Shut Down The Streets (studio album) by A.C. Newman
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A.C. Newman bestography
Shut Down The Streets is ranked 3rd best out of 4 albums by A.C. Newman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by A.C. Newman is The Slow Wonder which is ranked number 15045 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 74.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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All 8 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2024 | paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (64.09-62.62), #001-100* | 14/97 | - |
2024 | paladisiac | Top 71 Music Albums of 2012 | 46/71 | 2 |
2024 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600* | 4/48 | - |
2024 | Tuur | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 85/100 | 16 |
2022 | larryrrr | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 40/100 | 12 |
2019 | dfulfo01 | Top 70 Music Albums of 2012 | 65/70 | 0 |
2018 | musicoed | Top 50 Music Albums of 2012 | 23/50 | 3 |
2017 | EveryCheapHood | Top 59 Music Albums of the 2010s | 59/59 | 0 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 |
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10/14/2023 15:06 | Tuur | 899 | 67/100 | |
11/07/2021 14:16 | adrenalinejunkie | 78 | 82/100 | |
01/21/2021 00:35 | LosWochos | 42,307 | 75/100 | |
11/04/2017 04:44 | cmoshier | 470 | 88/100 | |
08/10/2017 17:44 | larryrrr | 630 | 76/100 |
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Best Tracks: Hostages, You Could Get Lost Out Here
I think of this kind of music as "clean rock," similar in some ways to bands like Let's Active and XTC, with perfect instrumentation and production and polished songwriting, and it's probably the best clean rock album I can think of. The melodies and instrumentation are all impeccable, and every song has a sense of beauty. It's not music with a sharp edge or an obvious sense of angst, beyond the heavy use of minor chords I guess, but it's still great art. I think it's probably Canadian in a way. It's clean, melancholy pop without the tinge of blues or desperation you get in American rock, but that doesn't mean it has no soul. I think it has a vital soul, just not the kind we've come to expect from American rock or most of the British rock that's come to draw so heavily from American music. I think if you listen to French-Canadian folk music (think accordions in minor keys, or fiddles and foot-tapping), you could probably find a root to this style of pop. In particular, "Wasted English" uses accordion in a way that is absolutely French or French-Canadian. There's not a track on this album that doesn't grab me in some way. A.C. Newman's voice and melodies will always be welcome to my ears.
Well, the "A.C." now stands for "adult contemporary". Maybe dan bejar's last album swayed carl into trying some retro sounds (he even sounds "new age-y" in "do your own time"). The album is very soft and sleepy, sometimes just plain lazy ("you could get lost out here"). Unlike early new porn music, no songs are jampacked with multiple catchy choruses (but "encyclopedia of classic takedowns" and "strings" have a remote view of the ballpark). That's not to say that some of these songs aren't catchy or fun, most are good and safe songs, there are a few mid+ tempo tracks, just not packed with the energy or choruses i'm used to out of A.C. projects. (This album also tempers my enthusiasm for the next new porn album.)
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