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As with almost all her albums I find the flow a bit distracting (and I'll say it again make a couple of these track B-Sides). Move 'Johnny and New York off the record (even though I enjoy them) and you take out the speed-bumps that slow down the middle section of the album. Despite my pedantic thoug...

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I'm not unhappy with that placement

I'm a grateful grapefruit for all the work that has gone into the roll-out so far! Looking forward to the Top 70!

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I don't even know what's going on with this list, but it's my current "great albums" of 2017. It will change before the end of year when I re-listen to them all. Lorde - Melodrama Foxygen - Hang EMA - The Outer Ring LCD Soundsystem - American Dream Kesha - Rainbow Sylvan Esso - What Now Ju...

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I'm glad you had fun! I'm happy I was wrong in this case

I got last minute twitter-found tickets to The Killers in a smaller venue (o2 Brixton Academy) and I have to say it was quite the show, Brandon knows how to work the room.

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I also really liked Foxygen's latest album, which seems to divide opinions in an extreme way. I'm wondering how it will hold up live. I saw them on the debut performance of this tour and then again in a bigger venue a few months later. I forgave them some of the pitfalls of the first concert as it ...

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Song of the year contender for me:

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There are 5 of us now! At least!

(Aussie in London)

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I saw Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds last night. I'm not sure how I felt about it all to be honest, but this review seems to get close.

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I feel like the band should have pulled a Station To Station this album cycle, especially considering their last record featured Bowie. Combine all the Everything Now parts into single track that builds to the main song and sell the single as a radio edit. Cut Creature Comfort to the end of the Infi...

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I had a look on the wiki page, and it really does seem like an empty month. I guess all the musicians are on summer break? It's almost as dead as January at the moment for gigs. That would be interesting to know, when the most popular times of the year to release music are. Guessing December might h...

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Slim picking in the next month, and a rough collection of album art too.

I'm excited for the new Susanne Sundfør album! It's also on the 25th too.

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Cut out the middle third of this album and we can start to discuss how it could be saved.

This is a sad development.

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I'm gunning for Kate Tempest, but my hopes aren't high.

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I'm going to edit this post in a few minutes with my list! Edt: Thank you, I'm very sorry for being late! 1. Björk - Homogenic 2. White Stripes, The - Elephant 3. White Stripes, The - Get Behind Me Satan 4. Pixies - Doolittle 5. B52s, The - The B-52's 6. Smiths, The - The Queen Is Dead 7. Goldfrapp ...

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I'm a little annoyed you can't buy tickets for the GA area without paying for this whole package. What show is this? This seems particularly odd. Maybe the GA was sold out by the time you checked? The whole thing seems silly to me and I couldn't imagine the awkwardness of knowing that you paid to t...

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^ I didn't tickets, the site couldn't deal with the load of requests and I missed out. It's a shame as the last time I saw them (2008) I wasn't a big fan. I'm thinking about going to the venue on the night and seeing if someone has a spare (not from a tout tho). Managed to snag tickets on Friday to ...

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What a B A N G E R right to the top of my favorite albums of the year. Green Light, Sober and Homemade Dynamite could all have been lead singles and start the album off with a bang. I remember thinking that the chorus to Green Light was something Kate Bush would dream up, or at least be proud of. So...

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London continues to be fruitful in the concert arena this year. Among the recent ticket purchases; Grizzly Bear, Interpol, The National, Spoon, Perfume Genius and The War on Drugs. Arcade Fire just announced and I'll claw my way to a ticket, I hope. In what was one of the most intense concerts of my...

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I can't speak for other mediums, but a film that immediately popped into my head was 25th Hour. As cultural documents detailing NYC in the aftermath of 9/11, I don't think you could find better.

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I'd like to give a quick shout out to Juana Molina and her intriguing new LP, as I'm pretty sure I discovered via this forum.

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Bob Dylan

There, I said it. Can't really get into it, don't particularly care.

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certified banger in my opinion

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I'm pretty sure there is already enough Rota in this thread, but one of his lesser known work for Fellini is my favorite: http://open.spotify.com/album/4y8b4i2tZQ1H9OE1yDvcyF Another interesting listen is La Planète Sauvage: http://open.spotify.com/album/0hyEAwTWIDaseZAAi5t36x If we include musicals...

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I'm a big Albarn fan. The first 16 are all in my Top 1000: 1. Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill 2. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. 3. Gorillaz - 19-2000 4. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood 5. Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish 6. Blur - Song 2 7. Gorillaz - Dare 8. Gorillaz - O Green World 9. Blur - Beetlebum 10. Blur -...

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I'll put a list together soon!

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Last minute bump, I have sent!

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I'm off to Scotland until the 13th, so I don't think I'll be able to change much to my list, but thank you so much for the extension!

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I saw Hidden Figures and Moonlight the other day and loved them both. While neither really breaks ground in terms of genre (especially the former) they are very well executed films in seemingly every aspect. My rankings of the main awards (strikes for films I haven't seen): Best Picture Moonlight 'M...

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Overall!

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Not a single wasted second on the album, as fitting my #4 album of all time. I would consider all the songs to be great, the Top 5 being phenomenal: 05 | Here Comes Your Man 08 | Mr. Grieves (This song is particularly high because my last name is Grieves ;) ) 01 | Debaser 07 | Monkey Gone to Heaven ...

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"Shiny Happy People." (The music video, though, is irredeemable.) What you talkin' bout? If the video could be criticized for being 'cheesy', an equal case could be made for Losing My Religion and it's pretentiousness. Which isn't what I would say, because I love them both. To me SHP, and...

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I quite like Stone and I didn't dislike her performance, having an unknown actress get her big break on the film would have added something truly magical to the film. I think Chazelle should have put his money where his mouth was, basically. Instead we get one of the most bankable actresses around t...

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Blah Blah Land. I can see why people like it, but I found it too sweet and confectionery. No one should be surprised that it has so many nominations - Hollywood loves it when someone sucks up to them. My biggest annoyance with the film was the dreadful casting. How many movies about white jazz music...

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I would love to have a directors poll, but it's going to take me a long time to attach the films to directors in my spreadsheet I'm working on. Actors might be more fun in the mean time. It has me thinking, maybe we could do a AM Oscars with cinematographers, costume design etc. It could be interest...

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I desperately want to start writing more lengthy reviews of albums, as I have enjoy reading Nicks posts recently. I haven't started quite yet, so I'll just post a summery of the year so far: I absolutely adore the new Foxygen album, which is little surprise. The xx and Flo Morrissey/Matthew E. White...

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I'll probably be submitting my list at the very last minute, I'm afraid. Still have 6 or 7 releases to catch up on!

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Merry Christmas AMF! Thank you for all the great discoveries this year, and here is to 2017!

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I guess it really just shows how ambivalent I was towards 2016, but I'm really not feeling this list atm.

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fredp wrote:
Maschine_Man wrote:I can't believe I'm the first to vote for 'Guffman, it was so funny I had to watch it again soon after to get all the jokes.

No! It's me the first - I've given 3 points to this but it is a 1996 movie

Oh no! What a disaster! It doesn't look like it would have made it in, still.

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1. A Bug's Life
2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
3. Big Lebowski, The
4. Mulan
5. Run Lola Run
6. Thin Red Line, The
7. American History X
8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
9. Rushmore
10. Elizabeth
11. Pi
12. Velvet Goldmine
13. Patch Adams
14. Truman Show, The

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Waiting For Guffman
Fifth Element, The
Gummo
Princess Mononoke
Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
L.A. Confidential
Chasing Amy
Titanic
Hercules

I can't believe I'm the first to vote for 'Guffman, it was so funny I had to watch it again soon after to get all the jokes.

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My EOY predictions are:

I'm going to be whelmed by the choices by critics. There was a lot of average music released this year by big names who are at the peaks of their career and that's what we will see a lot of in the top 10.

We won't see a Top 10 with at least 5 albums made/lead by women.

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After inspiration from the Poptimist movement and artists like Swift and Beyonce, Britney Spears will nearly bankrupt herself to release her masterpiece in late 2017. It will have mass appeal and push her sound further than she has ever dared before. The lyrics will detail her rise in the late 90's ...

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DocBrown wrote:talk to Bill about maybe wintering in Monte Carlo this year.

More like serve him divorce papers

What a surreal day.

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I personally find it a depressing idea that the first woman elected as President is the wife of a former President. I don't find that aspect very progressive at all, and in fact is yet another blow for "Democratic" America. (I'm the one who voted other, btw, as I didn't want to skew the re...

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I can't say I'm a huge fan of any of these, to be honest.

1. Trainspotting
2. Fargo
3. James and the Giant Peach
4. Craft, The
5. Lost Highway
6. Mars Attacks!
7. Happy Gilmore
8. 101 Dalmatians
9. Jerry Maguire

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1. Toy Story
2. Clueless
3. Before Sunrise
4. Twelve Monkeys
5. Seven
6. Dead Man
7. Casino
8. Four Rooms
9. Babe
10. Jumanji

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I haven't checked this out since it started up again, but if it hasn't been nominated, I would like to put forth "Make Hay" by Joanna Newsom.

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Orlando is fantastic! My pre-2000's viewings are far slimmer than post. These are the four films I really enjoyed:

1. Orlando
2. Romper Stomper
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Porco Rosso

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