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“Universal Themes” is a very good album, but (admittedly) a little disappointing after “Benji,” my favorite album of 2014. To answer Bootsy’s question (and maybe I’m not the best person to respond, since I had a very personal connection to “Benji,” which removes all objectivity), what I loved most a...

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Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Japandroids - Post-Nothing Bark Psychosis - Hex Child of Lov - Child of Lov Another week featuring albums I'm not particularly fond of but with songs I love ("Get Got," "Pull Me Under," "Can We Still Be Friends"). And, also, anothe...

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Albums: 1. The Beatles – With the Beatles 2. Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 3. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 4. John Fahey – Vol. II – Death Chant, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes 5. Pete Seeger – We Shall Overcome 6. Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach – Money J...

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Well, I was able to hear 7 of the 10 tracks from Jacques Higelin's album. I very much enjoyed what I heard, but I'll refrain from voting in the 4th matchup, since I didn't hear the album in its entirety. (If I were to guess, I'd say it'd probably place 5th for me out of the 8 albums). Here are my ra...

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Unfortunately, this might be the first week I can't vote in every matchup, since I haven't been able to locate the Jacques Higelin album, either. It might have been an interesting match for me, too, since (like PlasticRam) I always have liked this particular James Blunt album. I will keep searching ...

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Strawbs - Strawbs
Sunn 0)))- Monoliths and Dimensions
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Orchestra Baobab - Mouhamadou Bamba
The Specials - More Specials
Fimber Bravo - Con-Fusion
Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio - El Circo

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The earlier release of the Carnegie Hall Concert doesn't just cut out a lot of songs. That is somewhat understandable, because the 1989 Complete edition runs a little long. However, the songs on there are frequently shortened too and worse: the audience is mostly removed. I can't find the short ver...

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I have no doubt that Steen Wilson's work is extraordinary, but apparently do not care much for music websites. 7 qualifications are needed to enter MCCH. Steven Wilson has only 4 scores That's very interesting. I recall Steven Wilson's last album, released in 2013, making it into the top 30 of the ...

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Rob’s sure right about both the extra songs and the audience interaction on “The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert.” Pete Seeger has a gift for incorporating the audience into his show, which would really be missed if not featured on the original album (as would many of my favorite songs). I haven’t he...

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Yet another really strong week (though I don't know if I'll ever get the appeal of St. Vincent). :( The Black Keys - El Camino The Roots - Things Fall Apart Jethro Tull - Stand Up The Chills - Brave Words Pepe Deluxe - Queen Of The Wave Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld Style Council - Our Favourite Shop ...

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The one that instantly jumps to mind is "A Night Like This" by The Cure. For the longest time, I enjoyed the entire album "The Head On the Door," but my highlights were "In Between Days" and "Sinking." I still remember helping my mom clean offices as a teenage...

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Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes Klaus Schulze - Timewind Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads Doves - Lost Souls Spiro - Lightbox Morphine - Like Swimming The Kills - Midnight Boom Rush -2112 A special thanks to whoever nominated 16 Horsepower - what a wonderfully unique album! I don't know h...

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Albums: 1. Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf 2. Jacques Brel – Á l’Olympia 1961 3. Chuck Jackson – Any Day Now 4. Sun Ra – The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra 5. Jacques Brel – Jacques Brel (Les bourgeois) 6. Roy Orbison – Crying 7. Elvis Presley – Pot Luck 8. Tito Puente – El Rey Bravo 9. Dick Dale and His D...

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Natural Snow Buildings - Shadow Kingdom
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Mogwai - Rock Action
Low - C'mon
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

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Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin Swans - Children of God Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion Lenny Valentino - Uwaga! Jedzie tramwaj Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away The Grates - Gravity Wont Get You High Dan Bern - Dan Bern Cowboy Junkies and Ms. Hol...

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Hey btw, is Misirlou misspelled in the AM rankings? PlasticRam brings up a good question. I have both "Misirlou" and "Miserlou" in my music library. They are clearly different (though both very similar). I could never decide which I like better, so when I made my lists, I always...

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Though I didn't dislike any of the albums this week, I was a little surprised that (unlike past weeks) the only albums I really liked were my top three... Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man Bright Eyes - Cassadaga The Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark New Power Generation - Exodus Rilo Kil...

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Gorillaz - Demon Days
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Ólafur Arnalds - Living Room Songs
The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts
Deep Purple - Burn
Cake - Comfort Eagle
Paul Simon - Surprise
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap

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Albums: 1. Bobby Bland – Two Steps From the Blues 2. Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz 3. John Coltrane – Olé 4. Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii 5. John Coltrane – My Favorite Things 6. Patsy Cline – Showcase 7. Max Roach – We Insist! Freedom Now Suite 8. Ray Charles – The Genius Sings the Blues 9. Jacques Br...

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Jamie, it's always more interesting to listen albums by people who don't have the same taste than a thousandth album in the same genre, the genre you love ;-) If you think you have different tastes to the other participant, you must nominate some album. I say this for years here, it is the best in ...

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Fantastic turnout for Round 1.1 - 18 total voters! Yes, that's true, a fantastic turnout. But, as in previous editions, we have less people voting than nominating (18 vs. 24). It seems again that people is more willing to make suggestions than to listen to other people suggestions. I'm not complain...

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I’m adopting a voting method I’ve seen others use in the past. I hesitated before, only because I didn’t want anyone assuming that I necessarily hated the album listed last. But this week is a great example to the contrary, since I definitely don’t dislike “Elsie” at all. However, “Oneirology,” whic...

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Two words regarding Kendrick’s new album: LOVE IT! After last year, I was beginning to worry that, at 44, I was now a grumpy old man who could no longer appreciate great rap/R&B (especially since I was underwhelmed by both Run the Jewels and D’Angelo, which deep down I knew were great—meaning it...

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The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
Muse - Showbiz

Glad to see this back. Thanks, Brad!

jamieW

I must say Carly Rae Jepsen remains an entity that I don’t seem to get. I wasn’t even a fan of “Call Me Maybe.” (Although I did like it better than this one—at least it had those unique synths.) What baffles me is that I’m one of the major mainstream music lovers on the forum, so you’d think I’d be ...

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slick wrote:SONGS:

6. Gene Pitney / A Town Without Pity

Awesome! This will likely be my #1, so I was hoping it might pick up a few extra votes.

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(My top two songs of the half decade are “Pray For Newtown” by Sun Kil Moon and “Birds of Paradise” by Chromatics — Au contraire - listened to Kill For Love last night and it was hauntingly beautiful. Birds of Paradise was one that stuck out for me, and will definitely feature somewhere in my list....

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I would love to vote in this, but I’m in the middle of completely revamping my album ratings, and I haven’t had a chance to get to 2010-2011 yet. As for songs, my favorites are so far off the beaten path that I don’t think my ballot would make much of a difference. (My top two songs of the half deca...

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I figured this was as good a thread as any to pose this question in, as I've been thinking a lot about it lately: What are your favorite Kanye songs. I can figure out my top 5 fairly easily, but deciding between the top four which is my favorite is proving to be a challenge. The four songs are &quo...

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Songs: 31. Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want) 35. Jimmy Reed – Baby What You Want Me To Do 68. Bobby Darin – Beyond the Sea These are 1959. The Barrett Strong and the Jimmy Reed were both released on singles in late 1959. The Darin single was 1960 but the song was already on his "That...

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Albums: 1. Oscar Brown Jr. – Sin & Soul 2. Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain 3. Charles Mingus – Blues & Roots 4. Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery 5. John Coltrane – Giant Steps 6. Joan Baez – Joan Baez 7. Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 8. Etta James –...

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I've decided to do the same thing I did last year and peruse the thread for the already nominated artists who I'd most like to see make the Hall (mainly because, last year, I kept inexplicably nominating artists that were already in ... and there's no sense in voting for personal favorites like Nigh...

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To be honest, (though I do like it) I was a little disappointed by Viet Cong, especially since I'm such a sucker for post-punk. My two personal favorite albums of the year so far are Bjork and Lupe Fiasco. I've always liked Lupe's albums, but never loved them. I love this... Many people have been as...

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First, thanks again to Dan for another outstanding presentation! As I’ve said before, I’m more into songs than albums, so I especially look forward to the AMF song polls. (And your choices of artist photos were absolutely awesome!) Secondly, I was rather shocked that so many songs that made our 2014...

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Awesome presentation, Dan! Not surprisingly, I do prefer this list to the critics list. When I first came to AM, I started with the top ranked albums on the critics lists that I hadn't heard. However, it didn't take long for me to turn my attention instead to the lists and recommendations from the A...

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If ever there was a great idea for a poll, this would be it! I've been working on a list of my favorite music videos for quite some time now, and you've included many of those on my list. The one thing I know for sure so far is that "Thriller" will be #1. The effect it had on me as a 13 ye...

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I figure jazz should get a lot of support in these early years of the 60s. But I'd like to recommend a modern classical piece I discovered on sonofsamiam's all-time songs list: "Threnody To the Victims of Hiroshima" by Krzysztof Penderecki. It's almost unbearably intense and terrifying (as...

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The one that surprised me the most was Mahmoud Ahmed, not necessarily his placing, but seeing how many haters there were for his album. Granted, I only ranked it at #18, but when I see the term "haters," I just can't imagine a more pleasing album to the ears (even if I don't understand the...

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Dan: I’ve made the final edits to both my albums and songs lists. “Become Ocean” should probably be higher, but it’s so hard to rank a recent favorite against a pair of albums that have been with me the entire year. I could probably make hundreds of more changes, but this is close enough. On to 2015!

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Dan: I wanted to let you know that I'll be making a few edits to my list tomorrow, due mainly to the album sonofsamiam just mentioned. I somehow missed it on Jeff’s list, but I’m thrilled that someone else has mentioned “Become Ocean,” which I’ve been listening to a lot over the past week. The Pulit...

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Very happy to see that 1967, my favorite year for music, is #1. I'm also not surprised to see the early years of the 60s at the very bottom, though the mid to late 90s was my own personal musical purgatory. This was the time when I couldn't connect with either the critically-acclaimed indie rock nor...

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I just wanted to thank Zorg for an incredible presentation and add my admiration for Rob’s eloquent, thoughtful comments. There are so many outstanding writers in this forum (one of the major reasons I enjoy participating), and your highly personal commentary exemplifies this. As I was reading throu...

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I usually suck at making predictions (it's why I never bet on sports anymore), but I'll give it a shot! 20. ABBA - Dancing Queen 19. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 18. Lou Reed - Perfect Day 17. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla 16. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 15. Television - Marquee Moon 14. Da...

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Wow, these might be the most unpredictable results I’ve seen since I’ve been on the forum. To be honest, as much as I love “Do To the Beast,” I’m actually relieved that it didn’t win. Initially, I questioned whether it was fair to nominate it; and then, when it started popping up so high on many of ...

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Albums: 1. Sun Kil Moon – Benji 2. The Afghan Whigs – Do To the Beast 3. John Luther Adams/The Seattle Symphony Orchestra – Become Ocean 4. The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave 5. The Black Keys – Turn Blue 6. Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again 7. White Lung – Deep Fa...

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From the beginning, I was hoping Frank Ocean's "Pyramids" won this, simply because it's such an epic modern masterpiece. But I certainly can't complain about any of these great songs... The Zombies - Time of the Season (1968) 10 Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (1990) 9 Radiohead - Idioteq...

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I’m very happy to see all the kind words directed at “An Ocean In Between the Waves.” For most of the year, I thought I was the only one who felt this way, since I didn’t read much about it and it was never nominated for the AMF chart. It’s definitely one of my top 10 songs of 2014 and features my f...

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Thanks for a great presentation, Daniel! (I’ll admit, you scared me a little with your “Ding! Fries are Done” prank. One of the great things about these private surveys is their unpredictability, so I nearly bought it.) I was really happy to see some lesser known favorites do so well. I'm still, kic...

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Great presentation so far, Daniel! A gigantic “oops” from me, though. I spent so much time trying to make sure I didn’t forget anything. Then I saw Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” come up in the presentation. If I had thought of it, it would’ve been #1 on my list. (And this comes at a ...

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Radiohead - Idioteque (2000) 9 Fela Kuti - Zombie (1976) 8 The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning (1966) 8 Elton John - Rocket Man (1972) 7 Frank Ocean - Pyramids (2012) 10 The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966) 10 Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (1990) 9 Adele - Rolling in the Deep (2010) 9 ...

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