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Looks like you put the years of release for the X Files in place of its Treasure TV rank. Great roll out! Oh man, reading this over again and it sounds really sarcastic. Sorry! Your roll out really is great, I just wanted to compliment it while also noting something that needed to be corrected. Who...

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Looks like you put the years of release for the X Files in place of its Treasure TV rank. Great roll out!

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My new SOTY so far, Kero Kero Bonito's "The Princess and the Clock". I like this side of KKB a lot more than the stuff off of Time n Place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncBPcx4RdbE

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I'm not involved in this book club, but I read the novel a while ago.

Did the character Ignatius J. Reilly predict modern internet "neckbeard" culture? Discuss.

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Fred wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:56 am
Nick wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:19 am My Top 500 Songs of All Time:444. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Save this one!

Sorry Fred, but the list has spoken! There’s always 2024!

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I'm always curious when people post lists right after the poll opens. A huge part of the fun for me is using the time to try to improve and expand my own list. 5 months is a lot of time to make new discoveries I knew the poll was coming for some time, so I spent the past month or so tweaking my lis...

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Two observations looking over my list: 1. The massive dive into Japanese city pop I did over spring/summer 2020 really paid dividends. 3 songs from the genre made my top 500, including: 41. Mariya Takeuchi- Plastic Love 218. Taeko Ohnuki- 4:00 A.M. 471. Anri- Last Summer Whisper 2. While about 25 to...

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BleuPanda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 10:03 pm
1 | LCD Soundsystem | All My Friends

Nick wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:19 am
1. LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends

Nice.

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My Top 500 Songs of All Time: 1. LCD Soundsystem- All My Friends 2. The Beatles- A Day in the Life 3. Pulp- Common People 4. The Beach Boys- Good Vibrations 5. The Smiths- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 6. The Beach Boys- God Only Knows 7. The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony 8. Joy Division- Love...

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I am looking forward to participating but I have a suggestion to make. During the summer many of us may have more time to compile our list. Could you push the deadline until August 31 ? And now something that can be controversial: Very long lists ... I think that as the lists get longer they are le...

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I remember someone didn't clear the minimum last time. Mine will likely be 1,000 again, but why don't we make the minimum just 100? That still seems substantial. I've even pondered posting 1-100, to have something on the books, then later 101-1,000. If no one objects I’d be fine lowering the limit ...

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Schüttelbirne wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 1:11 pm
6. South Park S15E07: You‘re Getting Old

This is probably my favorite episode of South Park too. For a show that is constantly irreverent and mocking in its humor, it's a shockingly bittersweet and totally sincere episode. The montage with "Landslide" at the end just kills me.

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The Artists of the Decade - artists that have more than 1 album in the AMF EOY Top 10 in the 2020s: Happy to see that my idea blossomed and other forum mates are taking it further. Thanks! I remember when you'd show that information after every EOY poll and I decided to take up the task myself. I h...

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The Artists of the Decade - artists that have more than 1 album in the AMF EOY Top 10 in the 2020s:

Nobody!!

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So what’s the deal with Laura Marling? This is the third time in the past 10 years that she’s got an album in our top 10 of the year. And in spite of this I almost never see her talked about on the forum. Her albums tend to land around the 30-40 position on the critics list, which is certainly resp...

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Also a big congrats to The Strokes, a band who I never thought would release such a beloved album again.

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So what’s the deal with Laura Marling? This is the third time in the past 10 years that she’s got an album in our top 10 of the year. And in spite of this I almost never see her talked about on the forum. Her albums tend to land around the 30-40 position on the critics list, which is certainly respe...

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poorpete wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:12 am Will Future Nostalgia or folklore get a bump if they win the Best Album Grammy next month, or would it be negligible?

This thread is for the forum poll, to which all the lists have already been submitted.

For the critics list, I believe Grammy winners get a small bump in acclaim.

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Holden wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:35 pm Okay, new question:
What will be the lowest album on the Critics list in our Top 10? Top 20?

Well the top 20 is figured out and it's gotta be the Laura Marling album.

As for the top 10 I have a strong feeling it's Jessie Ware's album.

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I think there’s a fantastic 50 minute album in Notes on a Conditional Form, but sadly it’s 80 minutes long. When it’s good it’s REALLY good though, which was enough to get it to #20 on my list.

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poorpete wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:09 am Trying to think of other front-loaded albums.

Hot Fuss is the ultimately front-loaded album. Just check out the first 5 tracks:

1. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
2. Mr. Brightside
3. Smile Like You Mean It
4. Somebody Told Me
5. All These Things That I've Done

Hit after hit after hit

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Possible hot take: RAM is the best Daft Punk album. Discovery is close, but it’s just a bit too front-loaded.

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My best stab at our top 5:

1. Fiona Apple- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2. Phoebe Bridgers- Punisher
3. Jessie Ware- What's Your Pleasure?
4. Dua Lipa- Future Nostalgia
5. Perfume Genius- Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

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What was the last big band break up? R.E.M.? The White Stripes? I know it's only tangentially related to what you said, but I think some of the reason why the Daft Punk breakup seems like such a big deal in music circles is because we don't really have bands like we used to. Of the top 10 albums of...

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These results make me feel that "Levitating" was really undervalued by critics. I wonder if it will get any love in 2021 EOY lists as it really blew up in December and January. Its remix recently hit #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, so I could easily see the new attention the song has received helping ...

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The artists of the decade (in songs):

There are 2 artists with 2 songs in AMF EOY Top 10s this decade:

Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto; I Know the End
Fiona Apple - Shameika; I Want You to Love Me

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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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WOW! A nearly 350 point gap separates #1 and #2. And they're both by the same artist! While I really enjoy "I Know the End", I'm very happy "Kyoto" won. "I Know the End" is great, "Kyoto" is transcendent.

Thanks for hosting, acroamor!

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Holden wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 6:35 pm Shockingly managed to get all of our top five correct!

Good job! Now the real test: Can you get the order right?

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I was REALLY hoping for a top 10 placement for "If You're Too Shy" but I'll take a top 20. It's probably my favorite song that's been released since 2015.

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Not a lot of details here, just names and years.

LCD Soundsystem (2010)
Sleigh Bells (2010)
Kanye West (2014)
Paul McCartney (2014)
The Flaming Lips (2014)
Tame Impala (2016)
Radiohead (2018)
Beach House (2019)

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The new Iceage single, "Vendetta", sounds like 90s era Primal Scream covering "Sunshine Superman". Naturally, I'm liking it a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrW11MpeKqg

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Holden wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:17 pm I think that’s gotta be it, but I’m a little skeptical about Kerosene, but maybe for no reason.

I was a little skeptical too, but I put it in my top 10, and I'd be really, really surprised to see it fail to make the top 300.

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I just realized that OutKast is eligible for the Hall, yet wasn't among the nominees. This is one I can't figure out, especially with how many other rap legends have easily been inducted over the last 5-10 years. They are hugely critically acclaimed, won a ton of Grammys, crossed over to the mainst...

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FWIW I think the best counterfactual to the acclaim of “WAP” is the acclaim (or lack thereof) of Cupcakke, a black woman rapper who makes music just as raunchy as the aforementioned song, yet has never experienced the same levels of critical adulation.

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Like, in an alternate reality where “WAP” wasn’t by two famous rappers, and had stalled out at the bottom of the Hot 100 instead of hitting #1, and didn’t have a meme-ready music video, but somehow was still known to just as many critics, I’m sure it would be only 1/10th as acclaimed as it is now.

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Before the last set of lists I was pretty sure WAP wouldn't even make our top 50, and maybe even the top 100. After a bunch of placements on page 4 of the thread, I assume it'll be somewhere in the 20-30 range. If people enjoy the song, more power to them, but to me it feels like it lacks staying p...

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My policy re: Don't Start Now and other songs that placed in the 2019 poll is that I'll still tally the results as if they were eligible for the spreadsheet, but I won't include them in the final rollout. Substantially easier on my end to do it that way than the ask everyone to edit their lists. I ...

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My policy re: Don't Start Now and other songs that placed in the 2019 poll is that I'll still tally the results as if they were eligible for the spreadsheet, but I won't include them in the final rollout. Substantially easier on my end to do it that way than the ask everyone to edit their lists. Co...

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andyd1010 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 3:24 pm
The remix came out in 2020 and y'all should check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ecvHnICPd0

I'd never heard the remix before. It's pretty great. As for its eligibility, I suppose that'll be decided by the people running the poll (so not me). Thanks for sharing!

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Jirin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:24 am Expectedly, the republicans have voted that actions have no consequences, 43-57.

I'm honestly shocked that 7 Republicans had the backbone to vote to convict. I thought we'd be getting Romney, Collins, and Murkowski, but anyone else is a big surprise to me.

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Has anyone else here actually been to the HOF? I went back in 2009 with my family. I’ve gotta say, for all the (justified) complaining that goes into their selections, the actual HOF itself is really neat.

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