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Rob

Today I’m going abroad for a few days and won’t keep an eye on this game, so you get the complete line-up until Monday: Thursday, another bubbler: 114. Keane – This Is the Last Time Year: 2004 Album: Hopes and Fears Biggest Fan: Wezzo (#604) Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or chan...

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Red House Painters – Revelation Big Sur: 5
Maybe if I get myself to focus more on the words, which I'm sure are the main draw here, I would rate it higher, but somehow Kozelek - at least here - doesn't sing in a way that pulls me into the lyrics.

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A special mention should be made to the playlist above. The way the first three songs flow into one another is great, as if these songs belong on the same album. From that viewpoint it is a blessing Cup of Dreams isn't on Spotify. Nagasaki breaks the flow completely, which is a shame, as The Lost Sk...

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It’s been a while since we have a song that isn’t on Spotify, but sadly that’s the case today: 113. Red House Painters – Revelation Big Sur Year: 1996 Album: Songs for a Blue Guitar Biggest Fan: Damosuzuki (#166) The song on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNiTK5a-q8 Don’t forget you can a...

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I'm somewhat bummed about the loss of Mount Eerie and Phoebe Bridgers (and it really messes up my predictions), but at least they put up a good fight. Outside of the fourth match-up they were all very close.

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Human League - Sound Of The Crowd: 6

Human League know how to make some bouncy music, which is fine with me.

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The next song is bubbling on AM: 112. The Human League – The Sound of the Crowds Year: 1981 Album: Dare! Biggest Fan: Damosuzuki (#472) Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote! On a side-note: Beyoncé's Lemonade is now on Spotify, so Pray That You Catch me has been add...

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So I haven't still shown the top 100. Time is not on my side, but most of the work is done. Yet, Thursday I'm travelling abroad for work until Monday, so that is not a timing for a roll-out. Here's what I do, Saturday May 4th I will start revealing the ranking of the top 100 and will probably do the...

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111. The Kinks – Lavender Hill
Year: 1973
Album: The Great Lost Kinks Album
Biggest Fan: Live in Phoenix (#635)

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An amazing week, the likes of which we probably won’t see again. The top 4 are all huge masterpieces if you ask me and the number 5 is close enough. There are also no bad albums here. Too compare: the top 4 albums would be the top 4 in any week before. Sadly, this also means some of these will have ...

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The 5th Dimension – Wedding Bell Blues: 5 Good enough on it's own, but as someone who is very familiar with Laura Nyro's original I completely miss any point in this. This is as straightforward a cover as you can get, almost indistinguishable from the original. Marilyn McCoo has a good voice and can...

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The next song is the fourth in a row on AM, this time a bubbler again:

110. The 5th Dimension – Wedding Bell Blues
Year: 1969
Album: The Age of Aquarius
Biggest Fan: Wezzo (#102)

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Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers – Blues March for Europe No. 1: 8 None of the jazz tracks that have popped up here have gone wrong with me yet. This is another great one. Amazing drumming in particular. I believe it is somewhat unusual for a jazz group to be lead by the drummer, but here it is easy...

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The next song ranks at #6823 at Acclaimed Music. However that position is for Blues March/ Blues March for Europe No. 1. Since the nominator specifically went for the Europe one that is the one I post here: 109. Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers – Blues March for Europe No. 1 Year: 1959 Album: Au Clu...

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Bob Dylan – To Ramona: 10 Well, it is my #47, so this grade was to be expected. My first 10 in this game in fact. This is Dylan in a rare mode: earnest and comforting. Here he shows great sympathy for another person, something that for all Dylan's greatness, is usually lacking in his work. Sure, he ...

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I have a CD copy of Tokyo Jihen that I'd be happy to send out to anyone who needs to hear it, preferably to someone in the U.S.. I got my copy a couple of days ago and have downloaded it so would be fine passing it on. Unfortunately, I don't think I could get it to anyone in time for this round, bu...

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The next song ranks at #7074. It is also only the second time we come across a song nominated by this user, whose taste I generally like: 108. Bob Dylan – To Ramona Year: 1964 Album: Another Side of Bob Dylan Biggest Fan: Rob (#47) Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vo...

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Moonbeam, I noticed you skipped all songs not on Spotify, which might be intentional, but you also missed the Monks song. I'll get around to the non-Spotify ones eventually, but the ease of putting this playlist on when I'm in transit or cooking or something means that I'll probably rate all the on...

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Adele – Hometown Glory: 5

She can sing of course, but this is a rather dull start of her career.

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The next song is a bubbler on AM and also the debut single from one of the most successful acts of the last 15 years.

107. Adele – Hometown Glory
Year: 2007
Album: 19
Biggest Fan: JohnnyBGoode (#888)

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106. Garbage - Supervixen: 5 I like Garbage's debut album, but I don't feel that this opener quite reveals their strengths. It is a hard rocker, but somehow completely misses the hard punch mixed with melodic qualities that the best songs of the album have. Also, Shirley Manson's vocals aren't mixed...

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Someone’s #1000 today; the bare minimum to make it here:

106. Garbage - Supervixen
Year: 1995
Album: Garbage
Biggest Fan: StevieFan13 (#1000)

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lagire wrote:Wrong spotify version of Al Stewart Soho (Needless to Say) on Am, it's 2000 version instead of 1973 version which is on Spotify

And I think you are in the wrong topic

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I also changed a couple of my votes for February: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue: 8 Avenged Sevenfold - Fiction: 7 Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong: 9 Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream: 6 Girls in Hawaii - Catwalk: 7.5 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue: 5.5 Riot - You Burn in Me: 6 Fergie - Glamor...

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A lot's gonna change on the playlist today: http://open.spotify.com/user/theonering/playlist/1UQTJAlpjvtt29fSKz2XdG So, for the first time I didn't follow Otisredding 100%. It seems that he has chosen to only add one highlight by albums with only 2, 3 or 4 songs. An understandable decision, but I ha...

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Radiohead – The Numbers: 7

Radiohead rarely makes a bad song and this is a good melancholy ballad, with lots of detail.

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Otisredding, perhaps you know this already, but there are a couple of acts with highlight missing.

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105. Radiohead – The Numbers
Year: 2016
Album: A Moon Shaped Pool
Biggest Fan: Depeche Mode (#237)

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Golden Earring – In My House: 6 If like me you are from The Netherlands you'll find Golden Earring a huge force. Around the world they are known for Radar Love and maybe Twilight Zone, but around here they were a decades spanning hit machine. Despite hearing a lot of them over the years, I never hea...

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104. Golden Earring – In My House
Year: 1967
Album: Winter-Harvest
Biggest Fan: Zombeels (#486)

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Going to try to get involved in this game - I really like the initiative! Going to start from January and work my way forward. Muddy Waters - Good News: 5 Elton John - Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock and Roll): 6 J. J. Cale - Magnolia: 7 (Sandy) Alex G - Proud: 4 Sun City Girls - The Shin...

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8. Buckingham Nicks – Buckingham Nicks In a way, not being available can work in the advantage of an album, as it can take on mythic proportions that it probably could not attain based on the music itself. This certainly goes for Buckingham Nicks, even though the album is only semi-unavailable (you ...

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103. Katerine - Papa
Year: 2016
Album: Le Film
Biggest Fan: Nicolas (#934)

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Yes, there is a famous band named after the next song:

102. Talking Heads – Radio Head
Year: 1986
Album: True Stories
Biggest Fan: Ordinaryperson (#762)

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Chromeo – I’m Not Contagious: 4

Not bad so much as just not my thing. The auto-tune and the high-pitched electronics put me off.

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101. Chromeo – I’m Not Contagious
Year: 2010
Album: Business Casual
Biggest Fan: Moonbeam (#928)

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The Deathray Davies – The Fall Fashions: 6'
Sounds more like a mid-90's song to me than one from the mid-00's, but there you go. I like the instrumental part quite a bit, especially the intro, but the vocals let it down somewhat for me.

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:At long last!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... fy-818686/

King Crimson! Very welcome!

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So, this is number 100! I would reveal the top 100 after this one, but it happens to fall in a week I don't have time for such a thing. I will roll-out the top 100 next week.

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It’s been a while since we last heard of Zombeels, but who else was going to take number 100?

100. The Deathray Davies – The Fall Fashions
Year: 2005
Album: The Kick and the Snare
Biggest Fan: Zombeels (#681)

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Raul Seixas – Tente Outra Vez: 6

Good guitar playing here, but although Seixas has a good voice he has too much the urge to go for all-out overwrought drama most of the time.

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I knew people loved Grimes beyond the usual here, but this is still a pretty extreme result. I'm not sure if this is an indicator, but she might be a better candidate for winning this poll than I initially thought.

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Since no proof of the existence of the song Konomi by Nujabes has been given, I will replace it with this one:

99. Raul Seixas – Tente Outra Vez
Year: 1975
Album: Novo Aeon
Biggest Fan: Elder (#566)

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John Mayer – Love On the Weekend: 2 When I was getting more into music some ten years ago I asked friends and family what they were listening to and especially among the music lovers John Mayer was a big hero back then. I never understood why, as I always found him boring. Listening to Love in the W...

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98. John Mayer – Love On the Weekend
Year: 2016
Album: The Search for Everything
Biggest Fan: Neil (#261)

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Branford Marsalis - Berta, Berta: 8

A very unusual type of song to appear here. From a jazz album no less, but not a jazz song itself. I like how the rhythm varies as the song progresses. It seems more repetitive at first than it is. A cool entry here!

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The top 100 is nearing and I have changed some of my votes for January:

Sun City - The Shining Path: 9
Middle Kids - Edge of Town: 6
Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s In Love: 9
Architecture in Helsinki: 8

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Also, a question. For Wednesday I have song named Konomi by Nujabes lined up. The thing is, I can not find any proof on the internet that this song actually exists. Search engines suggest Kumomi, an actual song by Nujabes, but I'm trying to confirm whether this is the song that is actually meant. Th...

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