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I'm glad Complex is included now. I'm not sure how big of a deal music reviews are for major sites anymore anyway, especially in the age of streaming where one could easily sample a few tracks in the time it would take to read a review. I think FACT, for example, have been phasing them out. Maybe th...

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Thanks to Blanco, we're over 16 nations now(counting top backup choices)! I would love for us to make it to 32. To encourage more participation to reach that goal, I have made a brief list of some recommended nations to think about if you want to participate but are not sure where to start. There ar...

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I was afraid the game would struggle to get to 16 nations, but we're almost there after one day (counting everyone's top backup choice). Tempted as I am to grab Mali, I will volunteer for New Zealand. I will willingly relinquish my Oceania spot to anyone who covets it as I am more than happy to take...

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I imagine that Kendrick easily gets album of the year. The songs list seems more hotly contested. I'm thinking "Hotline Bling" has the US critic vote on lock, although it would not shock me to see "Trap Queen" give it a run in the Village Voice poll. The problem for either of the...

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Remember that you guys can have a list of multiple backup nations in case yours gets picked by someone else (as what just happened to Dan's). I love this idea and would be interested in checking out some new music and voting only... Of course you can vote without having submitted a team. However, th...

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Romain wrote:Thanks, you make muy day

Jeff, last question, is it necessary to have words in the song? I hope!

I won't require the song have lyrics, but at the same time I'd rather no one submit only instrumental songs. Obviously, non-English language songs are encouraged.

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I love the idea. However, my leanings are veering towards indie/rock and therefore anglo-centric. I have however listened to a TON of non-English groups, but they still will be very rock oriented (think Mad Capsule Markets for Japan for example, and is this representative of Japanese world music ?)...

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I was hoping "The Hills" would be the Weeknd song of choice this year, but it's looking like it's going to be "Can't Feel My Face." Like others, I'm also a fan of all the Bieber singles. Kid's done well.

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While I'm in the area, I'm going to go ahead and post my country list.

1. Ghana – I was already familiar with highlife, but in preparation for this game I have discovered some great Ghanan disco, hip hop, and azonto.
2. Japan

Edit: added my backup list.

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Song Selection Rules * I am hoping to have each nation's playlist in by December 31st . Let me know if anyone needs more time. * Each nation needs seven songs (three for the group stage and then one for each knockout round, assuming it advances that far). An additional song designated to be used in...

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As I get older musical discovery for me becomes not only about finding something new, but also about finding something that sounds different from what I am familiar with. Often, this means trying to get into music from foreign countries, which can be daunting. Thus, I would like to hold a game akin ...

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Jane Siberry - Mimi on the Beach
Sufjan Stevens - Djohariah
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Shiina Ringo - Souretsu ("Funeral")
Half Man Half Biscuit - Dickie Davies Eyes
Janelle Monae - Many Moons
The Doors - Touch Me
Four Tet - Locked

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You know Kendrick's going to dominate this year if even Mojo puts him in the top 2.

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1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset 6 - Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 7 - Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side 8 - Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come 9 - David Bowie - Space Oddity 10 - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman 11 - David Bowie - "Heroes" 12 - Bob Dylan - Subterranean Home...

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I guess there's not much to add that hasn't been said already. I ended up enjoying this more than I thought I would, even though I thought Lesson no. 1 (my favorite piece of his) was on the album. That said, I do not know how often I will come back to it.

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Bubble Man Theme

Stickerbrush Symphony

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This was an album I once liked a great deal. However, I probably have not listened to it in over a decade. I look forward to reappraising it later in the week when I have more time to listen through it. My thinking beforehand is that it makes for a nice gateway into post-war classical, but then occu...

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Mega Man 2 - Bubble Man Theme vs. Super Mario Bros. - Ground Theme As others have said, this is a case of personal preference winning out over the more famous (most famous, I suppose) piece. Metroid Prime - Phendrana Drifts vs. Civilization IV - Baba Yetu I do not usually go for 'epic' sounding son...

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1. The Legend of Zelda - Overworld vs. 49. Mega Man 2 - Bubble Man Theme 8. Super Mario Bros. - Ground Theme vs. 24. Beyond Good and Evil - Home Sweet Home 4. Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance vs. 13. Metroid Prime - Phendrana Drifts This one is probably my favorite. Shame to see it go out, alt...

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Worth mentioning is that Lee Mavers (the lead singer / songwriter for the La's) fits the mold of the eccentric recluse archetype that the British press goes mad for. The band hired and fired several producers while making their album, making the group come off as perfectionists (notice the two-year ...

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I will volunteer for Classical and Hip Hop / Soul. When we get started, I wonder if it would be more expedient to select albums by random lot instead of having voting rounds? That way, we could go week-to-week without delay. We could also rotate between genres each cycle for certain categories (e.g....

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I wish they had limited it to one entry per artist like with their '90s list. It gets a bit boring seeing the same names over and over. The main reason I read lists is to discover new music, but it's hard to do that when every-other entry is a Cure song. It was nice of them to pay a little (but only...

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I love UN Subregions! Well, maybe not love so much as find useful now and then. I do not think I have ever mentioned much about myself before, so here goes: I'm from Northern America (the United States). Born on the West Coast (California), attended college in the South (Louisiana), and grad school ...

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I'm going to have a go at this. I hope it's not too long. I'm doing songs, rather than albums. My recommendations focus specifically on Southern hip hop since I am not seeing the region as well-represented as the coasts thus far. (Midwest hip hop will need to find another champion I guess.) I think ...

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As others have said, great job with the presentation Bleu. I wonder how different the list would look if only top-100 votes were counted. I love looking through everyone's massive lists on an individual basis. However, I imagine that taking everyone's top-500 list tends to homogenize the end product...

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Is there a link to the old World Cup game? I'm interested in participating, but I do not remember being around for the last one.

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Great lists so far guys! I was hoping to get mine to 500 like I did for the albums poll, but after agonizing over it for a week or so and with the deadline looming I do not think I can. Instead, I offer a mere 366 (or less than 10% of Sonofsamiam's list). 1 | Missy Elliott | Get Ur Freak On 2 | Bill...

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Since VVVVVV seems like a lost cause, I will vote for Mirror's Edge.

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I apologize again for my delayed vote. For me, this broad time frame coincides with graduate school and the beginnings of professional life. I do not own any of the consoles from these generations save for a Nintendo DS. Honestly, I cannot imagine myself ever purchasing another console. These days, ...

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I made some small updates to both of my lists. I forgot that Waka Flocka Flame's Flockaveli was a 2010 release, so I had to add "Hard in da Paint" to the songs list (#5) and Flockaveli to the album list (#51).

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I hate this ruling, partially for the reasons you mentioned at the bottom of your post. Making things worse is that Gaye is long dead so it's his children (who contributed in no way to the song in question, presumably) profiting from the ruling. I'm sure several descendants of Southern blues musicia...

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Nassim wrote:By the way which game were the XCom votes for ? Enemy Unknown or Terror From the Deep ?

I'm pretty sure they're for Enemy Unknown (known as X-COM: UFO Defense in North America and UFO: Enemy Unknown in Europe). Terror from the Deep is a bit obscure compared to its more-acclaimed older brother.

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It's funny; this was probably the era I played video games the most (it overlaps with my undergrad days, so lots of dorm-room Madden mixed with PC games over summer break) yet I struggled to come up with a list of 15. It's not so much because there are too many games I liked, but rather that I can t...

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Also you have as little cross-over between albums and songs list as humanly possible. I would not have guessed those were by the same person. I guess I consume and therefore think of the two differently. For an album that I like, I'm less inclined to listen to individual tracks off of it than I wou...

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Better late than never. . .

1. Deus Ex
2. Super Mario 64
3. Civilization II
4. The Operative: No One Lives Forever
5. Half-Life
6. Mario Kart 64
7. Grim Fandango
8. System Shock 2
9. Counter-Strike
10. Age of Empires II: Age of Kings

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Here's my albums list; the songs will come later (soon, hopefully). I did a lot of last minute copy-and-pasting to rearrange items on my list, so let me know if there are duplicates. Albums: 1. D'Angelo and The Vanguard | Black Messiah (2014) 2. Wadada Leo Smith | Ten Freedom Summers (2012) 3. Group...

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Symphony is my least favorite musical form. If this had been a straight "100 favorite classical works" list, maybe the top four or so would make the cut. Maybe. 1| Elliott Carter - A Symphony of Three Orchestras 2| Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 3| Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2, &qu...

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1. X-Com 2. Super Mario World 3. NBA Jam 4. Sid Meier's Civilization 5. Sam & Max Hit the Road 6. Doom 7. Gunstar Heroes 8. Super Mario Kart 9. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 10. Sid Meier's Colonization 11. Lemmings 12. MechWarrior 2 13. Syndicate 14. Master of Orion 15. Sensible World of S...

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This is taken from a book I saw in a library a few months ago. At the time I did not think to transcribe its contents. Luckily, I just discovered that someone else already posted the list on RateYourMusic. The full title is Africa 100: La traversée sonore d'un continent , which I guess translates to...

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People who are voting for Super Mario Brothers 2 should probably specify whether they mean the Japanese SMB2 which wasn't released in the US until part of a compilation as 'Lost Levels', or the American SMB2 which was a sprite swap of a Japanese game called Doki Doki Panic. I didn't know about this...

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I find it odd that there aren't more (any?) albums by African artists on the list, especially given France's colonial past. There, I can only speculate. However, French lists do not usually include much African music anyway. Do English lists include many albums from their ancient African colonies o...

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I did not see this list posted on the forum anywhere. It is a French magazine list from 2013 (a previous list of theirs is already included on AM). My basic knowledge of French tells me that the title translates to '50 Years of Black Music.' It lists 150 albums arranged in chronological order. The l...

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1. Tecmo Super Bowl 2. SimCity - Has a simplicity and elegance of design that its sequels lacked. 3. Mega Man 2 4. Balance of Power: 1990 5. Super Mario Bros. 6. Sid Meier's Pirates! - I'd much rather play the remake, but the original holds up nicely. 7. Super Mario Bros. 2 (Edit: This vote is for t...

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I'm not one for nostalgia, so I'm only listing stuff I could conceivably see myself playing now given the time and inclination. However, since this era's before my time, nostalgia doesn't really factor in anyway. 1. M.U.L.E. 2. Tempest 3. Ultima III 4. Donkey Kong 5. Galaga Sorry for the small list....

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An album that I always enjoy more than I remember. As others have said, it's very consistent throughout, although the top two standout to me. 1 - "The Modern Age" 2 - "Hard to Explain" 3 - "New York City Cops" 4 - "Trying Your Luck" 5 - "Is This It" ...

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Those are really awesome lists. I especially love the fact that Leon Vynehall's amazing It's Just (House of Dupree is in there. It starts with a quote from Paris is Burning , and then moves onto 8 minutes of pure bliss. Thanks for that! I've been trying to place that sample but have been unable to....

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