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Anyone who wanted to see this probably crunched the numbers long ago but I was interested to find out, so here's the 2010-16 counterpart of Nick's AM vs EOD analysis: 2010 1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (#2) 2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (#9) 3. Beach House - Teen Dream (#21) 4. LC...

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You must've fixed it, no glitches for the rest of it, let's hope it stays working next time!

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Never had a shoutout on the radio before! :happy-partydance: Again, the last song (Dawn Chorus, I think?), overall sound was a tad lo-fi but it seemed like that was by design and not a problem with your volume, could hear the vocals perfectly. Not hearing vocals on The Mind Is As Deep As You Make It...

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It'll probably be too late by the time you see this but the vocals were clear to me, just couldn't hear you until after the second song and your voice went deafeningly loud after Normal Behaviour. Relieved the show's Covid-proof, I'd be stuck without it!

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Gil Scott-Heron/Makaya McCraven - We're New Again - A Reimagining [Running] Tame Impala - The Slow Rush [One More Hour] King Krule - Man Alive! [Alone, Omen 3] Kvelertak - Splid [Uglas Hegemoni] Lanterns on the Lake - Spook the Herd [Every Atom] Grimes - Miss Anthropocene [4ÆM] Soccer Mommy - color ...

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As ever, I'm only including albums worth 6 or above by my reckoning:

Pongo - UWA (EP)* 8 (between Sorry for the late reply and Paradise)
Gil Scott-Heron/Makaya McCracken - We're New Again - A Reimagining 7.5 (between Algiers and the Ancestors albums)

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8 Sigur Rós - ( ) v. 4. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys 1. Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina v. 3. The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk 7. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas v. 5. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle 2. Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase v. 6. Electra - Adaptionen Standout ...

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Smiley Lewis - Down the Road 6
U2 - Red Light 6
Matchbox Twenty - Bright Lights 5
White Reaper - Judy French 8
Deerhunter - Twilight at Carbon Lake 6
Running Wild - Riding the Storm 7
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning 6
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain 5

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These ratings are supposed to reflect how much we like the songs, so do you mean unusually good ? And super usual = totally bland? Otherwise I don’t get it. Could be a mistranslation of 'ordinary' and 'extraordinary'? I could be wrong but as far as I can tell, Wisnu's Indonesian and based on the li...

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PlasticRam wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 21, 2020 8:35 am
I mean after first listen it was like 8.0 and second listen I rated it 9.0.

I wish my plants grew at that rate! I know what you mean though and I can see you don't give out 9s as easily as I do, so I'll give the album a go

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PlasticRam wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:31 pm
The Weeknd album grew on me.

Hasn't it just come out?

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I'd have very different examples to Stevie but broadly similar classifications: 10 Indispensable Ok, maybe not literally but a 10 would only fall out my AT list if it were overplayed or displaced by a song from the same artist. Means a lot to me 9 Classic Thoroughly deserving of a place in my top 10...

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A new personal #1 has been brewing for a while-- I expected it to be Dark Matter but it's actually Les Amazones d'Afrique - Amazones Power, which I'm compelled to bump up to a 9 . Sightless Pit - Grave of a Dog 7.5 (between Paradise EP and Top Tier). Not quite CALIGULA but similar territory for Ling...

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Puppetmastaz - Hip Hop Police 5 Neither a satisfying satire spoof nor a completely credible rap track, even if there is a bounce to it that keeps me listening. (I really expected straight-up satire in hip-hop fronted by puppets?? What was I smoking?) Klaatu - Everybody Took a Holiday 4 I can tell Kl...

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To Rob or whoever's carrying the mantle, I've updated my ballot with Moon Hooch at 21, kicked out Flying Lotus at 49, so everyone from 21 to 48's fallen a place. Should be my last alteration hopefully!

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1. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English v. 6. Adele - 21 8. Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly v. 7. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst 5. The Chills - Submarine Bells v. 4. Nadine Shah - Holiday Destination 3. The Upsetters - Super Ape v. 2. Azealia Banks - Broke with Expensive Taste Broke with Expensive Ta...

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Portishead - Cowboys

Brad wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:33 am
Here's one that's surely better than "Creep"!:

You'd be doing well to find something worse than Creep!

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kendon wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:46 pm
Echosmith - "Lonely Generation"

I think this'll need a second vote to be nominated as it appeared in Weekly Chart 19.44

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The Secret Sisters - Hold You Dear

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Can't help on the votes front but may I suggest The Secret Sisters - Hold You Dear to make up the nomination numbers?

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I think that's the same thing? I may not have explained it well. You explained it perfectly, just me being dim. Here's my ordering of the original 10! SLØTFACE - Sorry for the Late Reply [Highlight: Luminous] Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar [Highlight: My Friend] Georgia - Seeking Thrills [Highlight: ...

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AC/DC - Touch Too Much

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Have to chime with the consensus on Sebastian- it and Cashing In are my strongest 4th and 3rd-places yet, they would have been group winners in other weeks: LUIS BUÑUEL GROUP 2| The Pale Fountains | Palm of My Hand 3| The Lijadu Sisters | Cashing In 5| Brand New | Okay I Believe You, but My Tommy Gu...

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Qualifying albums this week:

Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar* 7.5 (ranking between The Weather up There and Suite for Max Brown)

Antilopen Gang - Abbruch Abbruch* 7 (between Eject EP & Texas Sun)

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Let's begin again, begin the begin! 8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) v. 7. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert 6. Suede - Coming Up v. 4. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement 5. Fennesz - Black Sea v. 2. Edan - Beauty and the Beat 1. Noir Désir - 666,667 Club v...

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Rob wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 11, 2020 3:54 pm
The link works, Mileswide, and I'll take this one on me in the next few days.

Cool, raring to see your take!

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Insert COIN to play Random Release II: The Revenge! https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/i_kill_pxls/press_start/ https://e.snmc.io/i/fullres/w/383066a79980e284b6ff156c0a9e0013/3154529 Artist: I KILL PXLS Album: Press Start Year: 2008 RYM rating: 1.00 (from 1 rating) Genre: None listed but cultur...

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I swear you pick these on purpose, spiritualized! Any devotee of the Billboard R&B charts at the turn of the 90s could tell you that Crazy was The Boys' last of three #1s without resorting to Wikipedia's verbatim excerpt of Allmusic's biography on the band but that ain't me. As if scripted by Hollyw...

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The Flaming Lips - A Spoonful Weighs a Ton 8 Coyne could nearly get away with murder by singing, so effective are his tricks in making us (ok, me) teary-eyed. The harp notes only add to the beautiful melancholy. Like elsewhere on The Soft Bulletin, Steven Drozd thumps his drumkit like it's his last ...

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Eric Bogle - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

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Schüttelbirne wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:09 pm
Moses Boyd - Shades of You (ft. Poppy Ajudha)

Firmly seconded, one of the album's highlights

Disappointed with how Ohio's faring, not at all the kind of song I expected from King Princess but it's the best thing on this week's chart!

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Holden wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:23 pm

I think it varies just a little in that instead of eliminating the last place candidate, it eliminates all non-first place candidates.

You've got a point, that's a considerable difference, I must not have read the bit about all entries lower than 1st place! Thanks Holden, I fully get it now

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I like the sound of this and I'll take part in earnest once I've heard all the 10 (6 more to go!) From what I understand, voting system is essentially Alternative Vote/Single Transferable Vote

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Emmy the Great feat. Tom Fleming - Swimming Pool 6 Intriguing, no MIA Millencolin - Twenty Two 5 Whininess undermines energy Aleksandar Šišič - Ćhelipe 5 Some fine fiddling WhoMadeWho - Hi & Lo (Konstantin Sibold Acid Mix) 4 Floorfiller falls flat Tim Buckley - Sweet Surrender 6 Potential to improve...

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Although I do think you'll one day make a comparison that will indeed get you banned, it won't be today. My first association was Axel F too. But nothing quite fits. I even thought of No Limit for a second there. :D I can't stop myself, it's an addiction (metaphors don't count as comparisons, do th...

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Maybe I should be banned from making comparisons but re: Shocked's bassline, Axel F? Or Girls Aloud's Love Machine? I'm not trying to be obtuse, purely saying what I hear. Can see where Safetycat's coming from with M:I too.

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I'm not sure if these artist are known outside France: Out of your 'maybe internationally successful' pile, all the disco hits plus Prayer in C are famous in the UK at least, even if not everyone knows who sung them and if they do, they'll consider them a one-hit-wonder (ok, two for Ottawan at a pu...

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On first listen, I'm giving The Secret Sisters - Saturn Return a risky 8.5 , some wondrous country harmonies there. Only other album I've heard in the past week to match my above list is ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, which is presently a 6 betw...

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Edre Peraza wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:06 pm
The dog in the middle is the sweetest thing ever she cuddles with me every night

Dogs are just the best, aren't they? I used to be a cat-person but I've seen the light

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Holden wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:16 pm
091 | Bob Dylan's Dream (1979) (36.867/3 Votes)

Just a small thing, Dylan did have 115 dreams but none in 1979, this should be 1963.

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Edre Peraza wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:19 am
Of course! I love giving my dogs the attention they need!

Aww, I bet you've had them for long enough that you start seeing yourself in them. They deserve a pat on the head and so do you, good track

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Cute dogs on the cover, are they yours?

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Albums 16. hours... 15. The Next Day 14. uǝɥʇɐǝɥ [Heathen] 13. Young Americans 12. Station to Station 11. The Man Who Sold the World 10. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 9. "Heroes" 8. Low 7. ★ [Blackstar] 6. Diamond Dogs 5. Aladdin Sane 4. Lodger 3. Earthling 2. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardus...

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