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Cool to see some preliminary lists. I think there is going to be a lot of variety in our lists given that there has been so little discussion of EPs here and there is less of a public consensus about the best ones in the first place. I've started a list here which includes several I have yet to hear...

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One of the worst songs I have ever heard. The memory of it still scars me 20 years later.

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Romain wrote: When I see this top 50, I seriously doubt anybody (on the """universaly acclaimed""" artist), except the Beatles can provide an amount of songs with this quality.

That little guy from Paisley Park that we both love?

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Asking people to do a top 100 list might be stretch, but if people only submitted top 10s or 20s, I'd be definitely interested. Agreed, a top 10 or 20 is definitely doable and actually quite fun. When it comes to defenition we could use the RYM classification. No restrictions on lengths or number o...

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Awesome job, BleuPanda! Love the pics! Here are my ratings for our top 50 Bowie songs: 50. Blue Jean: 9 49. Hang on to Yourself: 9 48. Loving the Alien: 8 46. Stay: 8 46. Tis a Pity She Was a Whore: 6 45. I'm Afraid of Americans: 8 44. The Stars (Are Out Tonight): 8.5 42. Kooks: 8.5 42. TVC15: 9 40....

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Continuing on the subject, my #2 "Aladdin Sane" (the song) feels more like a personal favorite than "Lady Grinning Soul", but it's been somewhat of a forum favorite for quite some time. Man, I love Mike Garson's piano in these songs (as well as "Time")! Yes! The piano ...

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That 21-25 stretch is awesome. Will probably be my favorite stretch of the rollout.

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I think this would be awesome, but it would need a bit of a lead up given how little focus there is on EPs. Maybe a pre-poll or a recommendation thread would be a good idea to give people a chance to hear more EPs.

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Thanks for putting this together! A minor detail - since I was the only one who voted for "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", it's the 1982 version that I love enough to earn #22 on my list, not the update for Let's Dance , which is also good, but not amazing like the former. With this, I ju...

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Could this be extended to 20 albums and 50 songs? This is the Beatles we're talking about... I'm not exactly sure what extending albums would do (as popular as they are, they don't have that many), and while I considered increasing the song limit for this specific group, I also don't want the song ...

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Thanks for putting this together! A minor detail - since I was the only one who voted for "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", it's the 1982 version that I love enough to earn #22 on my list, not the update for Let's Dance , which is also good, but not amazing like the former. Let me board the...

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14. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow 1982 forever? :( Haha. Sorry! I love how unique Kate Bush’s music is. She’s clearly quite eccentric. Being eccentric is certainly not a requirement for me to appreciate an artist’s music, but her eccentric personality comes across so naturally and feels so genui...

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Dan wrote: 14. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow

1982 forever?

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The Verve - Lucky Man : 6.5 vs. Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die: 5 Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube: 7.5 vs. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight : 8 Super Furry Animals - Slow Life: 6.5 vs. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow : 9.5 Lana Del Rey - Ride : 8 vs. Nico - The Fairest of Seasons: 8 LCD Soun...

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The song "Outstanding" by The Gap Band is from the 1982 album Gap Band IV.

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Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger: 10 [imgsize 357x140]http://linabobarditogether.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Year1982.png[/imgsize][imgsize 357x140]https://biankydecidestoblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/forever-21-logo1.jpg[/imgsize] [imgsize 400x200]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UODB6Ip2JqI/maxresdefa...

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The Bride by Bat for Lashes is incredible. First album I've rated 5 stars since 2010.

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The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned: 6 vs. Mojave 3 - In Love with a View: 5 Animal Collective - Banshee Beat: 7 vs. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy: 5 Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy: 9 vs. DJ Shadow - Blood on the Motorway: 8 Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye: 7 vs. The Diving Comedy - Something for the Weekend...

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The top 100 among voters who included at least 3 of our top 5 females (Björk, Madonna, PJ Harvey, Joni Mitchell, and Kate Bush): [1] Beatles [2] David Bowie [3] Bob Dylan [4] Rolling Stones [5] Radiohead [6] Bjork [7] Prince [8] Bruce Springsteen [9] Velvet Underground [10] Stevie Wonder [11] Smiths...

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Thanks to JimmyJazz for hosting, and to BleuPanda for the late-game assist. I'm particularly fond of the non-Beatles list, as can be expected given my vote counts for 1/6 of the total. Yes, let us all recognize the non-Beatles list as the one true list, the other lists being swayed by liars, heathe...

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Here are all 35 of my solo missions - basically electropop, synthpop, 80s funk, and italo disco with a few exceptions. Annie: 11 Annie Lennox: 15 Grace Jones: 20 Bootsy's Rubber Band: 23 The Human League: 24 Chromeo: 27 George Winston: 28 Kim Wilde: 29 Gary Numan/Tubeway Army: 44 The Gap Band: 45 My...

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Thanks for hosting this, JimmyJazz! I really appreciate all of your hard work on this.

Thank you too, BleuPanda! I'm particularly fond of the non-Beatles list, as can be expected given my vote counts for 1/6 of the total.

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While we're waiting for Jimmy to finish, is there any comparative lists people would want me to work on? I've already created 3: 1. A list according to the voters who did not vote for our #1 (just for the absurdity) 2. A list according to those who voted for Marvin Gaye 3. A list according to those...

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Suggested corrections: Clovers should have AM Rating of 1258. Counting Crows should have AM Rating of 1013. I've added those in, along with the few others with AM rankings below 1000. Any other mistakes in the sheet (I'm sure there are some) can be edited by anyone who notices them. And no, Nassim,...

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I wouldn't question it too much, honestly. I think a forum like this (and music forums in general) can be pretty intimidating, particularly if you are a fan of artists which aren't very well-received there (such as the aforementioned Black Eyed Peas, Backstreet Boys, etc.). If you wanted to put on a...

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While we're waiting for Jimmy to finish, is there any comparative lists people would want me to work on? I've already created 3: 1. A list according to the voters who did not vote for our #1 (just for the absurdity) 2. A list according to those who voted for Marvin Gaye 3. A list according to those...

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Happy for Stevie to stay in the top 10! I'm down to one artist left standing in my top 100. R.E.M. did really well. Happy for fans of them. To be honest, their acclaim baffles me a bit. Even though there are other acclaimed artists who I dislike more, I generally can see where the acclaim comes from...

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No posthumous bump for Prince, then. Oh well, I'm still very chuffed he made the top 10!

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Cool! I think I'll put something together for albums and songs once the new updates come through.

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We're now up to 22 sets of ratings! Neil, your column looks lonely there with 0 ratings. Care to fill it in? For those who have participated, would you also be interested in similar ratings for albums and songs? I think it could be a cool way to generate recommendations. Basically, we could set up s...

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1. The Beatles 2. Bob Dylan 3. Radiohead 4. David Bowie 5. The Rolling Stones 6. Prince (I actually don't even think Prince will manage to reach this high position. Prince, did you have to ruin your legacy? ) 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Bruce Springsteen 9. R.E.M. 10. Stevie Wonder How did he ruin his legac...

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1. The Beatles 2. Bob Dylan 3. Radiohead 4. David Bowie 5. The Rolling Stones 6. Prince (I actually don't even think Prince will manage to reach this high position. Prince, did you have to ruin your legacy? ) 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Bruce Springsteen 9. R.E.M. 10. Stevie Wonder How did he ruin his legacy?

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OK, I'll throw in a prediction.

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Radiohead
4. David Bowie
5. The Rolling Stones
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Prince
8. Led Zeppelin
9. R.E.M.
10. Stevie Wonder

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But Homogenic and Vespertine is infinitely better than Post ... I guess I will never understand the love for that album. And considering the jump for R.E.M. and other similar alternative bands, I'm afraid of Radiohead's position now. I'm terrified, especially considering how much I think Radiohead ...

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Aww, I was kind of hoping The Beach Boys would keep their streak of 9th place finishes, even though I didn't vote for them.

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babydoll wrote:Is it me or does it hurt to see Post being the most-loved of Bjork's album here?

No, I think it's among her best 3 (along with Homogenic and Vespertine).

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Sorry, the phrasing of Jimmy's question and the comment before 25 looks to me like he's only ready to be done with this because we're making it stressful by continuously asking. Maybe he is just ready to finish, but I don't want it to be because we've collectively annoyed him into wanting to get it...

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Jimmy, please don't let the pressure of the poll get to you. You've said a few times that you're dealing with some personal stuff, which absolutely takes precedence over the unveiling of this poll. We can wait.

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Amazing results for The Cure and Björk!

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I'm pretty sure all the newcomers come from a music forum dedicated to a specific artist, and, I don't know why, I imagine that this artist might be Michael Jackson. :whistle: Any reason you should suspect this? If it's true, this would cycle back to my initial problem; a group of people unrelated ...

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Henry wrote:I would be surprised if Queen doesn't appear in the next 5 because Queen came in at 54 in 2013, 53 in 2010 and 96 in 2008.

Others in the next five could include:
The Cure, Bjork, The Smiths, Simon and Garfunkel, Arcade Fire, Michael Jackson and U2.

Kanye could be in that mix as well.

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I think discogs is much better in terms of catalogue completeness (especially with electronic music). Shame it has such a dated layout. It's a bit different though in that the opinions of the users are very much minimized (you can rate and review releases, but these are hidden away instead of place...

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Lots of great artists in the last batch too. It's funny how Madonna placed near her AM ranking here, and in my own list too. It looks like almost everyone now have a consensual idea of where she belongs in the rankings :D I've noticed a lot of complains about r'n'b getting smashed, but I have to sa...

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Number 35 for the Kinks, that's way too low. All you people that didn't put the Kinks on your list. What the hell is wrong with you! ;) Totally agree. I'll never understand why The Kinks are not a consensus top 10 artist. I noticed they placed below several artists who didn't have an album or song ...

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Back to RYM, the genre charts are good sources of discovery. I had a lot of fun going through the synth funk and italo disco charts.

Mat, I bet if you look at genre charts for genres that heavily feature the American Songbook, you might find you enjoy the list and can make new discoveries.

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Best Ever Albums is another site that the ratings of the users don't must be interpreted much seriously. Possibly, it is even worse than Rate Your Music in the quality of the overall ratings. Yeah, I'm not a fan of BEA. Not that it is a bad idea per se, but the fact that you can rate other people's...

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Wow! I did not expect The Clash or Neil Young to fall outside of the top 25! Looks like there could be an interesting top 10, though it often seems that way and then we all fall in line.

Hooray for Björk and The Cure in the top 25!

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I think RYM is also a good resource for certain things. However, there does seem to be a bit of showmanship about ratings, reviews, and posts among some of the userbase there. There are some users who seem to want to stand out from the pack, and others who want to be tastemakers, it seems, and this ...

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prosecutorgodot wrote:I would love it if Stevie Wonder made it into the top 10 again.

He and Prince have the biggest pop crossover success of the RnB artists, so hopefully they can be robust to the fall of RnB here.

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