Acclaimed Music Forums

Rob

Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges – Cravo e Canela: 7 I remember not caring for this album when it appeared in Moderately Acclaimed a few years ago. Hearing this song, I can't completely understand anymore. This is very pleasant music. Time for a re-evaluation. Interpol - Narc: 7 A good post-punk so...

Rob

280. Frédéric Chopin – Étude, No. 1: 4 281. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges – Cravo e Canela: 5.5 Is it for sure that this the right Étude No. 1? I'd give Op. 10 No. 1 around a 6 and Op. 25 No. 1 around an 8. I somehow missed that Chopin actually has three Études. Geoffrey's list just said: Etude...

Rob

The second bubbler on Acclaimed Music in a row is also the second appearance of Interpol in the second version of Biggest Fan. It’s the fourth song from Styrofoamboots’ list though. 281. Interpol - Narc Year: 2004 Album: Antics Biggest Fan: Styrofoamboots (#208) Don’t forget you can always vote at a...

Rob

I'll be offline this weekend, so you get the next two songs at once. Ineligible since the song version is unclear: After Wagner, Geoffrey blesses us with his second classical pick, this one actually written for a piano instruction book. As per usual; the version in the playlist is sort of random, I ...

Rob

Last year I added Live at the Star Club, Hamburg to the Moderately Acclaimed game. It didn't do much there, but it remains one of my personal favorite albums of all time, live or otherwise. There is such a tremendous energy there, it's insane! For pure wildness, he was the only one who could rival a...

Rob

Only 7 of the Odetta songs seem to be on Spotify in my region. Is there some kind of YouTube option? Weird, as around here the album is available on Spotify in 4 versions, identical in songs, but with a different cover art each time. None of these work?: http://open.spotify.com/album/2FqnV5iuwgMpmX...

Rob

7. Yo La Tengo - Painful vs. 8. DJ Shadow - The Private Press 1. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. vs. 6. The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy 3. Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth vs. 2. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall 4. Fishmans - 宙日本世田谷 [Uchū Nippon Setagaya] vs. 5. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda ...

Rob

The Who – Rael (1 and 2): 7
Very solid early attempt by the Who to do a more complexly structured song, as a sort of precursor to Tommy.

Rob

I have good and bad news for Bang Jan, who plays Biggest Fan faithfully. The good news is that we have a song from your list today. The bad news is that it is your last that is eligible. 279. The Who – Rael (1 and 2) Year: 1967 Album: The Who Sell Out Biggest Fan: Bang Jan (#91) Don’t forget you can...

Rob

Lee Perry & Full Experience – Disco Devil: 5
I do like dub, but this one stretches it too far. It never seems to end, but is not varied enough to keep me interested.

Rob

Emerald’s got a classic song for all you druggy dubby dancers today. It’s one that ranks on AM at #8322.

278. Lee Perry & Full Experience – Disco Devil
Year: 1977
Released as a single
Biggest Fan: Emerald (#649)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

The Temper Trap – Love Lost: 6
One of those songs I just don't really have an opinion of. It's not bad, but doesn't particularly captivate me much. Certainly not as immediately memorable as their one big song, Sweet Disposition.

Rob

There is no love lost between M24 and today’s act. You could say that the conditions are favorable.

277. The Temper Trap – Love Lost
Year: 2009
Album: Conditions
Biggest Fan: M24 (#784)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Wet Wet Wet – Hold Back the River: 6 Considering that I know this band only from a few songs that are so schmaltzy that even Rod Stewart would get sick from it, this isn't too bad. No schmalz , but a decent sing-along song. One thing though, Wet Wet Wet has to be one of the very worst band names of ...

Rob

Today we’ve got a band who tried to hold back the river, but got wet wet wet… Sorry. Who isn’t sorry is Akhenaten, who proudly gave us another pop song. 276. Wet Wet Wet – Hold Back the River Year: 1989 Album: Holding Back the River Biggest Fan: Akhenaten (#851) Don’t forget you can always vote at a...

Rob

Temples - Paraphernalia: 8 Temples had their five minutes of fame in 2014 with Sun Structures, but seem sort of forgotten already. I'm not sure if I ever heard anything from that album, but if anything is close to Paraphernalia I am missing out. This newer track has a nice psychedelic-dreamy feel an...

Rob

This website and forum all are about acclaim, but the songs usually aren’t. Today is different as Rod Stewart announces the final acclaim! What does he mean by this? Not his last acclaimed song, as there would follow a few more. The song itself is, at #8877, his second lowest ranked song. Well, at l...

Rob

It’s always nice to get a very recent song on here. Today’s entry is from 2020 and was almost completely ignored by critics on their EOY lists. Luckily, DaveC took note. 274. Temples - Paraphernalia Year: 2020 Released as a single Biggest Fan: DaveC (#769) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later...

Rob

4. Cesária Évora - Miss Perfumado vs. 8. DJ Shadow - The Private Press
5. The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy vs. 6. Daft Punk - Alive 2007
3. Prolapse - The Italian Flag vs. 1. Odetta - At Carnegie Hall
7. Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1 vs. 2. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda

Rob

Ween - Candi: 6 I heard this song's album for the first time today. Like the other two Ween albums I know it is all over the place musically, but held together by an offbeat, sometimes creepy sense of humor. I also learned that at least on Rate Your Music, Candi is considered easily the worst song o...

Rob

Cadavaca wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:55 pm Resurrection

I'm missing your vote for Prince's She Spoke 2 Me.

Rob

Time to get serious again, with the high-minded Ween. Yes, this is a 90’s alternative song from Spiritualized’s list.

273. Ween - Candi
Year: 1994
Album: Chocolate & Cheese
Biggest Fan: spiritualized (#596)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Orchestre Los Camaroes - Resurrection: 7
It's pretty great while listening to it. There is so much life in this music, even with the rather sparse production. But like the album it is hard to remember all that specifically, which is what keeps it from greatness.

Rob

Today a rare case when panam leaves behind his favored Latin American music. Don’t worry, though, as he hasn’t gone Anglo-Saxon. People who played this years Moderately Acclaimed Albums game may recognize it. 272. Orchestre Los Camaroes - Resurrection Year: 1979 Album: Resurrection Biggest Fan: pana...

Rob

Flo Rida, featuring Sia – Wild Ones: 3
I would call if unappealing, yet inoffensive, but the unnecessary autotune in Sia's voice is actually offensive to my ears.

Rob

Like Ride a few days ago today’s song was a bit hit with many plays on Spotify, but unranked on AM and by a popular main artist who generally doesn’t make an impact on critic lists. Will you join Karla in the fandom? 271. Flo Rida, featuring Sia – Wild Ones Year: 2011 Album: Wild Ones Biggest Fan: K...

Rob

Prince – She Spoke 2 Me: 7
A tad long, but the extended jazz-funk fusion ends up being pretty cool.

Rob

We knew it was coming. It was inevitable. Finally we get a Prince song from Moonbeam’s list. And this time around not one of the singles, but as is typical of Moonbeam it is a real deep cut. With this, Prince has his third appearance on the second edition of Biggest Fan, retaking the position he hel...

Rob

QT – Hey QT: 6
This is the type of song that only a few years ago I would have absolutely hated, but I don't anymore. Still, "plastic" songs like this will probably never be my favorite, even if I can't deny there is some fun in this.

Rob

Now here is something unique. Today’s act QT released only one song ever (not counting remixes of said song) and that is the one we are going to listen to. Biggest Fan isn’t exactly a format suited to make you listen to complete discographies, but with some help by BleuPanda, we for once can cover t...

Rob

267. Twenty One Pilots - Ride: 3 I think it's the first song I've ever heard from this band. Not inclined to listen to more unfortunately. Certainly not, as you have their earlier song here, Fall Away, a 5,5. Still not a recommendation. Twenty One Pilots - Ride: 5 There is a lot going on here, even...

Rob

Today we present to you the unlikely story of Andrea True, who was a porn star who managed to successfully rebrand herself as a disco queen. She gained many fans, including Sweepstakes Ron. 268. Andrea True Connection – More, More, More Year: 1976 Album: More, More, More Biggest Fan: Sweepstakes Ron...

Rob

Arsalan’s last entry was a song by Twenty One Pilots. He wasn’t kidding when he said he was a fan, as once again he has a song by the band, making Twenty One Pilots join the select group of artists who appeared twice. What’s more, this is one of those rare tracks with over a billion plays on Spotify...

Rob

Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels: 6 I already wrote extensively about this song almost 7 years ago: http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3111&p=45822&hilit=inspiral#p45822 My suspicion back then that I would probably not return to this song much where correct, ...

Rob

Last update I wrote: Seven albums is quite a lot for a new update, although I noticed that many of them were already released before the previous update, while some major critical successes of this current week are still not present. I've never really understood why many albums make a big jump after...

Rob

Otisredding knows how it feels on today’s song. Critics do too, as they placed the song at #4311 on AM.

266. Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels
Year: 1990
Album: Life
Biggest Fan: Otisredding (#337)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Step to the right! 7. Yo La Tengo - Painful vs. 6. M83 - Saturdays = Youth 8. Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind vs. 2. Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. 4. CCCP Fedeli alla Linea - 1964-1985 Affinità-divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi - Del conseguimento della maggiore età vs. 3. Genesis O...

Rob

Donny Hathaway – This Christmas: 6
It's a Christmas song... Not a particularly great one, but also certainly not one of the annoying ones. It gets the job done, I guess?

Rob

It may be a bit early, but Fred insists that this Christmas you will be listening to Donny Hathaway. You will also listen to it on this October 14tht, as it is always Christmas on Acclaimed Music. 265. Donny Hathaway – This Christmas Year: 1970 Released as a single Biggest Fan: Fred (#693) Don’t for...

Rob

The Beths – Dying to Believe: 6 I might be the biggest fan of the album Future Me Hates Me on this forum, but it's follow-up, Jump Rope Gazers, did little for me, despite being very similar. This song is exemplary for it. It has the guitars, the voice and some witty lines, but it never gets as catch...

Rob

We have too many classic songs here these days, so Safetycat is going to pull is back to more recent times with a relatively new song. 264. The Beths – Dying to Believe Year: 2020 Album: Jump Rope Gazers Biggest Fan: Safetycat (#780) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your ...

Rob

U2 - Kite: 6
It's fine, but they have more memorable songs. I had kind of forgotten about this one.

Rob

After her memorable Oscar de la Hoya nomination, Luiza returns with a far more traditional act. It is the second appearance by U2 and the song is bubblin’ under on AM. 263. U2 - Kite Year: 2000 Album: All That You Can’t Leave Behind Biggest Fan: Luiza (#112) Don’t forget you can always vote at a lat...

Rob

Queen – I Want It All: 6
Queen at their most Queen: the bombastic, shouty style that I both love and hate.

Rob

StevieFan13 finally comes out and states his ambition loud and clear with today’s hit song.

262. Queen – I Want It All
Year: 1989
Album: The Miracle
Biggest Fan: StevieFan13 (#916)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Public Enemy – By the Time I Get to Arizona: 8
Like the best Public Enemy songs this sounds rough, massive and like a force that just hits you.

Rob

Today Jackson isn’t going to take us to Phoenix or Jackson, but rather to Arizona, along with rap royalty Public Enemy. The song ranks on AM at #7882. 261. Public Enemy – By the Time I Get to Arizona Year: 1991 Album: Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black Biggest Fan: Jackson (#660) Don’t forget ...

Rob

Bullion – Blue Pedro: 8
Well, you finally got me, Krurze. You finally got me dancing through my apartment that is. What a wacky song this is, mixing house music with some old-fashioned sea-ditty. The result is enchanting, even if it is maybe a little long for what it is.

Rob

After his uncharacteristically subdued Daniel Johnston entry, Krurze is back in the house with what he does best: dance, dance, dance! The song is bubblin’ under on AM. 260. Bullion – Blue Pedro Year: 2017 EP: Blue Pedro Biggest Fan: Krurze (#191) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment o...

Rob

Belly - Red: 8 One of the best songs to come out of Brad's alternative playlist. Tanya Donelly's vocals are unique. Sharon Van Etten - Tornado: 7 The parent album of this song, Because I Was in Love, is the favorite of a close friend of mine, who insists that although Van Etten has remained a good a...

Search found 7404 matches