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Take Me As I Am :clap3: I was pretty late with it specifically aswell, but whew A SONG :clap3:

Junky :clap3: I agree with everything you said about it and I agree that SII is their best :clap3:

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I forgot about Chariot's existence for a moment nnn. I love it, they delivered :clap3:

Take Me As I Am is the best song on RINA so :clap3: 

Sober II is also a Melodrama highlight for me so :clap3:
List of People :clap3: Walk Like a Panther :clap3:

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Sober II :clap3: I rarely see people talk about it but it's definitely a Melodrama highlight.

Also loved Little Dark Age, List of People, Take Me As I Am and Chariot.

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Funny thing is, Little Dark Age wasn't that immediate for me. Took time to appreciate. 

Take Me, Sober II and Walk Like A Panther are all nice but those artists have better.

Floating Points :eek:  I think Kelso Dunes was the centerpiece of the album. 

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Yeah you spilled the t about Fadhouse. It would be cute if someone else released it, but Devotion is one of the best albums of all time and this kinda sound is just.. not what I want from Jessie. 

 

Die Young and Take Me as I Am are my faves from the HMs!

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Rina and Brock :clap3: 

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5 hours ago, Vxspertine said:

Take Me As I Am :clap3: I was pretty late with it specifically aswell, but whew A SONG :clap3:

Junky :clap3: I agree with everything you said about it and I agree that SII is their best :clap3:

:clap3: it really is their best album and definitely one of my favourites this year. I'm so excited tbh because they release music so prolifically

 

4 hours ago, theblackestday said:

I forgot about Chariot's existence for a moment nnn. I love it, they delivered :clap3:

Take Me As I Am is the best song on RINA so :clap3: 

Sober II is also a Melodrama highlight for me so :clap3:
List of People :clap3: Walk Like a Panther :clap3:

Same I always forget about these B sides EPs, I forgot about Angel Olsen's =/ these songs tho :clap3:

 

4 hours ago, Vilppu said:

Sober II :clap3: I rarely see people talk about it but it's definitely a Melodrama highlight.

Also loved Little Dark Age, List of People, Take Me As I Am and Chariot.

Yeah me neither? It's weird because a lot of the commonly mentioned Melodrama highlights never really did it for me eg. Sober, Homemade Dynamite

 

4 hours ago, Tom Vercetti said:

Funny thing is, Little Dark Age wasn't that immediate for me. Took time to appreciate. 

Take Me, Sober II and Walk Like A Panther are all nice but those artists have better.

Floating Points :eek:  I think Kelso Dunes was the centerpiece of the album. 

Don't worry, we may end up seeing those artists again in the main countdown. And I'm definitely going to check out the full Floating Points album soon.

 

3 hours ago, Eeveelution said:

Yeah you spilled the t about Fadhouse. It would be cute if someone else released it, but Devotion is one of the best albums of all time and this kinda sound is just.. not what I want from Jessie. 

 

Die Young and Take Me as I Am are my faves from the HMs!

Right? I feel like she is never going to go back in that direction though =/ and stan for Die Young :clap3:  when will Kesha

 

3 hours ago, Navyofbadgals said:

Rina and Brock :clap3: 

talent :clap3: 

 

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Chariot, Die Young, Take Me As I Am, Sober II, List of People :clap3: 

I am gonna ignore the disappointments cuz I see Glasshouse and rep inside :keir: 

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17 minutes ago, Lazuli said:

Chariot, Die Young, Take Me As I Am, Sober II, List of People :clap3: 

I am gonna ignore the disappointments cuz I see Glasshouse and rep inside :keir: 

I’d recommend ignoring them too :duck:

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I was kinda disappointed in Blondie's stuff but I'm glad they're still at it and doing new things.

Take Me as I Am :heart2: 

Really glad I didn't listen to Tame Impala this round! 

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14 minutes ago, madonnas said:

I was kinda disappointed in Blondie's stuff but I'm glad they're still at it and doing new things.

Take Me as I Am :heart2: 

Really glad I didn't listen to Tame Impala this round! 

Honestly I wasn’t a massive fan of their whole album but I wasn’t really expecting anything of a comeback album from a band that peaked in the 70s lol

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Each Time You Fall In Love :cries:  :jonny: it's a beautiful song

 

Beach House + MGMT :clap3: 

 

 

 

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I've never been a stan but The Cure is immature and beneath her. Just a waste of everyone's time.

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BROCKHAMPTON. :clap3:

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Sober II is the only song I really like from Melodrama.

love List of People too!

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100 - 91 coming soon

 

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5 hours ago, ColdKeane said:

Each Time You Fall In Love :cries:  :jonny: it's a beautiful song

 

Beach House + MGMT :clap3: 

It really is :jonny5: that chorus melody is so lovely

 

3 hours ago, Chemical X. said:

I've never been a stan but The Cure is immature and beneath her. Just a waste of everyone's time.

Agreed, I hate it so much

 

3 hours ago, Pacaveli said:

BROCKHAMPTON. :clap3:

Legends :clap3:

 

3 hours ago, Mark Rih said:

Sober II is the only song I really like from Melodrama.

love List of People too!

It's not my absolute favourite from the album, but it's definitely up there

 

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Top Songs of 2017: 100 - 91:

 

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100. Power Corrupts - St. Vincent

This deluxe track from Masseduction I overlooked initially, but I actually prefer it to a lot of the album's material. It's basically an alternative version of the track Masseduction's instrumental but with the singer Toko Yasuda singing in Japanese, building on the 'seiken fuhai' hook of the original track, but the instrumental is now more bouncy and has different guitar work. I also just like the placement of the hook in the middle of the original chorus, where it falls time-wise.

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99. Neptune - Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister

The opener to the huge, worldly Planetarium album is subdued and beautiful. I love how the melody rises and falls in the beginning, before Sufjan goes into his falsetto. It really sets the tone for the rest of the album and even though it's not that long, it's one of the most affecting moments of the album.

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98. PONYBOY - SOPHIE

It's Okay To Cry was fine really, but this is what I want from SOPHIE. This brings back vibes of the Product-era songs and it bangs, doing the typical bubblegum bass thing. The backing vocals that come in for the second half are pretty cool. I hope SOPHIE continues to make music along these lines.

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97. Proud - (Sandy) Alex G

Many people are pointing out Bobby as a highlight from Rocket, and I agree, although personally Proud is up there as well. I love the instrumentation and the lyrics of the song are great and quite interesting.

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96. Selfish Love - Jessie Ware

I felt this was the best song from Glasshouse, because it was an area that Jessie had not yet ventured into. The melody is gentle and the bossa nova feel makes the song light and fun. I might actually prefer Egoista, but either way, this is a great song by Jessie and the main highlight of the album to me.

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95. We Find Love - Daniel Caesar

This is a very lovely traditional R&B song, moved along mainly on piano chord changes, some drums, and a backing choir. It conveys a beautiful sentiment though, and it is sung really movingly by a talented and expressive vocalist.

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94. Bijoux Boy - Lone Taxidermist

This is a definitely quite an interesting song. It's a pop song but it's definitely not conventional. It's part of a very distorted pop album called Trifle which is one of the highlights of the year, and I'm including this song as an example of it because I think best represents the album. The chorus is basically just ehehehehehehehehEHH.

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93. XXX. FEAT. U2. - Kendrick Lamar

XXX. is definitely a highlight of DAMN. to me. It starts out lowkey before Kendrick goes into rapid-fire mode about what he'd do if something happened to his family. The U2 feature is real classy and unforced, and then Kendrick comes back with a calmer, more politically charged verse. He addresses a lot of essential stuff here.

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92. Drugs (feat. ABRA) - Charli XCX

I really like Charli, and although Number 1 Angel wasn't amazing, it definitely had some standout songs, Drugs being one of them. Comparing your lover to a drug dealer isn't particular uncommon but Charli elevates the song with her personality and the ABRA verse.

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91. Hot Thoughts - Spoon

The best song on Spoon's album, this probably should've been higher on the list and it was earlier in the year, but maybe I've overplayed it or recency bias has got in the way. The instrumentation is really great, with the guitar lines and the start/stop whooshes that come in and out. It's so catchy, and some moments such as after the choruses are really euphoric. The main hook "Hot thoughts are in your mind, all of the time", whether it's the lyric or its melody, sounds pretty perfect.

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Ponyboy, a BOP :johnald:

Proud was one of the better tracks on that album

XXX is great, a highlight on DAMN for sure.

Drugs and Hot Thoughts were decent :-*

Didn't really like the Bijoux Boy project and didn't listen to the rest :doc:

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Sober deserved to make it's way onto the list :clap3:

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Power Corrupts :rip:

Glad to see XXX praise, I feel like it's getting paid dust. Def a highlight

Drugs :clap3: Best song on N1A

Proud :clap3: Great song although not one of my top picks from the album

Ponyboy :clap3: a BOP

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Interesting St. Vincent choice... more than 1 entry per artist right?

Drugs, Hot Thoguhts, XXX, Ponyboy, Selfish Love :jonny: Are you me?

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Great set :clap3: 10/10 Selfish love and XXX are my favs

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6 hours ago, Vxspertine said:

Ponyboy, a BOP :johnald:

Proud was one of the better tracks on that album

XXX is great, a highlight on DAMN for sure.

Drugs and Hot Thoughts were decent :-*

Didn't really like the Bijoux Boy project and didn't listen to the rest :doc:

oml where do you find this :johnald: and a shame about Trifle, it was a favourite this year for me. You haven't listened to Planetarium? :eek:

 

6 hours ago, grandewhispers said:

Sober deserved to make it's way onto the list :clap3:

OG Sober or Sober II? SOber I was not the tea for me :emofish:

 

6 hours ago, theblackestday said:

Power Corrupts :rip:

Glad to see XXX praise, I feel like it's getting paid dust. Def a highlight

Drugs :clap3: Best song on N1A

Proud :clap3: Great song although not one of my top picks from the album

Ponyboy :clap3: a BOP

XXX. is one of the best tracks on DAMN. for sure, as is Power Corrupts with Jesusseduction

 

6 hours ago, madonnas said:

Interesting St. Vincent choice... more than 1 entry per artist right?

Drugs, Hot Thoguhts, XXX, Ponyboy, Selfish Love :jonny: Are you me?

yep for a few artists, there may be more SV in there

and stan for those songs :clap3:i think some of my eventual picks may not be your faves from their albums though :duca:

 

4 hours ago, jose168 said:

Great set :clap3: 10/10 Selfish love and XXX are my favs

thanks :heart2: they're definitely highlights of their respective albums for sure

 

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chariot, each time you fall in love, list of people :clap3: 

neptune, selfish love, xxx :clap3: xxx in particular seems v unappreciated

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8 minutes ago, ultraviolence.xx said:

chariot, each time you fall in love, list of people :clap3: 

neptune, selfish love, xxx :clap3: xxx in particular seems v unappreciated

SONGS :clap3: though finally someone affirms the neptune choice. a perfect opener

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