best of REM-EMBERING 2020 ⭐ FINISHED! ✨

[TRF.]

Chairlift TALENT  they were one of the first indie adjacent bands I ever got into back in like 2011/12.

[Gavin.]

The chairlift love

 

We LOVE to see it 

[Kevin2803]

I also watched "American Psycho" for the first time this year and loved it. 

 

I love "The Hate U Give". This movie always makes me cry. 

 

And i have a soft spot for the After franchise. 

 

PVRIS & LÉON 

[Lazuli]

wow i've not listened to most of those albums in full except for chairlift and the one pvris album that i didn't really care for

but yas get into chairlift a lil bit (caroline polachek ha impact  )

[BlackoutZone]

Ah LEON, especially You & I  It was on my list last year and it still sounds great

I liked PVRIS output last year and I think Death of Me or Hallucinations appeared on my list, but the recent tracks did not really touch me

Really liked Fickle Friends album You Are Someone Else, but for some reason I did not touch anything else they ever released

I have not heard much stuff from Magdalena Bay, but Only If You Want it was also my favorite song

I need to get into Chairlift finally considering PANG is my 2019 AOTY

[Delta]

I love Hallucinations 

[Psycho]

I see some ASC/VL artists here

Perched for Bree Runway's 2020 output stanning hopefully

 

[Sunderland 4ever]

22 hours ago, Remmy said:

01. Ten Fé 'Future Perfect, Present Tense' (2019)

Loooove that album. I had it in last year's rankings. I wanted to place No Night Lasts Forever really high in my Top 100 songs of 2019, but I had already placed it 98th in my 2018 chart. COIN's album this year was awesome too. You might want to check out Supply & Demand by The Washing Line Economy.

Edited December 6, 2020 by Sunderland 4ever

[madonnas]

YESS, let the magdahive grow.  only if you want it is such a classic song to me.

 

glad you're stanning chairlift too.  i feel like caroline's solo album having stan success will lead a lot of people to water.  their sophomore album is a masterpiece. 

[Tom Vercetti]

Quote

05. American Psycho (2000) [B+]
04. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) [B+]
03. Back to the Future (1985) [B+]

That was a classic. 

 

 

[Remmy]

REPLIES:

Spoiler

On 12/5/2020 at 3:21 PM, Mezik said:

You're so INDIE now! Happy to see Phoebe + Chloe & Hallee!

Yeah my taste has really started leaning into an alternative/indie pop direction since 2016 or so  We love it!

On 12/5/2020 at 4:20 PM, Hug said:

I love how you have a discoveries section because it really rounds out the year experience. Not everything is new, sometimes you stumble upon older things you come to love  (or hate ?)

 

Pretty Much It commentary tracks are so funny, but I'm one of those losers that only watch what they put on YouTube. Still their format is great and usually no matter who is doing the commentary, they have great chemistry together!

Plenty of these (especially the top albums/songs) had a significant impact on my year so it would almost be rude to not include them

 

I was the same way before I caved and got Patreon just for them last year  I subscribed for a month & binge watched a ton of their content, then came back for another month during this year. I'll probably return in January as well. It's just like hate watching a show/movie with a few friends, which is always a fun time

On 12/5/2020 at 4:31 PM, TheWayWeWere said:

I listened Chairlift this year for the first time and I'm so mad I never did before Moth and Something are such an great records

Well it's good that I'm not the only one who's late  Exactly!

On 12/5/2020 at 9:59 PM, K$Ellie said:

not you including Magdalena Bay int he discoveries list but not even Ghost...

 

 

Same goes for Moth To The Flame for Chairlift  You and I is a cute bop

Never heard that one, whoops  Only the first 3 main EPs + OIYWI. Took a peek and it sounds alright.

 

MTTF is a highlight, just not strong enough to make my top 50

On 12/5/2020 at 10:15 PM, potent said:

I think Good Morning is my favorite Grouplove song tbh

I think I only like My House by PVRIS, although I listened to Dead Weight yesterday and it was better than I remembered, still nothing epic though

School of Rock is cute, that's the only one I've seen tbh, I'm not a huge movies fan

It's so fun

At least you like one of their standouts  I've always liked Dead Weight but it did need a few listens to really sink in

Well damn  I can't imagine the amount of classiques you've missed out on

17 hours ago, Kevin2803 said:

I also watched "American Psycho" for the first time this year and loved it. 

 

I love "The Hate U Give". This movie always makes me cry. 

 

And i have a soft spot for the After franchise. 

I hate when movies like these are labeled as horror because seeing that made me want to stay away from American Psycho, but it was really just a dark comedy with a few horror elements here and there. I had a great time with it

 

It could've been a little less cheesy but there were some impactful moments for sure

 

Well that's unfortunate!  I'm excited to hate on the new one

14 hours ago, BlackoutZone said:

Ah LEON, especially You & I  It was on my list last year and it still sounds great

Really liked Fickle Friends album You Are Someone Else, but for some reason I did not touch anything else they ever released

I need to get into Chairlift finally considering PANG is my 2019 AOTY

Definitely an easy discography highlight

I'd say their music is getting better with every era  Their debut was solid, the following EP was even better, now their upcoming release is starting off insanely well - unfortunately their release strategy is annoying but oh well.

Do it

12 hours ago, Psycho said:

I see some ASC/VL artists here

Perched for Bree Runway's 2020 output stanning hopefully

 

I think joan & Chairlift are the only ones I discovered from ASC. Luckily I caught onto Magdalena Bay before they took over both games

 

Don't get too excited

10 hours ago, Sunderland 4ever said:

Loooove that album. I had it in last year's rankings. I wanted to place No Night Lasts Forever really high in my Top 100 songs of 2019, but I had already placed it 98th in my 2018 chart. COIN's album this year was awesome too. You might want to check out Supply & Demand by The Washing Line Economy.

I don't know who it was but somebody had it as one of their top albums and I'm very glad I decided to check out a song or 2 and then write down the album name.  You should've changed your rules to accept repeating entries  Yeah it was, my 2nd favorite from them behind their debut  Alright, let me add it to my list

10 hours ago, Madame X said:

YESS, let the magdahive grow.  only if you want it is such a classic song to me.

 

glad you're stanning chairlift too.  i feel like caroline's solo album having stan success will lead a lot of people to water.  their sophomore album is a masterpiece. 

Right 

 

Oh for sure. Anyone that loved Pang & is desperate for new music from her can get several albums they missed out on. I saw the name Chairlift plenty of times but never felt the need to check them out until someone people shared Ch-Ching & Show U Off in an ATRL game.

 

 

THINGS THAT MISSED MY LISTS

Now it's time to reveal all the flops  Most of these shouldn't disappoint anyone.

I'd say the Non-Singles set is the only one that actually contains a good amount of quality.

 

 

BEST FILMS

Spoiler

Alright/Decent:
11. The Invisible Man
12. Over the Moon
13. Bad Boys for Life

 

Could've been better:
14. A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood
15. Jumanji: The Next Level
16. Bombshell
17. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

 

Awful:
18. Dangerous Lies***
19. Mulan
20. The Kissing Booth 2***

 

***= Purposely sh*twatched this while listening to a Pretty Much It commentary

 

Pushed to Best of 2021

Happiest Season <Out now but I'm late>

Soul <Dec 25th>

Wonder Woman 1984 <Dec 25th>

 

 

BEST EPs

Spoiler

(Featuring my favorite track from each release)

 

Good:
Loote 'heart eyes' [This Is How U Feel]
Phoebe Bridgers 'Copycat Killer' [Savior Complex]
SKAAR 'The Other Side of Waiting' [Five Times]
VÉRITÉ 'new limbs: volume 1' [save up]
Winona Oak 'SHE' [SHE]

 

Underwhelming:
Hailee Steinfeld 'Half Written Story' [I Love You's]
JoJo 'December Baby' [Wishlist]
Qveen Herby 'EP 9' [Mission]
XYLØ 'The Ganglands of My Heart' [Neon Crucifix]
XYLØ 'Outsiders Club' [Chlorine]

 

Bottom 5:
31. Qveen Herby 'EP 8' [Sugar Daddy]
32. Two Door Cinema Club 'Lost Songs (Found)' [Tiptoes]
33. Poppy 'A Very Poppy Christmas' [I Won't Be Home for Christmas]
34. Tinashe 'Comfort & Joy' [Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas]
35. Melanie Martinez 'After School' [Notebook]

 

 

Pushed to Best of 2021

Foster the People 'In the Darkest of Nights, Let the Birds Sing' <Dec 11th>

 

 

  BEST ALBUMS

Spoiler

(Featuring my favorite track from each release)

 

Has some cute highlights:
070 Shake 'Modus Vivendi' [Guilty Consicence]
Ashton Irwin 'Superbloom' [The Sweetness]
HAIM 'Women In Music Pt. III' [Now I'm In It]
Meghan Trainor 'A Very Trainor Christmas' [Holidays]
The Naked and Famous 'Recover' [Bury Us]
Oh Wonder 'No One Else Can Wear Your Crown' [I Wish I Never Met You]

 

Underwhelming:
BENEE 'Hey u x' [Supalonely]
Bombay Bicycle Club 'Everything Else Has Gone Wrong' [EEHGW]
Grouplove 'Healer' [Deleter]
Meghan Trainor 'TREAT MYSELF' [Genetics]
Shawn Mendes 'Wonder' [Wonder]

 

Bottom 5:
47. LANY 'mama's boy' [good guys]
48. Angel Olsen 'Whole New Mess' [Chance]
(The original version of All Mirrors was great though)
49. Ariana Grande 'positions' [my hair]
50. Chelsea Cutler 'How to Be Human' [Sad Tonight]
51. Astrid S 'Leave It Beautiful' [Leave It Beautiful]

 

 

Pushed to Best of 2021:

Maggie Rogers 'Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011-2016' <Dec 18th>

 

 

BEST NON-SINGLES

Spoiler

5 Seconds of Summer "Lonely Hearts"
5 Seconds of Summer "No Shame"
The Aces "Kelly"
Adam Lambert "Velvet"
Allie X "Life ot the Party"
Ashton Irwin "Have U Found What Ur Looking For?"
Carlie Hanson "Is That a Thing?"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Fake Mona Lisa"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Now I Don't Hate California After All"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Stay Away"
Cassadee Pope "Built This House"
Charli XCX "pink diamond"
Chloe x Halle "Lonely"
COIN "I Feel Alive?"
Ellie Goulding "Tides"
Foley "Can't Help the Way"
Georgia "Ray Guns"
Halsey "I HATE EVERYBODY"
Jessie Ware "In Your Eyes"
joan "cover girl"
JoJo "December Baby"
JoJo "Pedialyte"
JoJo ft. PJ Morton "Wishlist"
K/DA "VILLAIN"
Katy Perry "Only Love"
The Killers ft. Weyes Blood "My God"
Lady Gaga "Alice"
Lady Gaga "Plastic Doll"
Lauren Aquilina "Fückedupminddd"
Miley Cyrus "Hate Me"
Miley Cyrus "Plastic Hearts"
Niall Horan "Arms of a Stranger"
Phoebe Bridgers "Halloween"
PVRIS "Stay Gold"
PVRIS ft. RAYE "Thank You"
Samia "Does Not Heal"
Samia "Limbo Bitch"
Selena Gomez "Let Me Get Me"
Selena Gomez "She"
Tenille Arts "Butterfly Effect"
Tenille Arts "Missing You"
Victoria Monét "Dive"

 

 

BEST SINGLES

Spoiler

Mainly for songs that I forgot about, only heard 1-2 times, or simply don't love

 

AJR "Bang!"
Ashe "Save Myself"
Astrid S "It's Ok If You Forget Me"
Bombay Bicycle Club "Everything Else Has Gone Wrong"
Bree Runway "APESHÍT"
Calvin Harris ft. The Weeknd "Over Now"
Charlotte Cardin "Passive Aggressive"
Chelsea Cutler "Sad Tonight"
Cher Lloyd "Lost"
Cher Lloyd "One Drink Away"
Daya "First Time"
Dua Lipa ft. Angèle "Fever"
Ellie Goulding ft. Blackbear "Worry About Me"
FINNEAS "What They'll Say About Us"
Foster the People "Lamb's Wool"
Foster the People "The Things We Do"
Greyson Chance "Bad to Myself"
Grouplove "Inside Out"
Hailee Steinfeld "Wrong Direction"
Hot Milk "California's Burning"
Jonas Brothers "What a Man Gotta Do"
Julia Michaels "Lie Like This"
Katy Perry "Daisies"
K/DA "MORE"
Kelly Clarkson "I Dare You"
Khalid ft. Disclosure "Know Your Worth"
Kim Petras "Malibu"
The Knocks ft. Foster the People "All About You"
Lauv & Conan Gray "Fake"
Marshmello & Demi Lovato "OK Not to Be OK"
Meghan Trainor "Make You Dance"
The Naked and Famous "Everybody Knows"
Niall Horan "Black and White"
Niall Horan "No Judgement"
NOTD & Nina Nesbitt "Cry Dancing"
OneRepublic "Didn't I"
Phoebe Bridgers "Garden Song"
Saint Motel "Preach"
Sam Smith ft. Demi Lovato "I'm Ready"
Sam Smith ft. Burna Boy "My Oasis"
Selena Gomez "Boyfriend"
Selena Gomez "Rare"
Shawn Mendes ft. J*stin B*eber "Monster"
Sia "Together"
Taylor Swift "cardigan"
VÉRITÉ "younger women"
Winona Oak "Control"
Winona Oak "Piano in the Sky"
Winona Oak "With Myself"
Wrabel & Kesha "since i was young"
XYLØ "Tongue In the Bag"
ZAYN "Better"

 

 

Pushed to Best of 2021:

Aly & AJ "Slow Dancng", Foxes "Hollywood", etc.

 

 

The main categories will start either tomorrow or Tuesday

 

 

Also I know these are very long so here's a TL,DR version with notable snubs:

Spoiler

Best Films:

The Invisible Man

 

Best EPs:

Phoebe Bridgers 'Copycat Killer'

 

Best Albums:
HAIM 'Women In Music Pt. III'
+ in my bottom 5:

48. Angel Olsen 'Whole New Mess'
(The original version of All Mirrors was great though)
49. Ariana Grande 'positions'

 

Best Non-Singles:
Carly Rae Jepsen "Fake Mona Lisa"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Now I Don't Hate California After All"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Stay Away"
Charli XCX "pink diamond"
Chloe x Halle "Lonely"
Ellie Goulding "Tides"
Halsey "I HATE EVERYBODY"
Jessie Ware "In Your Eyes"
Katy Perry "Only Love"
Lady Gaga "Alice"
Lady Gaga "Plastic Doll"
Miley Cyrus "Hate Me"
Miley Cyrus "Plastic Hearts"
Phoebe Bridgers "Halloween"
Selena Gomez "Let Me Get Me"
Selena Gomez "She"
Victoria Monét "Dive"

Best Singles:
Dua Lipa ft. Angèle "Fever"
Katy Perry "Daisies"
Kim Petras "Malibu"
Sam Smith ft. Demi Lovato "I'm Ready"
Selena Gomez "Boyfriend"
Selena Gomez "Rare"
Taylor Swift "cardigan"

 

[Psycho]

The Melanie and Astrid dragging

Stan HAIM's highlights

 

[Sunderland 4ever]

Kudos to you for including Phoebe Bridgers and Dua Lipa on the latest update!

 

3 hours ago, Remmy said:

I don't know who it was but somebody had it as one of their top albums and I'm very glad I decided to check out a song or 2 and then write down the album name.  You should've changed your rules to accept repeating entries  Yeah it was, my 2nd favorite from them behind their debut  Alright, let me add it to my list

I ranked their album 42nd last year. Don't worry, I'll serve their songs justice on the decade lists.

[JGibson]

HM songs:

Quote

AJR "Bang!"
Ashe "Save Myself"
Ellie Goulding ft. Blackbear "Worry About Me"
FINNEAS "What They'll Say About Us"
Foster the People "Lamb's Wool"
Foster the People "The Things We Do"
Grouplove "Inside Out"
Julia Michaels "Lie Like This"
Katy Perry "Daisies"
Kelly Clarkson "I Dare You"
The Knocks ft. Foster the People "All About You"
Marshmello & Demi Lovato "OK Not to Be OK"
The Naked and Famous "Everybody Knows"
Niall Horan "No Judgement"
OneRepublic "Didn't I"
Saint Motel "Preach"
Taylor Swift "cardigan"

 

[Mr. Loco]

Of your films list, the only I've seen is The invisible man, and I agree it was ok/decent

 

I'm really anticipating WW1984 & Soul tho 

 

Fever, Worry about me, What a man gotta do, Didn't I, Rare, Monster & cardigan all out of the main top 

 

[Legend E]

The Invisible Man, Bombshell sweeties...

Women In Music Pt. III, sweetie...

drag positions

in your eyes too low

i dare you  

 

[potent]

I mean I didn't expect Women in Music to be any higher, but it still deserved better

I kinda liked Oh Wonder's album more than I was expecting to, although still nothing great

Didn't listen to BENEE's EP from this year tbh

Healer was forgettable, BBC's album was pretty good and might've deserved to make the actual list, but again no huge loss

 

6 hours ago, Remmy said:

Ellie Goulding "Tides"
Jessie Ware "In Your Eyes"
joan "cover girl"
The Killers ft. Weyes Blood "My God"
Lady Gaga "Alice"

These are the only ones that may have deserved it... probably My God the most, that was one of my favorites from their album but not sure how many entries they still have?

Joan disappointed me a little bit if I'm being honest, the songs were very boybandish, not in a bad way (more throwback stuff like BSB), but I thought they would have more of like a TDCC type sound

 

For singles I like some but no big losses, except maybe Everything Else Has Gone Wrong

[Mezik]

Honestly, 'Wonder' and 'Positions' were quite underwhelming compared to bother their previous albums. I was looking forward to both releases, but they're honestly just snooze fests.  

 

The amount of quality in your tracks! I am so happy you enjoyed Tenille, the album was so good. She's an underrated Canadian gem and I hope she picks up traction.  

 

I know you don't love those singles.. but I love almost every single one.  'cardigod' is amazing.  

 

[Lazuli]

WIMPIII not making the list

nnn poor positions

Quote

Carly Rae Jepsen "Fake Mona Lisa"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Now I Don't Hate California After All"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Stay Away"
Charli XCX "pink diamond"
Chloe x Halle "Lonely"
Ellie Goulding "Tides"
Halsey "I HATE EVERYBODY"
Jessie Ware "In Your Eyes"
K/DA "VILLAIN"
The Killers ft. Weyes Blood "My God"
Lady Gaga "Alice"
Lady Gaga "Plastic Doll"
Miley Cyrus "Plastic Hearts"
Phoebe Bridgers "Halloween"
Selena Gomez "Let Me Get Me"
Selena Gomez "She"

yas great picks  

CARDIGAN NOT IN YOUR MAIN LIST? GORL....

[Kevin2803]

Astrid & Ariana getting dragged 

 

"I hate when movies like these are labeled as horror because seeing that made me want to stay away from American Psycho, but it was really just a dark comedy with a few horror elements here and there. I had a great time with it" > WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? Don't you dare to talk about my favorite genre like that.  Also, "American Psycho" is labeled as a "black comedy slasher film" on Wikipedia. 

[TheWayWeWere]

JoJo's December Baby was one of my favorite xmas albums in years  

nnnnn not HAIM and Ariana flopped in bottom lists  

Selena flopping with both of her singles  Rare is a hit that got away  

[Staryu]

Poor HAIM  I really like half the album, forgot the rest though so I guess it's a fair placement. I hated positions at first but it really grew on me the more I listened. 

[Blue Rose]

16 hours ago, Remmy said:

Bombay Bicycle Club "Everything Else Has Gone Wrong"

This is a great single + the whole album was awesome.

 

Mulan was so awful. I didn’t even finish it

[K$Ellie]

Melanie's EP did indeed suck  Astrid and Ariana bombing like that

Benee's album was indeed a bit underwhelming but still cute, I love Snail

wish that Lonely, Tides, I Hate Everybody, In Your Eyes, Plastic Hearts and Let Me Get Me made the list

as for the singles, I'm okay with all of those  I like Daisies a lot though and cardigan is cute although very overrated

[ARTPØP]

Love "Talk To Much" and "Take Me On" 

 

5 Seconds of Summer "No Shame"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Fake Mona Lisa"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Now I Don't Hate California After All"
Carly Rae Jepsen "Stay Away"
Charli XCX "pink diamond"
Ellie Goulding "Tides"
Lady Gaga "Alice"
Lady Gaga "Plastic Doll"

AJR "Bang!"
Astrid S "It's Ok If You Forget Me"
Dua Lipa ft. Angèle "Fever"
Ellie Goulding ft. Blackbear "Worry About Me"
Katy Perry "Daisies"
Lauv & Conan Gray "Fake"
Marshmello & Demi Lovato "OK Not to Be OK"
Sam Smith ft. Demi Lovato "I'm Ready"
Selena Gomez "Boyfriend"
Selena Gomez "Rare"
Taylor Swift "cardigan"

 

love these songs