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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 19:41:07 GMT -5
#48 Preview: #1s: 0 Top 10 rankings: 0 Bottom 10 rankings: 7 #50s: 1
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 19:46:57 GMT -5
The first song from the band that really impressed me, tbh. Ranked it very high on my list for the 2023 Alt rankdown.
#48:
Nothing but Thieves - Overcome
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 19:52:22 GMT -5
#47 Preview: #1s: 0 Top 10 rankings: 0 Bottom 10 rankings: 6 #50s: 1
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 19:59:01 GMT -5
My favorite song from the most recent Corinne Bailey Rae album is, unfortunately, one of the shortest. Ngl, I think I would've appreciated the album more if it had more songs like this.
#47:
Corinne Bailey Rae - New York Transit Queen
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:04:36 GMT -5
#46 Preview:
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:13:09 GMT -5
Certainly not the best thing CHVRCHES has done, but it's earned a spot on my top 50 due to be one of the songs I've re-listened to most that year.
#46:
CHVRCHES - Over
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:17:22 GMT -5
First top ten loss! #45 Preview:
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:26:10 GMT -5
The HIRS Collective was technically my introduction to grindcore. Their collaboration with Melt-Banana, a Japanese band whose last major release was all the way back in 2013 before announcing their newest album for August 2024, was the album's main highlight for me.
#45:
The HIRS Collective featuring Melt-Banana - XOXOXOXOXOX
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jul 14, 2024 20:29:28 GMT -5
I did chart one song from this album ("Waste Not Want Not" with Soul Glo)
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:32:37 GMT -5
#44 Preview:
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:37:42 GMT -5
Sorry Taylor, but it looks like the competition was too fierce for you to snag an instant spot on the top 10. May not be a big loss for any of the rankers here, but it actually is a big loss for me, surprisingly.
#44:
Taylor Swift featuring Hayley Williams - Castles Crumbling
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:42:12 GMT -5
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Post by Mayman on Jul 14, 2024 20:42:16 GMT -5
I really enjoyed most of the vault tracks from Speak Now.
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:46:53 GMT -5
A post-album release single from MUNA. A really solid pop song, don't know what else I can say about it.
#43:
MUNA - One That Got Away
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:50:32 GMT -5
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 20:55:48 GMT -5
IMO, the best Tove Lo single in ages. Being a Dua Lipa co-write must've done the trick.
#42:
Tove Lo - Borderline
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 21:01:22 GMT -5
Last reveal for today.
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 21:07:49 GMT -5
Ending the set with another big loss from me, and it's a purely instrumental rock song. Despite Rolling Stone's disputable top guitarists list (Matt Bellamy got robbed), Covet quickly became one of my favorite discoveries over the course of 2023 (and their most recent album would be among my top albums of the year as well).
#41:
Covet - firebird
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 14, 2024 21:26:12 GMT -5
(Closeness and ranking stats will be posted later tomorrow along with the first set of extras (a.k.a. honorable mentions), while the next set of reveals will be posted on Tuesday.)
{Out:}
Polaris – Nightmare (#50)
Metro Boomin & James Blake – Hummingbird (#49)
Nothing but Thieves – Overcome (#48)
Corinne Bailey Rae – New York Transit Queen (#47)
CHVRCHES – Over (#46)
The HIRS Collective f./ Melt-Banana – XOXOXOXOXOX (#45)
Taylor Swift f./ Hayley Williams – Castles Crumbling (#44)
MUNA – One That Got Away (#43)
Tove Lo – Borderline (#42)
Covet – firebird (#41)
{Remaining:}
100 gecs – Doritos & Fritos
Ana Frango Electrico – Electric Fish
billy woods & Kenny Segal f./ Samuel T. Herring – FaceTime
boygenius – $20
Bully – All I Do
Carly Rae Jepsen – Psychedelic Switch
Caroline Polachek – I Believe
Chris Stapleton – White Horse
Everything Everything – Cold Reactor
Fall Out Boy – Love from the Other Side
Foo Fighters – The Glass
Hannah Diamond – Poster Girl
Hozier – Francesca
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
Jeff Rosenstock – GRAVEYARD SONG
Jessie Ware – Begin Again
JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown f./ redveil – Kingdom Hearts Key
Lana Del Rey – A&W
L’Rain – Pet Rock
Lil Yachty – the BLACK seminole.
Lizzy McAlpine – ceilings
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
McKinley Dixon – Run, Run, Run
Mitski – The Deal
Model/Actriz – Slate
Olivia Rodrigo – bad idea right?
Peter Gabriel – Panopticom
Paramore – The News
Queens of the Stone Age – Negative Space
Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken
slowthai – Yum
Squid – The Blades
Tainy f./ Bad Bunny – MOJABI GHOST
The Hives – Bogus Operandi
Troye Sivan – Rush
Vylet Pony f./ CalamariSpider – The Carrion Child
Wednesday – Quarry
yeule – dazies
Yves Tumor – Meteora Blues
Zach Bryan – Overtime |
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jul 14, 2024 21:40:48 GMT -5
Corinne Bailey Rae going punk is unexpected & weird & like...technically not GREAT, but I still think New York Transit Queen is a fun track, I do like it.
We're Still Here was one of my most listened to albums of 2023, so it's cool to see here (and XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO is my favorite song from it, so it's really cool that was the pick).
Love Yvette Young & Covet, so I guess I'm a bit partial to Firebird even though it's far from the best thing they've done (I think this is the one I charted for the period of like 2 weeks I had a chart last year lol)
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Post by zippy on Jul 14, 2024 21:44:56 GMT -5
#50: hard rock and heavy metal can be very enjoyable but I'm struggling to enjoy Metalcore when it involves a lot of shouting and screaming
#49: this song has good moments and other moments that don't really hold my attention and sadly I haven't seen the movie
#48: this was in Summertime Madness last year when I was co-hosting and I prefer NBT's other recent singles
#47: this song could have stood out more if it lasted longer
#46: this was in March Madness last year and it's on the low end of being enjoyable
#45: Grindcore is a genre I haven't taken seriously but I have heard songs by Melt-Banana that I really enjoy
#44: this is a pleasant Tay-Tay song and uh... what happened here Swifties?!
#43: not a big fan of MUNA but I do enjoy this more than other MUNA songs I've heard in Pulse games
#42: another song that was in March Madness last year and one that grew off me slightly
#41: I am happy to support good instrumental music and while there are pleasant guitar sounds on this I think it's missing a more catchy and memorable melody
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Post by willapted33 on Jul 15, 2024 15:16:19 GMT -5
bottom 8 cleared already wow, including some pulse favs. relieved to be doing well here after finding recent hot 100 reveals disappointing lol.
as for the songs that left i still generally enjoyed them but none of them i'd call great & this rankdown had a lot of great songs
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 16, 2024 15:58:54 GMT -5
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 16, 2024 16:24:43 GMT -5
HONORABLE MENTIONS EXTRAS #1:
The National - Space Invader
The band's two most recent albums in general didn't really interest me, but I was impressed with one of the songs they've released that year. Would've actually been my #50 if I didn't choose to swap it out with "Ceilings."
Allie X - Black Eye
Definitely one of my most painful cuts from my list. Would've put it in there if I had discovered it before I finalized it.
Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova
But of course, while I'm still on the topic of painful cuts, here's this song.
Armand Hammer featuring Cavalier - I Keep a Mirror in My Pocket
billy woods had released under album, but under the Armand Hammer duo (alongside Elucid). Diabetic Test Strips was one of my AOTYs for 2023, but I figured one billy woods song was enough for my top 50 songs list.
Ruston Kelly - Michael Keaton
Ruston Kelly also had one of my favorite albums of the year, but I wasn't able to make room for one of his songs on my list. "Michael Keaton" is the best track IMO.
Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete
This song was ranked as my #1 on the 2023 Alternative Airplay year-end rankdown. Surprisingly not my absolute favorite track given that "Negative Space" is on the rankdown instead. Would've included this on my list if it weren't for my 'one song per artist' rule.
Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, and Roisee - Am I Dreaming
My favorite song from Across the Spider-Verse was a toss-up between "Hummingbird" and this one in particular.
TesseracT - War of Being
One of the contenders for the list was, of course, an 11 minute long progressive metal song. TesseracT also released one of my favorite albums of 2023.
FIFTY FIFTY - Cupid
At one point, a K-Pop song had a chance in actually making my list.
Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
Finishing this set with a critically acclaimed song from an otherwise critically acclaimed album & artist that I will admit that I respect a lot more than I enjoy. |
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Post by zippy on Jul 16, 2024 17:02:15 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure my average closeness for the bottom 10 is a lower number than 8.
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 16, 2024 18:13:21 GMT -5
Went ahead and fixed the Closeness Stats, so it should be accurate now. Next set will be revealed tomorrow.
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 17, 2024 17:56:54 GMT -5
#40 Preview:
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 17, 2024 18:04:14 GMT -5
So, interesting little fact: I found out about slowthai's abuse allegations while I was listening to his third album, which certainly left a sudden bad taste for me. I would give it a second listen because I felt like there was something I'm missing and I'm glad I did that, because the album would actually grow on me, with "Yum" being his most harrowing performance to date (Still doesn't quite undo what he did outside of his music though).
#40:
slowthai - Yum
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 17, 2024 18:07:21 GMT -5
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Post by Steel Sponge on Jul 17, 2024 18:12:19 GMT -5
I am Kenough.#39:
Ryan Gosling - I'm Just Ken
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