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I've only heard the album once so I'm not really able to add much in the way of commentary, but here goes nothing. "Liquid Swords" is a really good album, maybe my third or fourth favorite Wu-Tang affiliated album ("36 Chambers" and "Fishscale" steal the top 2 spots, wh...

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:I think that "The Less I Know the Better" might be the underrated gem of Currents.

Probably my bassline of the year, that much is sure.

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Well 2015 is 3/4's of the way through. Here's how the year's music stacks up. 1. Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly: 95 2. Tame Impala- Currents: 85 3. Jamie xx- In Colour: 85 4. Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear: 85 5. Sufjan Stevens- Carrie & Lowell: 85 6. Dr. Dre- Compton: 80 7. Björk...

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So are the new U.S. Girls, Girl's Names and Girl Band as promising as the last Girls' album? I felt it was very quirky like the show Girls with a dash of The New Girl's eccentric poise without being too hipster to get bashed on 2 Broke Girls. Like something you would have heard on Gilmore Girls. On...

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It seems that the slightly underwhelming series of singles leading up to the release of Disclosure's Caracal was an omen *ba-dum tiss*. Aside from Lorde's contribution, great as always, the duo have settled (more puns) for a mildly enjoyable collection of same-y midtempo house-influenced r&b. N...

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The new Deafheaven is really good. It won't make any converts, and it's not quite "Sunbather" levels of great, but it's still a very strong album. If you're a fan of their previous work, it's a must-listen.

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I may never fully understand what possessed Ryan Adams to record a track for track cover of the latest Taylor Swift album, but I'm sure glad he did. On "1989", Ryan Adams channels Wilco and Springsteen to create one of the more perplexing albums of the year. It's no masterpiece, but even S...

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On the AM banner, "Songs for Swingin' Lovers" is shown as Feank Sinatra's most acclaimed album, when his real most acclaimed album is "In the Wee Small Hours".

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I really, really, really want to add my thoughts because this is the album I nominated and an album I love. But sadly, graduate school is kicking my ass right now, and it looks like I might not be able to

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Hmmm I suppose you're right, Henrik! The Spotify playlists should be an ample substitute for the "rank by acclaim" button. Oh well, seems like you're ten steps ahead of me!

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This isn't an error so much as a feature I thought up. Sometimes there are artists with a ton of albums and/or songs ranked (looking at you Beatles, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Elvis Presley, etc.). What if there was a way to sort the albums/songs not by year, but also by all time rank? That way if you ...

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By the way, good to see #1 record on here. It is a good record that is underrated by a lot of publications. Thanks! I thought it would be a great album to talk about. That album is locked in a perpetual tie with "Radio City" for favorite Big Star album. They should be in a perpetual tie f...

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luney6 wrote:By the way, good to see #1 record on here. It is a good record that is underrated by a lot of publications.

Thanks! I thought it would be a great album to talk about. That album is locked in a perpetual tie with "Radio City" for favorite Big Star album.

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GucciLittlePiggy wrote:t didn't really say anything that regular visitors to the site wouldn't know

I for one am shocked that Swedish tax workers and Nirvana fans don't have a bigger overlap.

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I'd like to participate here.

I'd like to join Pop/Rock and Electronic

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50s: Song: "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly and The Crickets Album: "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis 60s: Song: "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles Album: "Revolver" by The Beatles 70s: Song: "Marquee Moon" by Television Album: "London Calling&qu...

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I love "Like a Prayer", but it wouldn't make my top 5 Madonna songs.

"Hung Up" is my favorite song of hers, so it's good to see that place very high.

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As a huge fan of Oasis (okay, a huge fan of their first two albums, and a casual fan of their later work) I'll fully admit that the music of Oasis isn't exactly the most intelligent music, or deep music, or complex music out there. At its core, the music of "Definitely Maybe" and "Mor...

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Seriously (embarrassing) 82 This Year's Model 83 Bringing It All Back Home 84 Screamadelica 85 Music From Big Pink 86 Elephant 87 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 88 The Bends 89 In Rainbows 90 Illinois 91 Raw Power and a bonus 92 Bitches Brew These are all essential. "Morning Glory" is ...

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Listyguy wrote:Anyone listen to this Miley Cyrus-Flaming Lips album that dropped today? I haven't but I must say my curiosity is provoked.

The first five seconds of the first song killed any curiosity I had.

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I've heard a few songs, but not the albums. I'll give them a listen soon. Thanks for the recommendation. :) Edit: Actually, come to think of it, the songs I've heard are rather guitar driven, like Purple Rain. Is the rest of the album, One nation under a groove, like that? You're welcome! I'd say t...

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Luney6, have you heard anything from Parliament/Funkadelic? I've found even people who aren't big into funk love P-Funk. If you haven't, I'd check out the albums "Mothership Connection" and "One Nation Under a Groove". Funk classics!

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The Weeknd's newest album confirms that the only interesting thing he's put out was "House of Balloons". His debut studio album "Kiss Land", was the absolute definition of mediocre, and his second studio album, "Beauty Behind the Madness", is only a hair better. Imagine...

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Above: Skylarking is pretty darn essential, and Strange Days and Kimono My House are among the greatest albums ever. As for me: 382) Deerhunter -- Halcyon Digest 383) LCD Soundsystem -- This is Happening 384) Talk Talk -- Spirit of Eden 385) Isaac Hayes -- Hot Buttered Soul 386) The Crickets -- The...

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Nick, I don't know where you got the percentage splitting from, because I don't do this and I never have. I could do this in the future, but it means more work and also many arbitrary decisions I think. And, as I say on the "Artists" page, the artist ranking shouldn't be taken that seriou...

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It seems we've certainly opened up quite the Pandora's box here. My suggestion- If a song credits an artist with a feature, then the song should be re-titled to reflect that feature. However, the credit that an artist gets to the song should adequately reflect the amount of work that the featured ar...

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1495 The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express 1496 Art Blakey Quintet - A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 1497 Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da esquina 1498 Tindersticks - Tindersticks (II) 1499 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles ist gut 1500 Miles Davis - Miles Sm...

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Another update, another time to comb through the great list and answer the question, what's the first stretch of ten albums on the AM 3000 you haven't heard? I'll start- 744. The Go-Betweens- 16 Lovers Lane 745. Tim Buckley- Starsailor 746. Midnight Oil- Diesel and Dust 747. Missy Elliott- Miss E......

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"Stan" is credited under Eminem rather than Eminem feat. Dido. It used to be credited under "featuring Dido", but a couple years ago I suggested to Henrik that since it's not really a feature, only a sample, it didn't make sense for Dido to take credit for the song. But it is of...

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Setherex wrote:"Stan" is credited under Eminem rather than Eminem feat. Dido.

It used to be credited under "featuring Dido", but a couple years ago I suggested to Henrik that since it's not really a feature, only a sample, it didn't make sense for Dido to take credit for the song.

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Carly Rae Jepsen's new album is....surprisingly good. Not mindblowingly great or anything, but a really well done pop album. My only complaint is that there isn't an original thought on the album. Everything is done in the same retro 80's throwback style that's currently in vogue. But still, the alb...

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Though I like all the songs in the top ten, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is a real headscratcher. A great song for sure, but it probably wouldn't make my top 3 songs from "Thriller", much less my top 3 songs of the entire 1980's...

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This may just be a bit of my own stupidity, but I can't seem to navigate back to the "Lists by Year" tab whenever I go somewhere else. Is there a way to get around this?

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-Kanye continues to climb (MBDTF up to 73) I recall, oh brothers and sister of AM, back in the days of 2010, when our lord and savior Yeezus graced us with his magnum opus, a compact disc entitled "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". Despite the disc's late release date (in the month of N...

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Props to Todd Terje for having the most acclaimed Norwegian album!

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Oh. My. God.

Thank you Henrik.

Now allow me to to dig in...

See you all in a couple hours.

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If lyrics were the main component of songwriting you would have a lot more hits that were acapella, and there would not be so many instrumentals that have been big hits. An excellent counterargument to this would be that there have been almost no instrumental hits in the past 40 years, Did you miss...

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If lyrics were the main component of songwriting you would have a lot more hits that were acapella, and there would not be so many instrumentals that have been big hits. An excellent counterargument to this would be that there have been almost no instrumental hits in the past 40 years, Bruce. Thoug...

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Listening to Destroyer's "Poison Season". Their last album, "Kaputt", was easily one of my favorite albums of the first half of the decade. "Poison Season" isn't bad, but it's sure one hell of a letdown. :/ "Poison Season" is a "pretty good" album th...

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"Crazy In Love" is just so obviously the best Beyonce song that I'm not sure if it's even worth debating.

I'm not even really much of a Beyonce fan, and even I love that song.

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Sometimes you just know an album isn't going to meet expectations. Sometimes these premonitions don't even come in the form of the actually music itself, sometimes it's something as simple as a lackluster album cover and a confounding album title with equally confounding song titles. And with the tr...

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1. Tame Impala- Let it Happen 2. Courtney Barnett- Pedestrian at Best 3. Jamie xx- Gosh 4. Grimes- Realiti 5. Jamie xx (featuring Young Thug and Popcaan)- I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) 6. Kendrick Lamar- The Blacker the Berry 7. Miguel (featuring Wale)- Coffee 8. Titus Andronicus- Dimed Out 9...

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My body is ready.

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Both songs are amazing, but I'm giving the edge to...

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At this point I feel confident saying that "Compton" is a much better album than "2001", and will probably end up making my top ten albums of the year. It's far from perfect, but it's still great.

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Just hit the big four oh, so here we go... 1. Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly: 95 2. Tame Impala- Currents: 85 3. Jamie xx- In Colour: 85 4. Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear: 85 5. Sufjan Stevens- Carrie & Lowell: 85 6. Dr. Dre- Compton: 80 7. Björk- Vulnicura: 80 8. Shamir- Ratchet:...

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I'm not from South America, but I don't think there's an option in this poll for people who are.

Also it seems pretty weird that the entirety of Canada, the US, and Mexico are all one region, but Europe gets to be split into 4 distinct regions. But hey, I don't work for the UN.

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Radiohead

The Beatles

Both of these were pretty close matchups.

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Dr. Dre's past two releases, 1992's The Chronic and 1999's 2001 both were zeitgeist capturing albums, The Chronic was a direct influence on the burgeoning G-Funk scene that would come to define West Coast hip-hop in the early 90’s, while 2001 perfectly encapsulated the grandiose gangsta rap that ros...

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