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Here are a few albums I've discovered or re-discovered this year: Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown (2010) : I finally got around to listening to this cult forum favorite, though it was due to my personal listening project and not the now-popular Broadway adaptation (which I didn't realize was a thing unti...

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I've devoted almost all of my listening this year to revisiting 2010s music ahead of the coming onslaught of end of decade polls. I'm sure many of you have done the same. Ahead of our forum's own poll, which I presume will kick off towards the end of this year, I wanted to create a thread to share r...

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TheLastEnemy wrote:142 (287) Robyn
141 (139) Low

Robyn drops her most critically acclaimed album in 2018 and appropriately moves up significantly. Low releases their most critically acclaimed album in 2018 and...moves down 2 spots. Strange!

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Jirin wrote:I keep hearing more and more good British Rap this year, is it a new major trend in the UK?

I agree; this is an obvious trend from the first half of the year. Will this go down as the best year ever for UK rap?

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This might be the strangest poll we run. There is such little logic to the relative placement between certain artists, especially considering how they do on our all-time songs and albums polls. For example, The Zombies consistently place one top-50 album and multiple top-200 songs every time we hold...

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New ratings in bold. [b]Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated 8.8 Surprised that more people on here aren't talking about this album. It's really good! Sure, like any Carly album, there are a few throwaway-type tracks, but the amount of really good songs on here is impressive: Want You in My Room, Julien, a...

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Like a few others on here, "Movies" is my SOTY so far, and I'd be shocked if anything beats it the rest of the year. The more I listen to it, the more I think it might be the best song in several years. The last two minutes are utterly breathtaking - it's like a "God Only Knows" ...

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Hadestown cleaned up at the Tony awards this weekend. Awesome to see a work that started out as an obscure AMF favorite album getting mainstream recognition!

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Not sure if I love Sufjan's new track Love Yourself on first listen. It sounds a little too middle of the road for him. Were it not for his unmistakable voice, I might not even recognize it as a Sufjan song. Hopefully it's a grower. Meanwhile, on first listen Sleater-Kinney's new track is a nice ret...

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Skepta's Ignorance is Bliss was released today, a follow-up to 2015's Konnichiwa. At first listen it's a step up from that album and the best rap album of 2019 to date, holding off tough competition from fellow Brits Dave and Little Simz. The beats on here are so diverse, nuanced, and interesting, a...

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The new Flying Lotus album is excellent. I like the lots of songs / short run times format for his music, which allows him to explore a lot of ideas without the album ever dragging. I'll echo others' positive comments on Igor, too.

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This is a good list. I like basically all of the albums I've heard from it, and they nailed all of their 2010s picks (except good kid maad city and DAMN should be swapped). I'm glad R.A.P. Music rates so highly here; I like it as much as any of the Run the Jewels albums.

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The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery just shot up the charts to my AOTY. I love the combination of influences it explores.

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I don't see it getting much love on here, but Aldous Harding's Designer is an excellent album, well above the standard set on 2017's Party. The tracks The Barrel and Fixture Picture are the standouts to me.

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My top 25 would look something like this (unordered): Aldous Harding - The Barrel American Football - Uncomfortably Numb Billie Eilish - bad guy Carly Rae Jepsen - Julien Chromatics - Time Rider Claud - Easy Comet is Coming - Blood of the Past Dave - Black Denzel Curry - RICKY FKA Twigs - Cellophane...

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^Oh yes to "Julien" by Carly! However, based on the 4 tracks released so far, including the disappointing "Party For One", I have a feeling she will not be able to top EMOTION :( I had thought that based on the first three tracks she released, but Julien and Too Much, the two mo...

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I was not a fan of Endgame. For a three hour movie concluding an epic series, it was surprisingly light on action sequences and interesting set pieces (the most-used setting is a generic modern office building). I also found the time travel dynamics to be confusing and not well-thought out. I enjoye...

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Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vam...

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Sharon Van Etten is still my favorite this year, though lots of catch-up listening to do as I've been more focused on 2010s EOD listening so far this year. There should be lots of good albums on the way soon: Sky Ferreira, Carly Rae Jepsen, Men I Trust, Holly Herndon, and Hatchie are some I'm lookin...

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Some of my favorites so far: Sharon Van Etten - Jupiter 4 Holly Herndon - Eternal Georgia - About Work the Dancefloor Sky Ferreira - Downhill Lullaby Hatchie - Without a Blush Priests - The Seduction of Kansas Hot Chip - Hungry Child Chromatics - Time Rider Weyes Blood - Movies Peggy Gou - Starry Ni...

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sonofsamiam wrote:3. The Comet Is Coming | Blood of the Past (feat. Kate Tempest)

This song is fantastic! Nice find.

Pauler wrote:FKA twigs' comeback single "Cellophane" is absolutely stunning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkLjqFpBh84

Seconded.

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Nice to see Weyes Blood as the new #1. Looks like the female dominance of the last two years will continue this year.

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Georgia - About Work the Dancefloor

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unpopular opinion - old town road goes fucking hard :music-guitarred: Counterpoints: 1) Uh, #1 song in America by no slight margin whatsoever, definitely not an unpopular opinion. 2) "Old Town Road" is pretty good. 3) "Old Town Road (Remix) " goes fucking hard. Side point: 4) Ce...

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Does anyone live in Georgia (the stateside one) or the surrounding area? I do remember seeing that another former member does, but I forget who and it was quite some time ago. You may be remembering that I used to live in Athens, GA during college, but I'm in LA now. It's funny, I have no idea wher...

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Holly Herndon's Eternal is phenomenal. Those who liked her 2015 album Platform (which was my #2 for that year) should check it out.

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Last time around, a few songs got in because of two votes, with each of those votes at #1. [12] Au Pairs - Headache for Michelle: (100) [12] Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby Away: (100) [12] The Gun Club - She's Like Heroin to Me: (100) This time these songs placed at #49, #308, and #43; and a song w...

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I'm generally partial to the "separate the art from the artist" argument. It would be very difficult to operate otherwise: do you have to look up every artist you like to see if there is alleged or known misbehavior? Is it fair to hold current artists to a different standard than artists f...

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Oustanding, top drawer (9/10) Steve Mason - About the Light : excellent surprise, an album full of tunes from the Beta Band frontman. The only contender so far in the year You may like his 2013 solo album Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time; that album was pretty good too and "Seen It All Before&...

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Same thing for the songs (why not?). My year-end rank in parenthesis: 2013) Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell)- Get Lucky (2) 2008) Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal (5) 2011) The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (4) 2016) David Bowie- Lazarus (10) 2014) Future Islands- Seasons (Waiting On You) (7) 2015) Tame Impa...

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This is probably the first year of the decade where I like every single album in our top ten. There's just something very agreeable about the albums at the top this year.

The top 5 albums are very deserving, with one nice surprise. I think it's JM's to lose, but wouldn't be surprised by M or KM.

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Rock is doing well in this poll with Rolling Blackouts, Car Seat Headrest, and Deafheaven well above the critics and Parquet Courts and Idles obviously still to come. I still do not understand the appeal of TBH&C. I thought critics that listed it high were making some sort of statement, but I'm ...

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Wow, I thought Chris would have been an automatic top 20!

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Thanks for the presentation, notbrianeno. These gifs make this on of the most enjoyable poll roll-outs in the forum. Immaterial missing top ten is surprising; I thought it would've gotten more than 10 votes. Unpopular opinion: Immaterial is one of the weakest tracks of the album. What drew me to SO...

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"No Tears Left to Cry" over "Thank U, Next" is a bit of a shock, as is "Immaterial" missing the top 10. Oh well! At least my number 1 is in the top 10! I think Thank U Next is good, but No Tears Left to Cry is one of the best mainstream pop songs of the decade. I think...

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I love these GIFs, especially the one for I Shall Love 2.

It's no surprise if you've paid attention on the forum this year, but Pearly Gates is a nice AMF special.

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What a great and unexpected placement for The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra! I agree that the video goes perfectly with the song. It kind of reminds me of the style of Twin Peaks: The Return.

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I’m pretty surprised that “Americans” is totally unranked on the critics’ list. It’s the final track on the critics’ number 1 album of the year, and as Jirin said, a great summation of the state of affairs in contemporary America. To me, it’s the second best song off of Dirty Computer, only behind ...

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I love many of the songs that have been revealed so far. It's great that three AvH songs will make the top 100, with my #1 still to come. I'm disappointed at the lack of love for "Itgehane." It's the type of song that I thought would do really well here, collecting votes from both synthpop...

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That 16-30 section is just one classic after another. I think I'll end up preferring it to the top 15 on the whole.

The biggest surprise for me is Soft Bulletin's placement. I thought it was a no doubter in the top ten.

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I love the elevation of recent scores in this list. Under the Skin at 2 is an inspired choice, and it's nice to see Drive and Sicario as well.

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Nick wrote:The Talk Talk singer has reportedly died. He was 64.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nme.co ... 453863/amp

Wow, that's so sad and shocking. Rip

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ordinaryperson wrote:

What's this one?

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The first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was Andy Stott's album covers. They're all distinctive, unique, and accentuate the dark, bass-heavy music. I love the black and white aesthetic - wonder how he thought of it. https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5929af2bc0084474cd0c1a15/1:1/w_32...

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Sunbather is a great example of a situation where album art probably attracted critical acclaim. I can't imagine Sunbather would have done as well if it had a generic metal album cover.

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