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Jackson

This is not in order, or final -- I'm just putting it out there in case people are looking for some other listening experiences before we finalize. I don't have songs listed yet either. This has been one of the toughest years ever for me to rank albums...there are just so many of high quality, from...

Jackson

Here are mine (some of these are influenced by my wife as we share a Spotify): 1. Dua Lipa - New Rules 2. Men I Trust - Tailwhip 3. Rae Sremmurd - Powerglide 4. Algiers - The Underside of Power 5. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling 6. Camila Cabello - Havana 7. Alvvays - Dreams Tonite 8. Yaeji - ...

Jackson

About that Grimes song, that could almost be the biggest musical disappointment of the year to me. All original qualities of Grimes previous efforts seem to be removed to come to more standard modern sound. Even the fascist robot theme feels extremely stale and cliched. It does reasonable well here...

Jackson

Immaterial just dominated that last update. I think it'll do even better on our forum list. It's also interesting to see the battles between thank u, next and no tears left to cry and Honey and Missing U. They seemingly swap every update.

Jackson

That last update was kind to Parquet Courts. Now their placement is much closer to what I was expecting.

Jackson

https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3357 Eris Drew - Hold Me (T4T Embrace Mix) Kasper Marott - Keflavik Raime - Real People, Not Actors Rush Plus - Sweat Barker - Look How Hard I've Tried James Blake - If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead Leif - Number 13 Flow - Boy Girl Action Peggy Gou - It Mak...

Jackson

Still amazed at thank u, next. The divergence with No Tears Left to Cry over the last few updates has been really surprising. It's hard to think of a song that has benefited more from timing, with Thank U, Next being released right at the beginning of EOY list rollout, going immediately to #1 in th...

Jackson

I'm still doing a bunch of listening as always during this time of year, but these ten albums will definitely factor into my year-end list: Against All Logic | 2012-2017 Daughters | You Won't Get What You Want DJ Koze | Knock Knock Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance Ka...

Jackson

I agree with the consensus that this is a great class. (Of course what allowed this to be such a good class is that all of these acts were snubbed in the past.) Especially happy to see Roxy Music and The Zombies make it as I would not have expected them to get in ahead of other acts that are more po...

Jackson

One of the best lists yet. I love Dead Magic and the Phantom Thread soundtrack making the top ten.

Jackson

Harold wrote:Shockingly, U2 is not #1, due to the technicality of not actually having released an album this year.

Don't worry, they're not losing their touch: Paul McCartney is still above Mitski and Janelle Monae.

Jackson

57. Viagra Boys – ‘Street Worms’

I can't believe this is real.

Jackson

22 (31) Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

I am becoming obsessed with this song. I had never heard of it a week ago and now it's showing up seemingly on every list.

Jackson

;) Can't believe that "5 Dollars" is getting any acclaim at all - it's one of the least good songs on Chris . How on Earth is "Doesn't Matter" not lapping the field from that album?! I thought Doesn't Matter would be the most acclaimed track too--it's certainly the catchiest! May...

Jackson

If Oil of Every Pearl... moves up one more spot will it be the weirdest album ever to make the top ten for its year? The biggest competition it has this decade are Shaking the Habitual and Syro.

@Bleu The Sons of Kemet album has been a great end of year find for me as well.

Jackson

Neutron Dance is such a jam. Shades of Todd Terje and New Order.

Jackson

Nick wrote:Against All Logic- 2012-2017

I'm surprised this one isn't getting more heat in end of year lists. I thought it'd serve as the "token electronic album" for a lot of indie publications but it looks like DJ Koze and Jon Hopkins are taking those spots.

Jackson

Also I never really thought about it until now, but OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES has got to be one of the worst album titles I've heard in a while. The music is fine enough, but that title is just completely unintuitive. I totally agree that it's a ridiculous title, but it's supposed to mean &qu...

Jackson

So, the big thing to me this year - As I pointed out while doing the women in music polls, only a single year on Acclaimed Music has women make up at least half of the albums in the top 10 (2015), and that was an exact 50/50. This is looking to be the first year ever where women outnumber men at th...

Jackson

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-100-best-songs-of-2018/ 97. Young Fathers - "In My View" 94. Amber Mark - "Love Me Right" 93. Aphex Twin - "T69 Collapse" 92. Charli XCX - "Track 10" 89. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Party for One" 70. Kama...

Jackson

Thank U Next and No Tears Left to Cry are vote splitting almost perfectly. I wonder how highly either one would rank if not for the other.

It's interesting that MGMT has two songs on here but neither one is the sublime She Works Out Too Much, which seems like it will be the AMF favorite.

Jackson

There’s only one song from 2016 - 2018 in our top 40 songs of the 2010s (“Ultralight Beam” at number 26). I get that newer songs have always had some trouble competing against old favorites, but the sheer amount of 2015 songs in the top 40 (there’s 8 of them) leads me to believe we’ve all collectiv...

Jackson

Harold wrote:10. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth
19. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile

Unless I missed something, I think this year will have more jazz albums in the top 20 than 2000-2017 combined (The Epic in 2015 is the only other one, I think). Right on!

Jackson

But please, let nobody make a list without the votes from people who didn't vote for What's Going On, but did for Stairway to Heaven this time. That happened the last two times and still has left a bad taste in my mouth, as if What's Going On is for people who have taste and Stairway to Heaven for ...

Jackson

It's crazy that the Beatles only have one song left, but Bowie and the Stones still have 3 each. Great observation! The reduced ranks of many Beatles songs seem to be an indicia of a resistance against popular Beatles singles among AM poll participants. There are a few extreme cases, e.g., Moonbeam...

Jackson

Wuthering Heights improved on its surprise performance from last poll, but a few of us (including me) thought it'd be even higher. Still an awesome result.

I'm happy for God Only Knows over Good Vibrations? The latter being ranked higher in our forum polls has always surprised me.

Jackson

Henrik wrote:Low is this year’s Slowdive, that get additional love for not being praised enough in the past.

That's an interesting point -- I think Sleater-Kinney's 2015 comeback album is the best recent example of this.

Jackson

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim_s_top_20_pop_and_rock_albums_part_two-best_of_2018 10. Low : Double Negative 9. Yves Tumor : Safe in the Hands of Love 8. Blood Orange : Negro Swan 7. Janelle Monáe : Dirty Computer 6. Let's Eat Grandma : I'm All Ears 5. Fucked Up : Dose Your Dreams 4. Beach...

Jackson

Wow that is the lowest I've ever seen Waterloo Sunset. Stunningly low, but maybe not surprising based on the results of the poll -- the Kinks sadly lost ground all around.

You could say the same about The Beatles with Strawberry Fields, but they still have more than enough representation

Jackson

I like Double Negative, but it is shocking to me it's such a critics' favorite. It is a lot less accessible than albums that usually end up that high, and I don't see any of its songs doing that well with the critics. But it's not as shocking at Tranquility Base's performance. That album is mediocre...

Jackson

15. Caroline Rose "Jeannie Becomes a Mom" I'm not a huge fan of this list, but it's nice to see this show up. It'll do much better on the forum than with the critics. It's fun watching the battle between "no tears left to cry" and "thank u, next." I think both could en...

Jackson

These songs are all getting strong consideration for my EOY list. It's a rocking year for songs. Favorites marked with an asterisk. Adrianne Lenker | symbol* Against All Logic | I Never Dream Amber Mark | Love Me Right Anna van Hausswolff | The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra* Ariana Grande | no tea...

Jackson

At this point there aren't many surprises, but it was good to see some new faces in Sinnerman, Enjoy the Silence, and I Feel Love. I can't remember any of those making the top 100 in any of our previous polls. Alone Again Or looks like it made a huge jump, but really it seems more like 2015 was the ...

Jackson

I'm still doing a bunch of listening as always during this time of year, but these ten albums will definitely factor into my year-end list: Against All Logic | 2012-2017 Daughters | You Won't Get What You Want DJ Koze | Knock Knock Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance Kal...

Jackson

The best albums on this list are all outside the top 20

Jackson

JohnnyBGoode wrote:Men I Trust - Say, Can You Hear

Seconded

Jackson

‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ ‍♀️ Don't forget that Low, at #17, is co-led by a woman as well. This is one of the best years ever for female artists IMO (I also thought the same thing last year), so I'm not really surprised. I didn't even notice how female heavy this list was until you pointed it...

Jackson

This Is America is really gonna sweep the singles lists. Damn. As the initial buzz wore off, I realized how the song itself is only fine, but the music video was really what brought it to the next level. I guess there hasn't been other great candidate for the 'important song with a message of the y...

Jackson

Strange how they added Be the Cowboy to their list of The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus' Existence only very recently, but that album is nowhere to be seen here. That list was by a much wider group of contributors than their normal EOY lists, so it leaned a little more mainstream. Nice list here as...

Jackson

Listyguy wrote:Am I wrong in thinking 1990 is one of the weakest years of the decade? And there's 20 albums from that year in the final poll?

The wild cards from 1990 are awesome though! The Good Son, Jordan, Repeater, and Rust in Peace all deserve a good listen.

Jackson

This might be the weakest year of the entire decade, but it's still good on the top end on the songs side. With the increasing enthusiasm for pop around here I was hoping that all-time jam Steal My Sunshine would fare a little better here. Deceptacon is looking like it will be an AMF special and mak...

Jackson

They gave out (at least) 38 top marks according to AOTY, but even if they hadn't, reviews are only 1 person, eligible lists need to be at least 3 different people, not to mention reviews are at time of release, Y.E. lists allow for 'growers'. Yes, but I was always afraid that this great punk/ hard ...

Jackson

presume #2 has disappeared completely for obvious reasons, leaving #1, plus they're Scottish. What are the "obvious reasons" that Hookworms would have dropped off? Was there a scandal I missed? They broke up last month after their lead singer was accused by multiple women of sexual and em...

Jackson

JohnnyBGoode wrote:
presume #2 has disappeared completely for obvious reasons, leaving #1, plus they're Scottish.

What are the "obvious reasons" that Hookworms would have dropped off? Was there a scandal I missed?

Jackson

It sucks that The Skinny gave Fucked Up's Dose Your Dreams five stars but it didn't show up here. I haven't seen it any YE lists so far, sadly.

Jackson

I demand a recount. I demand one between Rebellion (Lies), Funeral's weakest song, and Wake Up, Funeral's best (in my totally unbiased opinion) ! True fact : whenever Rebellions (Lies) beats Wake Up in a poll, a kitten gets cancer. I used to think Rebellion (Lies) was the best, but now I totally ag...

Jackson

Jirin wrote:Woo Sinnerman top 100!

Seconded. But ugh Every Breath You Take top 100.

Jackson

The placement for Bizarre Love Triangle is one of the biggest surprises on the list. I didn't see it coming from the individual polls, and typically the big New Order songs outside of Blue Monday haven't performed this well. Very nice to see. Now maybe we can get Ceremomy up this high next time. Whi...

Jackson

Rolo Tomassi: Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It

I'm calling that Soccer Mommy will win this (assuming someone else nominates it).

Jackson

A lot of huge changes from the last poll in that bunch. I didn't vote for Fade Into You but it's cool to see it that high. I love the higher placements for This Must Be the Place, Idioteque, Ashes to Ashes, and Glory Box, though I think many of those have been in the top 200 before and just under-pe...

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