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Nick

I was pretty uncertain about the new National album going into it, but I ended up liking it a lot. I think the woman vocalists really help the songs out and prevent them from falling into the same old formula that the band dips into, sometimes to their detriment. I haven’t had a lot of time to diges...

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy vs To Pimp A Butterfly will be interesting for this decade. Blueprint is a classic Sadly I think Kanye's general stupidity over the past few years will slightly hurt MBDTF come EOD time. In a perfect world the moronic things Kanye says and does would have zero effe...

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The year is (roughly) 1/3rd of the way over. Here's where we stand... Great: 1. Weyes Blood- Titanic Rising Very Good: 2. Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride 3. Solange- When I Get Home 4. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 5. The Comet Is Coming- Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery 6. Big...

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I am not liking the new Vampire Weekend LP at all...It just feels overblown and all over the place, compared to their past releases. I can't find any consistency in Father Of The Bride whatsoever, and their sound have become dumbed down and flawed on this album. The intellect that made Vampire Week...

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Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vam...

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112. Human League - Sound Of The Crowd This is a favorite of mine - 9 Definitely not the sort of song I’d have expected you to like! I’d give it a 7. It’s a solid song, but I always felt like Dare! was a really back-loaded album (“Seconds” and “Love Action” are an 8 and 8.5 respectively, and “Don’t...

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Thanks for running the poll, Hymie! It's been a blast following along.

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Speaking of songs that are overperforming, there's a certain marimba based song that I'm REALLY surprised hasn't shown up yet. But I expect it to show up at #6.

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Time to enter the top 10. Song #10 is the highest ranking song on the list that was not written nor originally done by the Rolling Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFLJFl7ws_0 Is this the correct link? Afaik Wild Horses is in fact a Jagger-Richards composition The Flying Burrito Brothers ver...

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The new Weyes Blood album is as good as people are saying. Believe the hype. My new AOTY so far. If you like Julia Holter you'll probably like this.

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Cold Butterfly wrote:unpopular opinion - old town road goes fucking hard

I'd never call it a great song, but it's definitely funny and I appreciate the fact that it exists. I'm happy for Lil Nas X.

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I’m also shocked that “She’s a Rainbow” ended up at #15. If you’d asked me to guess before this poll where I thought it’d end up, I’d have said around #30 to #40 or so.

Good song though, although I’m more partial to “2000 Light Years from Home”.

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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 Bumping "Patience" down to my number 3 song of the year so far. My number 2 is "Only Human" by Four Tet. My number 1 is "Seventeen" by Sharon Van ...

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I live just outside scenic Albany, NY.

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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 Bumping "Patience" down to my number 3 song of the year so far. My number 2 is "Only Human" by Four Tet. My number 1 is "Seventeen" by Sharon Van ...

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If there's ever an AM meet up in the US (particularly the east coast), count me in. I'm a little surprised you guys have never attempted to organise something similar on the American side of the Atlantic. Perhaps it's our brusque American nature that has prevented such a meet up from ever taking pl...

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So far, Moonbeam, Henrik, Honorio and I have confirmed that we will be meeting up in Montpellier during the weekend of 11-13 October. Nicolas hasn’t confirmed yet, but might also be attending. Will this be the largest AM meet up yet? Someone who's an expert on AM meet ups will have to fill me in he...

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My "best of 2019" playlist is only 3 songs long so far, but since it hasn't been shared yet : Four Tet did it again ! Favorite song to dance to since his own Planet 2 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHvj5TedFI I’m only a casual fan of Four Tet, but I think this is the best thi...

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Glad to see someone give Malibu Ken some respect on this thread. It's already one of 2019's most underrated releases already, and probably one of the best experimental hip hop albums of the decade. I had never heard any of Aesop Rock’s stuff before this album, other than the stray song here or ther...

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The year is roughly 1/4 of the way over. How does Q1 stack up? Great: 1. Solange- When I Get Home Very Good: 2. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 3. Little Simz- Grey Area 4. Malibu Ken- Malibu Ken Good: 5. Helado Negro- This Is How You Smile 6. Ariana Grande- Thank U, Next 7. CHAI- PUNK 8. Deerh...

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To me, Exile is the perfect synthesis of the band’s various influences, from rock to blues to country to gospel. It’s astounding that a British band holed up in a recording studio in France could sound so American.

Plus, how can you deny songs like “Rocks Off” and “Happy” and “Tumbling Dice”?

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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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