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Post by samo🦕 on Jan 7, 2022 16:34:22 GMT -5
That leaves Night Of The Swallow and Get Out Of My House as our top 2. One of these spent all but two lists in the top 2, while the other only spent two lists up there. They're separated by 17 points, and have five #1s and a #10 between them. But which will win? Find out in 10 minutes.
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Post by samo🦕 on Jan 7, 2022 16:45:55 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Jan 7, 2022 16:50:17 GMT -5
Thanks for joining me for another installment of this series; I'll be back soon to open submissions for Hounds Of Love, which will hopefully be the biggest yet.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2022 20:44:15 GMT -5
I was wrong about Suspended In Gaffa winning this, but I was right with the back up option, Night Of The Swallow.
Basically the poppy songs won.
I don't know why Hounds Of Love is Kate's most popular album, as i see only like 3 real standouts, but I am ready to rank those 3 very high!
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Post by jamatthews83 on Jan 8, 2022 1:13:42 GMT -5
Really thought SIYL and SIG would be the top 2, great end result. Thanks for hosting.
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Post by samo🦕 on Jan 15, 2022 13:22:43 GMT -5
In the year following The Dreaming's commercial underperformance, Kate built a 48-track studio in the barn behind her family home, allowing her to produce her future music when she wanted to. Two years later, she released arguably (inarguably?) her most well-known album, Hounds Of Love! At the time Hounds Of Love was seen as a return to form for Kate, both critically (having made numerous year/decade-end lists, including the top 10 of NME's 1985 list) and commercially (it spent over a year on the UK charts, including three weeks at #1, and placed at #14 and #47 on the album year-end lists for 1985 and 1986 respectively). The album also hit #1 in the Netherlands, made the top 10 in six additional countries and became her 2nd-highest peaking album in the US (at #30, so only behind The Red Shoes). The album's success continues today, having re-entered the UK charts five times this century (most recently last summer, due to a vinyl re-release). It was ranked as the 68th best album of all time by Rolling Stone in 2020, and received a perfect score from Pitchfork in 2016. The success of the album extended to the singles, all four of which made the UK top 40 (including top 3 hit "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)", which is by far her highest peaking song in the US). In case you're unfamiliar with how rankdowns work, you just need to rank these from #1 (your favourite) to #12 (your least favourite) and send your list to me in a PM. {The tracklist}1. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 2. Hounds Of Love 3. The Big Sky 4. Mother Stands For Comfort 5. Cloudbusting 6. And Dream Of Sheep 7. Under Ice 8. Waking The Witch 9. Watching You Without Me 10. Jig Of Life 11. Hello Earth 12. The Morning Fog {And without numbers}Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) Hounds Of Love The Big Sky Mother Stands For Comfort Cloudbusting And Dream Of Sheep Under Ice Waking The Witch Watching You Without Me Jig Of Life Hello Earth The Morning Fog I'd really like to see a greater turnout for this since a lot of people who don't normally do these sent for this when it turned up in the rock/alt album rankdown series, so an extension is likely if we don't at least reach the usual 12 lists, but for now I'll set the deadline as the 4th February.
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Post by born on Jan 17, 2022 14:17:49 GMT -5
Okay I'd like to see how my rankings have changed since the last time I ranked this (which was also the last time I played it)!
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Post by samo🦕 on Jan 23, 2022 7:58:24 GMT -5
12 days remaining1. @xfer 2. singingrulebritannia3. twigs4. God5. reputainbow- The top 2 both have two #1s each, with the last one going to #4.
- After the first list, the same song has spent every list in last place.
- Despite its extra #1, the current runner-up is much closer to the songs below it than #1, thanks to also having a bottom 2 rank.
- Every list has had a different #12, with #6, #8, #9 and the bottom two all having one each.
- #10's SD is less than half of any other song's, as all but one of its ranks are the same.
- The two highest SDs are extremely high; one belongs to #2, which has four top 5s and a bottom 2, while the other goes to #5, which has two bottom 3s and three top 3s.
- Every song except #9 has at least two of the same rank.
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Post by samo🦕 on Jan 30, 2022 18:57:00 GMT -5
5 days remaining(no new lists (though mine is coming tomorrow))
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Post by samo🦕 on Feb 2, 2022 19:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Feb 3, 2022 14:58:00 GMT -5
33 hours remaining9. willapted3310. 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤11. wrip- Only four songs have any #1s so far, and they're all in the top 5.
- We've got a different #12 to the last update, although the bottom 2 are only separated by a single point.
- #2-4 are extremely close, having 95, 95 and 94 points each.
- Six songs have #12s, and the song currently in last place only has one #12 (and is losing despite #8 and #11 having three each because it only has two ranks outside the bottom 3).
- #12 now has the lowest SD, while the song that previously had the lowest by far has the 2nd lowest and has moved up to #9.
- #8 has the highest SD, thanks to having three top 5s along with its three #12s. #5 has also shot up the SD ranks after recently getting its first bottom 3 rank.
- #3 has the most top 5s so far, but isn't winning because its one non-top 5 rank is a #12, and it has no #1s.
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Post by samo🦕 on Feb 4, 2022 14:47:40 GMT -5
9 hours remainingI'm hoping for at least 15 lists by the deadline, and with a couple of regulars and born hopefully still planning to send we should reach that by tomorrow. 12. BB🌕13. dremolus - solarpunk
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Post by born on Feb 4, 2022 17:41:26 GMT -5
Okay I'd like to see how my rankings have changed since the last time I ranked this (which was also the last time I played it)! Not only have they changed since the original Hounds of Love rankdown... but they have also changed since Samo's #1 rankdown which was only a couple of months ago. Sounds right to me, Kate Bush always hits different (and this time she didn't hit at all). :kii:
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Post by Glove Slap on Feb 4, 2022 21:50:16 GMT -5
I can have this in sometime tomorrow afternoon EST.
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 2, 2022 8:11:54 GMT -5
let's try this again 2 days remainingSorry about the delay with this - between my next semester of uni starting and WTM finishing, I haven't had the time for any of the other games I'm hosting, but I should be able to get back to this now. I'll leave this open for a couple more days for anyone who still wants to send (including that list I never got from Glove Slap?), and I should be able to do reveals over the weekend. 14. born
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 4, 2022 19:13:15 GMT -5
5 hours remaining (final reminder)15. @io
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 4, 2022 21:50:13 GMT -5
Fuck me. Let me try.
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 8:35:50 GMT -5
Submissions are closed16. Glove Slap17. SHOOTER- There are still only four songs with any #1s.
- Most songs are in the same position as the previous update, aside from #10/#11 and #2/#4 swapping. Despite it being the same for the last five lists, #12 is only two points short of beating the song above it.
- #5 and #6 are the closest (but very far from the top 4), only being separated by one point.
- Every song except the top 2, #5 and #9 has at least one #12 rank. #8 and #11 have the most each, with 4, while #12 only has two.
- The lowest SD has been retaken by #9, having finished with only one rank outside the 6-11 range. It barely beat out #12.
- For the first time in however long I've been hosting rankdowns, there's actually a tie for the highest SD! #5 and #6 have the same SD and almost the same number of points; #5 has three #1s to #6's zero, but #6 has a greater number of top-half ranks, as well as the only #12 between either song.
- The winner has ended up with the most top 5s of the game (15), although the other songs in the top 3 only have one less each.
And before I start reveals tonight, here are a few questions for you guys to answer: 1. Which songs do you think could win/make the top 5? 2. Which songs do you think could be #12/make the bottom 5? 3. Which songs could have the highest SDs (the most divisive)? 3. Which songs could have the lowest SDs (the least divisive)? 5. How far do you think your #1 will go? 6. Which order will the singles (Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Cloudbusting, Hounds Of Love, The Big Sky) leave in? 7. Any other predictions?
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Post by twigs on Mar 5, 2022 11:10:56 GMT -5
1. Which songs do you think could win/make the top 5? Running Up That Hill will win, the rest of the top 5 will be Cloudbusting, Hounds of Love, The Big Sky and The Morning Fog 2. Which songs do you think could be #12/make the bottom 5? Hmmm this is hard, I think Watching You Without Me might come last, the rest of the bottom 5 is hard. Maybe Mother Stands for Comfort, Under Ice, Jig Of Life and Hello Earth. 3. Which songs could have the highest SDs (the most divisive)? Waking the Witch 3. Which songs could have the lowest SDs (the least divisive)? Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting 5. How far do you think your #1 will go? It’ll definitely be top 2 6. Which order will the singles (Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Cloudbusting, Hounds Of Love, The Big Sky) leave in? RUTH will win, Cloudbusting 2nd, Hounds of Love 3rd and The Big Sky 4th, I think they’ll make up the top 4 tbh 7. Any other predictions? Waking the Witch will do pretty well, hopefully will round out the top 5 but not too sure
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 18:36:34 GMT -5
Let's get through the bottom 6 tonight! We're starting with a song that doesn't have the most #12s, but does have the least top half ranks of any song (a single #5 and #6). Highest rank: 5 Perfect rankings: 2 Lowest rank: 12 (x2)
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 18:42:13 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 18:46:38 GMT -5
#11 only beat WTWM by two points, and is tied for the most #12s of any song. Having the most bottom 2 ranks of any song cancelled out this being the only song below #8 with a top 3 rank, leaving it five points short of #10. Highest rank: 3 Perfect rankings: 4 Lowest rank: 12 (x4)
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 18:51:48 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 18:54:20 GMT -5
Rounding out the bottom 3 is a song that's quite far off #9, being 13 points behind. That gap is mostly thanks to #9's lack of low ranks, while this next song has three #12s. Highest rank: 5 Perfect rankings: 2 Lowest rank: 12 (x3)
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 18:58:47 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 19:04:12 GMT -5
#9 stayed in basically the same position for the whole game, which makes sense considering it's 13 points from #10, and 15 from #8. It just about has the lowest SD, and is the last song without a top 2 or top 3 rank. It's also (imo) the first robbery of the rankdown, and the first song I expected to do better than it did. Highest rank: 4 Perfect rankings: 5 Lowest rank: 11 (x2)
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 19:10:13 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 19:15:24 GMT -5
Up next we have another robbery our first top 2 rank (not one of mine) and the 3rd highest SD (kind of the 2nd highest? since the top 2 are tied). Highest rank: 2 Perfect rankings: 3 Lowest rank: 12 (x4)
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 19:20:41 GMT -5
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Post by samo🦕 on Mar 5, 2022 19:26:29 GMT -5
Tonight's last reveal doesn't take out any #1s, but it does have six top 4 ranks, and that combined with a relative lack of low ranks (only two bottom 2s) gets it far above the bottom 5, and only four points short of the top half. Highest rank: 2 Perfect rankings: 2 Lowest rank: 12
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