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I had aimed to do a much deeper dive into Miles' discography this month, but work got in the way (same issue for me starting the non-English language poll). I did move up In a Silent Way significantly on my AT albums list after revisiting this; it's a magical piece of music. Albums: 1. In a Silent W...

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The 2015 version of this list has been in AM for some time, but upon looking through the wayback machine, it's been updated periodically since then. The most recent update is particularly interesting to me since there's a new #1 all time. And it's an album from this year! That ... kind of seems lik...

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bonnielaurel wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:07 pm Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby

Top 80 Songs:
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby

I voted for these in 1961. Which is right?

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Fun fact that may come as a relief to those who keep up with this game religiously, Miles Davis has more studio albums than the next five artists combined! The Velvet Underground: 5 Nirvana: 3 The Clash: 6 Jimi Hendrix: 3 Marvin Gaye: 25 Almost every artist so far has had a massive discography; I t...

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My Bloody Valentine are returning with two new albums. This sounds more real than previous announcements to the same effect. Here's an interview that Kevin Shields did with the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/arts/music/my-bloody-valentine-shields.html?searchResultPosition=1 I was...

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I'm going to assume no one who has commented has listened to it more than once. The album has only been out for a day. Any work of art needs time to sink in with its audience, so there's no reason to jump the gun and be unnecessarily critical. There are moments on the new album that sound like an e...

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I listened to it and didn't like it at all. Why has she gone completely away from making anything up-tempo or with varied production? Some of these flaws were present in NFR! too, but that album had an engaging atmosphere and some clever songwriting, particularly on its better songs. This one just d...

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Probably the biggest release of the year so far. Initial reception is seems more mixed than for NFR. I haven't listened yet - what does everyone think?

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1. Swans - To Be Kind
2. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
4. Death Grips - The Money Store
5. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

Huge gap between 4 and 5.

I don't see myself ever listening to any of those 0/10 albums.

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Big winners at the Grammys were Folklore for album of the year, Billie Eilish's "Everything I Wanted" for record of the year, and H.E.R.'s "I Can't Breathe" for song of the year. H.E.R. seems like a good example of an artist that isn't hugely popular or critically acclaimed that still does well at t...

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Elder wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 3:03 am I am 33 years old

That doesn't sync up with your user name! Awesome list by the way, I need to look into some of those Brazilian picks.

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I'm always curious when people post lists right after the poll opens. A huge part of the fun for me is using the time to try to improve and expand my own list. 5 months is a lot of time to make new discoveries

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I meant to vote on this but the deadline passed by me. The Leftovers would've been my #1 - sorry to its two other big fans! I feel like many people on here would love it so I'm surprised it didn't do very well.

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This is my first time participating in our 60s poll and first time really exploring the early 60s. I didn't get in as much listening as I had hoped for at the outset of the month, but I'll try to change that going forward! Albums 1 | John Coltrane | Giant Steps 2 | Charles Mingus | Blues and Roots 3...

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Aoba's album must be the highest placing Japanese language album in AMF history.

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This is why we need a spoiler function on the forum, so we could post extra long lists without making scrolling unmanageable. In the last poll we managed this through a separate thread for lists longer than 1,000, which included sonofsamiam's incredible top 5,000 list that remains a great reference...

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That has to be the most #1 votes ever in one of our EOY polls.

EDIT: Holden beat me to it. How many did MBDTF get?

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Would anyone be willing to take on the All Time songs poll? I believe that’s all that needs a host for now! If no one else wants too, I could host the All Time songs poll. Since we don’t have any EOD polls this year, I also feel as though I could start this sooner. I was planning on launching the n...

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So what’s the deal with Laura Marling? This is the third time in the past 10 years that she’s got an album in our top 10 of the year. And in spite of this I almost never see her talked about on the forum. Her albums tend to land around the 30-40 position on the critics list, which is certainly resp...

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Of course the Sault albums ended up right next to each other. I think the order will flip over time. That Marling/Fleet Foxes/Strokes run to start the top ten was pretty surprising to me. I guess you can never underestimate the power of the big indie names. I voted for the Marling album, but I would...

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Dan Deacon might be the most surprising album in the top 50. Nothing on the album outside of Become a Mountain (which made my songs list) stood out to me, though I only listened to it once.

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Holden wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:25 pm It’s interesting to me that after ten years of no female artists winning this poll, we’ve got three in a row now!

There will be a three peat in the AOTY too. This will be the trend for the foreseeable future given the amazing number of strong female artists operating right now.

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My biggest surprise/disappointment so far is the Owen Pallett album being entirely out of the top 100. I found Island to be on par in quality with his last two albums, which I thought had some fans around here, and "A Bloody Morning" grew on me to be one of my songs of the year. Lots of unique stuff...

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Too bad DJ Python didn't take with most here. That was my favorite electronic album of the year.

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This might be my favorite top ten we've done, Delete Forever was the only one I didn't vote for and the biggest outperformer relative to the critics was my #1. Everyone thought I Know the End would take #1, but in the end it wasn't even close. Was the lead ever in doubt for Kyoto? I didn't remember ...

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Wildfires and Anything in the top 10

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I got 16 of the top 20 in my prediction. Murder Most Foul was the biggest surprise - I thought that would hit the top 10 easily. Remember Where You Are I also overestimated as its fans are very vocal and it was a strong performer in our mid-year bracket. I voted for all four of the songs I left out ...

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That seems like an unusually high number of artists with multiple songs in the top 30. Wonder how that compares to some of our prior polls. Also, The Strokes getting 3 songs in the top 50 kind of came out of nowhere for me. Maybe it's because the album came out what seems like ages ago, but I didn't...

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Gorillaz - Aires was (probably) the only song we missed out of the top 50. I'm not sure how I overlooked it as it was in my top 50! I overestimated how WAP's placement was impacted by those last few lists. I think now that it may have been out of the top 100 prior to the last week or so of voting. F...

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I can't believe "Safaera" is in the Top 100. Not the smartest lyrics but hey..it's Bad Bunny! You are probably one of the only people on the forum that can understand the lyrics! Either way, that song was top 5 on Pitchfork's and a bunch of other critics' lists, so it was inevitable to show up some...

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That's a good list. I think there is a 100% chance these three are going to make the top 50: Jessie Ware - Remember Where You Are Fiona Apple - Cosmonauts Dua Lipa - Break My Heart Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death hasn't shown up, but I'm less confident in that. Looking through the individual lists, Wa...

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52. Run the Jewels - A Few Words for the Firing Squad (Radiation) 51. Run the Jewels feat. Greg Nice and DJ Premier - Ooh La La I don't see how an RTJ fan could listen to these two tracks and think Ooh La La is better. Firing Squad is arguably the most intense and ambitious song they have released ...

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Wow, The Beths are going to place 5 songs in the top 300.

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It's too bad you didn't like Master of Reality - to me it's the ultimate realization of their sound. Their first four albums are all strong and each have a unique feel so it's easy to picture any of the four being someone's favorite Black Sabbath album. Their next two albums, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ...

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137. Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law "I guess I'd rather be alone Than making do and mending I think maybe I've outgrown this old town" This outside the top 100 is a big surprise to me. I thought our forum would love this song. Hope this doesn't indicate how well Roisin will do in the album poll.

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194. Christine and the Queens - La Vita Nuova I was a big fan of this song since its release and was surprised it didn't get more attention. Perhaps I just couldn't resist a combination of two of my recent pop favorites including Caroline Polachek delivering a verse in Italian. 188. Owen Pallett - ...

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232. Chloe x Halle - Do it 223. Simmy ft. Sino Miloso - Ngihamba Nawe 219. Tim Heidecker ft. Weyes Blood - Oh How We Drift Away 218. India Jordan - For You 207. Laura Marling - For You 203. Keleketla! - International Love Affair Excited for this rollout! There were some gems in this last group. Of ...

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I just realized that OutKast is eligible for the Hall, yet wasn't among the nominees. This is one I can't figure out, especially with how many other rap legends have easily been inducted over the last 5-10 years. They are hugely critically acclaimed, won a ton of Grammys, crossed over to the mainstr...

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Before the last set of lists I was pretty sure WAP wouldn't even make our top 50, and maybe even the top 100. After a bunch of placements on page 4 of the thread, I assume it'll be somewhere in the 20-30 range.

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No charts or sales can make Bon Jovi more worthy than Judas Priest. That’s just how it is. ;) 100% agree. I'm disappointed there isn't a critical acclaim case to make for Judas Priest - Bon Jovi is actually ranked a little higher on AM! The best case for Judas Priest (and Iron Maiden, as I discusse...

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My policy re: Don't Start Now and other songs that placed in the 2019 poll is that I'll still tally the results as if they were eligible for the spreadsheet, but I won't include them in the final rollout. Substantially easier on my end to do it that way than the ask everyone to edit their lists. I ...

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And of course, Nigerians mobilize support for Fela. Great for them! https://thenationonlineng.net/nigerians-mobilises-support-for-fela-kuti-as-winner-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/ He's ahead by 94k votes to 64k to Tina Turner, probably uncatchable at this point. Has anyone figured out how well the fan vo...

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Shameika is coming on strong in these recent lists. I would be surprised if it's not in the top 5 now.

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Adan no Kaze would have been my #1 and Moor Mother in my top 5 had I voted (though the reason I didn't vote is because I didn't have time to listen to half of the albums, so who knows). I expect Aoba to do pretty well in the general poll though.

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From the top 100: Since they are the artist of the month, I'm going to call out U2. I would not have guessed that they were as high as 15 on the AM list - I would have guessed in the 40s-50s without looking. I just can't picture sitting down and deciding to listen to The Joshua Tree for entertainmen...

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* Iron Maiden- first nomination; 18th year of eligibility Even though I've kept up on who gets into the Hall over the years and am well aware of its deficiencies, especially as it pertains to metal, sometimes seeing something like this still shocks me. How many rock bands are more globally popular,...

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