1. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)
2. Gustavo Cerati - Bocanada (1999)
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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 14 - Round 1.3
- Replies: 15
- Views: 279
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:38 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2024 Barammy Music Awards Poll: Round 1; Due March 14, 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 311
Re: 2024 Barammy Music Awards Poll: Round 1; Due March 14, 2024
Damn! Just finished mine too, well here it is in case you’re curious. Hopefully I can find some time for your next round.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2024 Barammy Music Awards Poll: Round 1; Due March 14, 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 311
Re: 2024 Barammy Music Awards Poll: Round 1; Due March 14, 2024
I’ve been working on mine diligently as well and I’ll hopefully be done very soon but I wouldn’t wait on me if you’re hoping to get this going.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:33 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 15 - Round 1.2
- Replies: 22
- Views: 433
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 15 - Round 1.2
1. Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam (1991)
2. Metro - Metro (1977)
2. Metro - Metro (1977)
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2024 Barammy Music Awards Poll: Round 1; Due March 14, 2024
- Replies: 13
- Views: 311
Re: 2024 Barammy Music Awards Poll: Round 1; Due March 14, 2024
This is the first I’m seeing if this, what a fun idea! I see the deadline is already passed, I definitely would’ve participated if I had noticed.
I’ll look forward to your results at least!
I’ll look forward to your results at least!
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 15 - Round 1.1
- Replies: 26
- Views: 589
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 15 - Round 1.1
1. The Roches - The Roches (1979)
2. Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del 5to. Patio - El circo (1991)
2. Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del 5to. Patio - El circo (1991)
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:27 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2000; Due February 29, 2024
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4408
Re: Albums and Songs of 2000; Due February 29, 2024
Between the 2010’s poll and the 2023 poll I couldn’t really find any time for this one, which is a real shame. I was able to make a long list of songs that’s unordered at the moment but here are what is (probably) the top of that list. Albums: 1. OutKast - Stankonia 2. Radiohead - Kid A 3. The Avala...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of 2023 - Results
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3549
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of 2023 - Results
I doubt Ocean Blvd. will win. Javelin would he my bet. That would answer Holden's open question whether one of the 6 previous winners would win this in an affirmative way. However, maybe Belle and Sebastian will pull the most surprising of upsets and win the whole thing. Javelin’s a good bet! It’s ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of 2023 - Results
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3549
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of 2023 - Results
I’m gonna make an early prediction based on nothing but my gut that Lana will top one of these lists, whether it’s Ocean Blvd. as an album or just “A&W”.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 151
- Views: 12992
Re: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
I wasn’t quite able to finish my songs list but I’ve included my top 100 since that’s all that gets counted anyways. I’ll edit this later this week with the rest of it. Albums: 1. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You 2. ANOHNI and the Johnsons - My Back Was a Bridge For You to Cross 3...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:06 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
- Replies: 103
- Views: 8521
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
That ended up being a very surprising finish, thanks for the list Holden!
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best Video Games Based on 4 Meta Rankings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 666
Re: Best Video Games Based on 4 Meta Rankings
Honestly I feel like this is the closest to what the discourse around these games actually looks like, so I’d say the list is a success.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
- Replies: 103
- Views: 8521
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
I never would have expected Zebra to get a last-place vote! It's also pretty funny that Alright is the top-ranked song of the 2010s on AM and didn't get a single top-10 vote here. I'm guessing this is the first time that's ever happened in any of our decade polls? I’m with you on Zebra, I figured a...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:22 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
- Replies: 103
- Views: 8521
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
I never would have expected Zebra to get a last-place vote! It's also pretty funny that Alright is the top-ranked song of the 2010s on AM and didn't get a single top-10 vote here. I'm guessing this is the first time that's ever happened in any of our decade polls? I’m with you on Zebra, I figured a...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Videogames of 2024 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1126
Re: Videogames of 2024 Discussion Thread
Just wanted to share my thoughts on the latest blockbuster of 2024 - "Chrono Nexus: Odyssey." Seriously, this game is an absolute masterpiece! The graphics are mind-blowing, and the attention to detail in the open-world setting is next level. What's really got me hooked is the dynamic sto...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 151
- Views: 12992
Re: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
I'm on an entirely different planet from everyone else when it comes to A&W... JamieW you're not alone on that planet ! :? On the same album, I much prefer “Let the Light In” and the title track. “A&W” has a chance in my top 50, but no way near the top. 100%, I liked “A&W” well enough b...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:51 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Songs of 2024 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 6
- Views: 856
Re: Songs of 2024 Discussion Thread
New Vampire Weekend singles suddenly dropped on Spotify, they’re good! They sound like Father of the Bride era stuff but with some production flourishes a la Contra, I guess?
Did anyone else know these were releasing today? Total surprise for me.
Did anyone else know these were releasing today? Total surprise for me.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:04 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Where is Administration acclaimedmusic.net ??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 493
Re: Where is Administration acclaimedmusic.net ??
Thanks Henrik! I’m sure it must be helping.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
- Replies: 103
- Views: 8521
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of the 2010s - Results!
Again Jamie XX performed much lower than I expected: “Loud Places” and “Good Times” didn’t even make the final. And “Gosh” appeared at #282. “how do you sleep” also suffered a great fall. I remember in one of our all time songs polls that it was the highest 2017 song along with “Green Light”. I’m b...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Where is Administration acclaimedmusic.net ??
- Replies: 8
- Views: 493
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:03 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 151
- Views: 12992
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:30 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 151
- Views: 12992
Re: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
Thank you both!
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:06 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
- Replies: 102
- Views: 6676
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
I’ll echo that and say fantastic job as always Holden, I’m excited for the song list!
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:02 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
- Replies: 151
- Views: 12992
Re: AMF Favorite Albums/Songs of 2023 - LIST THREAD
I hate to do this but is there a possibility we could push the deadline for this by a week? I’ve only just now caught up on all the noteworthy albums from 2023 and I’ll need some time to rank it…
Sorry in advance for the inconvenience!
Sorry in advance for the inconvenience!
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
- Replies: 102
- Views: 6676
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
That meteoric rise for Danny Brown and Laura Marling is so awesome and surprising!
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
- Replies: 102
- Views: 6676
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
Wow, that list of non-fans for the Knife album is surprisingly long.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
- Replies: 102
- Views: 6676
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
Thanks, Holden! It's more of a long-term thing than something needing immediate treatment. It's definitely worn on me mentally over the past year, though... Yes, that is possible that a few of the Not a Fans do like the album. I'm just a sucker for haunting vocals, eerie synths, minor chords, and m...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
- Replies: 102
- Views: 6676
Re: AMF Favorite Albums of the 2010s - RESULTS!
I’m surprised to see some of these so low!
With that said I’m glad that all my favorites have managed to escape the bottom 10%.
With that said I’m glad that all my favorites have managed to escape the bottom 10%.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 1001-2000
- Replies: 73
- Views: 118868
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 1001-2000
1189. / Beck / Midnight Vultures / 1999 / 827 Sweepstakes Ron (223), Toni (341), Brad (383), BleuPanda (387), Rocky Raccoon (402), Romain (406), Holden (430), stone37 (443), FrankLotion (630), nicolas (853), ChrisK (906), I recommend the following songs from this album: Sexx Laws (2332), Mixed Bizn...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3349
Re: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
Oh, and I was similarly confused how to incorporate the most recent Hitman trilogy since I played it as essentially one massive interconnected package (which seems to be the developer’s intention). I would consider them all as one game but that wouldn’t make sense for a poll like this so I’ve just c...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3349
Re: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
I’ve been spending most of my brain space on our 2010’s songs and albums poll so unfortunately I’m going to have to just submit what I have here. I’m pretty dissatisfied with it since I haven’t been able to decide where to put all the 2023 games I played (including my game of the year: RE 4) and I a...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15716
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
2205. 1330. Def Leppard / Hysteria / 1987 / 818 stone37 (226), Bruno (344), whuntva (421), Akhenaten (745), Moonbeam (790), FrankLotion (918) AM rated songs from this album include: Pour Some Sugar On Me (3309), Love Bites (9699), Animal (9738), Hysteria (bu). I like each of these songs, but prefer...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3349
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:37 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 22856
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
One by One is a half killers half fillers album for me, made worse by the fact that all the great tracks come first and then it falls apart. 4 great tracks to open the album, 2 good ones after and the rest is just plain forgettable. If I judged an album by how much I like its best songs, it would h...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 11:05 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Final 2010s Poll: Due January 31st, 2024
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10441
Re: Final 2010s Poll: Due January 15th, 2024
I will say I didnt realize the poll was going to work this way and after a year of participating in album polls, am going to have to pull out of participating. I much much much prefer polls where I rank my favorites regardless of if they are eligible, essentially how the All Time poll worked. I hop...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Post your 2023 Recap
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3072
Re: Post your 2023 Recap
I guess the top five artists is no surprise, I relistened to their entire catalogs to make some huge playlists this year (although Bob Dylan I was exclusively listening to his Bootleg series, so that goes to show how extensive that series is).
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:18 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2019
- Replies: 68
- Views: 67277
Re: Albums and Songs of 2019
Albums: 1. FKA Twigs - Magdalene 2. Ariana Grande - thank u, next 3. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising 4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen 5. Angel Olsen - All Mirrors 6. Solange - When I Get Home 7. Beyoncé - Homecoming 8. Little Simz - GREY Area 9. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka 10. Rapsody - Eve ...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Attention Seekers - An album game for overwhelmed people
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4295
Re: Attention Seekers - A silly album game for overwhelmed people
Congrats on the new job!
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3349
Re: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
One point I'd like to make though: For the Pokémon games, because each entry in a given generation is more or less identical to the other entry, can all entries in that generation count as the same game? So Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue would both count for Pokémon Generation 1, Pokémon Gold and Pok...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3349
Re: AMF's top 100 games 2023!
Nice! I was just thinking the other day we should do another one of these! My top 100 has changed a lot since last time so I’ll have to keep working on it before I post it here.
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Horror Games
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3462
Re: Horror Games
What do you think about The Exorcist directed by William Friedkin That’s the one I was referring to, I think it’s a classic that’s still very creepy and the special effects haven’t aged much at all (which is crazy since the movie turned 50 this year). The Exorcist reboot/sequel that just came out l...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 1001-2000
- Replies: 73
- Views: 118868
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 1001-2000
1023. / Tune-yards / whokill / 2011 / 1081 FrankLotion (194) - I am looking forward to receiving Frank's song recommendations. But, this album is not a top priority for me (more of a middling-priority) ___________________________________________________________________________________ This can be a...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:02 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2023 Discussion Thread
- Replies: 177
- Views: 202876
Re: Albums of 2023 Discussion Thread
Not hating on any of these albums (I quite like the boygenius and Rodrigo ones), but does Taylor Swift really need to get a 5/5 with almost every release? It’s pretty confounding, I initially thought they were doing it so they could secure more interviews with her but it doesn’t look like they’ve h...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:51 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Music league
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20275
Re: Music league
Also just realized that the spreadsheet doesn’t come out too well when checking it out on my phone, my bad on that. Should be more workable if you’re using a PC.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Music league
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20275
Re: Music league
Very cool, Frank! Looks like I need to invest in some Country / Americana? You must have taken quite some time to collect those statistics... I can't imagine the music league exports any data. I averaged player scores and found that Andy (not G)'s got the 2nd highest average score and I've got 3rd....
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Music league
- Replies: 77
- Views: 20275
Re: Music league
Hello all! So to commemorate what’s been my favorite activity on the forum for a while, I decided to pull together some stats regarding our little music league. I meant to post this after 25 rounds but I didn’t anticipate how long it would take me to do, so here is the rundown after the first 26 rou...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Video Game Discussion
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46319
Re: Video Game Discussion
So other than the Persona games, I really haven’t talked much about all the other games I played this year. I spent more than a month this summer recovering from a surgery so I had a ton of downtime, meaning I played a lot of games since I couldn’t do much else. Luckily they were mostly very good so...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Horror Games
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3462
Re: Horror Games
For clarification, are you wondering about horror movies, games, or both? The topic title and your comment differ in that. I don’t know if I have a favorite horror movie of all time but I’ll say that I really enjoyed that fairly new movie Skinamarink if you’re looking for something very downtempo an...
- Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Acclaimed Lists Video
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3066
Re: My Acclaimed Lists Video
Awesome job! I’ll echo everything Nassim said, I think a whole follow up video on biases in particular would be very entertaining and informative.
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:31 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
- Replies: 222
- Views: 867791
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Fantastic job DaveC and Holden! I can’t imagine how much work goes into making one of these lists but it’s much appreciated.