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Nick

It's pretty hard to overstate the importance of this album on both myself, my cohort of friends, and a large amount of people who came of age in the 2000s. I was born in 1991, and so while I wasn't ready for Daft Punk when Discovery was released, I WAS ready for the band when their career had a bit ...

Nick

Amazing showing for “Mr. Blue Sky”. A truly great song (even if it didn’t make my top 500).

Nick

Unfortunately, I think good kid, m.A.A.d. city will be hurt by the fact that critics will refuse to put two Kendrick Lamar albums in the top four. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and To Pimp a Butterfly will probably be the top two, and I could see either taking the top spot. Channel Orange shoul...

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As for top songs, I think these songs stand the best shot of making the top ten...

Runaway
Rolling in the Deep
Midnight City
Pyramids
Oblivion
Get Lucky
Royals
Let It Happen
Lazarus
Humble

Nick

Unfortunately, I think good kid, m.A.A.d. city will be hurt by the fact that critics will refuse to put two Kendrick Lamar albums in the top four. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and To Pimp a Butterfly will probably be the top two, and I could see either taking the top spot. Channel Orange shoul...

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Vote splitting might mean Kendrick fails to get 2 albums in the top 5, but if he does I feel confident that it’ll be for TPAB and GKMC and not DAMN. Anyway... My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Channel Orange To Pimp a Butterfly Good Kid MAAD City Blackstar Modern Vampires of the City ...seem like th...

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Henrik wrote:
Nick wrote:The Bruce Springsteen song “Wrecking Ball” should be a 2012 song, not a 2010 song.

A live recording was released as a single in 2010.

RYM says you’re right. I guess I should’ve checked there before posting!

Nick

The Bruce Springsteen song “Wrecking Ball” should be a 2012 song, not a 2010 song.

Nick

Good rollout so far! But “Jealous Guy” is actually ranked at 681 on AM.

Nick

Great presentation, Dexter! Although I didn’t vote I sure had fun following along. As for our number 1, I somewhat like “All Star”. It’s probably a solid 6/10 song to me. For what it’s worth though, this is my favorite version of the song (and one I’ve done at karaoke a couple times)... https://m.yo...

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The Velvet Underground album White Light/White Heat was released in 1968, not in 1967.

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Hymie wrote:
woodymac wrote:[1547] Swans | Screen Shot (86) *FrankLotion is #1
[1239] Swans | A Little God in My Hands (44) *Tied with damosuzuki

My favorite by the Swans:

The Swans they’re talking about are a little different from this band. Nice song though.

Nick

My bet for top 10 albums (based on what's come out so far, of course, because I think that new Robyn album has some serious potential)... 1. Janelle Monáe 2. Beach House 3. Idles 4. Mitski 5. Kanye West/Kid Cudi 6. Sophie 7. Pusha T 8. Blood Orange 9. Kamasi Washington 10. Car Seat Headrest As for s...

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My votes:

Kraftwerk
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
The Cure
Todd Rundgren

...with The Zombies and Roxy Music as very honorable mentions.

Nick

The Nine Inch Nails song “Came Back Haunted” is listed on AM as “Come Back Haunted”.

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letmeintomyzone wrote:What is the frontrunner for EOYs?

This is the first year in a while (probably since 2014) where I have no clue what the critics’ pick for AOTY will be.

Nick

Two thirds of the way through the year... Great: 1. Kamasi Washington- Heaven and Earth 2. A.A.L (Against All Logic)- 2012 - 2017 3. Car Seat Headrest- Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) 4. Janelle Monáe- Dirty Computer 5. Beach House- 7 6. Deafheaven- Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 7. Father John Misty- God'...

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Most Asian music I know is from anime or YouTube recommendations. But here's what I've got... Yellow Magic Orchestra- Firecracker Ryo Fukui- Early Summer Shonen Knife- When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover) Tomoyasu Hotei- Battle Without Honor or Humanity Mariya Takeuchi- Plastic Love Mitski- No...

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Mitski- Be the Cowboy Mitski's newest album, Be the Cowboy , is 14 tracks over 32 minutes. Only three of those 14 songs make it past the two and a half minute mark. And that's where the brilliance of the album lies. On her latest release Mitski crafts her songs with all superfluous details removed,...

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Animal Collective- Tangerine Reef So what to make of Tangerine Reef , the latest "audiovisual" album from everyone's favorite 2000s era psychedelic pop outfit Animal Collective? Well for one, and I really can't stress this enough, this album is meant to be watched, much more so than stric...

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Is it just more, or has it been really, really, really slow for new albums lately? Since July 1st I've only heard three new albums, the fantastic new Deafheaven album, the Kamasi Washington EP, and now this offering from Moses Sumney. Anyway... Moses Sumney- Black In Deep Red, 2014 (EP) There's some...

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The fact that Tom Tom Club's debut album isn't anywhere on AM is extremely surprising, especially when you consider the enormous critical success of Talking Heads and their albums, as well as the fact that "Genius of Love" is in the top 1,000 songs.

Nick

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to slightly update my list... 1. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) 2. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) 3. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) 4. Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982) 5. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) 6. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas And...

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You guys hear that new Robyn song?? An ultra-rough top ten songs so far... 1. A.A.L (Against All Logic)- I Never Dream 2. Janelle Monáe- Make Me Feel 3. Kamasi Washington- Fists of Fury 4. Robyn- Missing U 5. Sophie- Immaterial 6. Pusha T- If You Know You Know 7. Car Seat Headrest- Bodys 8. Stephen ...

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Seeing Radiohead tomorrow! Extremely excited.

Nick

"Wuthering Heights" makes the top 15. You heard it here.

Nick

Thank you Henrik!! Now to spend a great deal of time looking it all over...

Nick

A casual glance at the lists suggests that we can probably expect a top 20, maybe even top 10, placement for "Wuthering Heights", which is a song that I've known for a while but I hadn't really fell in love with until recently (the song was totally absent from my top 500 in 2015 and now it...

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This list is fun for estimating AM after the arrival of the end of decade lists. Will "Get Lucky" be able to maintain the top spot of the 2010s songs list? "Runaway", "Rolling in the Deep" and "Royals" look like the main challengers now. "Midnight City&q...

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Deafheaven- Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Deafheaven are the indie rock fan's favorite metal band of recent years, and I'm not much of an exception here. The band burst into prominence with their sophomore LP, 2013's Sunbather , an album that combined black metal, shoegaze, and post-rock to critical ...

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The Alice Coltrane song "Journey in Satchidananda" is from 1970, not 1971. I think it was recorded in 1970 and released in 1971, no? On the other hand, it features Pharoah Sanders. My mistake! The Wikipedia page for her lists the album as 1970, but both RYM and discogs say 1971. Looks lik...

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Listening to the new Deafheaven album off of NPR. This thing is good. I mean real good. I mean about as good as Sunbather good.

This is beach bonfire metal. Wedding party metal. Rose garden metal. Pacific coast road trip metal. You know?

Nick

I interpreted this post's title as "The 50 songs that Trent Reznor considers to be the greatest" and thought to myself "damn, he's REALLY full of himself".

Clearly the other interpretation makes a little more sense.

Nick

Alphabetical, by artist... 1. A.A.L (Against All Logic)- I Never Dream 2. A.A.L (Against All Logic)- Some Kind of Game 3. Arctic Monkeys- Four out of Five 4. Beach House- Dark Spring 5. Beach House- Dive 6. Beach House- Lemon Glow 7. Car Seat Headrest- Bodys 8. Car Seat Headrest- Nervous Young Inhum...

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Halfway through the year and here we are... Great: 1. Kamasi Washington- Heaven and Earth 2. Car Seat Headrest- Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) 3. Janelle Monáe- Dirty Computer 4. A.A.L (Against All Logic)- 2012 - 2017 5. Beach House- 7 6. Father John Misty- God's Favorite Customer Very Good: 7. Snail M...

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Gorillaz- The Now Now In some ways I really feel for Damon Albarn. Sure, the guy is a critically acclaimed multi-millionaire rock star genius who has been an icon of the music world for about 25 years now. But last year he released Humanz , the first Gorillaz album in six years, and it was met with...

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Hey Sweepstakes Ron, just leaving this message to ensure that you saw my message about moving John Lennon's "Imagine" up to number 90 on my songs list and then moving everything else down accordingly. Thanks! Yep, it’s all good. One more week, everyone! Great, thanks a lot! And of course,...

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:

Hey Sweepstakes Ron, just leaving this message to ensure that you saw my message about moving John Lennon's "Imagine" up to number 90 on my songs list and then moving everything else down accordingly.

Thanks!

Nick

Nas- Nasir Last year Jay-Z, one-time archenemy to Nas, released 4:44 , his album as classic hiphophead thought experiment: what if this legendary rapper who has since fallen off released an album without a single thought of commercial viability or star-studded features and just got back to his root...

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Very skewed towards the 00's, which I'm not sure that I agree with. I could go further, but critiquing these lists just isn't worth it. Rolling Stone has such a nostalgia-bias that even this list, which is supposed to highlight recently released music, is heavily biased towards the 00s. Consider th...

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The Alice Coltrane song "Journey in Satchidananda" is from 1970, not 1971.

Nick

Sweepstakes Ron, I've made a slight edit to my list. I've moved John Lennon's "Imagine" from its original position to #90 on my list. Can you move it up and bump everything else down accordingly? Thanks!

Nick

Death Grips- Year of the Snitch If you've heard one Death Grips album, or hell, even a song, you know what to expect here. Extremely loud, abrasive, rap music meets punk rock meets malfunctioning electronics that all end up sounding like a homeless man yelling at you in a subway station while a tru...

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I'm seeing Herbie Hancock tonight! As well as some jazz artists I'm not too familiar with. This will be my first jazz festival. Very excited to see Mr. Hancock perform.

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Nine Inch Nails- Bad Witch Coming in at just a little over 30 minutes, Nine Inch Nails' new album, Bad Witch , is closer in spirit to their 1992 EP Broken than anything they've since that seminal release. But whereas Broken was an industrial blast of angry young man fury, Bad Witch revels more in t...

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Kamasi Washington- Heaven and Earth "Fists of Fury", the main theme to the 1972 Bruce Lee movie of the same name, is not a good song. The song, as well as the rest of that movie's soundtrack, is sung by a man named Mike Remedios, and while he has a nice enough voice, he doesn't quite have...

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I just want to make a prediction right now. Childish Gambino's "This is America" ends up in the top 3 songs of the year on the critics' list. It even stands a great chance at being #1. Think about it... 1. The song is incredibly commercially successful, hitting #1 on the charts in the US, ...

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Beyoncé & Jay-Z- Everything Is Love First came the accusations of Lemonade . Next there was the apologies of 4:44 . And now we have the third and final chapter in this Beyoncé/Jay-Z album cycle, Everything Is Love , the reconciliation. So is this album a Return of the King , the culmination of ...

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Beyoncé & Jay-Z- Everything Is Love First came the accusations of Lemonade . Next there was the apologies of 4:44 . And now we have the third and final chapter in this Beyoncé/Jay-Z album cycle, Everything Is Love , the reconciliation. So is this album a Return of the King , the culmination of ...

Nick

That's great news, Henrik! Once again, thank you for all of your hard work!

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