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It’s only been out for 6 hours, but this new Tame Impala song is my SOTY so far:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc

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Songs list rankings:

1. Runaway
2. Get Lucky
3. Seasons (Waiting On You)
4. Let It Happen
5. Pyramids
6. Lazarus
7. Two Weeks
8. Make Me Feel
9. Lonely Boy
10. White Winter Hymnal
11. HUMBLE.

I like all these songs. The top 4 songs are also my SOTYs for those respective years.

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Really enjoying “101 FM” off of that Little Simz album. Great rapping, and a vaguely... traditional Japanese (?) sounding instrumental.

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I only know a few songs by him, but he's certainly a legend of surf rock and deserves to be honored here. "Misirlou" is one of the most badass songs ever recorded. R.I.P.

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The Green Day song "Brain Stew" is listed on AM as a 1996 song, when it was released a year earlier, in 1995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomniac ... _Day_album)

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Congratulations Janelle, and thank you notbrianeno for running this poll!

Just a quick note though, you have the Kamasi Washington album listed with less points than the Low and Idles albums. Should the Washington album be moved back to #7?

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Prediction: USG, KM, M, KC, JM

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Four of our top five are albums by women. Whoa. And just a few days after International Women's Day! Fitting!

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notbrianeno wrote:
Nick wrote:While I was hoping for a top 20 placement for AAL, I’ll definitely take #27!

Apparently I forgot to add one of Phil's list updates to the final calculations...some minor swaps have occurred and have been corrected above

Well if I’ll take #27 then I’ll definitely take #23! Woo-hoo!

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While I was hoping for a top 20 placement for AAL, I’ll definitely take #27!

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Anyone else think the, uh, creature from the Yves Tumor cover is a spitting image of Old Gregg from The Mighty Boosh? Pretty good album too!

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Seeing Kero Kero Bonito as totally unranked on the critics’ list is a stark reminder of the differences between the realm of the critics and the realm of the insular internet communities that I’m a part of.

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2011) The Black Keys- Runaway Think you meant Lonely Boy there. I’m shocked Fireworks made the top 10. That’s the best surprise for me. I was about equally shocked that the critics snubbed it completely. Are you telling me that you’ve never heard The Black Keys mashup of the Del Shannon and Kanye W...

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And here are the SOTYs as chosen by the AMF! 2008) Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal 2009) Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks 2010) Kanye West (featuring Pusha T)- Runaway 2011) The Black Keys- Lonely Boy 2012) Frank Ocean- Pyramids 2013) Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell)- Get Lucky 2014) Future Islands- Seasons (...

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The artists of the decade (in songs): There is 1 artist with 5 songs in AMF EOY Top 10s this decade: Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me [with Flying Lotus] (2014); The Blacker the Berry (2015); King Kunta (2015); DNA. (2017); HUMBLE. (2017) There is 1 artist with 4 songs in AMF EOY Top 10s this decade:...

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That 149 point jump from “This is America” to “Make Me Feel” is just nuts. A very well deserved win from Janelle Monae! Thanks for your work notbrianeno, and I look forward to the albums rollout!

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There are a couple of songs in the top 5 that I’m surprised are ranked that high, but I’m totally fine with them there. I like all the songs left!

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"No Tears Left to Cry" over "Thank U, Next" is a bit of a shock, as is "Immaterial" missing the top 10. Oh well! At least my number 1 is in the top 10!

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acroamor wrote:It seems as though everyone is represented, but people will be represented accordingly to how many unique song choices they had on their respective lists.

My one song (“She’s a Jar” by Wilco) hasn’t shown up yet, and with 13,000 (ish) songs to go, it probably never will :/

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I’m pretty surprised that “Americans” is totally unranked on the critics’ list. It’s the final track on the critics’ number 1 album of the year, and as Jirin said, a great summation of the state of affairs in contemporary America. To me, it’s the second best song off of Dirty Computer, only behind t...

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Thanks for running the poll, whuntva! Now I think I should go back and rewatch some of those old Spongebob episodes...

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whuntva wrote:Quite the reference for a kids' show!

My favorite obscure reference in the show is the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec shout out in the episode where Squidward pretends to be a ghost.

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It appears that the frontman of British electronic group The Prodigy has died. He was only 49.

https://pitchfork.com/news/the-prodigys ... ead-at-49/

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Totally random, no real order, songs I've liked this year... Sharon Van Etten- Seventeen Deafheaven- Black Brick James Blake (featuring Travis Scott and Metro Boomin)- Mile High Solange (featuring Playboi Carti)- Almeda Carly Rae Jepsen- Now That I Found You Carly Rae Jepsen- No Drug Like Me Better ...

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If I were to explain my love for this album best, I'd refer to the Franz Kafka quote I used as my review on RYM: I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will ...

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The new Solange album is, by far, the best album I've heard from this year. It's so damn silky smooth. Like hot butter. The Xiu Xiu album, on the other hand, is one of the worst releases I've heard from this decade. The "singing" (if you can even call it that) is just straight up atrocious...

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Is Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” a nuclear holocaust new wave song? Because if so that’s be my favorite. Prince’s “1999” would be a close second, but that’s not new wave. Also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t bring up this great article... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.stereogum.c...

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fasbjd wrote:This is my selection so clearly I'm a fan. The best new wave song about a nuclear holocaust that I know! 9

A big claim considering the existence of “I Melt with You”, “99 Luftballons”, and “Two Tribes”!

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Hymie, can you add these 5 songs to the end of my top 30?

31. Let It Bleed
32. Shattered
33. Doom and Gloom
34. Sweet Virginia
35. Sister Morphine

Thanks

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1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 2. Sympathy for the Devil 3. Gimme Shelter 4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash 5. Paint It, Black 6. You Can’t Always Get What You Want 7. Tumbling Dice 8. Honkey Tonk Women 9. Miss You 10. Brown Sugar 11. Wild Horses 12. Street Fighting Man 13. Start Me Up 14. Happy 15. Rocks Off...

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The Talk Talk singer has reportedly died. He was 64.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nme.co ... 453863/amp

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Here are some other favorites of mine, that haven't been already listed in this thread... https://img.discogs.com/qri0Z0eIkNLny08PFaTqC64_ueE=/fit-in/600x607/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5513520-1395323202-6521.jpeg.jpg https://consequenceofsound.files.wor...

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No contest.

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Empire of the Sun- Walking on a Dream: 8

A prime example of the indietronic pop that was all that rage during the late 2000s (see also: LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Hot Chip, Phoenix, etc.). The chorus is very catchy and the melody is bittersweet, like 80% blissed out contentment, 20% pain.

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I wonder how much of this is a self fulfilling prophecy, meaning people who want to appear or feel hip convince themselves that the acclaimed things are the best things. In other words, do people come to this forum because they already like what is acclaimed, or do they come here because they want ...

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I wonder how much of this is a self fulfilling prophecy, meaning people who want to appear or feel hip convince themselves that the acclaimed things are the best things. In other words, do people come to this forum because they already like what is acclaimed, or do they come here because they want ...

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Also, I've gotta give a shout-out to the single best joke in SpongeBob, unless you count the last 2 minutes of "Band Geeks" as one long joke, but for the sake of this discussion I'm not.

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This list is extremely provisional. All 20 episodes listed are great, the top 7 in particular are among the best television I've seen in my life (seriously). 1. Band Geeks 2. Krusty Krab Training Video 3. Shanghaied 4. Chocolate with Nuts 5. Dying for Pie 6. Doing Time 7. The Algae's Always Greener ...

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I'm only really familiar with his performance in Downfall, which is incredible, and really should be remembered more for its ability to portray one of the most heinous men in history in a multi-faceted light and less for giving birth to an (admittedly funny) internet meme.

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I’m only really familiar with seasons 1-4, but the first 3 seasons basically defined my childhood and are generally considered the best of the show (by a long shot), so I feel as if I have enough knowledge to join in. I can probably make a top 20 episodes.

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But to answer your question, OF COURSE I DO although I have never heard an instance where both versions sound exactly the same. Then originality has some kind of importance for you as well. It just means more to most people here. Where do you get that from? Which version is the original has NO BEAR...

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Whoa! You all have a nice day, too!

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I fail to see why this is seen as a bad thing. I have no problem with unoriginal. In fact, I prefer it in most cases. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE SPEAKERS. Many of my favorite records of the 70s and later are exceedingly unoriginal. My favorite record of 1972 is "Jambalaya&quo...

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very unoriginal I fail to see why this is seen as a bad thing. I have no problem with unoriginal. In fact, I prefer it in most cases. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE SPEAKERS. Many of my favorite records of the 70s and later are exceedingly unoriginal. My favorite record of 1972 is &qu...

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I've heard four albums so far. Here's how I'd rank them... Good: 1. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 2. James Blake- Assume Form 3. Deerhunter- Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? Decent: 4. Toro y Moi- Outer Peace My tiers go something like... Excellent Great Very Good Good Decent Poor ...

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1. The Beatles 2. Radiohead 3. The Rolling Stones 4. David Bowie 5. Bob Dylan 6. The Clash 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Kanye West 9. Blur 10. The Smiths 11. Wilco 12. The Beach Boys 13. Bruce Springsteen 14. Prince 15. LCD Soundsystem 16. Talking Heads 17. Jimi Hendrix 18. Pink Floyd 19. Arcade Fire 20. R.E....

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I can't exactly say that I understand the Dutch language, the Dutch culture, or really what the author is getting at, but it's always good to see Henrik get some much deserved recognition. ... but you did understand the intentions of my post ... Apart from reading a - in my eyes - commical article ...

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