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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 19:06:20 GMT -5
From this British gothic rock band's second album, which went to #1 on the UK Indie chart. Walking on Your Hands Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Year-End Position: #160
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 19:06:34 GMT -5
A non-album single released following This Nation's Saving Grace. Cruiser's Creek The Fall
Year-End Position: #158
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 19:06:46 GMT -5
The Human League's return to chart success after the failure of Hysteria somehow managed to only end up as an extra here. Human The Human League
Year-End Position: #157
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 19:06:58 GMT -5
One of the progenitors of the same Athens, GA jangle pop scene that spawned R.E.M. and multiple other bands on this rankdown alone, but I'm not sure if we'll ever get to rank them. Beatle Boots Love Tractor
Year-End Position: #155
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 19:07:12 GMT -5
The title track from their debut album, this was actually its lead single - not "Ship of Fools" as you'd perhaps think from its success. Features backing vocals from Sinead O'Connor. Private Revolution World Party
Year-End Position: #151
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 19:07:46 GMT -5
And from the second and final album by this country-influenced new wave band that had scored a minor Hot 100 hit on their debut album ("Anywhere With You"). Souvenir Rubber Rodeo
Year-End Position: #150
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:00:04 GMT -5
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:05:28 GMT -5
I felt really intimidated when I first saw this song's runtime, but the 9 minutes ended up going by surprisingly quickly for me. 55
Contemplation Bill Nelson
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884 points Standard Deviation: 24.02 aerodynamite: 16 campbellssoup: 22 @humanshazam: 24 peacebone: 31 gonecountry: 35 rowellfarm490: 39 wheatsquares33: 40 Beno: 41 Butterflies & Hurricanes: 44 lyhom: 55Daryl the Beryl: 58 American Idiot: 65 eidde: 69 craziaskowboi: 75 singingrulebritannia: 78 Red: 82 newpower: 84 Doc Indie Party Rock: 88 Mirago: 89 Past Artist HistoryDebut Remaining Songs (Forever) Live and Die A Way Back Where I Belong Bizarre Love Triangle Blood and Roses Bring on the Dancing Horses Candyman Cities in Dust Clustering Train Cry for Love Digging Your Scene Don't Get Me Wrong Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely Fadeaway Fall on Me Far Side of Crazy Happy Hour Higher Love Hold My Life I Still Believe (Great Design) If I Was If You Leave In Little Ways In Your Eyes Just Like Honey Kiss Me on the Bus Kundalini Express Language Is a Virus Left of Center Life's What You Make It Manic Monday Missionary Man No Promises Panic Paranoimia Peter Gunn Red Rain Rise Secret Separation She Sells Sanctuary Shell-Shock Sledgehammer Stripped Summer of Love Superman Swamp Thing Tantalized The Big Sky The Queen Is Dead Walk Like an Egyptian Wax and Wane Welcome to the Boomtown When Tomorrow Comes Years Later
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Post by lyhom on Aug 26, 2020 20:06:12 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Aug 26, 2020 20:07:43 GMT -5
Out of every song that I ranked bottom 20 low, this is the one I'm most okay with being around for as long as it was. It just wasn't for me, but I have no issues with the song overall.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Aug 26, 2020 20:09:01 GMT -5
ngl I had Bill Nelson confused with Bill Frisell
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Post by eidde on Aug 26, 2020 20:10:08 GMT -5
this UB40 song is 7 minutes long
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:10:33 GMT -5
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:14:58 GMT -5
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Peter Gunn The Art of Noise f/Duane Eddy
Year-End Placing: #45 Chart Peak: #4
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Post by Red on Aug 26, 2020 20:17:25 GMT -5
The previous year, The Art of Noise released "Moments in Love".
One year later, they release this.
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:20:13 GMT -5
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:25:25 GMT -5
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Welcome to the Boomtown David + David
Year-End Placing: #92 Chart Peak: #13
893 points Standard Deviation: 25.30
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Post by Red on Aug 26, 2020 20:26:42 GMT -5
Perfectly pleasant and nice song, just not something I gravitated to greatly.
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:30:09 GMT -5
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:35:09 GMT -5
The band name to end them all finally departs :( 52
Years Later Cactus World News
Year-End Placing: #31 Chart Peak: #8
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2020 20:35:48 GMT -5
Cactus World News
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Post by eidde on Aug 26, 2020 20:35:53 GMT -5
this rankdown has a band called Cactus World News
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Aug 26, 2020 20:37:08 GMT -5
no respect for journalists :(
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Post by Red on Aug 26, 2020 20:37:32 GMT -5
You have no idea how badly I was rooting for this to make the top 40. Could you imagine the thought of a band named Cactus World News getting that far? That would have been amazing.
It can only be a dream now. :(
(The song itself is almost as good as the band name.)
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:41:37 GMT -5
The perfecto doesn’t make up for how much I would have loved the thought of a song like this making the top half 51
Paranoimia The Art of Noise w/Max Headroom
Year-End Placing: #94 Chart Peak: #10
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Aug 26, 2020 20:43:22 GMT -5
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Post by lyhom on Aug 26, 2020 20:43:52 GMT -5
yeah I've never seen anything with max headroom in it before, so without that context this just felt like an experiment that went nowhere for me
would've been amusing to see this in the top half though lol
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Post by Red on Aug 26, 2020 20:45:53 GMT -5
I've had this song in my head for days now, and I can't get it out.
In fact, the way this song keeps gnawing at me reminds me a lot of when I fell in love with "Suboceana" a few RD years ago. I don't know if I'll ever like this as much (particularly because Max Headroom is just too goofy), but I listened to an instrumental-only version, and it kind of rules, so I do think I was too harsh on it.
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Post by peacebone on Aug 26, 2020 20:53:04 GMT -5
A pretty big improvement on just about everything else we’ve ranked so far from him on rock chart lists, at least. 50
Cry for Love Iggy Pop
Year-End Placing: #51 Chart Peak: #2
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