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11 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

top 5 tomorrow :party:

quote this post with your guesses and the most accurate will win something

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@ultraviolence.xx isn't allowed to do this because he knows the order

 

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Undercover — Susanne Sundfør

Third of May / Ōdaigahara — Fleet Foxes

Midnight — Jessie Ware

Oh Woman Oh Man — London Grammar

Green Light — Lorde

 

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Undercover — Susanne Sundfør

Third of May / Ōdaigahara — Fleet Foxes

Midnight — Jessie Ware

Oh Woman Oh Man — London Grammar

Green Light — Lorde

 

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hmmm okay but Midnight was #8 and Non Believer was LG's entry @ #15

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2 minutes ago, AlexisNeiers said:

Oh yeah, I wouldn't be mad if Fetish was there too

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watch Selena go back to the Revival-era sound or go down the EDM collab route and lose me

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Just now, Unoriginal said:

hmmm okay but Midnight was #8 and Non Believer was LG's entry @ #15

Not my fault you didn't make a recap

 

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Then idk

 

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2 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Not my fault you didn't make a recap

 

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Then idk

 

Mountaineers is gorgeous

Fool's Errand is amazing and On Another Ocean has been snatching me lately

Green Light is a million times better than Overrated Places

 

also RECAP IN THE OP

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2 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

watch Selena go back to the Revival-era sound or go down the EDM collab route and lose me

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don't jinx it

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6 minutes ago, AlexisNeiers said:

don't jinx it

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Wolves' success did that on its own lbr 

edit: and IAM's

 

another edit: tbh it's actually impressive how Selena went from releasing mostly trash with Revival to two of my favourite singles of 2017

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48 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

UNORIGINAL'S BEST OF 2017

2017's 50 Best Singles

10 - 6

 

#10

BANKS - Underdog

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BANKS served us Crowded Places near the start of 2017 and it was lowkey a mess and nowhere near her best material but nonetheless a sweet BANKS song that was a nice gift a couple months after The Altar, one of 2016's albums of the year. Underdog came relatively out of the blue and it was a much better surprise than Crowded Places was. It's different from a lot of Goddess and The Altar in that it's lighter and much happier; there's a distinct lack of darker undertones that peppered both of BANKS' albums, with distinctions like Warm Water and Lovesick -- both were album highlights and Underdog is an impressive entry into BANKS' catalogue with its fascinating barks, strained yet restrained chorus and interesting production. A worthy top ten entry with considerable replayability. It still sounds fresh nearly 150 plays in. I promised no essays this time so I'll stop here.

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#9

Kelela - Frontline

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I'd known of Kelela from her feature on A Seat at the Table but regrettably didn't check her out until the release of Take Me Apart. Frontline, the album's opening song and an album highlight as well as a formidable single choice, is commendable in its confidence, daring and emotional strength. It sounds angry and upset but powerful and in control, all simultaneously. Kelela's vocals are heavenly, especially towards the end of the bridge, and the whole song is a laudable triumph of modern R&B; it confidently places Kelela front and centre of the new wave of R&B artists who aren't really R&B and deservingly so. 

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#8

Jessie Ware - Midnight

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I've been a fan of Jessie Ware since Tough Love and the consistence in quality from Devotion all the way up to Glasshouse is a rare calibre that's difficult for most artists to attain; Jessie makes it seem effortless and Midnight - the soulful, stomping, powerful lead single from Jessie's third album Glasshouse - served only as further testament to this. Jessie claimed Midnight was a song she 'always wanted to be able to sing but perhaps didn't have the confidence [to] until now' but there are no issues whatsoever with Midnight effortlessly exuding confidence for all of its nearly four-minute runtime. It sounds like a lowkey 80s callback that mixes modern elements in perfectly to create a sublime, perfect lead single that is exactly where Jessie sounds most comfortable - and righfully so.

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St. Vincent - Los Ageless

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There can be little higher praise given to Los Ageless than to say it single-handedly convinced me to pre-order the most expensive version of MASSEDUCTION; by the end of the first chorus I'd bought a vinyl of the album that didn't even have a proper sleeve. New York was admittedly a tad underwhelming because it felt like it was lacking something; I'd listened to it twice by the time Los Ageless came out months later. Los Ageless is entirely the opposite of New York: it's loud and it's full on from the very first second with a distorted guitar, sharp and snappy lyrics and one of my favourite choruses of 2017 purely for its sheer quality and, in a way, unexpectedness. The song is a clever kind of Father John Misty-esque critique of LA and American youth in general that's accompanied behind one of Annie Clark's most accessible, poppiest instrumentals thanks to Jack Antonoff's production. It's a full on attack on the senses that succeeds in its delivery and clever message whilst also weaving in heartbreak with the song's chorus and outro. Simply genius.

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#6

Father John Misty - Ballad of the Dying Man

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Speaking of Father John Misty... Ballad of the Dying Man is predictably (not at all in a bad way) littered with Misty's sharp, witty, clever lyrics that make pretentiousness look cool. Dying Man talks about a man thinking back on life and considering the importance of his opinions, views and critiques on the world before realising that, in the end, it counts for what is essentially... nothing. It's a genius, dry-humoured narrative that feels all too relevant for today's society and feels like a song only Misty could pull off so well (as we've somewhat regrettably seen, Arcade Fire... um... tried it) backed by a deceptively, seemingly simple yet perfect-for-the-song instrumental led in by a guitar and piano before being led primarily by the piano and percussion. Later on into the song, a choir comes in to drive home the message of the song one more powerful time. It feels grandiose and extravagant because it is -- intentionally. Misty perfected his pretentious shtick on Pure Comedy and Ballad of the Dying Man is one of the best outputs of this (oddly, Misty's persona feels so drilled in that serious songs like Two Wildly Different Perspectives come off as try-hard and not genuine).

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Love Kelela's delivery during the outro :heart2:

Midnight isn't my favorite single from Jessie but it'll do.

Los Ageless :clap3: 

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Midnight is a masterpiece :alexz: 

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Los Ageless :alexz: The HOOK :alexz:

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Crowded Places is better than Underdog tho :cm: 

Frontline is cute, and so was Midnight but Jessie's got better singles than that! 

Los Ageless is my least fave single from MASSEDUCTION but I'll give it to you :cm: 

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:alexz3: yes at this update. don't care for father john misty but the rest are great

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Say My Name is a bop :party: Stan for Bad Liar :clap3: I think Hands To Myself did it better :keir:

I listened to Walking Away and it's nice :flower: Love is a slay :eddie: Underdog so high :eek: It's a cute lil bop :jamming:

Frontline is good but there are better songs on the album :keir: Midnight :celestial:

Los Ageless is amazing :jonny: New York is so mediocre in comparison :zzz:

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Okayyyy so one of my friends got sick so the plans our group had got scrapped which means I'm ahead of schedule if I post 5 - 1 today :sherlock:

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Underdog making top 10 :eek: whew, it' so underrated tbh :'(

Kelela's praise :smitten: Frontline is such a great opening for that album :smitten:

Midnight and Los Ageless :jonny: whew, sis, that 1-2-3-4 punch :jonny: i'm SCALPED

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St vincent and kelela, we loves it.

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20 hours ago, Unoriginal said:

Revival's just such a nonevent for me and there are some seriously BAD songs on it. Body Heat :deadbanana2: Sober :skull: Hands to Myself :doc: Kill Em With Kindness :sick: 

 

delete it fat :biblio: I understand why you call those songs bad (aside from Sober which is a nod to Style), I remember when I first listened to Hands To Myself I was like wtf :deadbanana4: It grew on me eventually, as well as the entire album (I've recieved my GODvival box set today btw :-*)

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Also, from the update I've listened only to Los Ageless and Frontline which are amazing :clap3: taste

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21 hours ago, Unoriginal said:

Mountaineers is gorgeous

Fool's Errand is amazing and On Another Ocean has been snatching me lately

Green Light is a million times better than Overrated Places

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Okay

Agree although neither are good

 

21 hours ago, Unoriginal said:

also RECAP IN THE OP

Putting random pics is not a recap :rip:

 

11 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

Seeing as I have no intention of updating today, buy Music for People in Trouble on iTunes

Why not bitch?

Promote ha though

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Frontline is the best from this update for me :cm:

the Kelela acclaim is beautiful

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13 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Water is wet

Agree although neither are good

tell ATRL that

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13 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Putting random pics is not a recap :rip:

okay fine (i tried to number them but the paste from my word document is ****ing up). bold is HMs

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  6. Ballad of the Dying Man – FJM
  7. Los Ageless – St. Vincent
  8. Midnight – Jessie Ware
  9. Frontline – Kelela
  10. Underdog – BANKS
  11. Walking Away – HAIM
  12. Dangerous – The xx
  13. Love – Lana Del Rey
  14. Bad Liar – Selena Gomez
  15. Non Believer – London Grammar
  16. Give it to Me – Miya Folick
  17. Go Ahead – Perfume Genius
  18. 3WW – alt-J
  19. Say My Name – Tove Styrke
  20. Nostalgia – NAO
  21. Fake Happy – Paramore
  22. Top of the World – Kimbra
  23. …Ready for It? – Taylor Swift
  24. Velvet 4 Sale – U.S. Girls
  25. Sweet Dreams – BORNS
  26. Cyber Stockholm Syndrome – Rina Sawayama
  27. Disco **** – Tove Lo
  28. Sign of the Times – Harry Styles
  29. Wallowa Lake Monster – Sufjan Stevens
  30. Think About That – Jessie J
  31. Everything Now – Arcade Fire
  32. Boys – Charli XCX
  33. New Rules – Dua Lipa
  34. Systemagic – Goldfrapp
  35. The Weekend – SZA
  36. Bathwater – WESLEE
  37. Crybaby – Paloma Faith
  38. When You’re Gone – Verite
  39. When I Was Young – MO
  40. Wild Thoughts – DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
  41. Praying – Kesha
  42. Passionfruit – Drake
  43. Casanova – Allie X
  44. Bad Love – RY X
  45. Strangers - Sigrid
  46. Now or Never – Halsey
  47. Burn it Down – Daughter
  48. Dead – Madison Beer
  49. Rude Love – Becky Hill
  50. OMG – Camila Cabello

Tell Me You Love Me – Demi Lovato

Love on the Brain – Rihanna

Feel it Still – Portugal. The Man

G.O.A.T. – Princess Nokia

HUMBLE. – Kendrick Lamar

Slide – Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Migos

The Story of O.J. – Jay-Z

Tinashe – Flame

Lady Gaga – The Cure

Frank Ocean – Chanel

 

13 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

Why not bitch?

Promote ha though

I thought I wouldn't be free to update today but plans went down the drain. i posted two updates yesterday to make up for it but now that i'm free i have the choice between posting 5 - 1 a day early or keeping to my original schedule that worked out perfectly to finish on December 31 and i chose the latter

 

talent deserves recognition 

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1 minute ago, Unoriginal said:

tell ATRL that

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okay fine (i tried to number them but the paste from my word document is ****ing up. bold is HMs

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Ballad of the Dying Man – FJM

Los Ageless – St. Vincent

Midnight – Jessie Ware

Frontline – Kelela

Underdog – BANKS

Walking Away – HAIM

Dangerous – The xx

Love – Lana Del Rey

Bad Liar – Selena Gomez

Non Believer – London Grammar

Give it to Me – Miya Folick

Go Ahead – Perfume Genius

3WW – alt-J

Say My Name – Tove Styrke

Nostalgia – NAO

Fake Happy – Paramore

Top of the World – Kimbra

…Ready for It? – Taylor Swift

Velvet 4 Sale – U.S. Girls

Sweet Dreams – BORNS

Cyber Stockholm Syndrome – Rina Sawayama

Disco **** – Tove Lo

Sign of the Times – Harry Styles

Wallowa Lake Monster – Sufjan Stevens

Think About That – Jessie J

Everything Now – Arcade Fire

Boys – Charli XCX

New Rules – Dua Lipa

Systemagic – Goldfrapp

The Weekend – SZA

Bathwater – WESLEE

Crybaby – Paloma Faith

When You’re Gone – Verite

When I Was Young – MO

Wild Thoughts – DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Bryson Tiller

Praying – Kesha

Passionfruit – Drake

Casanova – Allie X

Bad Love – RY X

Strangers - Sigrid

Now or Never – Halsey

Burn it Down – Daughter

Dead – Madison Beer

Rude Love – Becky Hill

OMG – Camila Cabello

Tell Me You Love Me – Demi Lovato

Love on the Brain – Rihanna

Feel it Still – Portugal. The Man

G.O.A.T. – Princess Nokia

HUMBLE. – Kendrick Lamar

Slide – Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Migos

The Story of O.J. – Jay-Z

Tinashe – Flame

Lady Gaga – The Cure

Frank Ocean – Chanel

 

I thought I wouldn't be free to update today but plans went down the drain. i posted two updates yesterday to make up for it but now that i'm free i have the choice between posting 5 - 1 a day early or keeping to my original schedule that worked out perfectly to finish on December 31 and i chose the latter

 

talent deserves recognition 

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Also you do realize there's a numbered list option on ATRL right

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4 minutes ago, theblackestday said:

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Also you do realize there's a numbered list option on ATRL right

yeah but i didn't think of that you're making me look stupid here

 

edit: oh also it numbers BotDM as #1 and it's not. it's #6

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