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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Rosal%C3%ADa_El_mal_querer.png Rosalía – El mal querer It's been a long long time since the last time I participated on an "Albums of…" thread, exactly five years ago (see here ). This doesn't mean that I don't follow these threads (that by t...

14 albums updated in only one week thanks to Akhenaten (4), Toni (4), antonius (3), bootsy (2) and Elder, with antonius and bootsy almost getting to the Top 5 of voters. The albums updated were: - Nevermind - Funeral - London Calling - Thriller - good kid, m.A.A.d city - The Beatles (White Album) - ...

Thank you very much, Brad! I would like to point to your tributes (by means of a quote) to Aretha Franklin and Marty Balin on the week they died, tributes that maybe got overlooked by many. If I'm not wrong you did the same on previous years with Chris Squire and Tom Petty (and probably many others ...

We are in the final so, as I did on the previous 3 editions, it's time to include the songs where Brad's quotes come from. Again we have a fantastic collection of quotes and a fantastic collection of songs (in fact the Spotify playlist I endorse has been my favourite during the last weeks for listen...

Welcome to Rank the Tracks, Akhenaten!

Hey, Rob, thank you very much for giving the album its proper due. This album could well be considered the first Americana album even if this title should go to the Basement Tapes (recorded before but released years after "John Wesley Harding"). Dylan along with The Band made, during the h...

Thank you very much, Rob! That means a lot to me since I'm a big fan of you, I love your reviews. About Sufjan I agree with you wholeheartedly. Religions (and populist political leaders) offer easy solutions to complex problems. One good thing about Sufjan is that he doesn't hide contradictions, con...

btw, awesome write-up on Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Honorio! do you happen to know where I can find that excellent breakdown of Hendrix's guitar solo in All Along The Watchtower you once wrote? I think about it every time I hear that song but not sure where on here you posted it! Been meaning...

16 albums updated in 3 weeks thanks to antonius (6), bootsy (4), Krurze (3), Elder (2), fasbjd, FrankLotion and SJner. Hey, antonius, you are already among the Top 10 voters! The albums updated were: - Funeral - Pet Sounds - Channel Orange - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Remain in Light - Elephant - The St...

[imgsize 150x150:1c69my8b]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Sleater-Kinney_The_Woods.jpg [imgsize 150x150:1c69my8b]https://images2.imgbox.com/8d/eb/ciu06XhI_o.jpg Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005) vs. Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966) Women and Fridmann first. Sle...

Quarter finals? One-line comments... [imgsize 150x150:1i025a1j]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/My_Favorite_Things.jpg 1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961) vs. 7. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005) Coltrane intense but playful sax, Tyner subdued but rich piano, Jones solid backi...

Well, I just voted on the Hall of Fame for the very first time (by the way I voted for Radiohead, The Cure, Kraftwerk, Todd Rundgren and Janet Jackson). But despite having participated I still despise the R&R Hall of Shame. Last year I got really upset with the ridiculously low position of Radio...

Sorry in advance if I sound harsh from now on, Dexter, this is not my intention. First the positive: Dexter, congratulations for for the superb presentation. As some other have said, the GIFs and the Songfact features were extremely welcomed and gave an extra dimension to a list like this one. The n...

[imgsize 150x150:1688bwpo]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Sleater-Kinney_The_Woods.jpg [imgsize 150x150:1688bwpo]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Pixies-TrompeLeMondeCover.jpg 6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005) vs. 4. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991) [imgsize 150x150:16...

The first Sunday of October and more than 10 albums updated. The two criteria met today so here I go… 12 albums updated in 3 weeks thanks to antonius (4), FrankLotion (4), Elder (3) and SJner (2). The albums updated were: - Pet Sounds - Elvis Presley - Automatic for the People (2) - In the Wee Small...

Fourth round, no comments but cover arts instead... [imgsize 150x150:pv62x8hc]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/My_Favorite_Things.jpg [imgsize 150x150:pv62x8hc]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/ShesSoUnusual1984.PNG 1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1961) vs. 7. Cyndi...

To me the biggest surprise initially was the extremely high ranking of Magnolia, but I guess that is due to the two Supertramp songs, as well as Dreams by Gabrielle. Those three take up roughly 137 million of the streams, whereas only 3 songs by Mann herself crack a million streams (One, Wise Up an...

"I Shaved My Chest Today," hahaha, that's hilarious!

It's so great to see you together having so much fun. And it's great to see again Hannah and Melker, the truly wonderful kids of Henrik (they growed up a lot!).

[imgsize 150x150:2h7xzjtm]https://images2.imgbox.com/8d/eb/ciu06XhI_o.jpg 3. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991) vs. 4. Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987) Pixies: The Rock Album. The noisiest and rockiest Pixies album pales in comparison with "Surfer Rosa" and "Doolittle," the two maste...

[imgsize 150x150:2cp000oc]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Camel-Mirage.jpg 5. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005) vs. 7. The National - Trouble Will Find Me (2013) Well, Sleater-Kinney again. But this time with my favourite album by them (and I'm not alone in that, both RYM and BEA got ...

16 albums updated in two weeks thanks to Elder (9), antonius (4), SJner (2) and FrankLotion. The albums updated were: - Funeral - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - The Queen Is Dead - OK Computer - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Channel Orange - Odelay - Loveless - The Beatles (White Album) -...

A sad loss indeed. My favourite album by him is his back-to-the-roots album "Diwân" (1998) and my favourite song is "Ya Rayah" (1993). Some comments about the song I wrote back in 2012 for our fantastic first Foreign World Cup Poll: "The fabulous "Ya Rayah" is my c...

[imgsize 150x150:gkkimx9s]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Magnolia_album.jpg 6. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983) vs. 4. My Morning Jacket - Z (2005) Never liked Cyndi Lauper much (except her instant classic "Time After Time"). I saw her at the time as little more than ...

Oops, it was a mistake but OK, leave "My Love" as #26

1. TED NEELEY "Ghetsemane (I Just Want to Say)" (1973). Yeah, Brad, no guilt here! 2. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "Xanadu" (2000) 3. CLAUDIO BAGLIONI "Sabato pomeriggio" (1975) 4. STOCKARD CHANNING "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" (1978) 5. CULTURE CLUB "...

I will begin with a Top 10 but j I'll get to post a Top 25 later. Still planning to submit a Top 25? Sorry, I forgot about that. Well, I suppose I could come with a Top 25. But now I’m on my way to Budapest, I’ll be there until Sunday on a Congress and I won’t have time to do it this weekend. If yo...

Third round, time for some four-line comments... I lost three of my nominations on Round 2 ("American III: Solitary Man," "La Varieté" and "Baduizm") and my three remaining nominations appear this first week of Round 3 (obviously the ones I ranked from 1 to 3). [imgsize...

Wow, impressive turnout this week! If on the last update we needed 5 weeks to have 14 albums updated on the following 7 days we had no less than 18 albums updated (3 of them twice), a new record after the official "end" of the game, thanks to CupOfDreams (8), antonius (5), Elder (5), Frank...

Wow, that's fantastic! Henrik, at this point you have met A LOT of participants on the Forum. Jirin, I'm sure you enjoyed your stay in Stockholm (beautiful city!) and of course meeting Henrik. Glad to see that going to Monteliusvägen is becoming an AM tradition!

Welcome to Rank the Tracks, CupOfDreams!

Welcome to Rank the Tracks, Elder!

[imgsize 150x150:1myp1b7l]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/BaduizmErykah.jpg 1. Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997) vs. 5. Pet Shop Boys - Actually (1987) 2. Ennio Morricone - Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966) vs. 7. Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) 8. Paa...

First Sunday after more than 10 albums ranked so here I go... 14 albums updated this month thanks to antonius (9!), SJner (3), Romain and woodymac. Impressive catch-up, antonius! Hey, antonius, it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock'n'roll but we are waiting here (if you want to). The albums u...

[imgsize 150x150:23447zg5]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/2_Many_DJs-Radio_Soulwax_2.jpg 2. Pixies - Trompe le Monde (1991) vs. 3. The Black Keys - Brothers (2010) 1. 2 Many DJ's - As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 (2002) vs. 7. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact (2011) 6. The Knife - Deep C...

Just saw an excellent documentary on TV, "Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda" (2017). A fascinating insight on the music creative process.

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A bonus (and I promise I will stop after that), the Top 25 of songs written and sung by Aretha (ordered by Spotify streams) Name of the song | Date of release | Spotify streams until today (08/19/2018) 1. Think | 1968 | 58.984.117 2. Rock Steady | 1971 | 10.986.836 3. Who's Zoomin' Who | 1985 | 5.25...

The Top 20 songs of Aretha Franklin (according to Acclaimed Music) [imgsize 250x250:3jm0wv3q]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/ArethaRespect.jpg 1. Respect Year of release: 1967 Rankings in AM: All-Time #11 / 1960s #8 / 1967 #2 Songwriter: Otis Redding Producer: Jerry Wexler "Otis...

The Top 10 albums of Aretha Franklin (according to Acclaimed Music) [imgsize 250x250:2tsj14re]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Aretha_Franklin_%E2%80%93_I_Never_Loved_a_Man_the_Way_I_Love_You.jpg 1. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Year of release: 1967 Rankings in AM: All-Time ...

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