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Harold

it probably isn't hard to guess what those albums are, but only one made the top ten of every single list. And it isn't necessarily the one you'd expect. Geez, this means you did all that work just to finish making us speculate those results? Or it is Drake? And the other? Or maybe I just did not u...

Harold

I thought I'd use the formula from the end-of-decade Best Albums of the 2000s critics' list spreadsheet to collate the results of the critics' "best albums of 2010-2014" lists that have appeared so far. As of now there have only been five such lists: three from the U.S. (top 100 lists from...

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Another month, another Rolling Stone special tribute magazine, this one honoring the 50th anniversary of The Who. Here's RS' 50 greatest songs list for the band: 1- Won't Get Fooled Again 2- I Can See For Miles 3- My Generation 4- A Quick One While He's Away 5- Love, Reign O'er Me 6- Baba O'Riley 7-...

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McCartney and Yoko Ono could sue Dylan for "4th Time Around."

Harold

Based on its high ranking on the end-of-year spreadsheet, I think we can say with absolute certainty that 1989 will be included on the all-time albums top 3000 list in the next site update this summer. I don't think it will land as high as the top 1000, though. Somewhere in the 1001-1500 range seems...

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The subject heading still says February 15.

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1. Tom Petty - Wow, I can't believe he's not in yet. That's an oversight. Doubtful it'll be corrected this year, but I'll do my part.
2. Deep Purple
3. The Grateful Dead
4. Yes
5. Low

BACKSTAGE:
1. Greil Marcus
2. John Cale

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Pierre wrote:
PlasticRam wrote: Sounds extremely uncommercial.
And rather weird too. I'm wondering who's the target demographics in Ye's mind.

I'm guessing his target demographic is "37-year old rapper/producers married to women named Kardashian."

Harold

Thanks for posting. I am not adding anything new to the spreadsheet. If this is eligible for addition to AM, Henrik will include it, but the spreadsheet is finished.

Harold

So Kanye just performed on SNL with a medley of Jesus Walks, Only One, and Wolves (with Sia and Vic Mensa). The hype grows stronger. Actually, I can say that this is the very first album that I've been hyped for (unless Grimes somehow beats him to it). And a striking, arresting performance it was (...

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Listened to it for the first time tonight. I need a couple more listens to fully absorb the album, but it's quite good and clearly a huge step beyond Fear Fun . The artist Tillman reminds me of most strongly right now is Randy Newman - gorgeous melodies and arrangements covering heavily ironic, sarc...

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Maybe the comparison with Charlie Hebdo wasn't a fortunate one It did sound weird, but I thought I understood your point, and you confirmed it with your answer. Yes, your elaboration was very well stated. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't really think you were going in that direction - it's just th...

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Gillingham wrote:Unintentionally, this is getting close to Charlie Hebdo territory...

Have to echo Bootsy's question here. Please tell us you're not anywhere close to suggesting that Kanye West may one day get so mad that he starts shooting people. Because that's kind of what this reads like.

Harold

Why can't Kanye ever leave well enough alone? The fake bum-rush to the stage, combined with his audience interaction with T-Swift, could have restored so much good will towards him, then he has to blow it by proving that, no, he actually wasn't joking and he's still the same old Yeezy. To paraphrase...

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Agree that Dig Me Out is by far the best intro to the band. My favorite is The Woods, but it's such an outlier amidst the rest of their discography that I would never recommend it as anyone's first S-K album.

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I've always found it absolutely criminal that Ray Wise wasn't so much as nominated for an Emmy for his incredible performance as Leland Palmer (and, eventually, Leland-as-Bob). His work in his final three episodes is as great as television acting has ever gotten, even considering the Golden Age we'v...

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I'm stunned that the Dylan album is getting such great reviews. When I heard about it I assumed it was going to be an ill-conceived disaster on the scale of the Christmas album a few years back. Anyone here heard it yet?

Harold

Would never have predicted that Stevie Wonder would be the only artist with two albums in the top ten! But well-deserved (even if they didn't make my personal top ten).

Can't begrudge any of the top 20, but still shocked at the drop for Marquee Moon.

Harold

Harold, do you have any guesses on just how high our top five will climb? Do you think Lost in the Dream is destined for the top 200? I would be surprised if Lost in the Dream falls short of the top 200. It's a shame that The War on Drugs and Sun Kil Moon are currently inextricably linked not just ...

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Zorg wrote:I have no idea why Todd Terje isn't more loved

Well, the album's almost certainly going into the all-time top 1000, which I'd say is pretty loved. A few more half-decade list appearances and it might go higher.

Harold

If they haven't already appeared, I suspect that we will soon be seeing the following albums: Eagles - "On the Border" and Sly and the Family Stone - "There's a Riot Going On." If "On the Border" does appear, that would be quite the remarkable feat indeed, as it wasn't...

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Greg wrote:
Jirin wrote: I think there were a few voters who just put every non-vocal album toward the bottom because they prefer vocal music. Africa Brasil had a bunch of haters too.
?

Both of these albums have vocals.

I suspect that Jirin meant to say "non-English-language" albums.

Harold

No need to apologize, Romain. I'm definitely committed to making sure the spreadsheet is as complete as possible. Thanks, and you're welcome!

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OK, one FINAL, final update: :angry-banghead: Rest of the World: Rolling Stone-France (France), Trax (France) I do think it's admirable that Romain felt obligated to remind me about these even though, by his own admission, the French RS list is pretty horrible. (Not as bad as the U.S. RS list in a l...

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Now that the 2014 EOY albums spreadsheet is (probably) complete, it's time for one of my favorite annual exercises: trying to predict what albums will make it to the AM All-Time list, and in what order. Forum veterans are probably familiar by now with my remarkably unscientific system, pretty much t...

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One final update:

USA/Canada: XXL
Rest of the World: Porcys (Poland); Screenagers (Poland)

Thanks to the Poles, it looks like Black Messiah should definitely crack the top 3000, at least.

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http://www.screenagers.pl/index.php?service=xtras&action=show&id=431 30 Giant Claw - Dark Web 29 HTRK - Psychic 9-5 Club 28 Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else 27 clipping. - CLPPNG 26 The Phantom - LP 1 25 The Kurws - Wszystko co stałe rozpływa się w powietrzu 24 Angles 9 - Injuries 23 ...

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http://www.porcys.com/ranking/10-najlepszych-plyt-2014/ 10. Bing & Ruth - Tomorrow Was the Golden Age 9. Phantom - LP 1 8. ALIZZZ - Sunshine EP 7. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days 6. Farben & James Din A4 - Farben Presents James Din A4 5. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 4. Aphex Twin - Syro 3. LIZ - Just Like...

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I have a bit of a soft spot for Phi-Phenomenon, because it was the first aggregate film list I found that went way beyond 1,000 films, which was exactly what I was looking for at the time. After discovering Acclaimed Music and its (eventual) top 3000 albums list, even a really great top 1000 movies ...

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Interesting that three entries on this top 40 list are nowhere to be found on the Mojo top 100 Bowie list: "Modern Love," "All the Young Dudes," and "Wild is the Wind" (the latter, the only track from Station to Station that's not on the Mojo list, is most likely omitte...

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Fowley actually appears on one of 2014's top albums - Ariel Pink coaxed him out of whatever state of retirement he was in to collaborate in the writing and producing of a few tracks on pom pom . I should probably see the Runaways biopic with Dakota Fanning (as Cherie Currie) and Kristen Stewart (as ...

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For some reason, Taylor Swift has 2 mentions for "Track 3," which would be for "Style." Actually, I'm guessing those two mentions are indeed for "Track 3" - it's a joke. In October, eight seconds of white noise was accidentally released to iTunes in Canada under Swift'...

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Here are the top 100 albums on the EOY spreadsheet: 1 / The War on Drugs / Lost in the Dream 2 / FKA twigs / LP1 3 / St. Vincent / St. Vincent 4 / Run the Jewels / Run the Jewels 2 5 / Sun Kil Moon / Benji 6 / Caribou / Our Love 7 / Swans / To Be Kind 8 / Aphex Twin / Syro 9 / Flying Lotus / You're ...

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Updated (maybe for the last time?) with:

USA/Canada: Village Voice Pazz & Jop
Rest of the World: Super 45 (Chile)

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And here are the top 100 (112, with ties) songs: *Includes 2013 votes: "***Flawless" 6, "Happy" 4, "Drunk in Love" 3, "Avant Gardener" 12 **Includes remix/alternate-version votes: "Tuesday" 18, "Chandelier" 1, "***Flawless" 17, &q...

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The P&J results are up already. Pending almost-inevitable corrections over the next 24 hours, here are the top 100 albums: 1 D'Angelo, Black Messiah RCA Points: 2008 Mentions: 163 2 Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2 Mass Appeal Points: 1734 Mentions: 163 3 The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream Secr...

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Bumped as a reminder that Pitchfork was the first to post (prematurely - they did this last summer) a "best of the decade so far" list.

Have there been any others yet besides the ones from NME and Treble?

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1 Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 2 The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 3 Swans - To Be Kind 4 Spoon - They Want My Soul 5 Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots 6 Owen Pallett - In Conflict 7 Caribou - Our Love 8 Asos Falsos - Conduccion 9 Sharon Van Etten - Are We There 10 The New Pornographers - Brill...

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Updated with: USA/Canada: Death & Taxes; The Owl; The L UK/Ireland: BBC Music; Thrash Hits Rest of the World: SWQW (France); Plattentests (Germany); Sentire Ascoltare (Italy); Storia Della Musica (Italy) Heading into the homestretch, I think. Besides Pazz & Jop, the only remaining lists I ex...

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I'm starting to think that the Village Voice stats guy may have really jumped the gun last night - I don't think the P&J poll results will be going up until next week. At least, that's been the timeframe in previous years. Doesn't the new issue usually go live by Wednesday?

Harold

There are a few messages in the P&J thread on the main music forum, and apparently Black Messiah is #1!

Which would put the album in the top 100 on the spreadsheet, but still much - much, much - lower than it deserves. Hopefully it'll manage to end up in the top 3000 on the next update anyway.

Harold

Are they posting a national list?

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The 2014 Pazz & Jop results have been posted here (http://furia.com/pjs/index.html), but they obviously haven't been given their official release yet... Would you like the top 40 or so transcribed as a preliminary measure, or should we just wait 'til they officially see the light of day :D ? Co...

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Thanks for posting all these, Chilton!

Although, I believe this one is from Thrash Hits ...

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Updated once more - these lists are still M.I.A. (they fly like paper, get high like planes...): USA/Canada Death & Taxes Little White Earbuds Owl, The The L Village Voice Pazz & Jop [coming next week, of course] UK/Ireland BBC Music Bowlegs Fly, The Muso's Guide Thrash Hits Rest of the Worl...

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Romain wrote:Thanks Harold. Can you explain, for a beotian like me, the difference betwwen the column P and Q ?

Thanks.

I have nothing whatsoever to do with the formulas - I've never even looked at those hidden columns. Henrik?

Harold

Updated with:

USA/Canada: La Presse (Canada); Antiquiet; HipHopDX; A Closer Listen
Rest of the World: Playground [Intl] (Spain); Kindamuzik (Netherlands); Rock De Lux [Intl & Natl] (Spain); Ondarock (Italy); Visions (Germany); Rolling Stone-Spain [Intl & Natl] (Spain)

Harold

Since there are no numbers, I'm presuming this is an unranked list.

Harold

I'm definitely intently curious now on what D'Angelo's chances of making AM on the next update is. Any official early assessments from you, Henrik? I just posted about this in the EOY spreadsheet thread: ******************************************************************************************* I h...

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I feel sad for D'Angelo's "Black Messiah" because that album got such great reviews and didn't end up on critics lists because it was released too late in the year. Some lists might include it next year but others won't want to because it didn't exactly get released on the calendar year j...

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