Yeah, no.Originally Posted by filmy
Yeah, no.
"This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," said Weinstein. "This is the kickass version of Mandela."
What?
Laura's one of my least favorite songs on Bat for Lashes' album, not a fan of Werewolf--would never place it ahead of a bunch of songs from Idler Wheel (Every Single Night, Hot Knife, Periphery, etc.), prefer Bad Religion and Thinkin Bout You to Pyramids, like the other R&B acts more than Usher (Adorn is better), dislike Kendrick Lamar, etc. etc. Most of these tracks aren't even the best songs on their respective albums for me...
Losing You, Everything is Embarrassing, I Belong in Your Arms, Kill for Love, Wildest Moments, Flutes, You Know You Like It, I Love It, and Bad Girls are superior to anything in that top ten. And I could keep listing songs.But I skew pop anyway.
Yeah, see, I'd rank Werewolf and Pyramids above anything else on their respective albums -- and Pyramids is my favorite song of the year, so.
"This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," said Weinstein. "This is the kickass version of Mandela."
Guess I'll finally get around to Channel Orange now.
Nothing wrong when the song ends in the minor key
I think Lady Gaga will be okay with you listening to something else for an hour.Guess I'll finally get around to Channel Orange now.
"This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," said Weinstein. "This is the kickass version of Mandela."
Oh no you didn't. I don't even listen to Gaga that much. I just write about her incessantly.
Um, what?Laura's one of my least favorite songs on Bat for Lashes' album, not a fan of Werewolf--would never place it ahead of a bunch of songs from Idler Wheel (Every Single Night, Hot Knife, Periphery, etc.), prefer Bad Religion and Thinkin Bout You to Pyramids, like the other R&B acts more than Usher (Adorn is better), dislike Kendrick Lamar, etc. etc. Most of these tracks aren't even the best songs on their respective albums for me...
Losing You, Everything is Embarrassing, I Belong in Your Arms, Kill for Love, Wildest Moments, Flutes, You Know You Like It, I Love It, and Bad Girls are superior to anything in that top ten. And I could keep listing songs.
"Werewolf" is one of Fiona's greatest songs. It's a masterpiece and my favorite song of the year. Every time I listen to it it's just...the peaks of emotion and power it reaches are stunning.
And "Laura" is the best song in the Bat for Lashes album.
I don't skew pop, though (although Fiona and Bat for Lashes ARE pop so whatevs), so...
Last edited by affy18; 12-18-2012 at 09:17 PM.
And Pitchfork really needs to start realizing there's more to non-American music than Britain. Considering their size, such lack of global choices is pathetic.
This is true of every music publication.
"This is not your daddy's HBO version of Mandela," said Weinstein. "This is the kickass version of Mandela."
I hear a lot of what you're saying, but I like the top 10 quite a bit. If it were up to me, I'd move things around quite a bit. But it's nitpicky.Laura's one of my least favorite songs on Bat for Lashes' album, not a fan of Werewolf--would never place it ahead of a bunch of songs from Idler Wheel (Every Single Night, Hot Knife, Periphery, etc.), prefer Bad Religion and Thinkin Bout You to Pyramids, like the other R&B acts more than Usher (Adorn is better), dislike Kendrick Lamar, etc. etc. Most of these tracks aren't even the best songs on their respective albums for me...
Losing You, Everything is Embarrassing, I Belong in Your Arms, Kill for Love, Wildest Moments, Flutes, You Know You Like It, I Love It, and Bad Girls are superior to anything in that top ten. And I could keep listing songs.
"Wildest Moments" might be my #1, though. I still can't get enough of it.
Pretty Much Amazing's Top 25 Songs of 2012
25. "Doused" - DIIV
24. "Disparate Youth" - Santigold
23. "I Belong In Your Arms" - Chairlift
22. "Wildest Moments" - Jessie Ware
21. "Hold On" - Alabama Shakes
20. "The Fall" - Rhye
19. "And I Say/With Just One Glance" - Nicolas Jaar
18. "Jasmine (Demo)" - Jai Paul
17. "I Love It" - Icona Pop
16. "Back From The Grave" - Chromatics
15. "Laura" - Bat For Lashes
14. "Goldie" - A$AP Rocky
13. "You're The One" - Charli XCX
12. "The House That Heaven Built" - Japandroids
11. "Obedear" - Purity Ring
10. "Hey Jane" - Spiritualized
9. "Oblivion" - Grimes
8. "Adorn" - Miguel
7. "$4Vic / FTL (Me and You)" - El-P
6. "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" - Tame Impala
5. "Sing About Me / I’m Dying of Thirst" - Kendrick Lamar
4. "Bad Religion" - Frank Ocean
3. "Myth" - Beach House
2. "Climax" - Usher
1. "Every Single Night" - Fiona Apple
Pretty Much Amazing's Top 60 Albums of 2012
60. PERFUME GENIUS –– Put Your Back N2 It
59. PORCELAIN RAFT –– Strange Weekend
58. AB SOUL –– Control System
57. HOT CHIP –– In Our Heads
56. ZAMMUTO –– Zammuto
55. METZ –– Metz
54. IAMAMIWHOAMI –– kin
53. POLIÇA –– Give You The Ghost
52. SWANS –– The Seer
51. CAT POWER –– Sun
50. JOHN TALABOT –– fin
49. LIARS –– WIXIW
48. CHAIRLIFT –– Something
47. ALT-J –– An Awesome Wave
46. THE SHINS –– Port of Morrow
45. PEAKING LIGHTS –– Lucifer
44. HOW TO DRESS WELL –– Total Loss
43. SCHOOLBOY Q –– Habits and Contradictions
42. TY SEGALL BAND –– Slaughterhouse
41. DR. DOG –– Be The Void
40. NAOMI PUNK –– The Feeling
39. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE –– Centipede Hz
38. DIVINE FITS –– A Thing Called Divine Fits
37. NIKI & THE DOVE –– Instinct
36. ALABAMA SHAKES –– Boys & Girls
35. DIIV –– Oshin
34. LOTUS PLAZA –– Spooky Action at a Distance
33. CLOUD NOTHINGS –– Attack on Memory
32. BOB DYLAN –– Tempest
31. MIGUEL –– Kaleidoscope Dream
30. BAT FOR LASHES –– The Haunted Man
29. FATHER JOHN MISTY –– Fear Fun
28. DAVID BYRNE & ST. VINCENT –– Love This Giant
27. THE MEN –– Open Your Heart
26. THEESATISFACTION –– awE naturalE
25. THE XX –– Coexist
24. SHARON VAN ETTEN –– Tramp
23. DEATH GRIPS –– The Money Store
22. TWIN SHADOW –– Confess
21. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR –– ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
20. EL-P –– Cancer For Cure
19. DIRTY PROJECTORS –– Swing Lo Magellan
18. SPIRITUALIZED –– Sweet Heart Sweet Light
17. LOWER DENS –– Nootropics
16. KILLER MIKE –– R.A.P. Music
15. BEACH HOUSE –– Bloom
14. JESSIE WARE –– Devotion
13. JACK WHITE –– Blunderbuss
12. FLYING LOTUS –– Until The Quiet Comes
11. THE WALKMEN –– Heaven
10. DAN DEACON –– America
09. PURITY RING –– Shrines
08. GRIMES –– Visions
07. CHROMATICS –– Kill For Love
06. GRIZZLY BEAR –– Shields
05. JAPANDROIDS –– Celebration Rock
04. TAME IMPALA –– Lonerism
03. KENDRICK LAMAR –– good kid, m.A.A.d city
02. FRANK OCEAN –– channel ORANGE
01. FIONA APPLE –– The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
I love that Fiona and Frank Ocean are topping almost every single list.
Bat For Lashes is too low. At least P4K will put her in the top 20, heh.
Pitchfork's top 20:
20. Jessie Ware: Devotion
19. Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memory
18. Ty Segall Band/Ty Segall & White Fence: Slaughterhouse/Hair
17. Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man
16. Burial: Kindred EP
15. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
14. Andy Stott: Luxury Problems
13. Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music
12. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
11. Japandroids: Celebration Rock
10. Grizzly Bear: Shields
09. Death Grips: The Money Store
08. Chromatics: Kill For Love
07. Beach House: Bloom
06. Grimes: Visions
05. Swans: The Seer
04. Tame Impala: Lonerism
03. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel ...
02. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
01. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city
Bit of an upset at their number 1.
OMFG Swans in the Top 5!
I did not like Kendrick Lamar's album that much, but it basically tied Frank Ocean's 9.5 rating (so I do not think that it is an upset).
I guess that's true. And good kid, mAAd city has really been holding its own versus Channel Orange on most of these year end lists. I suppose I just thought Channel Orange seemed like the likelier P4K choice.
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