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696. Rose Elinor Dougall - Colour of Water: 6/10
697. Madonna - Bedtime Story: 3/10
698. Billy Joel - The River of Dreams: 8/10
699. Cheap Trick - On Top of the World: 6/10
700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You: 5/10
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701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me
Year: 1973
Albums: In the Dark
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#128)

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Rob wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:34 am701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me
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699. Cheap Trick - On Top of the World - 7.5
700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You - 6
701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me - 6
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700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You: 7.25

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Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me: 6
Toots is certainly one of the better vocalists in reggae, which elevates this song a little, as otherwise it is rather pedestrian.
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699. Cheap Trick - On Top of the World - 8
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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Today’s song ranks at #7438 on AM:

702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker
Year: 1999
Albums: Rainbow
Biggest Fan: Elder (#863)

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Rob wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 10:42 am702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker
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Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker: 3

Mariah Carey was very big when I grew up and I know I must have heard her hits countless times, but I always have a hard time recalling them from their title, outside of All I Want for Christmas Is You (what says it about me that I think that is her only worthwhile song?). So goes for Heartbreaker. The way in the chorus she works her way to the line "You're gonna break my heart" sounds very familiar, but the rest does not. The reason is clear: it is one big mess of sound. There isn't even that much going on when you pay specific attentions to all the ingredients, but they are all mixed together so poorly as if each element is at war with itself. I know the poptimist movement is trying to save Mariah Carey from public forgetfulness and critical ignorance, but can we please not...
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701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me: 7

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And today’s song also ranks on AM, not too far away from yesterday’s entry, at #7480:

703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night
Year: 1979
Albums: Ladies’ Night
Biggest Fan: frezzie (#232)

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Rob wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 10:11 am703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night
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Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker: 4

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Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 6

Oh, it's this one. Kind of fun disco, but as with most of the genre, it's not likely to become a deep personal favorite.
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I probably should have mentioned this a few days ago, but since we passed number 700 there will be an update of the top 100 again and if all goes well, it will happen next weekend. If you have some catching up to do, now is the time!
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Rob wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 10:02 pm Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 6

Oh, it's this one. Kind of fun disco, but as with most of the genre, it's not likely to become a deep personal favorite.
This one is a little cheesy, but they have others ones that I would give a 7 or 8 to, like this one:


And they made some great things in their pre-disco days when they were straight funk, like this one:


I can't believe they've never even been nominated for the R & R Hall of Fame. They have a very long career with lots of hits in various styles, and they have one of the all time party anthems that will be big forever with "Celebration."
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691. Warsaw Village Band – The Owl 6.5
692. Ramones – Poison Heart 5
693. The Beach Boys – Diamond Head 4
694. The Verlaines – Makes No Difference 7.5
695. Information Society – Ozar Midrashim 5
696. Rose Elinor Dougall – Colour of Water 6.5
697. Madonna – Bedtime Story 4.5
698. Billy Joel – The River of Dreams 5
699. Cheap Trick – On Top of the World 6.5
700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You 6.5
701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me 6
702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker 2
703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night 7.5
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704. The Notwist – Another Planet
Year: 1998
Albums: Shrink
Biggest Fan: rumpdoll (#491)

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702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker 5
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 5
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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Rob wrote: Mon Dec 14, 2020 8:18 am704. The Notwist – Another Planet
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703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 7

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The Notwist – Another Planet: 6

I remember their album Neon Golden being part of Moderately Acclaimed in - I think - 2015. I remember really liking it, but have never heard it since. This song seems a bit like a dry run for their later album as I remember it. Less sweet and ethereal and a bit more close to electronics as we are used to it. Good, but not quite as immediately enthralling as their later classic work.
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698. Billy Joel – The River of Dreams: 7.5
699. Cheap Trick – On Top of the World: 7
700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You: 8
701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me: 5
702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker: 3
703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 5
704. The Notwist – Another Planet: 8.5
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Today the second appearance Kanye West, with one of his songs that is bubbling under on AM:

705. Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say
Year: 2005
Albums: Late Registration
Biggest Fan: PlasticRam (#573)

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702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker - 5
703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night - 5.5
704. The Notwist – Another Planet - 6
705. Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say - 5
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Rob wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:50 am705. Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say
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704. The Notwist – Another Planet: 7

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698. Billy Joel – The River of Dreams: 4
699. Cheap Trick – On Top of the World: 6.5
700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You: 10 (for those who don't know, The Sultans were formed in 2000 by John Reis, of Rocket From the Crypt and Hot Snakes fame. This man is way too good to be true.)
701. Toots and the Maytals – Love’s Gonna Walk Out on Me: 6
702. Mariah Carey, featuring Jay-Z - Heartbreaker: 2
703. Kool & the Gang – Ladies’ Night: 7
704. The Notwist – Another Planet: 8
705. Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say: 3
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Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say: 6

Not a real stand-out, but I tend to like these older Kanye songs more than his later work. It seems less forced and less impressed with itself.
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The second appearance of a track from the Ace Attorney game series, once again provided by the one user who is named after a character from the games.

706. 杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered)
Year: 2005*
Albums: 逆転裁判 蘇る逆転 オリジナル・サウンドトラック [A.K.A. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Original Soundtrack]
Biggest Fan: prosecutorgodot (#978)
*The song already appeared in the first game of the series in 2001, but didn’t get any out-of-context release until 2005.

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Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say: 4

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Rob wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:57 am706. 杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered)
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Sounds like I accidentally played a 45 on 78.
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杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered): 3
Not too fond of this either. I've actually giving high scores to most game tracks here, but this one is really bland, sounding like too many game tracks out there. I thought the earlier jazzy track we got from Ace Attorney more original.
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706. 杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered) - 4
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The fifth appearance by The Rolling Stones, although only the first this year.

707. The Rolling Stones - Family
Year: 1975
Albums: Metamorphosis
Biggest Fan: Brad (#129)

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Rob wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:48 am707. The Rolling Stones - Family
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707. The Rolling Stones - Family 7
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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The Rolling Stones - Family: 6

It's lyrics have a nice "roll" to it, but otherwise it just another Stones song. That is not a bad thing, but I can see why they didn't release it until Metamorphosis, a compilation of leftovers.
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Toots and the Maytals - Love's Gonna Walk out on Me 8

Mariah Carey feat. JAY-Z - Heartbreaker 4 I don’t recall Carey's voice being so unengaged when this retread of Fantasy came out, first time I've heard it since it was the rage of my Year 7 class.

Kool & the Gang - Ladies' Night 5
The Notwist - Another Planet 7
杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered) 3
Kanye West feat. Adam Levine - Heard 'Em Say 7
The Rolling Stones - Family 6
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706. 杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered)
Year: 2005* - 5
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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Kanye West, featuring Adam Levine – Heard ‘Em Say: 6
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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706. 杉森雅和 [Masakazu Sugimori] - 追求 ~追いつめられて (A.K.A. Pursuit ~ Cornered): 5

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It’s been a while since we had a classical piece, but as usual I just pick a version from Spotify, as I have no idea which version Dexter preferred.

708. Bedřich Smetana - Dance: Skočná [A.K.A. Dance of the Comedians]
Year: 1866
From the opera: Prodaná nevěsta [A.K.A. The Bartered Bride]
Biggest Fan: Dexter (#907)

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691. Warsaw Village Band – The Owl - 5.5
692. Ramones – Poison Heart - 4.5
693. The Beach Boys – Diamond Head - 3
694. The Verlaines – Makes No Difference - 5
695. Information Society – Ozar Midrashim - 6.5
696. Rose Elinor Dougall – Colour of Water - 7
697. Madonna – Bedtime Story - 6
698. Billy Joel – The River of Dreams - 9.5 [#880 AT]
699. Cheap Trick - On Top of the World - 6
700. The Sultans - Try to Forget You - 6
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Rob wrote: Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:30 am708. Bedřich Smetana - Dance: Skočná [A.K.A. Dance of the Comedians]
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Bedřich Smetana - Dance: Skočná [A.K.A. Dance of the Comedians]: 7
The title already promised something light and that is what we get. It's basically the classical equivalent of a hip dance track. Easy to like.
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Can you vote for your own song?
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Billy Joel River Of Dreams - 7.5
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