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Happy to break the tie for second place between the 70's and 80's. ;) We've played the "what song was number one on your date of birth" game before, but I'm pleased that I actually really like a couple of the songs that was at the top of the charts on the first day of my life: "Every ...

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Primary Colours by The Horrors has been upgraded to 4 stars at AllMusic.

Good change by them - Primary Colours is usually considered The Horrors' most popular/praised album, so for it to be the lowest rated was a weird call by AMG.

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This, following the news of Jessi Zazu only a few days earlier is depressing... Had no idea that Grant had been ill for a while. Feels kinda bizzare now that I was only listening to random tracks from Hüsker Dü the other night. I generally enjoy all of the band's studio albums, though I've never giv...

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Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2017) 200. Ennio Morricone - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo 199. Donovan - Sunshine Superman 198. Andrew Hill - Point of Departure 197. Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures 196. Wanda Jackson - Rockin’ With Wanda 195. Nilsson - Aerial Ballet 194. Donald Byrd...

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I've always been curious about Debut 's high ranking, because at least in the United States, Post and Homogenic seem a lot more critically acclaimed. Maybe it's not that way in other parts of the world? Nothing I've heard from Everything Now has compelled me to listen to it right away, and this is ...

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Treblezine (US) - Top 100 Indie Rock albums of the '00s (2017) 100. The Strokes – Room on Fire 99. Low – Drums and Guns 98. Bombay Bicycle Club – I Had the Blues, But I Shook Them Loose 97. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle 96. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That 95. LCD Soundsystem...

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The Sound of Music [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] not having a rating is more likely a mistake rather than intentional. This can be fixed. Both A$AP Rocky's Live.Love.A$AP and Bob Marley & the Wailers' Soul Revolution Part II were missing ratings until I recently contacted them about it. I...

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Going Blank Again by Ride has been upgraded to 4.0 stars by AllMusic.

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Seems like AllMusic have changed their mind again..:

Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion II - This time it has been downgraded to 3 stars.

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Jlin- Black Origami ... Verdict: 8/10 (Great) So gutted that I waited all week to check this out on NPR. Dark Energy never quite clicked with me but on my second listen with, this was starting to. Then NPR took it down earlier than usual. The Nick Hakim record was also worth checking out. Will have...

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Depression may be responsible for some of the most beautiful music there is but that all pales into insignificance when compared to the amount of lives it has ruined. Despite this, I'm grateful for the music Chris created. On the day I heard the news, I spent much of it listening to some of my favou...

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Allmusic finally got around to awarding 5 stars to some recent albums. Kendrick lamar's good kid Maad city (best album of past decade imho) and to pimp a butterfly both got the bump. Section.80 has also finally been reviewed by AllMusic. It has been given a 3.5 rating. Here are the links: Kendrick ...

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One More 'Round the Sun by Mastodon has been downgraded to 3.0 stars by AllMusic.

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Possible new no. 1 for me from Mount Eerie streaming at http://www.npr.org/2017/03/16/520013269/first-listen-mount-eerie-a-crow-looked-at-me. Hopefully NPR won't take it down too quickly (like they did with Valarie June's new album) and that I'll find time to check it out. Happy that they are still...

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In general I hate 'Overrated' discussions. You're not criticizing albums in those discussions, you're criticizing the fans of the albums. If you want to make a list of albums with a great reputation that you don't personally get the appeal of, great, call it that. This is why I love AM so much. I d...

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Isn't judging these albums by their covers what we were meant to be doing here anyway?

Also, cheers notbrianeno. Can't wait to see the rest of the list.

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The results aren't too surprising but in any case, thank you for all your effort Nassim.

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Coexist by The xx has been downgraded to 3.5 stars on AllMusic.

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The first album by Run the Jewels has finally been given a review on AllMusic, where they've rated it at 4 stars.

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I don't mind if you want to extend it though I wouldn't bother if you don't receive a request to do so by anyone who hasn't submitted a list by the 31st.

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Complete! One final...

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Happily surprised to hear Varmints may scrape through. It's a wonderful little album that continiually bounces between playful instrumentals and succinct vocal tracks. However it is disappointing to hear that Sturgill Simpson's newest album is losing ground. It's a bizzare reversal of two years ago ...

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Don't know why I was in so much of a rush to post the list yesterday that I hadn't noticed. Thanks.

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Now we have a #3, I guess that leaves Car Seat Headrest and Sturgill Simpson for #2 and #1, right?..

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I Want You by Marvin Gaye has (finally) been upgraded to 4.5 stars on AllMusic.

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Resident Advisor - Top 20 albums of 2016 https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2859 20. VC 118A - Shift Register 19. Steven Julien - Fallen 18. Yves Tumor - Serpent Music 17. Kyle Hall - From Joy 16. Skepta - Konnichiwa 15. Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body 14. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Ears 13. ...

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It's been fun getting reacquanited with Leonard Cohen's oeuvre. It was surprising it only took a week to go back over them all. Despite being close from #6 onwards, the order of the albums is unlikely to change. On the other hand, the song list would likely change quite a bit if I were to listen to ...

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48 albums? They couldn't find two more to make it an even 50? Well, well Harold. AllMusic have quietly updated their list to round it up to fifty entries. This is probably because both albums didn't have reviews before yesterday, though they've both been out for over six months. I've added them to ...

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Both Hot Fuss and Sam's Town by The Killers have been upgraded to 4.0 stars on AllMusic.

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At least adding another album would fit within the newish, ad-riddled design of their website and help to ease those of us with obessive-compulsive tendencies. But nope, not even that! Wondering whether I have the desire/energy to post all of their individual genre lists this year as has happened th...

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AllMusic Best of 2016 http://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2016/ A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Agnes Obel - Citizen of Glass Alejandro Escovedo - Burn Something Beautiful Amos Lee - Spirit Anderson Paak - Malibu Andy Stott - Too Many Voices Angel Olsen - My...

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I remember buying 'In the Court of the Crimson King' during my first year at uni, after reading numerous articles mentioning it as a key inspiration for some of my favourite bands. Greg's distorted snarls on '21st Century Schizoid Man' were one several elements that made it an immediate hit with me....

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Not only are they creating a new page for each top ten entry but they also added each entry to the 40-11 page too. So the 40-11 page is now a the 40-10 page. Their intention is to probably add the rest of the top ten to it as they are revealed.

From what I remember, they haven't done that previously.

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Happy to see 'Born in the U.S.A.' is well-loved here. Its reputation as Bruce's populist album means it has become somewhat lesser-rated compared to the rest of his classics in other music communities - see RYM for example . Once the votes started rolling in it was obvious that it would do well but ...

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Jazz albums : http://www.treblezine.com/32802-10-best-jazz-albums-of-2016/ 10. Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids – We Be All Africans 09. Brain Tentacles – Brain Tentacles 08. Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison - In Movement 07. Fire! – She Sleeps, She Sleeps 06. Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smit...

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Seems like the Guardian's editors can never stick to a particular format when presenting their lists. This year they're both updating the top 40 list and giving each top ten entry their own page when revealed.

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People tend to hate Wrecking Ball? Can't claim to speak for everyone here who doesn't have it in their top ten but it's not that it's a bad album - it's actually pretty good. It's just that Springsteen made ten or so albums that are even better to my ears.

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This last month has really had me delve and re-evaluate Springsteen's discography more than I originally planned to happen. Feeling satisfied with these results. Edit: I wasn't going to post the entirety of both lists as everyone above me had stuck strictly to ten albums and twenty-five songs or les...

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The Guardian Top 40 Albums for 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/30/the-best-albums-of-2016 This list will be continually updated over the next two weeks as each top ten entry is released. 40. Shura – Nothing’s Real 39. Nao – For All We Know 38. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression 37. Case...

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I plan to post mine tomorrow. It's almost done, there are just a few non-album tracks to be reoganised into final song list.

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The year that likes to take keeps on taking.

Thanks for all the music, Sharon. While neither 'I Learned the Hard Way' or 'Give the People What They Want' quite made it on to my EoY's, they were fine records to slip on when the opportunity arose.

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Both New Skin for the Old Ceremony and Popular Problems by Leonard Cohen have been downgraded to 4.0 stars on AllMusic.

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Thanks for all the hard work BleuPanda. Not many surprises - maybe seeing the PG&BtK soundtrack and 'Slow Training Coming' beat 'Planet Waves' 'Street-Legal' and 'Infidels' into the top twenty or the notable gap between 'The Times They Are a-Changin' and 'Another Side...' but that's about it. Lo...

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Thank you for your gifts Leonard. Really can't wait for this year to be over. It's been a real nasty piece of work. Now I want to reexplore his work; would anyone else want to honor his legacy by featuring him as next month's artist poll? One of my first thoughts upon logging in today was wondering ...

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Alright, all finished! Both lists were completed quite awhile ago but I wanted one last check this weekend before posting them. After spending two months on this list I hope no one minds if I take a break from listening to Bob Dylan's music for a while..: 01| Highway 61 Revisited 02| Bringing It All...

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Kinda feels weird when you've been listening to someone's music near-exclusively for the last month (for this site no less) when a related news item like this pops up. Top work Bob!

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Is there any way you'd consider extending the deadline? I would love to get a few more weeks to dig deeper into Dylan's back catalog, and judging from the relatively small number of lists delivered so far, I wonder if others are feeling the same way. Dylan's relevant discography is at least twice a...

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