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Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2017 11:35 am**

This week seems a lot stronger than the previous two.

2 | Alphaville | Forever Young
3 | Suuns | 2020
6 | Nick Drake | Time of No Reply
11 | Stevie Wonder | Heaven Help Us All
Great group that alone outclasses the last two weeks in total. Forever Young is a longtime favorite of mine. Also very famous around these parts, which makes it strange that it appears so low on the list. 2020 is a great discovery, that is one hell of a song. Nick Drake is always dependable and Stevie Wonder delivers an early song that strongly hints at his golden period that was around the corner.

4 | Black Box Recorder | The Facts of Life
9 | Bobby Womack | Please Forgive My Heart
10 | Jimmy Soul | If You Wanna Be Happy
14 | Alexander Robotnick | Problèmes d'amour
The Facts of Life is another great discovery, a surprisingly touching song. By the time Bobby Womack ded Please Forgive My Heart is should have been business-usual for him, but he did it with soul regardless. If You Wanna Be Happy is nice novelty; a silly song that works better than it should because of its go-for broke, ramshackle production.

5 | Björk feat. Antony Hegarty | The Dull Flame of Desire
7 | Daniel Lanois | The Maker
8| Sheb Wooley | The Purple People Eater
13 | A Certain Ratio | Flight
Björk and Antony Hegarty together is one of those collaborations that feels instantly natural. A good song from perhaps her most overlooked album. The Maker is more classic in nature, but it is done with great feeling. Like If You Wanna Be Happy, The Purle People Eater is a novelty, but it is a memorable and funny one.

1 | Bernard Herrmann | Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop
12 | Charlie Daniels | Uneasy Rider
15 | The Byrds | Lady Friend
16 | Hot Chip | Night and Day
The Bernard Herrmann track is a personal top 100 song for me and perhaps the best song in this poll. I do always listen to it as just "Prelude"; Rooftop seems like a separate song, albeit a very strong one on itself. The rest of the group belong to the lesser efforts of the week, though there are no bad ones. Uneasy Rider is a kind-of funny country song. Lady Friend feels more like a filler track from The Byrds and Night and Day is the type of dance song that isn't my cup of tea.

Posted: **Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:20 pm**

I like a lot of novelty songs and I hope I don't sound too negative here, but "If You Wanna Be Happy" and especially "The Purple People Eater" are perfect examples of AM songs I hear and can't help thinking "There are millions of better songs than this, even if I only consider Swedish music. This song would not have gotten ANY attention from Swedish critics if it had been a hit over here instead, but there are so many Billboard-friendly lists that even this kind of stuff get in."

These songs do make the AM list more varied though.

PS. Swedish novelty songs can make it onto AM, but again, only if they become US hits (like "Hooked on a Feeling").

Posted: **Tue Dec 12, 2017 2:49 pm**

24 hours remain!

Posted: **Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:43 am**

1. Heaven Help Us All
2. Time of No Reply
3. 2020
4. Forever Young

1. Problèmes d'amour (DEFINITELY going to return to this one often)
2. The Facts of Life
3. If You Wanna Be Happy
4. Please Forgive My Heart

1. The Dull Flame of Desire
2. Flight
3. The Maker
4. The Purple People Eater

1. Night and Day
2. Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop
3. Uneasy Rider
4. Lady Friend

Posted: **Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:32 pm**

RESULTS:

9955 | Nick Drake | Time of No Reply | 28 | 3
9867 | Alphaville | Forever Young | 23 | 2
9958 | Stevie Wonder | Heaven Help Us All | 21 | 2
9870 | Suuns | 2020 | 18 | 2

9963 | Black Box Recorder | The Facts of Life | 28 | 2
9950 | Bobby Womack | Please Forgive My Heart | 24 | 4
9862 | Alexander Robotnick | Problèmes d'amour | 22 | 3
9875 | Jimmy Soul | If You Wanna Be Happy | 16 | 0

9882 | Björk feat. Antony Hegarty | The Dull Flame of Desire | 29 | 5
9970 | A Certain Ratio | Flight | 28 | 4
9855 | Daniel Lanois | The Maker | 19 | 0
9943 | Sheb Wooley | The Purple People Eater | 14 | 0

9837 | Bernard Herrmann | Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop | 29 | 5
9988 | The Byrds | Lady Friend | 22 | 1
9925 | Charlie Daniels | Uneasy Rider | 21 | 1
9900 | Hot Chip | Night and Day | 18 | 2

In round 2, The Facts of Life faces Chinatown, the others face three unknowns.

Repechage leaderboard:

9970 | A Certain Ratio | Flight | 3.11 | 44.44%
9964 | Count Basie | Jumpin' at the Woodside | 2.87 | 33.33%
9868 | The White Stripes | I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself | 2.81 | 43.75%
9846 | Charli XCX | Nuclear Seasons | 2.79 | 35.71%

Posted: **Wed Dec 13, 2017 4:54 pm**

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