Pulse Rankdown: 2018 Year End Alternative Chart (WE'RE DONE)

[peacebone]

I didn't think the correct Alice song would be higher, but here we are.

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11
No Roots
Alice Merton

Year-End Placing: #14
Chart Peak: #1
Chart Weeks: 33

3623 points

Standard Deviation: 26.53

LBTrocks: 1
BlurryKyle: 2
Doc Indie Party Rock: 2
woods: 2
willapted33: 3
Taiga: 4
Leo ✔: 4
Az Paynter: 4
House Lannister: 4
SHOOTER: 4
Lordef†ones: 5
wheatsquares33: 5
Albie: 9
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 9
Mylo13 💜: 10
Web: 11
Leaf: 11
lyhom: 11
Zach: 11
Alex1901: 14
matteeeb: 14
Mayman: 14
@carseatlegrest: 16
.indulgecountry: 19
singingrulebritannia: 23
rowellfarm490: 24
@doinktheclown: 24
Daryl the Beryl: 27
@humanshazam: 27
trilogy: 29
zaclord 🌈: 31
Walking Contradiction: 33
bbfan97: 35
maine: 35
Mr. Thonk Eyes: 38
peacebone: 39
Red: 42
astorknight: 46
Beno: 48
morneaumispelled: 50
rgreen0625: 53
American Idiot: 57
fearlessarrow: 59
alexcuse: 64
@crapkuki23: 65
MoD: 67
dm2081: 70
@xfer: 74
CF15: 86
Geometrical: 96
janinho: 97

Movements
21 22 15 15 10 6 13 17 23 23 25 25 25 26 25 24 24 24 25 22 22 21 23 21 23 25 24 26 24 22 21 21 21 16 19 22 19 19 19 16 16 13 15 13 14 14 12 12 11 11

Past Artist History
Debut

Remaining Songs

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Live in the Moment
Run for Cover
She’s Kerosene
The Gold
I Hope You’re Happy
Lash Out
Numb
Sorry
Los Ageless
Pink Lemonade

[maine]

Thank god. Great top 10.

[Mylo13 💜]

Noooooooooo this deserved so much better!

AHhhhhh

[Leo ✔]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO janinho WHY?!?!?!

[Deleted]

The beast is slain

[MoD]

this overstayed a lot

[lyhom]

this isn't "live in the moment" but I get a pppppppp out of this so fine

[Beno]

The right Alice song is higher, No Roots sounds like the only reason it exists is to be used in commercials.

(It does have a really good bassline though)

[peacebone]

Our final two extras...first, a song that just finished as the runner-up in the 2018 Wintertime Madness #4 Seeds!

EXTRA

Nina Cried Power
Hozier f/Mavis Staples

Chart Peak: #31
Chart Weeks: 8

Share your thoughts about this song below!

[Mylo13 💜]

Nina Cried Power rocks!

[peacebone]

And finally...

"Your friends are high right now
Your parents are high right now
That hot chick's high right now
That cop is high right now
The president's high right now
Your priest is high right now
Everyone's high as fuck right now
And no one's ever coming down"

EXTRA

Rx (Medicate)
Theory of a Deadman

Chart Peak: #28
Chart Weeks: 14

Share your thoughts about this song below!

[Taiga]

Lemme see how many top 10s I have on the top 10... *checks list* none. Y'all are cold.

[MoD]

I would've loved seeing NCP here. It would have been a contender for my #1

[fearlessarrow]

Great, got rid of everything in my bottom 50 as we head into the top 10!

[Beno]

Again, Nina would've been my #1 without a doubt. One of my top 5 songs of the year.

[singingrulebritannia]

Jan 5, 2019 18:15:42 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

My top 10 prediction is somewhere between optimistic and pessimistic. Los Ageless, Pink Lemonade, She's Kerosene, The Gold, Run For Cover, Sorry, Lash Out, &Run, Sit Next To Me, Live in the Moment. Handyman and BO have a good shot at filling in if any one of these faltered

Only song I missed was "Numb", but not because I didn't think it would have the support. I just thought it would have more tankers. I'm overjoyed that it defied the odds!

[Red]

I think it's fairly safe to say that "Nina" would have been top 15 or higher here, had it made the cut.

[Zach]

My 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 19 and 40 have made it top the top 10. Such a good selection of songs. If there's any song that I'm kind of surprised it to top 10 it's my 19.

[Zach]

NINA CRIED POWER IS AMAZING!!! Rx (Medicate) is FAR from amazing.

[woods]

3 6 7 14 30 38 54 71 79 92

Could be worse.

[Alex1901]

Nina Cried Power is great, despite never being the biggest fan of TMTC

[lyhom]

I had ranked this list way ahead of time and I had assumed that "rx" would've been on the list and I'm glad it didn't as it was in my bottom ten lol

[peacebone]

Here it is, your top 10:

Portugal. The Man - Live in the Moment
The Killers - Run for Cover
The Interrupters - She’s Kerosene
Manchester Orchestra - The Gold
Blue October - I Hope You’re Happy
Alice Merton - Lash Out
Meg Myers - Numb
Nothing but Thieves - Sorry
St. Vincent - Los Ageless
James Bay - Pink Lemonade

You know the drill, survey time:
1. Any particular surprises about this top 10?
2. What order do you think this top 10 will leave in?

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Red lyhom Daryl the Beryl wheatsquares33 Web Butterflies & Hurricanes Alex1901 astorknight janinho maine Walking Contradiction trilogy singingrulebritannia @crapkuki23 Taiga Leaf @humanshazam bbfan97 morneaumispelled Doc Indie Party Rock rowellfarm490 @carseatlegrest alexcuse @xfer Beno American Idiot Lordef†ones MoD BlurryKyle willapted33 zaclord 🌈 dm2081 Albie Mylo13 💜 rgreen0625 Geometrical Leo ✔ Zach @doinktheclown LBTrocks matteeeb House Lannister CF15 Az Paynter fearlessarrow .indulgecountry SHOOTER Mr. Thonk Eyes woods Mayman

[Albie]

Wait not No Roots bottom 10! Extra.

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Remaining: 9, 12, 25, 48, 50, 64, 65, 73, 78, 91

Excuse me, how am I not last in closeness?

Rooting for my 9 and 12 (Lowkey forgot my 12 was in), everything else can burn

[Deleted]

This is a fantastic top ten. All of these songs are in my top 25. Run For Cover is going to win, I’m calling it right now.

[Deleted]

Jan 10, 2019 23:05:09 GMT -5 peacebone said:

And finally...

"Your friends are high right now
Your parents are high right now
That hot chick's high right now
That cop is high right now
The president's high right now
Your priest is high right now
Everyone's high as f**k right now
And no one's ever coming down"

EXTRA

Rx (Medicate)
Theory of a Deadman

Chart Peak: #28
Chart Weeks: 14

Share your thoughts about this song below!

Would've been Top 10 for me, easy

[janinho]

Jan 10, 2019 23:03:19 GMT -5 Leo ✔ said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO janinho WHY?!?!?!

An extreme annoying chorus + extreme overplay in Germany since Spring 2017.

[Daryl the Beryl]

25: Hunger - Subpar for Florence but still better than most of the list.
24: Handyman - Catchier and more alternative-friendly than "Passion", so no surprise this was higher than that.
23: Scary Love - Overrated band, and this is only good, not great. Overstayed.
22: Always Ascending - One of my favorites of the year, enough said.
21: Gold Rush - Love the lyrics on this one, and although they've had better, it's still an excellent song.
20: Doubt - Good song that deserved better on Alt.
19: Loving is Easy - Great song although I'm not in love with it as much as some of y'all. Still, I'd rather see this higher than songs like "&Run" and "Live in the Moment", which are fine but are not that good imo. (Apologies in advance for not ranking them higher)
18: You Worry Me - Nathaniel Rateliff & co. prove that "S.O.B." was not a fluke and made another great song. "A Little Honey" on the other hand...
17: I Only Lie When I Love You - And all the active crossovers (that did better there) have been revealed. Not their best, but still a jam.
16: Far Away Truths - Cool guitar jam that I'm glad did as well as it did on radio.
15: Sit Next to Me - Surprised this is out so early, thought it could win but I'm not complaining.
14: Simplify - A song that should've done much better on Alt. I even prefer this to their last lead single. This bodes well for "Superposition", right?
13: Jumpsuit - I am glad 21p decided to stay away from the Imagine Dragons-route many artists are taking and instead opt for a more guitar-driven sound for their lead single.
12: &Run - Bottom 50 cleared! I like this, but "High" was much better imo. As well as "Gold" but that was from 2014.
11: No Roots - Thought the pop posters would boost this one more, but not complaining it's not top 10.

Glad I only lost 1 top 10 instead of more in this set since 25-11 is the region that usually kills my top 10. (EDIT: I actually lost 2 top 10s - nonetheless it could have still been worse) A better top 10 than I expected! Surprises: "Sorry" and "I Hope You're Happy".

"Nina Cried Power" would be top 20 for me and on the other hand, "Rx (Medicate)" would have been in my bottom 20.

Predictions:
1 Pink Lemonade
2 Los Ageless
3 Live in the Moment
4 She's Kerosene
5 Lash Out
6 Run for Cover
7 The Gold
8 Sorry
9 Numb
10 I Hope You're Happy

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