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by Harold
Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:28 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

Re: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates

Henrik wrote:Not a single placement for Timber Timbre??????????????????????????????????
It's on the Exclaim! list, which I will add as usual once all of their discrete genre lists are posted.
by Harold
Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:25 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums: Vibe (USA)
Replies: 8
Views: 16430

Re: EOY 2014 Albums: Vibe (USA)

For some reason, Vibe's EOY lists haven't been posted here for several years, hence haven't been included in the spreadsheet - have they not made EOY lists in recent years, or have we simply missed them? Obviously it certainly seems to be eligible, and I'm not just saying that because they included ...
by Harold
Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:10 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Gorilla Vs Bear (US)
Replies: 2
Views: 9445

Re: EOY 2014 Gorilla Vs Bear (US)

The eligibility of GvB has been a topic of debate here, per this post of mine (quoting Henrik) from back in Dec. 2012: *************************************************************************************************** There was a little mini-thread on the eligibility of G v B last year in the old f...
by Harold
Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:52 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

Re: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Update, December 9

The day has come that Taylor Swift is quite critically acclaimed. I don't know what I'm gonna do now. Just go with it, man - it's T-Swift's world now, and we're just living in it. I have to say, 1989 is a pretty state-of-the-art pop record - the idea she's selling that it's her "first pop albu...
by Harold
Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:51 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

Re: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Update, December 9

Harold wrote:Updated with:

USA: Entertainment Weekly; A.V. Club; PopMatters; NPR; Spin; Magnet
UK: The 405; Fact; Wire
Rest of the World: Rockerilla (Italy)
Also #4-5 from The Guardian, of course. The three remaining albums are almost certainly - unless Benji sneaks in there - the spreadsheet's top three.
by Harold
Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:48 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Update, December 9

Updated with:

USA: Entertainment Weekly; A.V. Club; PopMatters; NPR; Spin; Magnet
UK: The 405; Fact; Wire
Rest of the World: Rockerilla (Italy)
by Harold
Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:46 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Magnet (US)
Replies: 2
Views: 7963

Re: EOY 2014 Magnet (US)

From the print magazine (it's not on the site yet), here are Magnet 's top 25 albums of the year: 1. Ex Hex - Rips 2. Freeman - FREEMAN 3. The Both - The Both 4. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream 5. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues 6. Spoon - They Want My Soul 7. Lydia Loveless - Somewhe...
by Harold
Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Vulture (US)
Replies: 1
Views: 5868

Re: EOY 2014 Vulture (US)

No, this definitely looks like a single-writer list - the reference to "critics" covers all of the different sections (movies, TV, music, etc.).
by Harold
Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:21 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Fact (UK)
Replies: 6
Views: 14916

Re: EOY 2014 Fact (UK)

OK - how many other people looked at #34 and immediately Googled it, thinking, "Whoa! Did I miss something? Is that the new one?" - and then realized, "Oh, it's not a typo, it actually is 'Kane'."
by Harold
Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:56 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 The 405 (UK)
Replies: 5
Views: 12802

Re: EOY 2014 The 405 (UK)

Be happy now!
by Harold
Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:34 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 NPR (US)
Replies: 8
Views: 18838

Re: EOY 2014 NPR (US)

Harold wrote:I hope they include Beyonce on their official list, too.
And...they didn't. Son of a bitch. To add insult to insult, they did include a 2013 release: Stromae's (although that may not have been released in the U.S. until this year, so that might be forgivable).
by Harold
Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:18 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014: Entertainment Weekly
Replies: 2
Views: 7799

Re: EOY 2014: Entertainment Weekly

As opposed to last year's albums list, which seemed to have been selected by a single writer, this year the byline just says "by EW staff." I think it's eligible.
by Harold
Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:33 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

Re: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates

Updated with:

USA: Stereogum; Pretty Much Amazing
UK: The Guardian [#6-9]; Gigwise; Time Out; The Skinny; MusicOMH
Rest of the World: Rumore (Italy); OOR (Netherlands); FasterLouder (Australia); Magic RPM (France)
by Harold
Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:14 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 2, Week 2
Replies: 29
Views: 20957

Re: Bracketology 3: Round 2, Week 2

1. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966) 2. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (1967) 3. Portishead - The Rip (2008) 4. Gorillaz - DARE (2005) I like all four of these, but it’s a sharp divide between the top two and the bottom two for me, and an easy #1 for Brian Wilson and company. 1. Bob Dylan - Balla...
by Harold
Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:59 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums & Songs - Magic (FR)
Replies: 3
Views: 10547

Re: EOY 2014 Albums & Songs - Magic (FR)

Thanks!
by Harold
Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums & Songs - Magic (FR)
Replies: 3
Views: 10547

Re: EOY 2014 Albums & Songs - Magic (FR)

This is Magic RPM, correct?
by Harold
Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:06 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Bleep (UK)
Replies: 2
Views: 4968

Re: EOY 2014 Bleep (UK)

The "Already posted" above was in reference to Granit's initial post in this thread, which reprinted the EOY list from Intro in Germany.
by Harold
Fri Dec 05, 2014 12:20 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Bleep (UK)
Replies: 2
Views: 4968

Re: EOY 2014 Intro (Germany)

Already posted.
by Harold
Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:39 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 The Telegraph (UK)
Replies: 11
Views: 31077

Re: EOY 2014 The Telegraph (UK)

I've always been partial to "jackanapes," myself.
by Harold
Thu Dec 04, 2014 11:28 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P.: Bobby Keys and Ian McLagan
Replies: 0
Views: 1562

R.I.P.: Bobby Keys and Ian McLagan

Two classic-rock icons - even if you don't necessarily know their names, you definitely know their music - have died within the last two days: *Bobby Keys, whose extraordinary saxophone work was an integral part of much of the Rolling Stones' greatest music, particularly on "Brown Sugar" a...
by Harold
Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:34 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Variance Magazine (US)
Replies: 1
Views: 6027

Re: EOY 2014 Variance Magazine (US)

Eligibility a bit suspect here. Alexa rank is good, but only 69 sites link in, and this (from the magazine's "About Us" page) rings the alarm bell a little: "Variance aims to deliver readers with content they love and demand. Our focus is on the sights and sounds you love and the crea...
by Harold
Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:51 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 The Telegraph (UK)
Replies: 11
Views: 31077

Re: EOY 2014 The Telegraph (UK)

Quick update - they still haven't fixed the error re: the missing #28. When someone asked about it in the comments section, another commenter wrote: "It is hiding from the embarrassment of being included with the other albums on this list."
by Harold
Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:41 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Index (Hungary)
Replies: 5
Views: 12670

Re: EOY 2014 Index (Hungary)

Yes, Index is a general-interest online political newspaper with regular cultural features. This particular musical feature is freshly launched with this article and it will be written by 10 of the regular writers there. In that way I don't know if it's eligible. Hmmm. If it's a brand-new music sec...
by Harold
Thu Dec 04, 2014 4:22 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 NPR (US)
Replies: 8
Views: 18838

Re: EOY 2014 NPR (US)

I don't think this is NPR's actual "Best Albums of 2014" list - if you look at the intro on the site, it indicates that an official list is coming next week. They usually present an unranked top 50. I hope they include Beyonce on their official list, too. Remember all those sources that pu...
by Harold
Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:37 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Index (Hungary)
Replies: 5
Views: 12670

Re: EOY 2014 Index (Hungary)

Haven't seen this source here before. Would love to add it, but just need a little more context (the Alexa numbers are certainly fantastic, and the list has clearly been compiled by multiple writers) - I presume this is a general-interest magazine or newspaper with a strong cultural component (lots ...
by Harold
Wed Dec 03, 2014 6:34 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 The Skinny (UK)
Replies: 4
Views: 10297

Re: EOY 2014 The Skinny (UK)

There's apparently a full top 50 list that will be up on the website soon. If someone could post #'s 11-50 whenever the list shows up, that would be great.
by Harold
Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

Re: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates

The biggest surprise for me so far is the almost-complete lack of mentions for tUnE-yArDs' Nikki Nack . Considering how beloved the last album was (#1 on Pazz & Jop for 2011, among other things), and how well received this one was upon release, I would certainly have expected it to show up on mo...
by Harold
Tue Dec 02, 2014 6:59 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Rolling Stone (US)
Replies: 22
Views: 33321

Re: EOY 2014 Rolling Stone (US)

Technically, I'm not sure he did - wasn't the album essentially a hodgepodge of polished-up outtakes? It came and went with very little fanfare last spring, but leave it to RS. (Leave it to RS also to give the #1 spot to what may - for reasons beyond the music - have been the most hated album of the...
by Harold
Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:09 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

Re: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates

Looking at the bottom of the spreadsheet, I realized that I somehow screwed up the entry of the lower reaches of the Decibel list. I've fixed the errors, but considering that the corrections don't impact the top 347 albums on the version I just posted, those corrections will be included on the next ...
by Harold
Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:00 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Update, December 1

Added in this update:

USA: Rolling Stone; Paste; Glide
UK: The Guardian [#10-40]; The Line of Best Fit; The Quietus
Rest of the World: Mondosonoro-International (Spain); Gaffa (Sweden); Gaffa (Denmark); Blow Up (Italy)
by Harold
Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:08 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 The Last Mixed Tape (Ireland)
Replies: 1
Views: 4378

Re: EOY 2014 The Last Mixed Tape (Ireland)

This blog appears to be a one-man operation. Also, its lists (for the record, the list posted above is EPs - there is also an album top 20) are exclusively devoted to music from Ireland itself. An interesting snapshot of a particular scene, though.
by Harold
Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:18 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Rolling Stone (US)
Replies: 22
Views: 33321

Re: EOY 2014 Rolling Stone (US)

Nassim wrote:
granit wrote: 03 The Black Keys, 'Turn Blue'
02 Bruce Springsteen, 'High Hopes'
01 U2, 'Songs of Innocence'
I bet no one saw that coming...
Oh, I think everyone who knows anything about RS completely saw it coming. I would have been surprised if the results had been any different.
by Harold
Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:48 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EY 2014 The Line Of Best Fist (UK)
Replies: 2
Views: 9005

Re: EY 2014 The Line Of Best Fist (UK)

If you've got a #1 choice, you might as well rank them all. As it is, I have to treat this as a ranked list, with the other 49 albums all given a median rank of 26.
by Harold
Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:23 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Numerocero (Spain)
Replies: 6
Views: 11285

Re: EOY 2014 Numerocero (Spain)

So they're revealing one per day? It's going to take four whole weeks for the entire list to be completed?
by Harold
Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:42 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 The Telegraph (UK)
Replies: 11
Views: 31077

Re: EOY 2014 The Telegraph (UK)

Unfortunately, this appears to be eligible... (One Direction?!?)

I won't add an incomplete list to the spreadsheet, so hopefully (?) they'll add the missing #28. Seriously, how does a newspaper website make a mistake like that?
by Harold
Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:01 pm
Forum: Duplicate topics
Topic: End of Year Lists
Replies: 2
Views: 3993

Re: End of Year Lists

Thanks. One note: these have all been posted already, in the new dedicated EOY 2014 Forum at the top of the Critics' Lists page. There's also a sticky topic, right near the top of this forum, titled "Please Post 2014 Lists in the EOY 2014 Forum."
by Harold
Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:26 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 2, Week 1
Replies: 32
Views: 18050

Re: Bracketology 3: Round 2, Week 1

1. The Zombies - Time of the Season (1968) 2. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (2004) 3. Neil Young - Like a Hurricane (1977) 4. Wilco - Jesus, Etc. (2002) As much as I love Funeral , #2 is only my fourth-favorite track, and #1 (as I said in Round 1) has been one of my favorite songs practica...
by Harold
Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:14 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 105
Views: 231933

EOY 2014 Albums - Spreadsheet Updates

Since several of the major UK players have weighed in early with their lists, I thought I'd post the spreadsheet. Included are the following: USA: Decibel; Revolver; American Songwriter UK: Mojo; Q; Uncut; NME Rest of the World: Sonic [Sweden], Intro [Germany] Henrik, you'll probably want to make th...
by Harold
Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:39 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EoY Predictions Topic
Replies: 12
Views: 37979

Re: EoY Predictions Topic

We might be able to call a prospective #1 already for Lost in the Dream . As Adam Granduciel might / should say in real life to Mark Kozelek: "Right back at'cha, buddy!" (Not that I'm one to gossip, but not only does Granduciel have what might be the year's consensus #1 album, he's also do...
by Harold
Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:44 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: Greatest/Favorite Directors Poll?
Replies: 21
Views: 18626

Re: Greatest/Favorite Directors Poll?

Count me in as a voter too.
by Harold
Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:29 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: [Poll] Albums and Songs of 1979
Replies: 59
Views: 40067

Re: [Poll] Albums and Songs of 1979

ALBUMS 1. The Clash - London Calling 2. Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps 3. Gang of Four - Entertainment! 4. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Armed Forces 5. Graham Parker and The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks 6. The B-52's - The B-52's 7. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the...
by Harold
Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:24 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EoY Predictions Topic
Replies: 12
Views: 37979

Re: EoY Predictions Topic

Beyonce's self-titled album she put out last year will end up on a lot of lists, despite being a 2013 album. Maybe enough to enter the top 10. I hope so. Not even because I'm a particularly huge fan of the album, but just because it got the short end last year by virtue of its late release. Had it ...
by Harold
Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:03 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EoY Predictions Topic
Replies: 12
Views: 37979

Re: EoY Predictions Topic

I've started working on the spreadsheet, and if the pattern established by the three eligible lists posted so far holds true, the top two albums of 2014 will be by At the Gates and Godflesh.

I'm willing to admit that may not turn out to be the case.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
by Harold
Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:39 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 Mojo (UK)
Replies: 4
Views: 10116

Re: EOY 2014 Mojo (UK)

Already?!? It's too early for this!

And away we go...
by Harold
Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:31 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 forum?
Replies: 8
Views: 10546

Re: EOY 2014 forum?

The lack of Run Thee Jewels 2 (so far) surprises me. And the lists have included other hip hop, so it isn't like the sources so far don't like the genre. On the other hand, I am happy that A Winged Victory For the Sullen has made it on three of the lists. Yes I know it's super early and the lists s...
by Harold
Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:27 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: List of 2013 EOY Album Sources
Replies: 15
Views: 37916

Re: List of 2013 EOY Album Sources

granit wrote:
Harold wrote: Printed magazines that are devoted to music are always eligible.
Revolver Mag ?
For whatever reason, I neglected to add Revolver's list last year - possibly because it came out so early and I lost track of it amid the flood of lists that came afterward. I'll be sure to include it this year.
by Harold
Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:29 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: Eligibility criteria for EOY album lists
Replies: 1
Views: 19159

Eligibility criteria for EOY album lists

As a reminder, here are Henrik's defined criteria for how to determine whether a new source is eligible for the EOY albums spreadsheet: 1. The Alexa.com rank should be less than 1,000,000 and the number of sites linking in should be more than 100. Both these criteria should preferably be met, but if...
by Harold
Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:25 am
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: List of 2013 EOY Album Sources
Replies: 15
Views: 37916

List of 2013 EOY Album Sources

Here's a list of all the eligible sources included on the 2013 EOY spreadsheet, for reference as the 2014 lists start rolling in: USA/Canada : A.V. Club Agit Reader AllMusic American Songwriter Antiquiet Austin Town Hall Billboard CokeMachineGlow Consequence of Sound Death & Taxes Decibel Exclai...
by Harold
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:07 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 16
Replies: 31
Views: 19684

Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 16

1. XTC - Making Plans for Nigel (1979) 2. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976) 3. Animal Collective - My Girls (2009) 4. Bob Dylan - Hurricane (1975) A weird bracket for me – I can honestly say I like all of these very different tracks pretty much equally (although “Hurricane,” easily the mos...
by Harold
Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:41 pm
Forum: EOY 2014
Topic: EOY 2014 forum?
Replies: 8
Views: 10546

Re: EOY 2014 forum?

This seems like a good place to confirm that I will do the EOY albums spreadsheet again this year. Henrik, unless you've tweaked the formula, I'll just copy and clear the 2013 sheet to use for this year's lists. Let me know.

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