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Matski

Mentioned this in another thread but End of Year/Decade articles were something AllMusic didn't start doing until 2008 and even then that was as retrospectives . It's taken them many years to embrace it the way outlets like Pitchfork always have. When the end of 2009 rolled around, they never would ...

Matski

AllMusic Best of 2019 | AllMusic 2019 in Review 440 / Juan Luis Guerra / Juan Luis Guerra y 440 - Literal A-Wa - Bayti Fi Rasi Aldous Harding - Designer Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom / Allison Miller - Glitter Wolf Altin Gün - Gece Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet Angel Olsen - All Mirrors Ariana ...

Matski

Seems like they chose Yeezus over My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy . That may seem like an odd choice from the outside but AllMusic have never seemed to bow to the zeitgeist surrounding the album. I wonder if their editorial team even noticed it's the only Kanye album users have given a full five-s...

Matski

Really dissappointed that I missed so many updates off that post last weekend. Some of my favourite albums this decade too! Oh well, here's another update from AllMusic - it seems Coldplay's discography is undergoing a ratings overhaul: Coldplay - X&Y and Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends ha...

Matski

More changes on AllMusic:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In has been upgraded to a full five-stars.

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head has been upgraded to 4.5 stars.

Matski

They don't seem to have a list for the 00s overall. Their staff did upload a series of retrospective annual reviews a while ago, going all the way back to the 50s. You can still find it as part of the 'AllMusic Loves...' series here . The 'Album of the Year' article concept is something I feel AllMu...

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The AllMusic Decade in Review Beach House - Teen Dream Actress - Splazsh Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid Harvey Milk - A Small Turn of Human Kindness Jonathan Nott / Bamberger Symphoniker - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today Kode9 - DJ-Kicks Arcade Fire - The Suburb...

Matski

Seeming as they just upgraded ' Yeezus ', I doubt it will happen for some time. It would also make Kanye the only hip-hop act with more than three five-star studio albums! At best, any upgrade in the next few years would likely involve switching the ratings between MBDTF and one of Kanye's three fiv...

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Ugh, how did I miss those three off... Especially ' Old ', which was the album that initially alerted me to the changes. ' Post ' was upgraded earlier in the year, along with several other 90s releases . That's right, AllMusic have gone on two five-star upgrading sprees in a year! I don't expect it ...

Matski

AllMusic have made another huge change to many of their ratings. All of the following albums were released in the 2010s and have been awarded a full five-star rating. It's a long list so here goes...: Adele - 21 Alvvays - Alvvays Anderson .Paak - Malibu Aphex Twin - Syro Arca - Arca Arctic Monkeys -...

Matski

EricMackAttacks wrote: ↑
Wed May 29, 2019 10:47 am
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The Fragile - now 4 (used to be 3)
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Bad Witch - still 3.5
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Seems like AllMusic were unhappy with those changes:

The Fragile has been further upgraded to 4.5 stars.
Bad Witch has been downgraded to 3 stars. (boo!)

Matski

Monster by R.E.M. has been upgraded to 3.0 stars by AllMusic.

Matski

Some unnecessary changes to Nick Cave's discography:

Your Funeral... My Trial has been upgraded to 4.5 stars
Henry's Dream has been downgraded to 3.5 stars.

Matski

Huh, saw this on indieheads/r earlier today and wondered if it would be elligible. I hope it is. While I may disagree with a few things on it, overall I actually prefer it to Pitchfork's list!

Matski

The Haunted Man by Bat for Lashes has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.

Matski

Better get use to it. US/UK cultural journalism in general has been heading down this path for a while now. On a different note, apparently Pitchfork have said them will create an addendum for all the music released in the next few months that should have made this list. It's a somewhat satisfactory...

Matski

Pitchfork (US) - The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s Kendrick Lamar: “Alright” (2015) Grimes: “Oblivion” (2012) Robyn: “Dancing on My Own” (2010) Beyoncé: “Formation” (2016) Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You” (2012) Azealia Banks: “212” (2011) Mitski: “Your Best American Girl” (2016) Solange: “Cranes in t...

Matski

Any upcoming releases planned for this December? :D To be serious, London's Calling is good example of why publications should hold off releasing their lists so early. Rushed EoD lists (like Gorilla vs. Bear's) could have at least waited until the end of January. Most readers wouldn't have minded wa...

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Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert has been upgraded to 5 stars on AllMusic.

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Hopes and Fears by Keane has been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic.

Matski

...Haven't heard any Xiu Xiu albums aside from Fabulous Muscles , which I like. Seeing it so high on your list makes me want to dig in, for sure! Wish I liked their new album as much as notbrianeno seems to. It's pretty good but it won't likely make my EoY. Despite how I feel about it, I do think X...

Matski

The last few week's releases have been exciting/punishing for the listening schedule. New records from Missy Elliott, Rapsody, Brockhampton, Raphael Saadiq, Little Brother, Lana Del Rey, Sleater-Kinney, Bon Iver, Tropical Fuck Storm, Oh Sees, King Gizz', Blanck Mass and (finally after thirteen years...

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Both Second Annual Report and DOA: Third and Final Report by Throbbing Gristle have been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.

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Tuesday Night Music Club by Sheryl Crow has been upgraded to 4.0 stars on AllMusic.

Matski

A strong set of nominees for the Mercury Prize. Black Midi, 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 thought they'd go for The Comet Is Coming. Still, ' Driftglass ' is the...

Matski

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...

Matski

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...

Matski

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.

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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...

Matski

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...

Matski

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...

Matski

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...

Matski

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...

Matski

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...

Matski

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...

Matski

... 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...

Matski

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

Matski

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...

Matski

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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