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Jackson

My top 500 songs of the decade. I have had a blast making this, uncovering new gems and rediscovering my appreciation for old ones in a process that started around this time last year. This decade is massively deep and I could have spent three more months going down this rabbit hole, but it's time ...

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I'm enjoying the Yves Tumor album as well. There's something about his style that's very accessible while still fitting into the "weird" bucket. At only 36 minutes for 12 songs with no dead spots, it just flies by. Worthy follow-up to Safe in the Hands of Love, which was one of my favorites of 2018....

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Jackson

Anyone who wanted to see this probably crunched the numbers long ago but I was interested to find out, so here's the 2010-16 counterpart of Nick's AM vs EOD analysis: 10. Caribou - Swim (#214) 6. Swans - The Seer (#131) 8. Beach House - Bloom (#130) 5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor (#254) 7. The National...

Jackson

My top 500 songs of the decade. I have had a blast making this, uncovering new gems and rediscovering my appreciation for old ones in a process that started around this time last year. This decade is massively deep and I could have spent three more months going down this rabbit hole, but it's time t...

Jackson

This year has gotten off to a hot start on the songs side. Some favorites so far in rough order: Jessie Ware - Spotlight Christine & The Queens - La vita nuova (feat. Caroline Polachek) Caribou - Never Come Back 070 Shake - Guilty Conscience Perfume Genius - Describe TOPS - I Feel Alive Soccer Mommy...

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Jackson

Natalia Lafourcade's Hasta la raíz has shown up on four lists on this page. I guess that's a song I need in my life!

Jackson

Yay for Weyes Blood pulling the upset! I thought it had a chance to win but because of enthusiasm vs. getting the highest number of votes....interesting to see the enthusiasm for NFR was higher but it got 5 fewer votes than TR. This is the most interesting AOTY pick we've had in some time.

Jackson

This is an exciting day of releases after a somewhat sleepy start to the year:

- New albums by Caribou and Soccer Mommy
- New EP by Christine & The Queens
- New singles by Jessie Ware, Kelly Lee Owens, and Lady Gaga

Christine & The Queens EP sounds great on first listen.

Jackson

That's higher than I would've expected for Grey Area, I guess I missed all those #1s on the individual lists! Is this the first album by a female artist to be our rap AOTY?

Jackson

I was curious, so I used 3100/(rank+30) for my Top 400 albums. Maybe it's recency bias, but 2019 came out great and 2010 not so much: 1: 2015 2: 2019 3: 2014 4: 2016 5: 2013 6: 2012 7: 2018 8: 2011 9: 2017 10: 2010 It's interesting, as 2019 had by far the most albums with 52 while 2015 had relative...

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FIBS is a nice forum special. I guess that one outgrew the moderately acclaimed game! Interesting that 7 of the 8 votes for the Jai Paul album were in the top ten. Was there anyone that didn't vote for it because they didn't consider it a 2019 album? I don't dislike the Ariana Grande album but it's ...

Jackson

Lana Del Rey: 1. The greatest 2. Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have - but I Have It 3. Doin' Time 4. Norman Fucking Rockwell *5. Mariner's Apartment Complex 6. California *7. Venice Bitch 8. Fuck It, I Love You 9. Looking for America 10. Cinnamon Girl 11. Happiness Is a Butterfly...

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I was turned off by Miss Anthropocene on first listen. My main issue is with the production: it's so loud and compressed that it reminds me of early-00s heavy rock music, and at times this makes the songs sound muddled and overwhelms the songwriting. It seems like she was so focused on creating a un...

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None of the images work for me on mobile or desktop - anyone else having this issue? My expected top ten: 1. Lana Del Ray - NFR 2. Weyes Blood - Titanic rising(I almost want to call for it to pull the upset) 3. FKA Twigs - MAGDALENE 4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen 5. Big Thief - UFOF 6. Bill...

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Awesome picture! Thanks for sharing and good job with the rollout. I thought Movies might hit top 5, but I'm happy with 8 and as an added bonus The Barrel did much better than I expected.

Could you paste the complete results in one post?

Jackson

Wow, that is a lot lower than I expected (or hoped) for Gone!

Jackson

I'm happy to see "Door" do so well. I liked the song since its release, but as I listened to it more over the last couple months, I appreciated it even more and raised it from #20 or so on my list to #3. It has a lot of little details that make it mire interesting on repeat listens, such as the subt...

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Just predicting the top 10 for fun: 1. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen 2. Billie Eilish - bad guy 3. FKA twigs - Cellophane 4. Lizzo - Juice 5. Big Thief - Not 6. Lana Del Rey - The greatest 7. Bon Iver - Hey, Ma 8. FKA twigs - sad day 9. Purple Mountains - All My Happiness Is Gone 10. Big Thief - UFO...

Jackson

Loving the rollout and the results so far, though a lot of my favorites just passed in the last few sections.

I'm surprised Big topped Boys in the Better Land. I wasn't the hugest fan of Dogrel, but the latter song is a brilliant late-70s punk throwback that I thought was the clear highlight.

Jackson

It's been five years since Sufjan Stevens' last "real" album, so naturally he is releasing one on March 27. Apparently it's going to be a new age record. I'm looking forward to it either way. That's awesome news! How strange is it that his last four albums have been at exactly five year intervals?

Jackson

This is pretty striking. Henrik, I'm curious what your plans are to counteract 2019 getting obviously shortchanged on these lists. Did a similar thing happen with 2009? This is a good reason for publications to wait until after the decade has officially ended before releasing an EOD list. Think of ...

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Perhaps we should extend the deadline to be in line with the other big EOD lists and take volunteers to manage? There are a lot of forum regulars who haven't participated yet.

Jackson

I made a few small edits to my albums list, including adding Loraine James' For You and I and moving up Caterina Barbieri's Ecstatic Computation. I won't have any changes to my songs list. Thanks acroamor! By the way, the albums race is shaping up to be quite an interesting four-way race between WB,...

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While most people seem to have big opinions on Billie I fall somewhere in the middle. Having just revisited the album for the first time in a while, I don't think it's generation-defining music and think it's a little critically overblown, but it's still a pleasant listen and I can see why it's so p...

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rumpdoll wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:24 am
Songs:

1 | Black Country, New Road | Sunglasses

This song has been my best late-breaking discovery this year. Love the very British lyrics and delivery, it's like a more ambitious Idles song. If this band had more reach it would be massively acclaimed.

Jackson

Thanks for running this BleuPanda, this was a fun tournament. Glad to see my nominee win one of these for once!

Jackson

Cold Little Heart.

I hope my nominee can go all the way! Even if I didn't actually vote for it all the way through...

Jackson

Nice. I've been waiting for this one. Looking forward to their tracks list as well. 2010-13 was such a ridiculously strong era for electronic music, I'm surprised it didn't dominate this list a little more.

Jackson

Beach House - Walk in the Park vs. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues
Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart vs. Kamasi Washington - Fists of Fury

The second matchup is the de facto final, I think.

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5. Beach House - Walk in the Park vs. 6. Laura Marling - Sophia 7. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues vs. 1. Nils Frahm - Says 8. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up vs. 3. Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart 4. Alvvays - In Undertow vs. 2. Kamasi Washington - Fists of Fury N...

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This is a fun final 16! Beach House - Walk in the Park vs. Javiera Mena - Luz de piedra de luna Laura Marling - Sophia vs. The Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You vs. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Higgs Boson Blues Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow vs. Nils Frahm - ...

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I'll probably only list Strange Cacti in my albums list You won't be having any Burial EPs in your list now? You've got to have some ambient-darkwave-future-garage in your life! Unless you'll be including his Tunes 2011 to 2019 compilation? For my part, I'll be including Kindred and maybe Rival Dea...

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Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up vs. Preoccupations - Continental Shelf Ezra Furman - Restless Year vs. FKA twigs - In Time Beach House - Space Song vs. Car Seat Headrest - Vincent Parquet Courts - Human Performance vs. Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart A Tribe Called Quest - The S...

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I vote Says, but both are T100 tracks of the decade for me

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Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny vs. A Tribe Called Quest - The Space Program The best song on one of the best albums of the decade. The xx - I Dare You vs. Craig Finn - God in Chicago French Montana ft. Swae Lee - Unforgettable vs. Alvvays - In Undertow I'm surprised In Undertow is even eligible for th...

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acroamor wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:03 am
Thought "Movies" would be guaranteed in the top 10. I'm sure it will be in the forum poll, but disappointing here.

Seconded. I think it will rise as more lists are added, but it is going to way overperform in the AMF poll. It will definitely be my #1.

Jackson

Anna Meredith - FIBS

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Maybe Sky Ferreira will finally release the follow up to Night Time, My Time in 2020.

Jackson

If this holds this might be my favorite critics' top ten of any year this decade. Glad to see Weyes Blood and Sharon Van Etten deserving crushing it. I'm surprised Ghosteen is number one even if it did have the highest average review score of the year; I expect NFR! will end up number one (especiall...

Jackson

I'll say this: It's unmistakably an NME list! To be honest, that's why I think it is one of the better lists coming from one of the more famous magazines/ websites. It's not that this list reflects mine or I think that it captures the 2010 in all its glory, but there is something to be said for a m...

Jackson

I hope this one gets included; there is some cool stuff on here, especially in the bottom half.

Jackson

Hot Chip - Flutes vs. Death Grips - Hacker Charli XCX - You're the One vs. Melody's Echo Chamber - I Follow You (my nominee) Adele - Skyfall vs. My Bloody Valentine - Only Tomorrow (closer than I thought it would be...Skyfall might be Adele's best song) Nick Cave - Higgs Boson Blues vs. David Bowie ...

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Otisredding wrote: ↑
Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:52 pm
7. James Blake – Retrograde
22. Burial – Hiders
27. Julia Holter – Feel You
28. Daft Punk – Giorgio By Moroder
31. Weyes Blood – Movies
72. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – I Need You

This list has its ups and downs but these are choice picks.

Jackson

It looks like Get Lucky is catching up after its surprisingly low performance on the first few lists. It won't be #1, but I'm confident it'll end up in the top ten. Nice moves for Blackstar (but where is Lazarus?), Do I Wanna Know, You Want It Darker, Wilhelm Scream, and Jubilee Street in that update.

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