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The list so far :

50. Bigg Jus - Machines That Make Civilization Fun
49. Helm - Impossible Symmetry
48. Haleek Maul - Oxyconteen
47. The XX - Coexist
46. Purity Ring - Shrine
45. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Timon Irnok Manta
44. Triad God - NXB
43. Carter Tutti Void - Transverse
42. Schoolboy Q - Habits and Contradictions
41. Cocaine 80s - Express 0G EP
40. Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
39. Black Breath - Sentenced to Life
38. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
37. Le1f - Dark York
36. Gunplay - Bogota Rich: The Prequel
35. Young Smoke - Space Zone
34. Lorenzo Senni - Quantum Jelly
33. Altered Natives - Tenement Yard vol.3
32. D'eon - Music for Keyboards vol.1
31. Nas - Life is Good
30. Supreme Cuts - Whispers in the Dark
29. Ricardo Villalobos - Dependent and Happy
28. Ariel Pink & R. Stevie Moore - Ku Klux Glam
27. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
26. Grimes - Visions
25. Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones
24. The Internet - Purple Naked Ladies
23. Heroin in Tahiti - Death Surf
22. Future - Pluto
21. Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Black is Beautiful

If I had to bet on one magazine for Swans at first place, it would be Fact !

Nassim wrote: If I had to bet on one magazine for Swans at first place, it would be Fact !

I'm trying to think of what else they gave 5 stars this year...I know Kendrick got 5 stars, so did the Weeknd's Trilogy, but they gave House of Balloons first place last year. Was surprised in looking back that Frank Ocean only got 4, but he's a lock for at least a spot on the list. Actress will rate pretty highly too, that album got 4.5. All in all, it's a pretty good chance.

I would say Tiny Mix Tapes also would be a good bet for Swans.

Kendrick has this one in the bag. Swans will top cokemachineglow and TMT I reckon, probably top 3 for Fact

20. Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
19. Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
18. Wiley - It's All Fun & Games Til [mixtape compilation of Step Freestyles 1-10]
17. I:Cube - "M" Megamix
16. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
15. Sand Circles - Motor City
14. Julia Holter - Ekstasis
13. Madteo - Noi No
12. Jeremih - Late Nights with Jeremih
11. Actress - R.I.P.

Ddiamondd wrote:Kendrick has this one in the bag. Swans will top cokemachineglow and TMT I reckon, probably top 3 for Fact

Looking like Swans will T5 Drowned in Sound too, I forgot they had given it a perfect score. Also like 50% of The Quietus' content has been Swans-related over the last few months.

Surprised to see Actress and Julia Holter out of Fact's top 10. Trying to think of what will join KL and Swans in the top 10, maybe El-P, probably Laurel Halo and some other stuff from the Wire list, Burial if they count it...

10. Wolfgang Voight - Ruckverzauberung 6
9. Swans - The Seer
8. Terrence Dixon - From the Far Future Pt. 2
7. Jam City - Classical Curves
6. How to Dress Well - Total Loss
5. SpaceGhostPurrp - God of Black
4. Horrid Red - Celestial Joy
3. Cooly G - Playin Me
2. Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994-1996 / Dutch Tvashar Plumes
1. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.D. city

I go to FACT at least once a week and had only heard of 4 of the top 10 artists before I saw this list. I feel like they're becoming more and more obscure each year with their selections.

Songs (sorry, I did not have the courage to retype it, so capital letters everywhere !)

100: JESSIE WARE - ’110%’
99: MO KOLOURS - ‘RIDDA MOUNTAIN’
98: WBEEZA - ‘BILLY GREEN IS DED’
97: RIHANNA feat. FUTURE - ‘LOVEEEEEEE SONG’
96: KAREN GWYER - ‘NO MOONDOGGIES FOR THREE WEEKS’
95: 5KINANDBONE5 - ‘RESET’
94: RANDOMER - ‘GET YOURSELF TOGETHER’
93: JUSTIN MARTIN - ‘DON’T GO’ (DUSKY REMIX)
92: TRENDS - ‘GREEN FOREST’
91: SUPREME CUTS & HALEEK MAUL feat. DENIRO FARRAR - ‘THE DUMMY’
90: HOLLY HERNDON - ‘BREATHE’
89: SCOTT WALKER - ‘SEE YOU DON’T BUMP HIS HEAD’
88: GRASS WIDOW - ‘GOLDILOCKS ZONE’
87: KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN - ‘ISSUE GENERATOR (FOR ELIANE RADIGUE)’
86: DJ Q - ‘ALL JUNGLIST’
85: JULIO BASHMORE - ‘AU SEVE’
84: DEAN BLUNT & INGA COPELAND - ’9′
83: TRIM feat. RIKO - ‘LORD OF LORDS’
82: KITTY PRYDE - ‘OKAY CUPID’
81: ANDY STOTT - ‘LUXURY PROBLEMS’
80: SPACEGHOSTPURRP - ‘MYSTICAL MAZE’
79: CONTAINER - ‘PARALYZED’
78: KANYE WEST feat. BIG SEAN, PUSHA T AND 2 CHAINZ - ‘MERCY’
77: BONDAX - ‘BABY I GOT THAT’
76: CHIEF KEEF feat. LIL REESE - ‘I DON’T LIKE’
75: THROWING SNOW - ‘CLAMOR’
74: DISCLOSURE - ‘BOILING’ (EL-B REMIX)
73: DVA feat. NATALIE MADDIX - ‘EYE KNOW’
72: ALUNAGEORGE - ‘JUST A TOUCH’
71: JOHN MAUS - ‘NO TITLE (MOLLY)‘
70: BLACKSMIF - ‘…AND THE SUN ROSE OUT’
69: GUNPLAY feat. TRIPLE CS - ‘FUCK SHIT IN MY LIFE’
68: BANDSHELL - ‘DUST MARCH’
67: KCAT - ‘BROKEN’ (MIKE DELINQUENT RADIO EDIT)
66: KOWTON - ‘DES BISOUS’
65: BOBBY WOMACK - ‘PLEASE FORGIVE MY HEART’ (FUNK VERSION)
64: MAIN ATTRAKIONZ feat. DAVINCI - ‘DO IT FOR THE BAY’
63: SKY FERREIRA - ‘EVERYTHING IS EMBARRASSING’
62: CHAMPION - ‘CRYSTAL METH’
61: MALA - ‘STAND AGAINST WAR’
60: ACTION BRONSON feat. RIFF RAFF - ‘BIRD ON A WIRE’
59: ANGEL HAZE - ‘NEW YORK’
58: LUKID - ‘USSR’
57: CHROMATICS - ‘BACK FROM THE GRAVE’
56: JUICY J feat. LIL WAYNE & 2 CHAINZ - ‘BANDZ A MAKE HER DANCE’
55: FUNKINEVEN & FATIMA - ‘PHONE LINE’
54: BAAUER - ‘HARLEM SHAKE’
53: BUSTA RHYMES feat. CHRIS BROWN, MISSY ELLIOTT & LIL WAYNE - ‘WHY STOP NOW’ (REMIX)
52: TESSELA - ‘D JANE’
51: MIKEQ feat. JAY KARAN - ‘LET IT ALL OUT 2012′
50: GEEEMAN - ‘BANG’T’
49: BENEATH - ‘STILL HURTS’
48: SCHOOLBOY Q feat. A$AP ROCKY - ‘HANDS ON THE WHEEL’
47: S-TYPE - ‘BILLBOARD’
46: CASSIE feat. YOUNG JEEZY - ‘BALCONY’
45: A$AP MOB - ‘BANGING ON WAXX’
44: TNGHT - ‘HIGHER GROUND’
43: M.I.A. - ‘BAD GIRLS’
42: HOW TO DRESS WELL - ‘& IT WAS U’
41: MIGUEL - ‘ADORN’
40: AVA LUNA - ‘ICE LEVEL’
39: MELÉ - ‘GOLD CASIO’
38: BLAWAN - ‘WHY THEY HIDE THEIR BODIES UNDER MY GARAGE?’
37: LE1F - ‘WUT’
36: MADTEO - ‘RUGRATS DON’T TECHNO FOR AN ANSWER’
35: EVY JANE - ‘SAYSO’
34: MYKKI BLANCO - ‘WAVVY’
33: TINASHE - ‘BOSS’ (RYAN HEMSWORTH REMIX)
32: AMBER LONDON - ‘LOW MF KEY’
31: LOGOS - ‘KOWLOON’
30: WILEY feat. RIKO, MANGA & FLOWDAN - ‘F OFF’
29: EVIAN CHRIST - ‘MYD’
28: NAS - ‘THE DON’
27: OBJEKT - ‘CACTUS’
26: JAI PAUL - ‘JASMINE (DEMO)’
25: BOOKWORMS - ‘AFRICAN RHYTHMS’
24: JOY ORBISON & BODDIKA - ‘SWIMS’
23: GRIMES - ‘GENESIS’
22: SILENT SERVANT - ‘TEMPTATION & DESIRE’
21: USHER - ‘CLIMAX’
20: FUTURE - ‘TURN ON THE LIGHTS’
19: PREDITAH - ‘CIRCLES’
18: CONRAD SCHNITZLER - ‘ZUG’ (MAX LODERBAUER & RICARDO VILLALOBOS SORGENKIND-MIX)
17: KODIAK - ‘SPREO SUPERBUS’
16: JEREMIH - ’773 LOVE’
15: GIRL UNIT - ‘ENSEMBLE’ (CLUB MIX)
14: DARQ E FREAKER feat. DANNY BROWN - ‘BLUEBERRY (PILLS AND COCAINE)’
13: FRANK OCEAN - ‘THINKIN BOUT YOU’
12: RICK ROSS feat. GUNPLAY, STALLEY, WALE, MEEK MILL & KENDRICK LAMAR - ‘POWER CIRCLE’
11: ALDEN TYRELL feat. MIKE DUNN - ‘TOUCH THE SKY’
10: BLOOM - ‘QUARTZ’
09: VATICAN SHADOW - ‘CAIRO IS A HAUNTED CITY’
08: ODD FUTURE - ‘OLDIE’
07: KUEDO - ‘LIVE WORK AND SLEEP IN COLLAPSING SPACE’ (LAUREL HALO REMIX)
06: ZEBRA KATZ feat. NJENA REDD FOXX - ‘IMA READ’
05: JESSIE WARE - RUNNING (DISCLOSURE REMIX)
04: KENDRICK LAMAR feat. GUNPLAY - ‘CARTOON AND CEREAL’
03: KING BRITT PRESENTS FHLOSTON PARADIGM - ‘THE CHASE’
02: JULIA HOLTER - ‘MARIENBAD’
01: ANDRÉS - ‘NEW FOR U’