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MCCh 2019 (11) June 30

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The best albums of 2019 (update June 30)

The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 34 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.

The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: Clash (new); DIY; Drowned In Sound; God Is In The Tv (new); Load And Quiet (new); NME: The 405; The Guardian; Music OMH (out) ; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club (out); Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Nothern Transmissions (new); Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spectrum Culture (new); Under The Radar

Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…

New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score

Out:
None

60 - Devin Townsend: Empath - 74,9 (78,9 / 9)
Highlights: Spirits Will Collide - Genesis - Hear Me
Progressive Metal
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59 - La Dispute: Panorama - 74,9 (78,6 / 10)
Highlights: Rhodonite and Grief - Anxiety Panorama - Fulton Street I
EMO
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58- Sleaford Mods: Eton Alive – 75,2 (75,5 / 20)
Highlights: Kebab Spider - Flipside - O.B.C.T.
Post-Punk
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57 - 2 Chainz: Rap Or Go To The League - 75,2 (79,9 / 7)
Highlights: Wip - Momma I Hit a Lick - Forgiven
Trap Rap
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56 - Karen O & Danger Mouse: Lux Prima - 75,3 (73,6 / 26)
Highlights: Turn the Light - Leopard's Tongue - Woman
Art Rock
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55 - Amyl & The Sniffers: Amyl & The Sniffers - 75,3 (77,9 / 13)
Highlights: Gacked on Anger - GFY - Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)
Garage Punk
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=6[/imgsize]


54- Desperate Journalist: In Search Of The Miraculous - 75,3 (80,0 / 7)
Highlights: Murmuration - Jonatan - Black Net
Indie Rock
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53 - Craig Finn: I Need A New War - 75,4 (77,1 / 16)
Highlights: Holyoke - Blankets - A Bathtub In the Kitchen
Singer-Songwriter
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52 - Spellling: Mazy Fly - 75,0 (77,6 / 13)
Highlights: Hard to Please (Reprise) - Haunted Water - Under the Sun
Minimal Synth
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51 - Lambchop: This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You) - 75,6 (76,2 / 19)
Highlights: Crosswords, or What This Says About You - The Air Is Heavy and I Should Be Listening to You - Everything for You
Sophisti-Pop
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... IBuB4=&f=5[/imgsize]


50 - Hatchie: Keepsake - 75,6 (75,6 / 21)
Highlights: Without a Blush - Obsessed - Unwanted Guest
Dream Pop
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49 - Bob Mould: Sunshine Rock - 75,7 (76,0 / 20)
Highlights: Western Sunset - Sunshine Rock - Send Me a Postcard
Alternative Rock
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48 - Flying Lotus: Flamagra - 75,7 (75,0 / 23)
Highlights: Thank U Malcolm - More - Takashi
Nu Jazz
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47 - Orville Peck: Pony - 75,8 (79,2 / 11)
Highlights: Hope to Die - Buffalo Run - Dead of Night
Alt- Country
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46 - Self Esteem: Compliments Please - 75,9 (79,9 / 9)
Highlights: Girl Crush - The Best - Steady I Stand
Electropop
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45 - PUP: Morbid Stuff - 75,9 (76,9 / 18)
Highlights: Kids - Full Blown Meltdown - City
Pop Punk
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44 - Jayda G: Significant Changes – 75,9 (78,9 / 12)
Highlights: Leave Room 2 Breathe - Sunshine in the Valley - Stanley's Get Down (No Parking on the DF)
Deep House
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... pAJWo=&f=5[/imgsize]


43 - Carly Rae Jepsen: Dedicated - 76,1 (74,8 / 25)
Highlights: Julien - Too Much - Want You in My Room
Dance Pop
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... oO-nA=&f=5[/imgsize]


42 - Lizzo: Cuz I Love You – 76,1 (76,5 / 20)
Highlights: Juice - Like a Girl - Tempo
Pop Soul
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... pAJWo=&f=5[/imgsize]


41 - Thom Yorke: Anima - 76,1 (79,8 / 10)
Highlights: Traffic - Dawn Chorus - Last I Heard (...He Was Circling the Drain)
Glitch Pop
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40- Foals: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (Part 1) – 76,2 (74,2 / 27)
Highlights: In Degrees - Sunday - White Onions
Indie Rock
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39 - Rhiannon Giddens: There Is No Other - 76,4 (80,8 / 8)
Highlights: Gonna Write Me a Letter - He Will See You Through - Wayfaring Stranger
Folk
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38 - Sunn O))): Life Metal – 76,5 (78,2 / 16)
Highlights: Novae (album with 4 tracks)
Drone Metal
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37 - Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra: Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) – 76,7 (78,3 / 16)
Highlights: Lento, Cantabile-Semplice (album with 3 tracks)
Modern Classical
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=5[/imgsize]


36 - Káryyn: The Quanta Series – 76,7 (80,7 / 9)
Highlights: Segment & The Line - Ever - Yajna
Ambient Pop
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35 - Jenny Lewis: On The Line – 77,4 (77,0 / 22)
Highlights: Heads Gonna Roll - Red Bull & Hennessy - Dogwood
Pop Rock
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34 - James Blake: Assume Form – 77,5 (75,2 / 28)
Highlights: Where's the Catch? - Can’t Believe the Way We Flow - Assume Form
Alternative R&B
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33 - Tyler, The Creator: Igor – 77,6 (78,2 / 19)
Highlights: Earfquake - Are We Still Friends? - I Think
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... 2-yAg=&f=5[/imgsize]


32 - Pedro The Lion: Phoenix - 77,7 (80,0 / 14)
Highlights: Yellow Bike - Circle K - Clean Up
Indie Rock
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31 - The Japanese House: Good At Falling – 77,7 (78,4 / 19)
Highlights: Lilo - Everybody Hates Me - You Seemed so Happy
Indietronica
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30 - Black Midi: Schlagenheim - 78,1 (78,7 / 19)
Highlights: Near DT,MI - bmbmbm - Reggae
Experimental Rock
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29 - The Twilight Sad: It Won't Be Like This – 78,1 (76,4 / 26)
Highlights: I/m Not Here (Missing Face) - VTr - Auge/Maschine
Post-Punk
[imgsize 200x200]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... 2-yAg=&f=5[/imgsize]


28 - Kevin Morby: Oh My God – 78,1 (76,8 / 25)
Highlights: Hail Mary - No Halo - Piss River
Singer-Songwriter
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27 - Better Oblivion Community Center: Better Oblivion Community Center – 78,9 (77,6 / 25)
Highlights: Dylan Thomas - I Didn't Know What I Was in For - Forest Lawn
Folk Rock
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26 - Ariana Grande: thank u, next – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: thank u, next - ghostin - bloodline
R&B
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25 - Holly Herndon: Proto – 79,6 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: Eternal - Alienation - Frontier
Glitch Pop
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24 - Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride - 79,7 (76,0 / 32)
Highlights: Harmony Hall - This Life - Unbearably White
Indie Pop
[imgsize 220x220]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 028872.jpg[/imgsize]


23 - Jessica Pratt: Quiet Signs – 79,8 (78,1 / 26)
Highlights: This Time Around - Fare Thee Well - Poly Blue
Folk
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22 - American Football: American Football – 79,8 (80,5 / 19)
Highlights: Uncomfortably Numb - I Can't Feel You - Doom in Full Bloom
EMO
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21 - Julia Jacklin: Crushing – 79,8 (78,5 / 25)
Highlights: Body - Comfort - Good Guy
Singer-Songwriter
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20 - Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest – 80,2 (81,8 / 16)
Highlights: The Ballad of the Hulk - Son of the Sea - Circles
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... oO-nA=&f=6[/imgsize]


19 - Nilüfer Yanya: Miss Universe – 80,6 (79,9 / 23)
Highlights: Heavyweight Champion of the Year - Angels - In Your Head
Indie Pop
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=5[/imgsize]


18 - Cate Le Bon: Reward – 80,9 (79,6 / 25)
Highlights: Daylight Matters - Home to You - Magnificent Gestures
Arp Pop
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17 - Aldous Harding: Designer – 81.1 (78,7 / 28)
Highlights: Weight of the Planets - The Barrel - Zoo Eyes
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 240x240]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... xGXts=&f=5[/imgsize]


16 - Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – 81,5 (79,8 / 26)
Highlights: Xanny - I Love You - Bad Guy
Electropop
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15 - The National: I Am Easy To Find – 81,5 (77,9 / 32)
Highlights: I Am Easy to Find - Rylan - You Had Your Soul With You
Chamber Pop
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14 - Kate Tempest: The Book Of Traps And Lessons – 81,7 (83,3 / 16)
Highlights: Hold Your Own - Firesmoke - Holy Elixir
Spoken Word
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13 - Dave: Psychodrama - 81,8 (86,4 / 7)
Highlights: Black - Lesley - Psycho
Hip Hop
[imgsize 260x260]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... oO-nA=&f=5[/imgsize]


12 - Baroness: Gold & Grey – 80,9 (83,2 / 17)
Highlights: Throw Me an Actor - Front Toward Enemy - Seasons
Stoner Metal
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11 - Solange: When I Get Home – 82,1 (81,1 / 24)
Highlights: Almeda - Binz - Stay Flo
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 260x260]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... XXB1I=&f=5[/imgsize]


10 - Sharon Van Etten: Remind Me Tomorrow - 82,3 (78,6 / 32)
Highlights: Seventeen - Comeback Kid - No One’s Easy to Love
Indie Pop
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09 - Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? – 82,5 (78,5 / 33)
Highlights: Death in Midsummer - No One's Sleeping - What Happens to People?
Indie Rock
[imgsize 280x280]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... x15tU=&f=5[/imgsize]


08 - Stella Donnelly: Beware of the Dogs – 82,5 (80,5 / 27)
Highlights: Beware of the Dogs - Lunch - Old Man
Indie Folk
[imgsize 280x280]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... oO-nA=&f=5[/imgsize]


07 - Freddie Gibbs and Madlib: Bandana - 82,8 (86,8 / 9)
Highlights: Fake Names - Half Manne Half Cocaine - Giannis
Hip Hop
[imgsize 280x280]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 072059.jpg[/imgsize]


06 - Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! - 83,4 (83,7 / 20)
Highlights: Zora - Muddy - Basquiat
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 280x280]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... pAJWo=&f=5[/imgsize]


05 - Slowthai: Nothing Great About Britain – 83,7 (85,4 / 16)
Highlights: Doorman - Inglorious - Dead Leaves
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... wcKNY=&f=5[/imgsize]


04 - Little Simz: Grey Area – 83,9 (84,6 / 19)
Highlights: Flowers - Offence - 101 FM
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... IBuB4=&f=5[/imgsize]


03 - Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising - 85,3 (82,6 / 29)
Highlights: Everyday - A Lot's Gonna Change - Andromeda
Art Pop
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... _CLs0=&f=5[/imgsize]


02 - Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel – 85,5 (85,5 / 21)
Highlights: Too Real - Boys in the Better Land - Big
Post-Punk
[imgsize 300x300]https://rovimusic.rovicorp.com/image.jp ... _CLs0=&f=5[/imgsize]


01 - Big Thief: U.F.O.F. – 86,7 (85,4 / 25)
Highlights: U.F.O.F. - Jenni - Cattails
Indie Pop
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JohnnyBGoode wrote:Not sure if anyone's ever asked this before, but any others above 70 ...? :whistle:
61 - Chai: Punk - 74,9 (77,5 / 13)
62 - Charly Bliss: Young Enough - 74,9 (76,9 / 15)
63 - Martha: Love Keeps Kicking - 74,9 (78,2 / 11)
64 - Faye Webser: Atlanta Milionaires Club - 74,8 (75,8 / 18)
65 - Show Me The Body: Dog Whistle - 74,8 (79,1 / 8)
66 - Mark Ronson: Late Night Feelings - 74,7 (76,3 / 16)
67 - Anderson .Paak: Ventura - 74,6 (74,3 / 22)
68 - Hand Habits: Placeholder - 74,5 (77,5 / 12)
69 - Steve Mason: About The Light - 74,5 (77,8 / 11)
70 - The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger - 74,4 (73,4 / 24)
71 - Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars - 74,3 (73,0 / 25)
72 - The Delines: The Imperial - 74,3 (79,0 / 7)
73 - Fennesz: Agora - 74,3 (78,0 / 10)
74 - Sigrid: Sucker Punch - 74,2 (73,5 / 23)
75 - The Comet Is Coming: Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery - 74,1 (78,1 / 9)
76 - Robert Forster: Inferno - 74,1 (77,1 / 12)
77 - Cass McCombs: Tip Of The Sphere - 74,1 (73,1 / 24)
78 - Priests: The Seduction Of Kansas - 74,1 (74,0 / 21)
79 - Fat White Family: Serfs Up! - 74,0 (74,9 / 18)
80 - Denzel Curry: ZUU - 73,9 (77,3 / 11)
81 - Lucy Rose: No Words Left - 73,9 (77,3 / 11)
82 - Kedr Livanskiy: Your Need - 73,9 (78,6 / 7)
83 - Steve Gunn: The Unseen Inbetween - 73,9 (74,5 / 19)
84 - Beirut: Gallipoli - 73,8 (71,5 / 28)
85 - Injury Reserve: Injury Reserve - 73,8 (78,1 / 8)
86 - Ezra Collective: You Can't Steal My Joy - 73,8 (78,1 / 8)
87 - Hot Chip: A Bath Full of Ecstasy - 73,6 (73,0 / 23)
88 - Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile - 73,5 (76,5 / 12)
89 - The Mountain Goats: In League With Dragons - 73,4 (75,7 / 14)
90 - Crumb: Jinx - 73,3 (78,0 / 7)
91 - Damien Jurado: In The Space Of A Storm - 73,3 (75,3 / 15)
92 - A. A. Bondy: Enderness - 73,3 (78,0 / 7)
93 - Rozi Plain: What a Boost - 73,0 (77,4 / 8)
94 - The Chemical Brothers: No Geography - 73,0 (73,0 / 21)
95 - William Tyler: Goes West - 72,9 (77,3 / 8)
96 - Stef Chura: Midnight - 72,7 (75,4 / 13)
97 - Boy Harsher: Careful - 72,7 (76,0 / 11)
98 - Ex Hex: It's Real - 72,6 (73,9 / 17)
99 - Maggie Rogers: Heard It In A Past Life - 72,4 (70,8 / 26)
100 - Strand Of Oaks: Eraserland - 72,4 (74,7 / 14)
101 - Gary Clark Jr.: This Land - 72,3 (77,0 / 7)
102 - These New Puritans: Inside The Rose - 72,3 (72,3 / 21)
103 - Tiny Ruins: Olympic Girls - 72,3 (74,3 / 15)
104 - Marvin Gaye: You're The Man - 72,2 (76,9 / 7)
105 - Avey Tare: Cows on Hourglass Pond - 72,2 (73,2 / 18)
106 - Blood Red Shoes: Get Tragic - 72,1 (76,1 / 9)
107 - Drahla: Useless Coordinates - 72,0 (76,7 / 7)
108 - Andrew Bird: My Finest Work Yet - 72,0 (73,3 / 17)
109 - Pom Poko: Birthday - 71,9 (76,3 / 8)
110 - Sasami: Sasami - 71,9 (72,6 / 19)
111 - Kelsey Lu: Blood - 71,8 (74,1 / 14)
112 - Drugdealer: Raw Honey - 71,8 (73,8 / 15)
113 - Hayden Thorpe: Diviner - 71,7 (75,0 / 11)
114 - Dawn: New Breed - 71,7 (76,0 / 8)
115 - Ibibio Sound Machine: Doko Mien - 71,7 (75,0 / 11)
116 - Amanda Palmer: There Will Be No Intermission - 71,6 (73,3 / 16)
117 - Spielbergs: This Is Not the End - 71,6 (74,2 / 13)
118 - Skepta: Ignorance Is Bliss - 71,5 (74,5 / 12)
119 - Du Blonde: Lung Bread For Daddy - 71,4 (75,1 / 10)
120 - Tim Presley & White Fence: I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk - 71,3 (73,3 / 15)
121 - Mavis Staples: We Got By - 71,2 (73,8 / 13)
122 - Girlpool: What Chaos Is Imaginary - 71,1 (70,4 / 23)
123 - Pip Blom: Boat - 71,0 (75,0 / 9)
124 - SOAK: Grim Town - 71,0 (72,6 / 16)
125 - Calexico And Iron & Wine: Years To Burn - 71,0 (73,3 / 14)
126 - Sacred Paws: Run Around The Sun - 70,8 (74,1 / 11)
127 - Teeth Of The Sea: Wraith - 70,7 (74,7 / 9)
128 - Bibio: Ribbons - 70,7 (72,0 / 17)
129 - Loyle Carner: Not Waving, But Drowning - 70,6 (73,9 / 11)
130 - Pond: Tasmania - 70,4 (72,4 / 15)
131 - Rustin Man: Drift Code - 70,2 (71,9 / 16)
132 - Steve Lacy: Apollo XXI - 70,1 (73,8 / 10)
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Re: MCCh 2019 (11) June 30

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I don't want to hassle you Otisredding, but last update you never added the new song highlights, so there are a lot missing now. Perhaps you knew, perhaps you didn't, but I thought I should make note of it.
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Is Originals not considered eligible for MC? Or has it not been reviewed by enough MC sources?
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Rob wrote:I don't want to hassle you Otisredding, but last update you never added the new song highlights, so there are a lot missing now. Perhaps you knew, perhaps you didn't, but I thought I should make note of it.
Thanks, Rob.

It does not bother me that you warn me about that kind of thing, of course.

I've been busier than other seasons.

Now it is
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Hello, Rob

Changes in Cate Le Bon highlights
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Harold wrote:Is Originals not considered eligible for MC? Or has it not been reviewed by enough MC sources?
I think the correct thing is not to consider Originals as an album of new songs.

What is your opinion?
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Otisredding wrote: It does not bother me that you warn me about that kind of thing, of course.

I've been busier than other seasons.

Now it is
Yes, thanks! Just a note, the Baroness song is called Throw Me An Anchor, not Throw Me An Actor. That would be a fascinatingly weird title though.


Anyway, here is the playlist:
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Otisredding wrote:
Harold wrote:Is Originals not considered eligible for MC? Or has it not been reviewed by enough MC sources?
I think the correct thing is not to consider Originals as an album of new songs.

What is your opinion?
Hi OtisRedding,

I know you didn't ask me, but as a fan of MC, and on the purely hypothetical basis of if it was up to me, I'd include it.

Prince's Originals is almost in a category of its own. You're right in that it's not an album of new songs, since we are familiar with them. But it's not a covers album, nor is it a live album featuring previously released material, so we can't exclude it for the reasons we would exclude, say, Beyoncé's Homecoming. This album is the first time we are hearing the artist performing their own songs.

In 2017 Neil Young's Hitchhiker featured on MC, and only 2 of its 10 songs were previously unreleased. Beth Gibbons/PNRSO's version of Górecki's 3rd is getting a guernsey this year, and if I remember correctly Colin Stetson featured a few years ago with the same symphony. Though I guess you could argue these are "reimaginings" rather than faithful covers. Nevertheless I agree with your desicion to include them!

Much love for all the work you put in twice a month.
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Dealy_Stan wrote:
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Harold wrote:Is Originals not considered eligible for MC? Or has it not been reviewed by enough MC sources?
I think the correct thing is not to consider Originals as an album of new songs.

What is your opinion?
Hi OtisRedding,

I know you didn't ask me, but as a fan of MC, and on the purely hypothetical basis of if it was up to me, I'd include it.

Prince's Originals is almost in a category of its own. You're right in that it's not an album of new songs, since we are familiar with them. But it's not a covers album, nor is it a live album featuring previously released material, so we can't exclude it for the reasons we would exclude, say, Beyoncé's Homecoming. This album is the first time we are hearing the artist performing their own songs.

In 2017 Neil Young's Hitchhiker featured on MC, and only 2 of its 10 songs were previously unreleased. Beth Gibbons/PNRSO's version of Górecki's 3rd is getting a guernsey this year, and if I remember correctly Colin Stetson featured a few years ago with the same symphony. Though I guess you could argue these are "reimaginings" rather than faithful covers. Nevertheless I agree with your desicion to include them!

Much love for all the work you put in twice a month.

Thanks for your words.

Sometimes it is not easy to decide if an album has the characteristics to be included in MCCh.

Sometimes the problem is, for example, the duration of the album, the so-called EP.

In others, decide whether it is new songs or not.

In these cases I follow the criteria of Allmusic, Pitchfork, etc. These media do not consider Originals a new album, but they enter the category of Compilation or Reissues. I also believe that few media will include it in the lists of the best albums of 2019.
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That seems fair, and in the spirit of MCCh (i.e. reflecting consensus). The coming years may yet see Prince as new music is released from the vault.
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Is the new one nearly ready?
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discord wrote:Is the new one nearly ready?
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