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Harold

As for the examples I listed (off the top of my head), only two have a single black member, Hootie and the Counting Crows. In both cases it is the bandleader. Doc, where did you get the idea that Adam Duritz is black (or biracial)? Please don't say "because he has dreadlocks"... Also, sur...

Harold

I’m having a guess that Dirty Computer is gonna struggle to hit the Top 500 and obviously the others will be below that as well. Could it be the first time that a year isn’t represented in the top 500 since the 1950’s? Well, it certainly looks like DC will have the lowest spreadsheet point total of...

Harold

That could be an expiation if it is not credited, but it is to Kendrick Lamar. Lamar curated the album (and appears on every track) but it is not officially, explicitly credited to him as an artist. It's definitely a Various Artists release. If Revista Shock had wanted to name it Album of the Year ...

Harold

Updated with: Rest of the World: Revista Shock (Intl) [Colombia] - re-entered as unranked list Revised top 200: 1 / Janelle Monae / Dirty Computer 2 / Low / Double Negative 3 / IDLES / Joy as an Act of Resistance 4 / Pusha T / Daytona 5 / Mitski / Be the Cowboy 6 / Robyn / Honey 7 / Kacey Musgraves ...

Harold

Actually, there is only one album ranked 50th, which escapes this rule and that is Black Panther Soundtrack. It is not explained, but it can mean either that it is the Album of the year, or that it is above any categorization. I think it's simply because it's a Various Artists/soundtrack album, not...

Harold

Son of a bitch - I have the international albums entered on the spreadsheet as a ranked list. It didn't even register with me that the entries are alphabetical by artist (sort of), because THE LIST IS NUMBERED, FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! Sigh. If you can confirm that this is indeed an unranked list, I will c...

Harold

It says something about the diversity of opinion about this year's albums that, for the first time since I've been maintaining the EOY spreadsheet (and I've been doing it since 2010), the overall #1 album will not be #1 for any of the three subcategories (USA/Canada, UK/Ireland, Rest of the World). ...

Harold

Updated with: USA/Canada: Austin Town Hall; Magnet; Time Out-New York; The Owl Rest of the World: Blow Up [Italy]; Dagsavisen [Norway]; Rumore [Italy]; Sentire Ascoltare [Italy] Current top 200 albums: 1 / Janelle Monae / Dirty Computer 2 / Low / Double Negative 3 / IDLES / Joy as an Act of Resistan...

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Matski wrote:EDIT - Did a search on some of the US outlets too. Have posted the lists from Austin Town Hall, Magnet and The Owl.

These three lists were already posted by FutureCritic several days ago. The others you posted are new, though - thanks! I really appreciate this!

Harold

Anything on any of these? USA/Canada : Austin Town Hall Magnet Nashville Scene The Owl Time Out-New York UK/Ireland : Songwriting Rest of the World : Brazil : Monkeybuzz France : A Voir A Lire Italy : Blow Up Rockerilla Rumore Sentire Ascoltare Norway : Dagsavisen Poland : Porcys Screenagers

Harold

Updated with: USA/Canada: Pretty Much Amazing; Uproxx Music Critics Poll (top 100) UK/Ireland: Irish Times [Ireland] Rest of the World: Plattentests [Germany]; Goute mes disques [Belgium]; Hipersonica (Natl) [Spain] Current top 150 albums: 1 / Janelle Monae / Dirty Computer 2 / IDLES / Joy as an Act...

Harold

Eh, may as well make it the top 100. Thanks again!

Harold

Creating a thread for this poll of almost 200 critics, an obvious attempt to create a successor the now-defunct Village Voice's iconic Pazz and Jop poll (although, as I posted on the sources thread, whatever's left of the Voice is trying to keep P&J going somehow - we'll see how that turns out)....

Harold

These are three individual "lists," so not eligible.

Harold

This was released today with 100+ critics, eligible or not? I don't know yet. Uproxx posted its own staff top 50 before the end of the year, which is already included; this poll was clearly conceived as some kind of successor to Pazz & Jop, except that whatever's left of the Village Voice is ap...

Harold

This might've been addressed somewhere else in this forum, but Uproxx is trying to fill the void left by Village Voice's critics poll. Will that be eligible? This was released today with 100+ critics, eligible or not? I don't know yet. Uproxx posted its own staff top 50 before the end of the year, ...

Harold

Already posted toward the end of December.

Harold

This is a tough call - as has been noted in this forum (and as the writers themselves note in their intro), the site has been pretty much dead (no pun intended) these last few months. However, it looks like they're making the effort to try to get back on track, publishing four belated album reviews ...

Harold

StevieFan13 wrote:Is RTE going to be added?

Hadn't been planning on it. As has been noted several times, I'm not adding any new lists (except for the ones Henrik adds to the Songs spreadsheet). This is enough work as it is.

Harold

Not yet posted: USA/Canada : Austin Town Hall Magnet Nashville Scene The Owl Time Out-New York Village Voice Pazz and Jop UK/Ireland : Digital Fix Irish Times [Ireland] Songwriting State [Ireland] Rest of the World : Belgium : Goutemesdisques Brazil : Monkeybuzz France : A Voir A Lire Germany : Plat...

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Updated with: USA/Canada: HipHopDX; XXL Rest of the World: Juice (Intl & Natl) [Germany]; Ondarock [Italy]; Hipersonica (Intl) [Spain]; Rockdelux (Intl & Natl) [Spain]; Ruta 66 (Intl & Natl) [Spain] Current top 150: 1 / Janelle Monae / Dirty Computer 2 / IDLES / Joy as an Act of Resistan...

Harold

Oops - turns out the link doesn't work as I copied and pasted it. Here it is for real this time:

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/12/best-hip-hop-projects-2018/

Harold

Giving this its own thread:

XXl has already published its list as well. I can transcribe it later, but if someone could do this courtesy, it would be nice: http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/12/best%20...%20ects-2018/

Harold

https://www.efeeme.com/lo-mejor-de-2018-discos-internacionales/

International top 20. Already added to the spreadsheet - can someone please transcribe it here? Thanks!

Note the hilarious misspelling in the title of #1...

Harold

Album lists not yet posted for the following: USA/Canada : Austin Town Hall HipHopDX Magnet Nashville Scene The Owl Time Out-New York Village Voice Pazz and Jop XXL UK/Ireland : Digital Fix Irish Times [Ireland] Songwriting State [Ireland] Rest of the World : Belgium : Goutemesdisques Brazil : Monke...

Harold

Updated with: USA/Canada: Under the Radar UK: fRoots; Kerrang! Rest of the World: Efe Eme (Intl & Natl) [Spain]; Mondosonoro (Natl) [Spain]; Zona de Obras-REDPEM [Latin America/Spain]; Revista Shock (Intl) [Colombia]; Revista La Dosis (Intl) [Venezuela] Current top 100: 1 / Janelle Monae / Dirty...

Harold

discord wrote:Perhaps they lost count.

Not really a valid excuse for a website ostensibly run by professionals. I'm adding it to the spreadsheet, but I'm sorry, I get a little pissed when I see things like this. Maybe my standards are too high...

Harold

A "top 100" list with 94 albums on it. Why do they even bother if they're not going to make the effort?

Harold

Happy New Year!

Harold

Updated with: USA/Canada: Passion of the Weiss Rest of the World: Antena 3 (Natl) [Portugal]; Tonspion [Germany]; Visions [Germany]; Rolling Stone Brazil (Natl) [Brazil]; 1LIVE Plan B-WDR [Germany]; Super 45 (Intl) [Chile]; Indie Rocks [Mexico]; Gaffa [Norway]; NRK P3 [Norway] Current top 100: 1 / J...

Harold

Thanks!

Harold

Still waiting on these: USA/Canada : Austin Town Hall HipHopDX Magnet Nashville Scene The Owl Time Out-New York Under the Radar Village Voice Pazz and Jop XXL UK/Ireland : Digital Fix fRoots Irish Times [Ireland] Kerrang! Songwriting State [Ireland] Rest of the World : Belgium: Goutemesdisques Brazi...

Harold

Best Brazilian Albums https://rollingstone.uol.com.br/noticia/rolling-stone-brasil-os-50-melhores-discos-nacionais-de-2018/ Still willing to add this to the spreadsheet, if someone transcribes it. Please do so in a way that will make it easy to format and paste the entries, like: 1. Artist - Title ...

Harold

At least it isn't "Puppet Show and Len Zefflin."

Harold

Confirmed from a thread on Robert Christgau's Twitter feed - somehow, some way, there will be a Pazz & Jop poll in early 2019, albeit later than usual (and with a fair share of skepticism from would-be participants):

https://twitter.com/rxgau/status/1075795253792292864

Harold

Updated with: Rest of the World: Les Inrockuptibles (complete top 100) [France]; Tsugi [France]; CrazyMinds (Natl) [Spain]; Revista Shock (Ibero-American) [Colombia]; Liberation [France]; Laut [Germany]; New Noise [France]; Warp [Mexico]; Radionica [Colombia]; Revista Marvin [Mexico]; Soundi (Intl &...

Harold

Harold wrote:Panam, can you (or someone else) transcribe these lists when you have the chance? Thanks!

For the international list, never mind - it's literally just a copy of the US top 50.

Harold

National albums ... 16 - Cave Story - Punk Academics 17 - Diabo Na Cruz - Lebre 18 - Isaura - Human 19 - Monday - One 20 - Sean Riley - California 21 - Aline Frazão - Dentro Da Chuva 22 - Fugly - Millenial Shit 23 - Paus - Madeira 24 - Best Youth - Cherry Domino 25 - Medeiros/Lucas - Sol De Março 2...

Harold

Thanks!

Harold

Panam, can you (or someone else) transcribe these lists when you have the chance? Thanks!

Harold

Panam, can you (or someone else) transcribe these lists when you have the chance? Thanks!

Harold

If you add the songs list to your spreadsheet, I'll add the albums to mine. That's the main rule I'm following this year, for consistency.

Harold

Current top 75 albums: 1 / Janelle Monae / Dirty Computer 2 / Low / Double Negative 3 / IDLES / Joy as an Act of Resistance 4 / Mitski / Be the Cowboy 5 / Robyn / Honey 6 / Pusha T / Daytona 7 / SOPHIE / Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 8 / Kacey Musgraves / Golden Hour 9 / Cardi B / Invasion of Priv...

Harold

Updated with: USA/Canada: Earbuddy; SputnikMusic; XLR8R; A Closer Listen UK: The Guardian (complete); Clash (complete); Resident Advisor; No Ripcord; Classic Rock; The 405 Rest of the World: Dagbladet [Norway]; Recorder {Hungary]; Knack Focus [Belgium]; Les Inrockuptibles [France]; Jenesaispop [Spai...

Harold

Marlon wrote:XLR8R - Best Releases of 2018
Various Artists - XLR8R+003

Harold

Update - Here are the 2017 spreadsheet sources for which a 2018 EOY albums list has not yet been posted: USA/Canada : A Closer Listen Austin Town Hall HipHopDX Magnet Nashville Scene Passion of the Weiss Pigeons & Planes Pretty Much Amazing The Owl Time Out-New York Under the Radar Village Voice...

Harold

I really don't feel like many 2018 albums are going to perform very well at the end of the decade polls. It just doesn't seem like there were very strong albums compared to other years. You are probably right. Even our likely #1 album, Dirty Computer , is certainly going to suffer in the EOD polls ...

Harold

BleuPanda wrote:Do we see this often with critics? As in, artists with great but relatively unknown early records getting reconsidered once a later album finally takes off? Or are those early works likely doomed as far as Acclaimed Music goes?

The most obvious example of this is Bleach.

Harold

Presumably, the top 2 are going to be Honey and Chris. Just a question of order.

Harold

Bruno wrote:Paper (US) count?

It's not really an entertainment magazine - more of a fashion-and-culture publication. In any case, I'm not really planning to add any new sources to the spreadsheet this year unless they have a songs list that Henrik adds to his spreadsheet as well. I just don't have the time.

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