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Post by bat1990 on Jul 15, 2021 11:29:58 GMT -5
4. HeartstringsPoints: 80 [TIE] Std. Dev: 5.60 (3rd Highest) Perfect Rank Count: 0 Bhad Bill would have ranked this at #1, if he had sent in a list. He's in good company with two other #1 ranks. This was the Japanese bonus track on Aphrodite. The reason why I ranked this so low is because of the autotuned background vocals. I would have put this in my top 10 if it had unprocessed or non-distorted background. Something more in line with the lush backgrounds like Mariah, Janet, or Brandy put together would've made this song truly beautiful to me, but I just can't stand it when the heavily processed "Baby you pull on my heartstrings" harmony comes in. Side B1 samo🦕1 HolidayGuy2 Illusions6 God6 aerodynamite9 Juanca13 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲13 Az Paynter13 SHOOTER16 bat1990Side Aschnetzka
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Post by Juanca on Jul 15, 2021 12:03:53 GMT -5
Confide in Me vs Can't Get You Out of My Head We've seen it before...how will the chips fall this time? Tune in tomorrow to find out! Sorry! Late! I know! 5. The loco-motion (9): I loved her 80s version (no shame! It was a favorite of my childhood, video included). Then I discovered the original and liked it too although I remained biased in favor of the 80s sound. I think Kylie did a pretty good version here, with a sound much closer to the original, but I was hoping for something a bit different… Oh! My top 4 is the top 4! 4. All the lovers (4): very nice, lush reinvention, that built on the original vibe and use of synth strings. I love the original, and i think this version worked very well. 3. On a night like this (3): nice sexy reinterpretation of a song I discovered after it charted. It is a very solid version that sounds as if it had conceived like this. The beat, instrumental and vocals work very well and bring it new life. Well done! 2. Can’t get you out of my head (2): my favorite Kylie song! I was afraid at the version here, but it worked perfectly! Great instrumental that kept the pace of the original but added a sense of almost military urgency and extra intensity. Definitely a keeper that I’ll be coming back to. 1. Confide in me (1): hard to choose, but this version was stellar and took the original to new heights IMO. Love the more intense and kinda darker instrumental, with once again great vocals. Another keeper. So glad to see a 4xPPPPPPerfect Ranking!
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Post by bat1990 on Jul 16, 2021 17:49:06 GMT -5
3. SilencePoints: 80 [TIE] Std. Dev: 5.16 Perfect Rank Count: 2 The top half of our last tie was the B-side to "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" I personally found this one of the strongest Aphrodite tracks album or B-side. Maybe it sated my appetite after finding the album disappointing as well as the performance of all singles after "All The Lovers." We also see the final #18 rank exiting with this one. Side B1 aerodynamite3 bat19903 Az Paynter6 samo🦕7 Illusions8 HolidayGuy10 SHOOTER12 God12 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲18 JuancaSide Aschnetzka
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Post by bat1990 on Jul 16, 2021 17:53:35 GMT -5
2. SparksPoints: 66 Std. Dev: 4.99 Perfect Rank Count: 1 My #1 came so close!! I'm glad it went this far, thanks to help from SHOOTER. I remember seeing this listed at the 7" B-side to "Into the Blue" and not thinking much about it at the time of the Kiss Me Once era. The album was more to my tastes than Aphrodite, so I was happy with a lot of what it had to offer. It wasn't until several years later that I sought this song out when binging Kylie B-sides and rare tracks, and I was utterly blown away... Her soaring, powerful vocals are nestled so well into the propulsive production. Much like "Slo Motion" from Body Language, I was left wondering why this was left off of the album proper. I always say though Kylie and Britney have the best collection of B-Sides and Bonus Tracks of everyone in pop. Side B1 bat19901 SHOOTER2 Az Paynter4 God5 Illusions6 Juanca10 samo🦕10 HolidayGuy11 aerodynamite16 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲Side Aschnetzka
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Post by bat1990 on Jul 16, 2021 17:57:45 GMT -5
1. Carried AwayPoints: 54 Std. Dev: 3.92 (3rd Lowest) Perfect Rank Count: 0In a fun twist, NOBODY ranked the winner at #1! It is my #2 so I'm not too put out by the results, but I was hoping "Sparks" could take the cake. That said, this Greg Kurstin production is pure euphoric fun dressed in the glitchy electro production Kylie was experimenting with during the X sessions. I want to press repeat on this one because it always feels like it ends to soon and I want to keep the mood going. Thank you all for participating!! We have concluded our journey through Kylie's rare tracks. I hope everyone who participated found some undiscovered Kylie gems which they previously were unaware of. I will open Kiss Me Once when I come back from vacation in 10 days. Side B2 bat19902 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲2 HolidayGuy4 samo🦕4 Az Paynter5 aerodynamite6 Illusions6 SHOOTER8 God15 JuancaSide Aschnetzka
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 16, 2021 17:59:33 GMT -5
What a scam!
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Post by Juanca on Jul 18, 2021 19:08:12 GMT -5
B sides! I’m not sure what to expect, as I barely know a couple of songs from this list. There were some good discoveries and some stuff that was just too meh for me. I found a period much stronger but let’s see if I’m an outlier or not. Nothing egregious though, which was good to see. 18. Your body (13): It was a contender for bottom spot when I first heard it, especially because it was a disappointment considering all acts involved. But then I found myself singing the chorus when I went to the zoo with friends it had just gotten stuck in my head! So I ranked it a bit higher in the end. 17. If I can’t have you (3): hmmm…. Excuse me?!! What are you guys smoking? Lol. This was a great discovery and early front runner to me. The instrumental and melody are strong, catchy, dreamy but dancey, the structure works for the lyrics, she sounds very well, and their voices work well together. Disappointed at how low this ended up. 16. Rippin’ up the disco (7): This sounded pretty good to me, with a good instrumental and catchy melody 15. Glow (2): The verse and prechorus were earworms from first listen. 14. Go Hard or go home (12): 13. Black and white (4): one of a couple songs I had heard before. I like the first half a lot, to counteract Shaggy’s fun but too cheap and generic bridge. 12. Magnetic electric (11): 11. King or Queen (5):
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Post by bat1990 on Jul 22, 2021 10:46:13 GMT -5
My avatar change means... Set 9 is open!!Join us on this journey as we close out Kylie's Parlophone years. These lists are due one month from tomorrow on Monday, August 23rd. Reminders will be twice a week and then daily once we get within 10 days. If you could number your lists, that helps me immensely in Excel. This set covers the only material released under her brief tenure with Roc Nation management. Kiss Me Once was co-executive produced by Kylie and Sia and featured songs from an array of producers. Despite the contemporary sound, it performed poorly, singles included, and ended Kylie's 15 year long relationship with Parlophone Records (and possibly Warner Music Australia, who acquired Mushroom in the mid-noughties). Into The Blue Million Miles I Was Gonna Cancel Sexy Love Sexercize Feels So Good If Only Les Sex Kiss Me Once Beautiful Fine Mr. President Sleeping With The Enemy For the back half of this set, we will be ranking Kylie's non-album singles!! Hopefully this will entice more people than the B-Sides since these are well known songs. These span from the Kylie & Jason days of 1988 to the campy "New York City" on the Step Back in Time collection. For all of you asking where songs like "I Believe in You" have been, here is where they finally appear! Made in Heaven Especially For You What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before) Celebration Where is The Feeling? [BIR Dolphin Mix] Where The Wild Roses Grow GBI I Believe in You Giving You Up Chiggy Wiggy Higher Timebomb Crystallize Right Here, Right Now New York City
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 22, 2021 17:36:11 GMT -5
I'll be back in to this series now. ;)
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Aug 19, 2021 9:14:54 GMT -5
Still working on it...
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Post by Illusions on Aug 22, 2021 20:19:19 GMT -5
Will send my list in tonight. :)
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 23, 2021 8:48:46 GMT -5
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Post by Juanca on Aug 23, 2021 10:34:43 GMT -5
Yes! I’ll be submitting the KMO list today for sure, and will work on the other list in the next few days
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Post by Az Paynter on Aug 23, 2021 12:31:41 GMT -5
I'm in the middle of KMO right now.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Aug 23, 2021 12:47:58 GMT -5
I'll send it in later.
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 23, 2021 19:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 24, 2021 9:06:27 GMT -5
SUBMISSIONS CLOSEDWith 17 participants, we have an excellent number to get started later today! We were all over the place on these songs - a whopping 9 songs out of 13 received at least one #1 rank - but only ONE can win. Also of note - there were no ties this time around. Prediction questions while I gather photos and prep for my job interview: - Highest & Lowest SD - Which song with zero #1 ranks placed the highest? - Which song will be out first? - Which song will go the distance and be #1? Again you have until Friday evening (Eastern Time USA) to get me a list for Non-Album Singles if you haven't already. Participantsbat1990GodGinger Spicesamo🦕schnetzkaSHOOTERLing-Lingaerodynamite.indulgecountry [1/2] IllusionsHookHolidayGuyJuan Carlos [1/2] Az Paynter [1/2] 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲Juanca [1/2] Bhad Bill [1/2]
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