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Kate Bush basically invented the modern solo female pop act. Madonna was definitely taking notes. (but of course Kate was influenced by Bowie.)

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If someone came up to me and said that this was the perfect album, I may not agree, but I'd understand. For the tastes of popular music fans of the past half-century, this (rock) album seems remarkably pure. It has impenetrable lyrics that could be interpreted differently for every listener, and yet...

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Lol, this is getting to my generation now. Too bad no Paramore songs made the top 100.

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Might as well go with Neighborhood #1, but either one is pretty worthy.

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Before the album release, I was dreading the album because the singles were her worst yet. "High Horse" is easily her worst song to date, hands down. But when I put the album on, surprisingly I came away enjoying it. The deep cuts definitely saved it. From that one listen, I was just going...

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Agree with Honorio. The women positively leap out of the screen.

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Any thoughts on this new Jack White album? I'm not a Jack White expert, but it seems to be a very scattered-sounding album. He jumps back and forth between loud, gospel and guitar-backed tracks, all the way to spoken word tracks.

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Thank you for running this, Honorio! (and BleuPanda and babydoll)

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My #1 is probably going to be the Pokemon theme song. Just sayin'.

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Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) vs. The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town ...kinda a no-brainer. To put it succinctly, the "ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh"s towards the end of Tunnels beat out the "hey-ah-mah-mah-mah"s throughout Northern Town. Richard and Linda Thompson - I ...

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Statistics time. 17: Björk / Sugarcubes, Joni Mitchell, Madonna 13: ABBA, Fever Ray / The Knife 12: Kate Bush 11: Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross / Supremes, Portishead 10: Fleetwood Mac, Nina Simone, PJ Harvey 9: Beyoncé 8: Adele, Blondie, Patti Smith, Robyn 7: Carole King, Fiona Apple, Grimes, Heart, ...

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All of the remaining songs are quite good, though none are personal favorites. Song-by-Song Breakdown: Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - (8.0) Great opener on an album. Glorious. Although the lyrics are not straightforward, I get the sense that Win Butler is feeling some very real emotions w...

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Honestly, this is a gripe I've had with this forum for a while now; Kelis, Missy Elliott, Cardi B...people actively lash out at women who express themselves with crassness, and people seem to actively encourage it. The discussion around "Bodak Yellow" was honestly one of the most disappoi...

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The reasons this album are great are pretty clear-cut. Amazing grooves, emotive vocals, an atmosphere that soothes and bathes the soul. I think the musicians performing the music manage to convey their humanity, making this cold-on-paper album sound warm and comforting. 02 | Pictures of You 01 | Pla...

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Happy to see Dancing Queen place so high (beating "Strange Fruit"?? Wow. And edged out "Paper Planes" by 0.4, too.). And incredible to see Kate Bush do so well. I feel like the battle for #2 is pretty close. Throughout the poll, Red Ant and andyd2010 have had very similar placeme...

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Wow, I voted for all of the top ten. I'm surprised Miss Big Lips made it though. I originally had her at not much higher than #50 in the results.

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Topically, this album is a hodgepodge, but perhaps mainly about relationships. There are some themes of freedom and self-expression peeking through this album, but for the most part, the subject material is pretty all over the place. The sound palette - a slightly folky, rickety and poppy sound, lad...

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I'm doing really badly at guessing the song from the lyrics.

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What's your formula for giving points to artists?

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Maybe we should have a rule for this poll, disqualifying any songs in AM top 500 and artists in AM top 200. This might solve the popular artist sweeping problem.

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Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Grimes - California The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town Joan Jett - Bad Reputation John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) [tough match, but in honor of Int'l Women's Day...] ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme...

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I decided to post what the remaining songs seem to be, using hidden text. Highlight if you want to see, don't highlight if you don't want to see. I nearly matched up. Here's my predicted top 10: Aretha Franklin | Respect Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit Donna Summer | I Feel Love Judy Garland | Over ...

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:So, I set myself the goal to figure out exactly what made the top 50 by the time we got to it... but I think I just figured out the whole top 100!

Nice! I'm fairly close. I think I might have 1 or 2 wrong.

Just wondering, are there any people that want zero spoilers?

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285. The Shangri-Las - Past, Present and Future (1966) Score: 247.15 (Votes: 4) 2015 AMF Rank: unranked AM Rank: 1662 Biggest Fan(s): sonofsamiam (#5), Jackson (#85), jamieW (#89) This song was brought to my attention, so I was very interested in hearing it. I didn't get to hear this song on the be...

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I feel like my favorites might be set in stone at this point. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart Nina Simone - Sinnerman ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midni...

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Interesting, the forum prefers "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" over "Leader of the Pack."

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Dangit, Funkytown, Fernando, and And Dream of Sheep missed the top 500!

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Neu! - Hallogallo
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
Arctic Monkeys - 505
Grimes - California
Frida Hyvonen - Dirty Dancing
The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town (WHYYY)
Miles Davis - All Blues
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation

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Ditto: Thank you DaveC. Awesome handling and rollout for an awesome decade.

I'm actually a bit surprised at the list of people that put Illinois at/near the top. I guess it goes to show that Illinois touches the hearts of a lot of different people.

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Great picks, everyone! I can't go through the list without grinning.

It's awesome to see Girls' Generation "Gee" here.

I thought my list was perfect, but I forgot about "Listen to Your Heart".

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You want to talk about an album I’m NOT a fan of go up a notch. Not worthy of even being ranked. When she plays the harp I think of Morticia Adams doing her high pitched “Tokyo” squealing bit in the Addams Family. That and when she “sings” I think of the sound that the bird makes from Alice in Wond...

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Thanks, notbrianeno! Another great rollout. Man, I am surprised that DAMN was dethroned, though.

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:!!

https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2 ... y-computer

I'm excited, but it's been so long that I am also cautious.

Initial expectation is that this is going to be an edgier version of Lemonade.

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Barrington Levy - Here I Come
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Soulwax - NY Excuse
Majical Cloudz - Childhood's End
Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie
Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream

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DaveC wrote:
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11 | Julee Cruise / Angelo Badalamenti | Into the Night

Was released on Julee Cruise's album in 1989.

Okay, take this off, move everything up, and add Heart - "All I Wanna Do" at the bottom. Thanks!

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I heard Musas after I submitted my list, and it was pretty good. Not EOY great (at least not after only 2 listens), but I'm glad I heard it. Soft-ish old-fashioned arrangements. Also, after compiling some lists, I've come around on 2017. It is a pretty good year. Just maybe the highs aren't as tower...

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In the trees! It's coming!

Thanks so much for running the poll, BP. Looking forward to the songs results.

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A very good idea. Unfortunately, I've heard exactly zero albums from Korea. Also, I would say I can count on one hand the number of Korean songs that I love.

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Tough matches this time. Rush - The Spirit of Radio John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads Beach House - Zebra Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me Sagittarius - My World Fell Down Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You D...

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The top two songs are amazing. Easily the two songs I can say are "objectively" the best that came out that decade.

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I'm pretty happy with our top ten. I'm still hoping that one of the top 3 has a higher low than Hurt (110).

3. Paper Planes
2. B.O.B.
1. Crazy

So it's a battle of Rolling Stone vs. Pitchfork... well for me the choice of #1 is easy. Of course, Paper Planes could totally surprise me

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It was "Frontier Psychiatrist" I was surprised about.

Anyways, hope all of you are having a great day <3

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StevieFan13 wrote:
prosecutorgodot wrote:I am very happy with Stella's high placement. It is unfortunate that Steviefan feels the way he does, and it is probably a similar reason for the other low rankers.

I said I changed my mind!

Oops, sorry if I missed that post.

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Yeah, I agree with Rob and DaveC, for the most part. If you like Last Nite, then why aren't Hard to Explain and the others also in the same position? It's baffling that this one is so high compared to the others. I've whittled my predicted winners down to one of 6 of the remaining 25. I'm kinda relu...

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I'm proud to be the lowest ranker of "Maps." No matter how many times I listen to it, it just sounds boring. I don't hear this "emotion" that critics rave about.

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