devil's Spoke
Reign in Blood: Raining Blood & Reborn
Let Them Eat Chaos: Tunnel Vision & Grubby
The Lion's Roar: Emmylou & King of the World

EDIT: Crossed out 'All', which doesn't appear in the full title of my top Laura Marling pick.
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All the usual updates have been done.
rumpdoll wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:25 am 836. Julee Cruise – Floating into the Night
The Nightingale and if Falling is already in for the Twin Peaks OST then I Remember
Falling didn't get a single vote for Twin Peaks, probably because this album, where it originated from, was still coming. Does this mean that I can put a vote for Falling from you here?

The playlist:
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Guess who is coming to dinner today:

825. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Sin City (2)
Hot Burrito #1 (2)
Dark End of the Street (1)
Hot Burrito #2 (1)

824. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
Brilliant Disguise (1)
Tunnel of Love (1)
Tougher Than the Rest (1)
Valentine’s Day (1)

823. dEUS – In a Bar, Under the Sea
Gimme Heat (1)
Guilty Pleasures (1)

822. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Let’s Stay Together (2)
La-La for You (1)
It Ain’t No Fun to Me (1)

821. Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Open Eye Signal (4)
Immunity (2)
We Disappear (1)
Abandon Window (1)

820. Santana – Santana
Soul Sacrifice (3)
Evil Ways (3)
Waiting (1)
Jingo (1)

819. Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1)
The Calvary Cross (1)
The End of the Rainbow (1)
When I Get to the Border (1)

818. Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
I’m a Fool to Want You (3)
You’ve Changed (2)
For Heaven’s Sake (1)
I Get Along Without You Very Well (1)
But Beautiful (1)

817. Lynyrd Skynyrd | (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
Free Bird (1)
Gimme Three Steps (1)
Things Goin’ On (1)
Simple Man (1)
Tuesday’s Gone (1)

816. Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
The Jezebel Spirit (3)
Regiment (3)
America is Waiting (2)
Help Me Somebody (1)
Mea Culpa (1)

815. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
Claire de Lune (1)
The Next Step (1)
Change of the Guard (1)
Re Run Home (1)

814. Suede – Suede
Animal Nitrate (1)
The Drowners (1)

813. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
Fluorescent Adolescent (4)
505 (2)
Brianstorm (1)

812. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues
Last Stop: This Town (1)
P.S. You Rock My World (1)
My Descent Into Madness (1)
Cancer for Cure (1)

811. Drake – Take Care
Marvin’s Room (O)
Take Care (O)

810. The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
Queen of Eyes (1)
Underwater Moonlight (1)

809. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1)
Love is a Stranger (1)

808. Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
Living in Another World (3)
Time It’s Time (2)
Give It Up (1)

807. Anaïs Mitchell – Hadestown
Why We Build the Wall (2)
Way Down Hadestown (1)
Wedding Song (1)

806. The Avalanches – Wildflower
Subways (3)
Because I’m Me (1)
Frankie Sinatra (1)
Harmony (1)
Colours (1)
If I Was a Folkstar (1)

805. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Good Son
The Ship Song (3)
The Weeping Song (2)
The Hammer Song (1)

804. The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Goin’ Back (1)
Wasn’t Born to Follow (1)
Get to You (1)
Natural Harmony (1)
Draft Morning (1)

803. Sheena Ringo | 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 (Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana)
"Funeral" (葬列 Sōretsu) (2)
"Camouflage" (迷彩 Meisai) (1)
"Religion" (宗教 Shūkyō) (1)"As You Wish" (おこのみで Okonomi de) (1)
"Rush Job" (やっつけ仕事 Yattsuke Shigoto) (1)

802. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
Really Doe (2)
Ain’t It Funny (1)
Pneumonia (1)

801. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
Star Sign (1)
What You Do to Me (1)
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My votes for today:

820. Santana – Santana
Soul Sacrifice
Waiting

816. Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
America is Waiting
The Jezebel Spirit

805. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Good Son
The Ship Song
The Hammer Song

They are of course included in the list above, as are Acroamor's premature votes (he voted ahead alot).
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Finally, we are now a week in here and there has been steady participation, but there are still some albums without votes. Here are the ones from the first 100 that don't have any fan favorite votes yet:

999. Phil Collins – No Jacket Required
992. Daryl Hall & Johnny Oats – Private Eyes
985. X – Wild Gift
974. American Football – American Football
968. Tom Zé - Estudando o samba
956. Cat Power – Moon Pix
949. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory
944. Fever Ray – Plunge
937. The Sonics – Here Are the Sonics!!
927. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
921. The Velvet Underground – VU
917. George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
914. Green Day – nimrod.
913. Aaliyah – Aaliyah
904. Alvvays – Antisocialites

Any fans of these who want to name their favorite tracks?
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810. The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight

Underwater Moonlight
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Santana – Santana:
Evil ways
Jingo
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819. Richard & Linda Thompson | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
My votes go to The End of the Rainbow and When I Get to the Border, but there really are so many worthy songs on this album that it's hard to decide.

818. Billie Holiday | Lady in Satin
A very consistent album. Today I choose I Get Along Without You Very Well and But Beautiful.

807. Anaïs Mitchell | Hadestown
Why We Build the Wall is a necessity, but I may like Way Down Hadestown even more.

803. Sheena Ringo | 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 (Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana)
"As You Wish" (おこのみで Okonomi de) and Camouflage (迷彩 Meisai). Not being able to simply type the song titles is annoying.
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Estudando o samba:

Vai (Menina Amanhã De Manhã)
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Nimrod:
Redundant
Prosthetic Head

Santana:
Evil Ways
Soul Sacrifice

Atrocity Exhibition:
Really Doe
Ain't it funny

Hadestown:
Why We Build the Wall
Wedding Song
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825. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Sin City
Hot Burrito #1

817. Lynyrd Skynyrd | (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
Free Bird
Simple Man

813. Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
Fluorescent Adolescent
For a second one, I can't decide between Brianstorm, If You Were There, Beware, and 505

804. The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Goin’ Back
Get to You
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Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare: 505, Fluorescent Adolescent
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring: Time It’s Time, Living in Another World.
The Avalanches - Wildflower: Colours.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son: The Weeping Song, The Ship Song.
Sheena Ringo | 加爾基 精液 栗ノ花 (Kalk Samen Kuri no Hana): "Religion" (宗教 Shūkyō), "Funeral" (葬列 Sōretsu)
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850. Cat Power – You Are Free

I Don't Blame You
He War

835. The Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow

Baron Saturday
SF Sorrow Is Born
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812. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues

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818. Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
- I'm a Fool to Want You
- You've Changed

816. Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
- Regiment
- The Jezebel Spirit

815. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
- The Next Step
- Clair de Lune

805. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son
- The Ship Song
- The Weeping Song

801. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
- What You Do to Me
- Star Sign
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875. Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Tainted Love
Say Hello Wave Goodbye

856. Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Too Darn Hot

854. The Specials – Specials
Too Much Too Young
Message to You Rudy

853. Suzanne Vega – Solitude Standing
Gypsy
Luka

848. Explosions in the Sky – The Earth Is Not a Cold Place
First Breath After Coma
The Only Moment We Were Alone

841. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
O Superman
Let X=X / It Tango

840. The Beatles – Beatles for Sale
No Reply
I’ll Follow the Sun
[I grew up with Beatles '65 so that is the version I voted for & the tweaked track listing really works, swapping out some of the weaker songs for I Feel Fine, She's A Woman & I'll Be Back - adding these in the mix plus I'm A Loser makes picking the 2 best songs on this album the toughest choice so far!)

833. First Aid Kit – The Lion’s Roar
Emmylou
I Found a Way

831. Sufjan Stevens – Michigan
For the Widows In Paradise, For the Fatherless In Ypsilanti
Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)

826. Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
The Mercy Seat
Solitary Man

818. Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
You've Changed
I’m a Fool to Want You

815. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
Change of the Guard
Re Run Home

814. Suede – Suede
Animal Nitrate
The Drowners
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Rob wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:12 pm All the usual updates have been done.
rumpdoll wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:25 am 836. Julee Cruise – Floating into the Night
The Nightingale and if Falling is already in for the Twin Peaks OST then I Remember
Falling didn't get a single vote for Twin Peaks, probably because this album, where it originated from, was still coming. Does this mean that I can put a vote for Falling from you here?
yes

and for today I only have

808. Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
Living in another world and Time it's time
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841. Laurie Anderson – Big Science
From the Air
O Superman

836. Julee Cruise – Floating into the Night
Falling
Mysteries of Love

834. The Roots – Undun
Sleep
The OtherSide

829. Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
Cattails
Jenni

824. Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
Tougher Than the Rest
Brilliant Disguise

822. Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Let's Stay Together
La-La for You

821. Jon Hopkins – Immunity
We Disappear
Open Eye Signal

816. Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
America is Waiting
Mea Culpa

808. Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
Living in Another World
Give it Up
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My picks for Immunity: Open Eye Signal & Abandon Window
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821. Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Immunity (title track)
Open Eye Signal

806. The Avalanches – Wildflower
If I Was a Folkstar
Subways
(anything but Frankie Sinatra!)
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Yes, it is that time again where I announce that I have updated the scores and changed the playlist and posts accordingly. It's true!
Jackson wrote: Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:32 pm (anything but Frankie Sinatra!)
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Here are the 25 albums of today. I haven't heard all of them, but supposedly they all got music that makes sounds on them.

800. The Jam – Setting Sons
Thick as Thieves (1)
Private Hell (1)

799. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Beautiful Day (1)
Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of (1)

798. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Don’t Start Now (2)
Break My Heart (1)
Levitating (1)
Future Nostalgia (1)
Love Again (1)

797. Kanye West – Graduation
Stronger (3)
Flashing Lights (2)
Good Life (1)
Everything I Am (1)
Can’t Tell Me Nothing (1)

796. Tim Buckley – Starsailor
Down by the Borderline (2)
Song to the Siren (1)
Jungle Fire (1)

795. CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe
We Sink (2)
Lies (1)
By the Throat (1)

794. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
3030 (2)
Mastermind (1)
Madness (1)
Things You Can Do (1)
Positive Contact (1)

793. Deep Purple – Deep Purple in Rock
Child in Time (3)
Bloodsucker (2)
Speed King (1)

792. Donna Summer – Bad Girls
Hot Stuff (O)
Bad Girls (O)

791. John Coltrane – Ascension
Ascension (1)
This one is confusing. The album consists of one song in two parts (as the whole track couldn’t be put on vinyl in one piece, I guess). AM just calls it one song. That’s not very problematic for this project per se, but there exists an Edition I and Edition II. Edition II was released as a replacement of Edition I in the very same year as the original release and I think it was meant to become the standard. Nowadays, both versions are easily available. Which do we use here?

790. Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
First of the Gang to Die (3)
Irish Blood, English Heart (3)

789. Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
Middle of the Road (1)
My City Was Gone (1)

788. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Expecting to Fly (3)
Rock and Roll Woman (2)
A Child’s Claim to Fame (1)
Bluebird (1)
Broken Arrow (1)

787. Wilco – Being There
Misunderstood (2)
Red-Eyed and Blue (2)

786. Genesis – Selling England by the Pound
Firth of Fifth (2)
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (1)
The Cinema Show (1)

785. David Bowie – The Next Day
Where Are We Now? (1)
The Stars Are Out Tonight (1)
The Next Day (1)
Valentines Day (1)

784. Nina Simone – Wild is the Wind
Wild is the Wind (2)
Lilac Wine (2)

783. R.E.M. – Fables of the Reconstruction
Driver 8 (1)
Life and How to Live It (1)

782. Moondog – Moondog
Symphonique #6 (Good For Goodie) (1)
Lament I, “Bird’s Lament” (1)

781. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1)
Wooden Ships (1)

780. The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed
The Night (2)
The Afternoon (1)
Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling (1)
Evening (1)
The Day Begins (1)

779. Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
Afterglow of Your Love (1)
Mad John (1)

778. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
Crazy (4)
Smiley Faces (1)
St. Elsewhere (1)
Transformer (1)
Gone Daddy Gone (1)

777. The Police – Outlandos D’Amour
Roxanne (1)
Can’t Stand Losing You (1)

776. Depeche Mode – Black Celebration
Stripped (1)
A Question of Time (1)
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I only had one album today:

785. David Bowie – The Next Day
The Stars Are Out Tonight
The Next Day

Keep them votes a-coming!
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Rob wrote: Sun Nov 01, 2020 9:14 pm Guess who is coming to dinner today:
Thanks, that's reminded me to include the Black Uhuru song in my list for 1979!

Gilded Palace of Sin: Dark End of the Street & Sin City
Let's Stay Together: there's no way I could overlook the title track and I would choose...Broken Heart as a backup but just so to include at least one track a newcomer may not have heard, I'll go with It Ain't No Fun to Me
Byrd Brothers: Wasn't Born to Follow & Natural Harmony
Setting Sons: Thick as Thieves & Private Hell, though I so easily could've settled on Burning Sky or Saturday's Kids
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795. CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe
Lies

I'll think of a second one later
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818. Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin What a voice, what a fucking incredible voice...pfff... I’m a Fool to Want You and For Heaven's Sake
816. Brian Eno & David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Regiment and The Jezebel spirit
812. Eels – Electro-Shock Blues Cancer For The Cure and My Descent Into Madness. Eels is a giant artist.
809. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and Love is a Stranger
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795. CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe : surprisingly hard to pick 2 favorite, but I'll go with We Sink and By The Throat (but Recover, Lies, The Mother We Share and Recover are all great picks too)
778. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere : sticking with the critics and the singles : Crazy - Smiley Faces
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796. Tim Buckley – Starsailor
Down by the Borderline
Jungle Fire

794. Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
3030
Madness

793. Deep Purple – Deep Purple in Rock
Child in Time
Bloodsucker

782. Moondog – Moondog
Symphonique #6 (Good For Goodie)
Lament I, “Bird’s Lament” (O)

The top Deep Purple, Time Buckley, and Moondog songs above are in my all-time T100.
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790. Morrissey – You Are the Quarry First Of The Gang To Die and Irish Blood, English Heart agree with the critics.
785. David Bowie – The Next Day Where are we now? and Valentines day how Where Are We Now? can't be on the top of the critics?
780. The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed Nights in White Satin/ The Night and Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling
778. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere Crazy is obvious. St Elsewhere is my second choice but this album is full of great songs.
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799. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Beautiful Day
Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of

798. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Don’t Start Now
Levitating

797. Kanye West – Graduation
Flashing Lights
Stronger

788. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Expecting to Fly
A Child's Claim to Fame
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796. Tim Buckley – Starsailor

Song to the Siren
Down by the Borderline

Also, it's worth noting that Black Night only appears on reissues of Deep Purple in Rock and not on the original album.
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The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin: My votes go to the tasty Hot Burrito #1 and Hot Burrito #2.

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love: If you haven't listened to any of Bruce's albums you should probably not start with this one since it's pretty far removed from his classic work, best exemplified in Tunnel of Love. The excellent final track, Valentine's Day is probably the closest you'll get to the old Bruce here.

Santana - Santana: The two hits from his debut, Evil Ways and Soul Sacrifice still sound awesome today and should go on the playlist.

Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight: I greatly prefer Shoot Out the Lights to this album but this one is still pretty great. My votes go to the Title Track and The Calvary Cross.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd): I do like Free Bird a lot but it's pretty bloated and at this point is more the butt of bad jokes from Boomers and Millennials alike. Instead, Tuesday's Gone and Gimme Three Steps should go on the playlist as my next favorite hits off the album.

Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts: It took me a while to get into this one, for me I would consider Regiment and Help Me Somebody as something close to accessible.

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare: I think their first album is great but as far as I'm concerned this is even better. Brianstorm is a killer intro and is a good reminder that these guys were pretty talented musicians in addition to being great songwriters, while Fluorescent Adolescent has some of the best lyrics of their career (and also a great music video if you haven't seen it).

The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers: The lesser of their two albums from 1968 is still very good, my favorites have always been Draft Morning and Triad.

Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition: I was disappointed that XXX didn't make it on the list but Atrocity Exhibition is still one of the most nutty and best hip hop albums of the decade (or any decade for that matter). For the sake of the playlist, most tracks would not be a good introduction so I vote for two of the most enjoyable cuts, Really Doe and Pneumonia.
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Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia:
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798. Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
Don’t Start Now
Love Again

797. Kanye West – Graduation
Stronger
Flashing Lights
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I'm regretting only submitting a list of 500 albums now. Lots of the albums in these lower reaches would have been in a top 1000.

Morrissey – You Are the Quarry: First of the Gang to Die, Irish Blood, English Heart.
Genesis – Selling England by the Pound: Firth of Fifth, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight.
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793. Deep Purple – Deep Purple in Rock
Child In Time
Speed King

789. Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
Middle Of The Road
My City Was Gone

788. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Bluebird
Rock And Roll Woman

780. The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed
The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?): (Evening) Time to Get Away
Evening: The Sun Set: Twilight Time

779. Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
After Glow
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790. Morrissey – You Are the Quarry
- First of the Gang to Die
- Irish Blood, English Heart

788. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
- Broken Arrow
- Expecting to Fly
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Kanye West - Graduation: If you already find Kanye obnoxious then this album probably won't change your mind, for me this is when his lyrics started to go a little downhill. With that said, there is a suite of excellent pop songs here that, while sounding very dated now, still stand as some of the most fun and iconic hit songs of the 2000's. My personal favorites here are Good Life and Everything I Am.

John Coltrane - Ascension: Both editions are great but I generally lean towards Edition 2 when I go to put this album on, I think Spotify just lists this as Edition 2 - Pt. 1 and Edition 2 - Pt. 2.

Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again: I gravitate to Neil's songs for the most part (especially Expecting to Fly) but the song that always gets stuck in my head is Rock & Roll Woman with Stills singing.

Wilco - Being There: Misunderstood is a perfect balance between Wilco's alt-country roots and the more experimental wackiness that would define some of their later records, while Red-Eyed and Blue is typically lovely and would fit in the playlist nicely.

R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction: Narratively Driver 8 doesn't really go anywhere as far as I can tell but that doesn't really matter with melodies this good! What really confuses me is how Life and How to Live It is completely unranked on AM (maybe this would be a good submission to Holden's new tournament?), the guitar riff kills, every instrument is mixed perfectly and equally sound amazing, the backing vocals create a lovely harmony, and the chorus is somehow more exciting than the breakneck intro and verse before it.

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash: I wholeheartedly agree with the consensus, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes and Wooden Ships are essential. These songs seem to still be radio gold in the U.S., you can hear them at least once a day on one channel or other.

The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed: It's pretty bold (or conceited) to start a rock album with a symphonic overture and spoken word recitation but The Day Begins somehow justifies it. The Night is especially epic in an album filled with epic and cinematic songs (movements?).

Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere: If you don't love Crazy than I don't trust you. My other vote goes to the manic Transformer that's also pretty crazy.
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