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Matski

DJ Mag decided not to do a EoY albums list for 2020. Instead they wrote an article combining various releases (albums, singles, compilations) with events and other news pieces, all into one article - 2020: a year in Dance Music. So you may want to strike them from that list, at least for this year.

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MAGNET's Top 25 Albums Of 2020 (Well, more like Top 31...) The Strokes - The New Abnormal Porridge Radio - Every Bad Guided By Voices - Surrender Your Poppy Field | Mirrored Aztec | Styles We Paid For Adrianne Lenker - Songs | Instrumentals Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown Drive-By Truckers - The ...

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So, as we're still transcribing non-eligible lists for Treblezine..: Top 20 Electronic Albums of 2020 (unranked) https://www.treblezine.com/best-electronic-albums-of-2020/ The Soft Pink Truth – Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song Mary Lattimore – Silver Lad...

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Well, you've got one at least one of the four correct:

04. Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

With three more days to go, will the Guardian throw a left-field wonder into the mix?.. ...Knowing the Guardian, probably not.

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Agreed. It was never going to be name-checked on these EoYs at the level that Ohms is or Fear Inoculum was last year but I'm glad it's at least getting mentioned. It's a shame that Imperial Triumphant's Alphaville didn't make either list.

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2017 in general seems to have been hit hard; American Dream also collapsed. I think both were the victims of being the 'lesser' albums of the decade by artists critics chose not to feature twice. It's weird to me, since I prefer MASSEDUCTION to her previous albums and find American Dream to be on e...

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Holden wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:09 pm It is indeed only 99....

Okay, they've added the 100th entry: Haim - Women in Music, Pt. 3.

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Okay, what am I missing? Their introduction states that this is their 'Top 100' albums but I'm only counting 99. :S AC/DC - Power Up Algiers - There Is No Year Angel Olsen - Whole New Mess Angelica Garcia - Cha Cha Palace Bach Choir / David Hill / BBC Concert Orchestra - Howells: Missa Sabrinensis B...

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Alright, time for the eligible lists: Top 100 Songs of 2020 https://www.treblezine.com/best-songs-of-2020/ 100. Molchat Doma – “Heaven and Hell” 99. NNAMDÏ – “Flowers to My Demons” 98. Bing & Ruth – “Badwater Psalm” 97. Tengger – “Eurasia” 96. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – “It Gets Easier” 95. Bob...

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Seeming as we're displaying non eligible lists for Treblezine: Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2020 (unranked) https://www.treblezine.com/best-jazz-albums-2020/ Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – Shaman! Ambrose Akinmusire – on the tender spot of every calloused moment Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers – Just Coo...

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Just a reminder that Kate Tempest changed name to 'Kae Tempest' earlier this year.

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Transcribed. Only took a minute-or-two: 1. Miss Colombia - Lido Pimienta 2. Sin Miedo (Del amor y otros demonios) - Kali Uchis 3. Cumbia Siglo XXI - Meridian Brothers 4. FERXXO (VOL 1: M.O.R) - FEID 5. Cera perdida - Frente Cumbiero 6. Nueva Era - Tres Coronas 7. Rebulú - Alexis Play 8. acts of rebe...

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Staggering work, as always. Thank you Henrik, Sweepstakes Ron and everyone else involved in this update.

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AllMusic has finally reviewed The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski. It has been awarded 4.5 stars.

While they haven't ranked on the Acclaimed Music charts, Volumes II and III have been also reviewed - if anyone is interested.

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If there are any Linkin Park fans here, you'll be happy to know that Hybrid Theory has been rerated by AllMusic (yes, again). This time it's been upgraded to 4.5 stars.

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Correct. Same with Sam's Town . The writer has a penchant for altering the album ratings whenever they take over reviewing an act's discorgraphy. It happened when they started writing the reviews for Beyoncé, Coldplay, Muse and Nine Inch Nails too. EDIT: The same writer also does the reviews for Def...

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Thanks for all the hard work Holden. Quite a few entries I haven't heard yet. Time to listen to some more new music.

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Top work acroamor. Looks exhausting to compile all that data. Regardless, I hope you had as much fun as we did.

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Alright then, just a top ten. Looking at the list, it feels very tentative at this stage. Ask again in a few days and it could look very different. Matski's Top Ten Albums of 2020... ...After the First Six Months: 01 | Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 02 | Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter 0...

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If you're drawing up a list just for fun, keeping it out of the official AM rankings then that could be interesting. I would be against taking it any further though.

Given half the lists I've read I'd guess that Fiona Apple would storm into first.

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Remember when I ranted that AllMusic needed to upgrade more albums from the 2000s to a five star rating because there wasn't many of them compared to the 2010s? Well... ...The following albums have been upgraded to 5.0 stars on AllMusic: Aaliyah - Aaliyah ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead...

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Only half way through 2020 and there's already half-a-dozen 90+ rated albums on there. I wonder if critics have been easing up on their usual standards this year?

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The following albums have been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic:

Deerhoof - The Runners Four
Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity

The following albums have been downgraded to 4.0 stars on AllMusic:

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3

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The following albums have been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic:

Beach House - Bloom
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch
Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School
St. Vincent - St. Vincent

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According to Metacritic , they have given perfect scores right away for (excluding reissues, compilations and classical stuff): ... Most of those early 00s releases have been five-starred for over a decade now. It's hard to find out if they were ever mistakes that were reverted and then upgraded ag...

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Only to classical releases, or very rarely by accident as was the case with Little Simz' Grey Area . It was originally given a full five-star rating (its Metacritic entry corroborates this ) but when AMG's staff realised a mistake was made it was downgraded . It's not that they don't love new releas...

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Nick Cave is hard to pin down - he's so darn consistent. Some love his late 80s Tender Prey era the most, others live for his mid-90s output, etc. His recent albums have received as much praise upon release as he's ever received. And I say that as someone who's slightly ambivalent towards Push the S...

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The following albums have been upgraded to 5.0 stars on AllMusic:

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

The following albums have been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic:

Drive-By Truckers - American Band
Protomartyr - Relatives in Descent

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The following albums have been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic: Angel Olsen - My Woman Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior Battles - Mirrored Converge - The Dusk in Us Dan Deacon - America Daniel Avery - Drone Logic Danny Brown - XXX Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolutio...

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^ Pretty funny typo if it was an accident.

Thanks for all the hard work Holden. Titanic Rising is a fantastic album and a well-deserved winner. Great to see Grey Area in the top ten too. Kudos to mileswide for the informed write-up.

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Love Me Back isn't listed on AM. Reality Show is the only Jazmine Sullivan album even close to charting so far. Too bad that AllMusic didn't choose upgrade that latter release instead.

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Apologies Harold, it seems that they've published two different lists. The one above is a 'local album picks' while the following list covers country albums. 20th Annual Country Music Critics’ Poll: The Results 1. Tanya Tucker, While I’m Livin’ (Fantasy) 2. The Highwomen, The Highwomen (Elektra/Low ...

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Two new downgrades on AllMusic:

Algiers - The Underside of Power is now rated at 4.0 stars.
Bill Fay - Life Is People is also now rated at 4.0 stars.

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Seems like someone at AllMusic has been re-evaluating 00s British rock recently. First Coldplay, now Muse:

Muse - Absolution has been upgraded again, this time to 4.0 stars.
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations has been upgraded to 4.5 stars.

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Really? I wouldn't begrudge any decision to leave Hipersonica off the list next year, if they decide to pull this again.

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KALPORZ AWARDS - The 20 Best Albums of 2019 20. JUNIUS PAUL, “Ism” 19. THE MURDER CAPITAL, “When I Have Fears” 18. TORO Y MOI, “Outer Peace” 17. ANGEL BAT DAWID, “The Oracle” 16. ANGEL OLSEN, “All Mirrors”” 15. SHARON VAN ETTEN, “Remind Me Tomorrow” 14. PURPLE MOUNTAINS, “Purple Mountains” 13. JAME...

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Migliori album 2019 (Best albums 2019) Logos - Imperial Flood Ultramarine - Signals Into Space These New Puritans - Inside The Rose Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride Big Thief - UFOF Big Thief - Two Hands Bill Callahan - Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain dTHEd ...

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No worries, I get it. I'd be tempted to write a note at the bottom of column stating something like: 'We moved entries up to correct their error. If you feel the need to be pedantic and complain about it then get lost - we don't care.'

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Los 51 mejores discos internacionales de 2019 (The 51 best international albums of 2019) Note: They seem to have messed up - there's no #24 on their list. May as well make it a 'Top 50' instead! 51. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Infest the Rats’ Nest 50. Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asle...

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ACL 2019 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year 1. Caterina Barbieri ~ Ecstatic Computation 2. Matana Roberts ~ COIN COIN Chapter Four: Memphis 3. Black to Comm ~ Seven Horses for Seven Kings 4. The Caretaker ~ Everywhere at the end of time/everywhere, an empty bliss 5. Sunn O))) ~ Life Metal 6. Dominik E...

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MAGNET’s Top 25 Albums Of 2019 1) Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka 2) Fontaines DC - Dogrel 3) Big Thief - U.F.O.F. & Two Hands 4) The Minus 5 - Stroke Manor 5) Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising 6) Angel Olsen - All Mirrors 7) Guided By Voices - Zeppelin Over China | Warp And Woof | Sweating The Plague 8) Ma...

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Year in Music 2019: Top Local Albums Critics’ Poll 10. Petty - How Low We In 9. Twen - Awestruck 8. Kelsey Waldon - White Noise / White Lines 7. Faux Ferocious - Pretty Groovy 6. Miranda Lambert - Wildcard 5. Adia Victoria - Silences 4. Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury 3. Brittany Howard - Jaime 2. ...

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XLR8R's Best of 2019: Releases Teebs - Anicca Mabe Fratti - Pies Sobre La Tierra Loscil - Equivalents James Massiah - Natural Born Killers Mutant Joe - Home Invasion Anthems Barker - Utility Rian Treanor - ATAXIA TNGHT - TNGHT II Shuta Hasunuma - Oa Clever Austi - Pareidolia Ras_G & The Afrikan Spa...

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Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2019 51. JAWS - The Ceiling 50. Liz Lawrence - Pity Party 49. The S.L.P. - The S.L.P 48. Pip Blom - Boat 47. King Nun - MASS 46. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR 45. Babymetal - Metal Galaxy 44. Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - End Of Suffering 43. Rex Orange County - Pony 42. (...

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Hotter than Hell! - 50 Greatest Albums of the Year [2019] (pg.10 / #1083 / 14th December, 2019) 50. Torche - Admission 49. Ithaca - The Language of Injury 48. Press Club - Wasted Energy 47. Perry Farrell - Kind Heaven 46. Gatecreeper - Deserted 45. Dawn Ray'd - Behold Sedition Plainsong 44. I Preva...

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Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor has been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic.

horacewimp10538 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:12 pm Allmusic: Mercury Rev - All Is Dream is upgraded from 4 to 4.5 stars

Welcome to the forum horacewimp10538. Sorry to say but I already beat you to the punch on this one - see above.

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Deerhunter - Microcastle has been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic.

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A number of changes to album ratings on AllMusic: M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts has been downgraded to 4.0 stars M83 - Saturdays = Youth has been upgraded to 4.5 stars Mercury Rev - All Is Dream has been upgraded to 4.5 stars Sufjan Stevens - Michigan has been upgraded to 4.5 stars Tame ...

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