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Freaking Sam Smith won song and record of the year. Would have wanted Taylor to win, especially after being friendly with Ye.

Edit: I'm sorry my coverage has been a little Kanye-centric.

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This freaking Sam Smith sweeping other categories...

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https://vine.co/v/OUvahKXUZKQ

He almost interrupted again

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Wow, Beck won Album of the Year, didn't see that coming. It's Beck's 9th best album, but still quite good. Actually for me the most deserving winner of the nominees, in my opinion.

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Blanco wrote:
PlasticRam wrote:I think the Oscars still have some credibility left.
Hahahaha No, they didn't. Although I believe the Grammys are worst, yeah.

Yeah I guess so

Like that's what I meant, that at least they're slightly better than the Grammys.

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Record of the Year and Song of the Year nominees are even more cringeworthy. I can't believe I'm actually rooting for Taylor Swift. Here's the Wiki page for all categories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_Annual_Grammy_Awards Rihanna, Kanye and Paul are performing FourFiveSeconds. Kanye is perform...

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This is a good article about how much the Grammys suck:

http://www.complex.com/music/2014/01/ho ... oting-work

Like they're supposed to be like the biggest awards, but it's ridiculous really. I think the Oscars still have some credibility left.

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They've already given out like half of them. Kanye 0 out of 2 this year.

Album of the Year nominees:

Morning Phase performed by Beck
Beyoncé performed by Beyoncé
x performed by Ed Sheeran
G I R L performed by Pharrell Williams
In the Lonely Hour performed by Sam Smith

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You randomized the match-ups within the quad brackets? That's cool.

I think one year we could even do totally random match-ups. The higher rated albums have only marginal advantage in a vacuum in my opinion, so it would still be interesting.

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Nick wrote:I'm not really sure where the "lesbian" comes into play, a lot of these women are straight. I think "feminist" would've been a better word to use.

I demand a heterosexual woman list for equality!

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Also just as a random rating not in the database:

Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1: 5/10

It's on Dylan's page, so maybe that's the reason it's not in yet.

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I compiled a list for Scaruffi's ratings not in the AM database of 2013. The albums themselves are at least bubbling under. Arcade Fire - Reflektor: 5/10 Atoms for Peace - Amok: 4/10 Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest: 4.5/10 David Bowie - The Next Day: 4/10 Danny Brown - Old: 7/10 Neko Case - Th...

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The Simon brothers not pleased:

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Zorg wrote:Also, note the huge 120 point jump from Born To Run and IV.

I've been thinking about this, and I think the huge jumps are cos the point scores are much higher than lower in the list, and also cos there are fewer albums in those huge figures. Maybe this is a circular argument, idk.

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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? I heard it and I thought it was quite good, but then again I thought the Chris...

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Now I wish I had written a real review about Bridge Over Troubled Water. That's Christgau's review of the album. He gave it a B.

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Interestingly, based on Wikipedia alone, critics just ignored "Only One" but gave rave reviews to "FourFiveSeconds". Quite the opposite to what we saw here. It is kind of weird. Rumor is that Pitchfork writers tweeted about "Only One" that they didn't really like the s...

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It's not like Songs of Innocence and High Hopes got into the top 20.

I haven't slept in a long time so my brain is like hyperactive or something.

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It's not like we're talking about Chris Cross and Mumford & Sons here. Okay I'm done.

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Well I'm sorry I like crappy plastic mainstream bands such as Fleetwood Mac and Simon & Garfunkel. JimmyJazz said it'll be an interesting all-time songs poll. I sure hope so. I don't want the official AM critics' list repeated. And I'm sorry for the aggressive tone. Everything's fine. Edit: And ...

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I'd like to nominate That Lucky Old Sun by Bob Dylan.

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I prefer the new one! Has my #1 and #2 picks. Maybe I had an influence, didn't vote last time

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Rolling Stone Bob Dylan Shadows in the Night review:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/album ... t-20150203

Only 4 stars???

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PlasticRam wrote:Another list, this time unordered:

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Kanye West - Yeezus
Atoms for Peace - Amok
Deerhunter - Monomania

These were the worst albums of 2013 according to Scaruffi.

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Albums: 1. The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers 2. Joan Baez - Joan Baez 3. The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time 4. Chuck Berry - Rockin' at the Hops 5. João Gilberto - O amor, o sorriso e a flor 6. Ray Charles - Ray Charles in Person 7. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain 8. Elvis Pr...

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Nassim wrote:
PlasticRam wrote: 1. Paul Simon - Graceland
2. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Seems like those are Oprah's 2 favorite albums.

Correct!

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Another list, this time unordered: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Kanye West - Yeezus Atoms for Peace - Amok Deerhunter - Monomania Easy, 2013 albums. That's only a part of the answer. As a clue I would say that if you were to only look at Acclaimed Music, there would be almost no way of knowin...

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Okay, here's a list for you all... 1. Rubber Soul 2. Highway 61 Revisited 3. Sticky Fingers 4. Hunky Dory 5. The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle Top artists and the albums are the ones that preceded their masterpiece? Edit: Gosh dang it all! I did not see Henrik's post. A new list: 1...

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I bet you have to be more specific with your answer, cos why would it have the options depending on viewpoint. I can't think of anything though. I think the options depending on viewpoint comes from the fact that some versions of the albums Henrik listed have songs in the top 6000 while other versi...

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I bet you have to be more specific with your answer, cos why would it have the options depending on viewpoint. I can't think of anything though. Also, I have come up with a list. People can still answer to the first list. I hope I have understood this game correctly. 1. Trout Mask Replica 2. Rock Bo...

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1. Jimmy Cliff - Almost as important to reggae as Bob Marley. Has done a long career of good music, but only the early stuff is recognized by critics, which is okay. Great live performer. He would be an international addition! 2. Paul McCartney - New is another good album to his resume. Only One is ...

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As for my lowest-ranked album: I like Big Star's #1 Record a lot, still liked them with Radio City, but man that last album just hit the dirt, psychically and musically. Yeah I wondered was it just my state of mind cos I listened to Third a different time than the two other albums, but at least you...

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My two favorite songs:

Albums that I have added to my all-time list of about 320 albums:

The Everly Brothers - A Date with the Everly Brothers
Joan Baez - Joan Baez
The Everly Brothers - It's Everly Time

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I already posted about this to the error thread, but Joao Gilberto's album of 1960 I think should be called O amor, o sorriso e a flor, because that's the original version. The other issues, released in 1961, are called Brazil's Brilliant; and Gilberto and Jobim. Edit: Well Gilberto & Jobim migh...

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RYM claims The Everly Brothers' debut album was first released in December 1957, not 1958 as AM says. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_everly_brothers/the_everly_brothers__theyre_off_and_rolling_/ I really shouldn't make these posts when I haven't slept in a while, but I hope these are re...

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Paul Gambaccini - The World Critics Best Albums of All Time (1977) and (1987) links are broken. Here are the lists:

http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/stevepar ... _lists.htm

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Kendrick Lamar's debut album is Section.80 then? I'm just saying cos Rolling Stone ranked it 86th on their The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time, but I guess we're gonna treat that entry just like compilations on RS 500, and just leave it out. I would assume so... Honestly Rolling Stone, Section.80...

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Kendrick Lamar's debut album is Section.80 then? I'm just saying cos Rolling Stone ranked GKMC 86th on their The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time, but I guess we're gonna treat that entry just like compilations on RS 500, and just leave it out.

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Ranking Eno albums have been hard to. Yes. I happen to agree with Scaruffi. I think Here Come the Warm Jets and Another Green World aren't that great, and I think his best three are Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Before and After Science and Ambient 1: Music for Airports. Haven't listened to ...

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My opinion on Tetsuo & Youth is that Lupe is too technical. It's like he's such a technically good rapper, that he comes up with these complex rhymes and words and it comes off like he's trying too hard. Same problem that Eminem has had in recent years. But that's just my opinion. I thought Vuln...

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Yeah my problem is like if someone votes for Pokemon Blue, another person Pokemon Gold and then one person votes for Pokemon LeafGreen. Should we really count those as separate entries? I don't know.

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Joao Gilberto has an album bubbling under from 1960, called Brazil's Brilliant/Gilberto and Jobim according to this site. RYM and Wiki say that Gilberto released an album called O amor, o sorriso e a flor in 1960. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joao_gilberto/o_amor__o_sorriso_e_a_flor/ I fo...

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Listyguy wrote:" A rep for Rihanna confirmed that the song will be on both Rihanna and Kanye West's upcoming albums." - Rolling Stone

Oh sheet. The song is almost skippable.

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Yeah after thinking about it again, I agree that maybe people could post longer lists too. I would just like the final list to not be the exact copy of AM list.

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Yeah I mean definitely a good idea by OtisRedding. Or then we could do 50x100. It would be nice if they were the same number, but I think that sounds pretty cool too. What I specifically like about only doing 100 songs, or perhaps even just 50 songs is that a lot of the classics would place around 5...

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Well that would be a real challenge cos 100 people is a huge number for a forum like this, and after we get 100, other people would be excluded, which I wouldn't like. I voted for decade poll, half-decade poll albums and songs, top songs of all time, hall of acclaim. Of course I have nothing against...

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The sources seem shaky to me. One of them is a guy who cuts Kanye's hair.

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The reason why I think this song is not so good is cos it brings out the worst in all three artists. Rihanna's generic lyrics about partying, Kanye playing along to that, and the whole sound is just so bland, sappy McCartney-esque. Whereas Only One was Paul coming up with a great, simple melody and ...

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