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I also take your point that the list could be more inclusive of other groups, and I agree. But to be moving in the right direction seems like a plus? There's something to be said, though, about how African American music is deeply influential of so much of contemporary music, and not only in North America. Most of the white artists in this list owe a debt to those influences, so I think tackling the huge gap they had in Black representation was a priority (by the way, episode 3 of the 1619 Podcast nicely conveys some of this, and contextualizes issues related to appropriation). LOL, it's funny that we all seem to dislike the RS list for different reasons and yet spend all this time discussing it. |
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Also, y'all should take this opportunity to listen to Acabou Chorare, which ranked #1 in the Brazilian list.
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Also, I'd like to apologize to Shakira, I forgot she was Colombian, so there's at least one South American album on the list. I counted her as from Central America. EDIT: LMAO, you can tell there's something else I'm meant to be doing, because I am over here looking up the dumbest shit. I found ONE Asian American on the list so far. Fever to Tell is on the list. I need to walk away, I'm getting obsessive now.
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If we’re including Fever to Tell because Karen O is (half?) Asian, shouldn’t James Iha count as well for Smashing Pumpkins (I’m assuming they have an album on the list)?
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James was born in Chicago, Asia, a few miles north of Atlanta, Germany. |
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I feel like the only major demographic changes that took place on the list were that more women were included (good!) and that more African Americans were included (good!), with the latter ultimately making the list even more Americentric than it already was.
Some essential international albums that could have been included: Fishmans - Long Season (Japan) Boris - Feedbacker/Flood/Pink (Japan) Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (Japan) Os Mutantes - s/t (Brazil) Caetano Veloso - Transa (Brazil) Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda (Brazil) Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina (Brazil) Gal Costa - Gal Costa (Brazil) Yma Sumac - Mambo! (Peru) Pescado Rabioso - Artaud (Argentina) Ravi Shankar - Music of India: Three Classical Rāgas (India) Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italy) Fabrizio de Andre - Non al denaro non all'amore né al Cielo (Italy) Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina (Italy) Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (France) Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene (France) Françoise Hardy - La Question (France) Triana - El Patio (Spain) Anything by Spanish greats Nacho Vegas or Los Planetas You get the idea. The list could have been so much more flavorful and worthwhile for more intermediate music listeners, but instead it just catered to a small segment of potential readers from North America and the UK. They just had to make room for Harry Styles, I guess. |
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Anyone else like Heilung?
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Has anyone listened to Alanis Morissette's new album from a couple months back, "Such Pretty Forks In The Road"?
I'll admit that I really haven't listened to any of her stuff since 2003's "Under Rug Swept", but this one's been getting good reviews - some even saying it's her best since "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" - so I checked it out the other day. I like it a lot. Most of it is quieter, slower, but it seems heartfelt. It's well-written and well-performed, melodic and brooding. She has one of the most unique and recognizable voices. Don't go in expecting Jagged Little Pill, because it's far from that(as I think most of her work has been since JLP). |
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His 1967 self-titled album is better and much more influential in my view. And he writes and sings in Portuguese for all of it (well, except in Soy Loco por Ti América), with better lyricism.
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I'm not familiar, but if they will get you to post here, I will listen to them, haha.
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It's been a pretty good year for new music, at least.
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The hot mess that this was only benefits Biden.
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There hasn't been much that has really grabbed me TBH though there has been a lot of enjoyable stuff. I would recommend Sevdaliza's "Shabrang" as something flying under the radar. She's Iranian-British with a pop/trip-hop kind of sound.
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2020 Albums 1. Destroyer - Have We Met 2. A Girl Called Eddy - Been Around 3. Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? 4. The Soft Pink Truth - Shall We Continue Sinning So That Grace May Increase 5. Moses Sumney - græ 6. Nubya Garcia - Source 7. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 8. Against All Logic - 2017-2019 9. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways 10. Moodymann - Taken Away Fav 2020 Songs, no order Destroyer - The Raven, Cue Synthesiser A Girl Called Eddy - Jody The Soft Pink Truth - Grace Bob Dylan - Murder Most Foul, Key West Moses Sumney - Polly Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven - I'll Take Care of You Jessie Ware - Remember Where You Are Sufjan Stevens - America, Sugar (I'm sure there's some great singles, but I can never fucking remember them!!) With Maggot Brain being comfortably the best non-2020 record I've heard for the first time. |
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I've heard a LOT I've loved this year.
__________________Currently I'm listening to possibly the first album I've HATED this year. Gotta have balance.
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