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Matski

This looks like a pretty strong set of nominees for the Mercury Prize. Black Midi, Cate Le Bon, Idles, Little Simz and Slowthai have all put out some of my favourite albums of the past year. The others weren't bad either. Surprise choice for the token jazz act - I was hoping they'd go for The Comet ...

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Did you even bother to check the link above? The site takes snapshots of websites to form a historial archive of the internet. Going back to when it started archiving AllMusic's pages in 2012, the album's rating has remained unchanged. Looking at the album's wikipedia entry shows the same results - ...

Matski

The notion of compiling an EoD list while keeping up with all the potential 2019 EoY releases feels like a logistical nightmare. There are so many records from the past decade that I still want to check out (at least 250 by my count) and about as many albums that I loved but lack the time to revisit...

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Shocked and saddened. When Berman called it a day with the Silver Jews it felt like he was doing it so he could deal with some of the heavier stuff going on in his life. With the recent formation of Purple Mountains I was hoping that it was a sign that things were finally starting to work out for hi...

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Plunge by Fever Ray has been upgraded to 4.5 stars by AllMusic. Here’s some allmusic ratings changes for The Cranberries some good some bad. ... Not sure 'No Need to Argue' ever had such a high rating . Given the tone that Ned Raggett's review conveys, it more likely had a lower rating when it was ...

Matski

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment has been upgraded to 4.0 stars on AllMusic.

They have also upgraded Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids to 5.0 stars.

Matski

Silversun Pickups - Carnavas has been downgraded to 3.5 stars on AllMusic.

Matski

There are many older, influential British musicians who are yet to be awarded a five-star studio album, despite gaining more acclaim than Veronica Falls : The Cure , The Fall , New Order , Prefab Sprout , Siouxsie and the Banshees ... we could go on. I love Veronica Falls' debut album. It ended up o...

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Oh, I wouldn't say they hated the album but critics that populate those publications usually seemed to place PHM as the band's masterpiece and TDS as a mere 4-star record, whereas the concensus with most NIN fans (at least from the one's I've known) is that TDS is the masterpiece and PHM is merely a...

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Happy for 'The Downward Spiral' fans. Music critics from around Illinois and Michigan (like those at AllMusic and Pitchfork) use to seem weary of the record. It's good to see them finally coming around to it. Their new reviews/ratings of 'The Fragile' suggest that they are also finally warming up to...

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Yeah, 'I Am...' is the most poorly reviewed release out of her records. So I'm not surprised it hasn't made AM's list. These changes seem more in-line with Acclaimed Music's collated critical consensus . Based on those, AllMusic possibly could have improved their changes by also upgrading '4' to fou...

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To coincide with the release of the new live album that seems to wowing critics, AllMusic have rejiged some of their ratings for Beyoncé's discography. Here are the changes that affect AM's list:

B'Day has been downgraded to 4 stars.
Lemonade has been upgraded to 4.5 stars.

Matski

I'm sure many here have already heard it but just in case; anyone that loves lushly-orchestrated folk-pop may want to check out the new Weyes Blood album, Titanic Rising. It's already fully availble to stream on NPR this week.

Matski

Unfortuntely, it looks like Immortal don't have any entries on the AM's list. Feel free to double-check the metal genre list here or for the band alphabetically here.

Shame AllMusic didn't make more changes to Immortal's discography. I'm not sure they've got those ratings quite right yet...

Matski

Composers like John Williams are probably too passé for Pitchfork and while The Chariots of Fire title theme is arguably Vangelis' most ubiquitous piece, the rest of the record doesn't quite match its gravitas. The Blade Runner soundtrack would likely be favoutite soundtrack and electronic record if...

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Do need to revisit these (especially with all the 'Album of the Decade' lists incoming within the next year) but as they stand..: 1) 2015 | Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly 2) 2011 | PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 3) 2007 | LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver 4) 2009 | Animal Collective - Merriweat...

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The goofiness of Big Beat was my jam as a teenager and out of all those popular 90s acts and The Prodigy were the act most often on rotation. Though the genre may seem antiquated now, Music for the Gilted Generation will always be top of the list whenever I choose to return to it. Cheers for the mus...

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Devastating news. His left behind an amazingly consistent set of records. Within the next day or two, I'll set a side some time to listen to his beautiful solo album again. Thank you for all the wonderful music Mark.

Matski

...and just albums from me. Idles was my pick this year - an incredible record and one that it I found hard to resist putting in the top spot. I think I've also fallen head-over-heels for Julia Holter - she's the only artist to make it into my EoY top five three times this decade! https://s3-eu-west...

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... The current USA #1 album is Golden Hour , surprisingly enough (finishing at #1 in the Uproxx aggregate poll didn't hurt). Strikingly, Joy as an Act of Resistance is #1 for the other two categories - if it had done just a little bit better with U.S. critics (truthfully, I have absolutely no idea...

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Oops. Let's just sweep those reposted threads under the rug...

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Rumore Top 50 of 2018 Rumore #323 | Dicembre 2018 1. Low - Double Negative 2. Daniel Blumberg - Minus 3. Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance 4. Nu Guinea - Nuova Napoli 5. Tirzah - Devotion 6. Riccardo Sinigallia - Ciao Cuore 7. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love 8. Shame - Song of Praise 9. Sle...

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Top Albums 2018 - Blow up Magazine #247 [dicembre 2018] 1. Low - Double Negative 2. Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance 3. Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son 4. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt 5. Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability 6. Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic 7. Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4 8. Anna...

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Sentire Ascoltare - The Top 50 Essential Albums of 2018 Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile Julia Holter – Aviary Nine Inch Nails – Bad Witch Demdike Stare – Passion Richard Youngs – Belief CupcakKe – Ephorize Vessel – Queen of Golden Dogs Sophie – OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES Neneh Cherry –...

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Dagsavisen Top 40 Albums of 2018 1. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour 2. Christine And The Queens: Chris 3. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Hope Downs 4. Shame: Songs Of Praise 5. Robyn: Honey 6. Emilie Nicolas: Tranquile Emile 7. Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Look Now 8. Father John Misty: God’s Fav...

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Have been doing a bit of a search through all the magazines/websites outside of the US. Haven't found any articles yet for Monkeybuzz, Porcys, Rockerilla, Screenagers or Songwriting. A Voir A Lire have only published a top ten best rap albums ( here ) I have located lists for Blow Up Magazine (Top 1...

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Irish Times: The best rock and pop music of 2018: A furious revolution 1 Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe 2 Sweetener – Ariana Grande 3 Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves 4 Heaven & Earth – Kamasi Washington 5 Bloom – Troye Sivan Note: They also published a top five tracks of 2018 on the same page: 1 Thank...

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Music @ The Digital Fix choose our nine favourite albums of 2018 As they state on the page, Digital Fix have decided not to do a traditional list this year. Instead, each writer picked their three favourite albums of the year to form the list. Not sure if that means it's still elligible. These are ...

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According to this site, State Magazine (Ireland) closed down in March last year, so we are unlikely to see anymore lists from them.

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60. St. Vincent - "Fast Slow Disco" 59. Silk City and Dua Lipa - "Electricity" 58. Denzel Curry – “Black Balloons” 57. Ash - “Confessions in the Pool” 56. Young Thug - "High (feat. Elton John)" 55. Charli XCX - "Focus" 54. Tami Nelson - "Stay Outta My Business" 53. Okzharp and Manthe Ribane - "Kubon...

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50. Denzel Himself - 'Melty ft. KEYAH/BLU' 49. Virginia Wing - 'The Second Shift' 48. ILL - 'Stuck On A Loop' 47. Grouper - 'Parking Lot' 46. Janelle Monae - 'I Like That' 45. Baxter Dury, Etienne De Crécy & Delilah Holliday - 'White Coats' 44. Chromatics - 'Black Walls' 43. Bruce - 'What' 42. Julia...

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Resident Advisor - 2018's Best Albums Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4 Julia Holter - Aviary Fatima - And Yet It's All Love Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still Lucrecia Dalt - Anticlines Various - 15 Years Of The Bunker Varg - Nordic Flora Series Pt. 5: Crush Sarah Davachi - Gave In Rest Various - Don't Me...

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TREBLE (US) The 100 Songs of 2018 100. Serpentwithfeet – “Bless ur heart” 99. Car Seat Headrest – “Bodys” 98. Daughters – “The Reason They Hate Me” 97. Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the Stars” 96. Laurel Halo – “Raw Silk Uncut Wood” 95. Hot Snakes – “Six Wave Hold-Down” 94. Voivod – “Obsolete Beings”...

Matski

You can relax Dave. The duo jokingly named themselves after the meme . No harm intended. ;) I'm surprised that Tropical Fuck Storm have even made it onto a list from outside of their home country. They have a decent following online but their wider media coverage has been close to zero. Here's hopin...

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Unsurpringly, his recent political statements seem to have been the last straw with the media. If it's irreparable, I wonder how badly it will affect his 2010s releases in the AOTD polls. Fans of albums like MDTF could end up frustrated by the fallout.

Matski

From my understanding, it was released only as a movie in 2016 and wasn't actually released as an album until this year. Regardless, there are plenty of other choices I'm mulling over putting forward.

Matski

Quick question: does the full release of Frank Ocean's 'Endless' in April (as opposed to the visual-only release back in 2016) make it eligible for nomination?

Matski

TREBLE (US) The 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018

10. JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
9. Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING
8. Smino - Noir
7. Vince Staples - FM!
6. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
5. Brockhampton - iridescence
4. Mac Miller - Swimming
3. Noname - Room 25
2. Pusha T - Daytona
1. Saba - Care For Me

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TREBLE (US) - Top 10 Electronic Albums of 2018 10. Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet 9. Gas - Rausch 8. Meat Beat Manifesto - Impossible Star 7. Low - Double Negative 6. Lotic - Haunted 5. Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics 4. Aphex Twin - Collapse 3. Robyn - Honey 2. Against All Logic - 2012-2017 1. Yves Tumo...

Matski

Poor Billie. Decades ahead of her time. Thanks for the article, Hymie.

Matski

Excellent news. Looking forward to it notbrianeno.

Matski

With any luck, they'll be thoughful enough to post a date alongside and/or give the full title.

Matski

Just to check, is anyone going to be running a 2018 Best Albums/Songs poll for the forum in January? For once, I seem to be on top on the year's releases and may even have a list ready by the new year. Only have the new albums by Anderson Paak, Rosalía, Daughters and Julia Holter to catch up on. Hop...

Matski

Up until last weekend, Los Ángeles had actually been downgraded to 3.5 stars but someone at AMG must have thought that was too harsh. Giving it such a low grade looked silly next to all the praise Mariano Prunes had given it in the review. I didn't realise that the album had made it onto the AM data...

Matski

Rosalía - Los ángeles has been downgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.

Matski

It's a label debut that has sold well and outside of the RYM-core followers it's generally well-regarded ( see metacritic ). That it became AMG's choice pick isn't too surprising. It's just disappointing that they felt the need to downgrade S2. AMG possibly did it just to differentiate their ratings...

Matski

Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.

Matski

Thanks for highlighting that. I'm only starting to explore Sizzla's music so maybe this is incorrect but from what I understand he didn't start recording music until 1995. Black Woman & Child isn't a re-release of his early material, so the change is a bizarre one for AllMusic to make. I'll forward ...

Matski

NPG0607 wrote:Sizzla's Black Woman & Child has been downgraded to 4 stars by Allmusic

Strange. Browsed through Sizzla's AllMusic profile this week and it seems like they've now removed the review and the rating to Black Woman & Child. They've replaced it with a blank entry, using a 2009 release date...

Matski

Another questionable change - Photek - Modus Operandi has been downgraded to 3.5 stars by AllMusic.

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