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And I won't forget the way you held me up when I was down [423] The Zombies | This Will Be Our Year [541.21 pts / 11 votes] AM rank: bubbling 2015 AMF Rank: 193 Fans: Zombeels (16), Jackson (19), BryanBehar (28) The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne [421] The Beach Boys | Surf's Up [542.78 pts / 9...

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Very disappointed in the placement for Soon, but I think that When You Sleep hasn't showed up yet. Not too surprising based on the individual lists and the recent 1991 poll but very surprising relative to previous polls. I loved the 480s section -- so much variety. Cool to see the two DJ Shadow trac...

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Some great songs on this page so far. Some of these Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Radiohead songs are actually coming in lower than I would've expected, though I'm sure we'll have no shortage of these artists in the T500. Sweepstakes Ron, will you add the placement in the last one or two forum AT polls to...

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Great posts on this thread. I'll add my two cents: 2010: Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 2011: Fucked Up - David Comes to Life, White Denim - D, TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light 2012: Tame Impala - Lonerism and The Men - Open Your Heart 2013: Deafheaven - Sunbather, My Bloody Valentine-mbv, Arctic ...

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No one has yet mentioned Fucked Up's album Dose Your Dreams, which came out at the beginning of October, but it's an amazing work that is very much in contention for my AOTY. Anyone remotely open to the concept of a genre-hopping 90 minute punk opus should give this a listen. It clicked immediately ...

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I despise Smash Mouth with every fiber of my soul. I'm convinced "All Star" only finished where it did because it was a meme for so long. And I won't lie, there were some gems from that period. This was probably my favorite: https://youtu.be/tEC6W8ujSlE I don't think Smash Mouth was that ...

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Nice variety on that last set of songs. I love the placement for Hallowed be thy Name!

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Awesome, a top ten debut for Dose Your Dreams!

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Nice placements for St. Elmo's Fire and Golden Hours. I thought the latter might be much higher from scanning the individual lists but not bad. Up the Junction was one of my favorite discoveries from this poll process. It debuted around 220 on my list and I could see it going higher next time. It's ...

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I voted for: Radiohead The Cure The Zombies Roxy Music Kraftwerk There are a lot of good nominees this year so it should be a strong class regardless. I'd fully expect Janet Jackson and Radiohead to get in and most of these will get in eventually. Roxy Music should obviously be in but I'm surprised ...

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So, I'm late to the party listing out where we are a fan, but...better late than never? Looks like I had 33 total, that's a lot -- I think a lot of these made Top 1000s in the past, where a few strong votes for more esoteric, less-heard songs could make a difference. I guess I should be happy they ...

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One cool thing about the old format of the list is that it was easier for songs like Theme de Yoyo, You Set the Scene, and Djed to place in the top 500 or so with only a few high votes. These are the types of songs that a few place highly, but hardly anyone uses them to fill out the 500-1000 section...

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Awesome list! According to the link they used a broader set of contributors than their core five writers to compile this, which explains the differences between this and their year-end list. I like the mix of Quietus usual suspects like Richard Dawson, Grumbling Fur and East India Youth with more ma...

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How is Take on Me a guilty pleasure?? I've never heard of any backlash to the song and it's at 562 all-time on AM.

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Safetycat wrote:
Sweepstakes Ron wrote:
I'm a monster and you're my sacred cow

[1152] St. Vincent | Los Ageless
[237.94 pts / 11 votes]
AM rank: 2047
Fans: slick (184)

<3 St. Vincent <3

Will there be a 2017 song higher than this? It beat Green Light; I can't remember if Humble placed yet though.

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That album list is so on point. 97 was such a good year. And so happy for Ladies and Gentlemen We arw Floating in Space and Dry the Rain on the songs side. I don't see either of them doing quite as well in the all time poll, but maybe they'll do better in this poll.

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Yaeji returned with the new single One More; not sure it it's quite as great as Sippin' on My Drink or Raingurl but it's still excellent.

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Dancing Queen is probably so low cuz so many people (myself included) consider it genuinely great. Yeah, that song is highly acclaimed so doesn't really belong on this list. I assume many on here consider it a guilty pleasure because we're all men. Would any male really admit to a male friend that ...

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Really loved that last group. Good to see Truth, DNA, Right on for the Darkness, and The Good the Bad and The Ugly so high. Shangri-La used to be a T500 song in this poll; I'm sad it fell so far. It's definitely one of The Kinks' best songs and a perfect example of a great rock composition from that...

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letmeintomyzone wrote:What is the frontrunner for EOYs?

Judging from this thread it'll be Dirty Computer, at least on AMF.

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Jap123 wrote:Is Twin Peaks Theme merged with Falling or are they entered seperately?

I asked this on a previous thread and they are (rightly) separate entries. I look forward to hopefully seeing Falling in the T1000!

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RYM's two highest rated singles of 2018, Lana Del Rey's "Venice Bitch" and Julia Holter's "I Shall Love 2," both came out in the last three weeks. I love both and can see them being top 10 EOY picks for our forum, if not the critics.

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Great pick. Still shocked it’s only a bubbler. Definitely one of my faves of last year. It is unbelievable to me that that album wasn't more acclaimed. It's so accessible, diverse in style and it just sounds like an album that would be highly acclaimed. Critics really whiffed on 2017; my two favori...

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Nice placement for Deceptacon, that was one of the highest entrants to my list.

I would've hoped for better for the Twin Peaks theme as it seems to have gained a lot of traction around here. Maybe Falling will be T1000.

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I’ll cast the deciding vote to put Julia Holter through!

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I'm loving the rollout so far, and I think it validates the idea of counting everyone's top 1000. It's amazing that songs with as many as 9 votes didn't make the top 1000. That is quite different from past lists, when many songs with just 2 votes would crack into the rankings. Of all the songs so fa...

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Here are some of my favorites so far, roughly in order: Tier one (SOTY contenders): Anna van Hausswolff - The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra This is an astonishing track that channels Seer-era Swans and early PJ Harvey. It's made even better by the ridiculously creepy video, linked above. Let's Eat...

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DaveC wrote:
BleuPanda wrote:Songs:
1 | Spiritualized | Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space...

Pleased to see you back BleuPanda

...with the right song at number one

1997 is loaded but hoping this and Dry the Rain can both make the cut.

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acroamor wrote:
discord wrote:Caroline Rose - Jeannie Becomes a Mom

Yessssss. If this list is in rank order, we share the same number one.

I've been going through this thread this week to find some overlooked tracks, and this is my favorite so far. Thanks for the rec

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Wolf Alice's two albums (2015's My Love is Cool and especially 2017's Visions of a Life) are some glaring recent omissions for me. They are almost completely unnoticed by critics in the U.S., which is a shame as they should be heralded as one of the best active rock bands. Also Ween is incredibly un...

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I voted for the simple and spare (therefore "uncommercial") Audrey Hepburn version but I'll be more than happy if it's decided that all versions of the song in the movie are combined, i.e., Henry Mancini/Audrey Hepburn, "Moon River," since it would mean a higher ranking for the ...

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I didn't see a mention of Let's Eat Grandma's I'm All Ears yet. I thought it was great on first listen. Similar aesthetic to Sophie (which is no surprise as it was co-produced by Sophie), but with better vocals.

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Looking through the lists, I'm impressed at how many voters integrated classical pieces into their lists. It'll be interesting to see which classical 'song' comes out on top and to compare to the classical-specific poll from a few years ago. It's a goal of mine for the next poll (which will be in 20...

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First, I really want to thank sonofsamiam and Dan for your kind words! It was quite a depressing day with me working at my desk and listening to music and thinking about what might've been. After reading your supportive posts, I'm feeling a little better (though I wish I would've been able to submi...

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I've had a great time over the last few months taking advantage of the opportunity this poll created to expand my list and discover new artists and songs. In our 2010 edition of this poll, my list was 400 songs; in 2012, it was 800; in 2015, it was 1,000; and now for 2018, I've gone to 1,500. Thanks...

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Been collecting a playlist for years with my opinion of the all-time top songs. Was super excited to find this site and had to join to share my version: Welcome to the forum! You've got an excellent list with lots of variety! Agreed, welcome! The list got more diverse and interesting the more I scr...

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Jap123 wrote:23 The Records - Starry Eyes

This is one of my favorite discoveries from the individual lists so far, don't know how I'd never come across this great song before!

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rumpdoll wrote:thanks for Disco Inferno, I didn't know them and the 5EPs are running on repeat at the moment, wonderful music

Nice! You should also check out their album D.I. Go Pop for next month's poll.

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Slowdive is doing great in this thread so far. I've always felt like I'm one of the lone Souvlaki fans on the forum so glad to see that's change. I wonder if their comeback album last year led people to (re)discover it. Also, Bang Jan, I wish I had gotten my list in first! My top picks are very simi...

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Awesome Fred, I love the list as always. Only problem is this gives me even more songs I need to listen to for my own list! Here's a nice task to give to yourself if you ever get bored: listen to every single song submitted here and rank them. If this goes by to fast, do the same for the album subm...

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Awesome Fred, I love the list as always. Only problem is this gives me even more songs I need to listen to for my own list!

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And sometimes the aesthetic appeal of the way the words sound are just as important as what the words say. There are some French artists like Brel or Miossec where the pure aesthetic quality of the words enhance the song for me. Totally agree on this point. I remember hearing Brian Eno came up with...

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I bet no one else ends up posting their list in this thread -- who would want to follow that? This post is one of the things I look forward to most on this forum. I'm looking forward to picking apart the list over the coming weeks and spending as much time with it as I did the 2015 edition. I can al...

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