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Dingerbell wrote:

Rolling Stone's top ten and my top ten have one album in common. RS's top ten literally only has four worthy albums there (Like Clockwork, AM, Trouble Will Find Me and RAM- although some could argue Modern Vampires of the City, but I've never really been a fan of Vampire Weekend).

"Some could argue" the case for any of them. The idea that five or six of these ten records are inarguably definitely not some of the best of the year is absurd. None of them are particularly to my liking (in fact, I think maybe one of those Top 10 is in my Top 100 for the year, and even that won't be there when the next update happens), but it doesn't mean they're unworthy. They're popular albums, and a lot of people (including Rolling Stone writers) clearly like them.

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Pretty much all of the lists I've seen so far have looked identical, and made me cringe horribly. The Quietus list was awesome though. So many albums that I'll now have to check out

http://thequietus.com/articles/13960-al...-year-2013

Hayden

meccalecca wrote:

Pretty much all of the lists I've seen so far have looked identical, and made me cringe horribly. The Quietus list was awesome though. So many albums that I'll now have to check out

http://thequietus.com/articles/13960-al...-year-2013

This list is extremely intriguing Very Happy

Great find Mecca. Never even heard of the number 1 Anxious

I'm not sure what Pitchfork, The Wire or Tinymixtapes #1 of the year will be... Think

Anyone wanna have a guess?
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So far I've seen 3 published lists (Rolling Stone, Spin and MOJO), Rolling Stone is probably the best. There's really only two noticeable omissions and them being The 20/20 Experience and We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic. The inclusion of Franz Ferdinand is a little bit surprising, I love FF but I thought that album was a bit stale. Happy to see most of my favourites in the 15 though, particularly Disclosure which I'd say was the most underrated album of the year.
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Hayden wrote:

This list is extremely intriguing Very Happy

Great find Mecca. Never even heard of the number 1 Anxious

I'm not sure what Pitchfork, The Wire or Tinymixtapes #1 of the year will be... Think

Anyone wanna have a guess?

Thanks Hayden. I think this list is totally something you'd appreciate. I'm listening to Grumbling Fur for the first time right now and it's rather wonderful. Textured landscapes of sound. Some instrumental tracks, some with vocals. Very serene ambience. strong track to track variation, while staying cohesive. I can see why it's #1, though it may not be my #1

andy_hunter

Hayden wrote:

This list is extremely intriguing Very Happy

Great find Mecca. Never even heard of the number 1 Anxious

I'm not sure what Pitchfork, The Wire or Tinymixtapes #1 of the year will be... Think

Anyone wanna have a guess?

Pitchfork are usually quite predictable don't you think? They usually follow their ratings throughout the year closely.

It bet it will bare strong resemblance to this:
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/1...ted/2013/1
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andy_hunter wrote:

Pitchfork are usually quite predictable don't you think? They usually follow their ratings throughout the year closely.

It bet it will bare strong resemblance to this:
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/1...ted/2013/1

agreed, but we'll see some of those less popular albums drop down quite a bit. P4K doesn't take risks

Hayden

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Thanks Hayden. I think this list is totally something you'd appreciate. I'm listening to Grumbling Fur for the first time right now and it's rather wonderful. Textured landscapes of sound. Some instrumental tracks, some with vocals. Very serene ambience. strong track to track variation, while staying cohesive. I can see why it's #1, though it may not be my #1

I already have a huge backlog Laughing

But there's a solid 30 albums on that chart that I want to check out... I've heard about 35 of them I think.. by looking at it. The inclusion of Katie Gately's EP surprises me.. Great release, but I didn't even think anyone knew about it to be honest Laughing

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Pitchfork are usually quite predictable don't you think? They usually follow their ratings throughout the year closely.

It bet it will bare strong resemblance to this:
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/1...ted/2013/1

I honestly don't think Pitchfork's list will resemble their ratings this year Confused

They've put out some unreasonable numbers... And I think they know that Laughing

Phosphorescent's Muchacho and LongLiveAsap in particular.

I just can't see Kanye getting it for some reason Think

Not sure why.
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meccalecca wrote:

Pretty much all of the lists I've seen so far have looked identical, and made me cringe horribly. The Quietus list was awesome though. So many albums that I'll now have to check out

http://thequietus.com/articles/13960-al...-year-2013

Grumbling Fur - Glynnaestra (Thrill Jockey)

Oh, why I didn't know about this! It's Alexander Tucker. I love that guy. Very Happy

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tekin wrote:

Oh, why I didn't know about this! It's Alexander Tucker. I love that guy. Very Happy

I just finished it. It's awesome. That Quietus list has a ton in common with yours. After being disappointed with so much music this year, I'm now having my faith restored