Things that have stood out for me so far from the perspective of compiling this list:

Despite having the most amount of songs in the final (6 songs) only 1 Fleet Foxes song has made it into the top 50. Everyone seems to prefer a different song from the album.

If you look at the Critics’ Rank part of the presentation, you’ll notice that we often don’t agree with the critics this year.

But the critics definitely like R&B more than we do as a whole.
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40 | Frank Ocean | Novacane



Score: 67.8 points (6 votes)

Biggest Fans: Nassim (#1); Otisredding (#4)

Critics' Rank: #17

YouTube Link

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39 | Ry Cooder | El Corrido de Jesse James



Score: 72.7 points (6 votes)

Biggest Fans: nicolas (#1); Dan M (#4)

Critics' Rank: Unranked

YouTube Link

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38 | Tom Waits | Satisfied



Score: 72.9 points (8 votes)

Biggest Fan: beefsupreme (#3)

Critics' Rank: #992

YouTube Link

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37 | Kurt Vile | Jesus Fever



Score: 73 points (5 votes)

Biggest Fan: John (#3)

Critics' Rank: #150

YouTube Link

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36 | TV on the Radio | Will Do



Score: 73 points (8 votes)

Biggest Fan: John (#4)

Critics' Rank: #226

YouTube Link

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35 | PJ Harvey | The Last Living Rose



Score: 74 points (9 votes)

Biggest Fan: Gillingham (#4)

Critics' Rank: #704

YouTube Link

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34 | tUnE-yArDs | My Country



Score: 74.3 points (7 votes)

Biggest Fan: Jonah (#3)

Critics' Rank: #955

YouTube Link

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33 | St. Vincent | Cruel



Score: 77.9 points (13 votes)

Biggest Fan: Dan M (#11)

Critics' Rank: #16

YouTube Link

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32 | PJ Harvey | Written on the Forehead



Score: 79 points (7 votes)

Biggest Fans: Michel (#4); Gillingham (#5)

Critics' Rank: Unranked

YouTube Link

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31 | Nicolas Jaar | Space Is Only Noise If You Can See



Score: 79.8 points (10 votes)

Biggest Fans: Jackson (#9)

Critics' Rank: #120

YouTube Link

I was going to proclaim that all of my top 5 songs were still in the running after your last post... now I can't do it.

I know people say that nothing stands out on the 9 Types of Light, but I have to disagree. It's similar to Dear Science, but the top tracks are the standouts of their career, really mixing the genres of R+B, funk and post-punk together nicely.

89 | Fleet Foxes | The Shrine/An Argument
Score: 32.7 points (6 votes)


88 | The Horrors | Still Life
Score: 33.9 points (7 votes)


87 | The Go! Team | Buy Nothing Day
Score: 34 points (6 votes)

Well this was a really nice section!

30 | Battles | Ice Cream



Score: 80.1 points (9 votes)

Biggest Fans: Charlie Driggs (#6); Michel (#6)

Critics' Rank: #25

YouTube Link

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29 | Wild Flag | Romance



Score: 81 points (9 votes)

Biggest Fan: Vanillafire1000 (#5)

Critics' Rank: #79

YouTube Link

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28 | Gotye feat. Kimbra | Somebody That I Used to Know



Score: 81.6 points (6 votes)

Biggest Fan: Henrik (#2)

Critics' Rank: #238

YouTube Link

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27 | Bon Iver | Perth



Score: 82 points (7 votes)

Biggest Fan: Honorio (#5)

Critics' Rank: #107

YouTube Link

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26 | tUnE-yArDs | Bizness



Score: 83 points (11 votes)

Biggest Fan: Stephan (#3)

Critics' Rank: #10

YouTube Link

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25 | Azealia Banks | 212



Score: 83.8 points (8 votes)

Biggest Fans: Jonah (#4); Nassim (#5); sonofsamiam (#5)

Critics' Rank: #24

YouTube Link

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24 | Tom Waits | Bad As Me



Score: 84.1 points (11 votes)

Biggest Fan: Jackson (#7)

Critics' Rank: #205

YouTube Link

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23 | The National | Exile Vilify



Score: 87.3 points (8 votes)

Biggest Fans: Gillingham(#1); antonius (#3); Stephan (#5)

Critics' Rank: #306

YouTube Link

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22 | Radiohead | Lotus Flower



Score: 93.1 points (12 votes)

Biggest Fan: Depeche Mode (#2)

Critics' Rank: #9

YouTube Link

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21 | Tom Waits | Chicago



Score: 94.3 points (9 votes)

Biggest Fan: BillAdama (#4)

Critics' Rank: #377

YouTube Link

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See you tomorrow for the top 20. Here’s a reminder of the countdown schedule (forum time / GMT):

#20-#11 – 09:30 tomorrow (8 Feb)
#10-#6 – 14:00 tomorrow (8 Feb)
#5-#1 – 17:30 tomorrow (8 Feb )

20 | Ry Cooder | No Banker Left Behind



Score: 94.9 points (7 votes)

Biggest Fans: BillAdama (#2); nicolas (#4)

Critics' Rank: Unranked

YouTube Link

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19 | Gang Gang Dance | Glass Jar



Score: 98.4 points (8 votes)

Biggest Fans: sonofsamiam (#1); Charlie Driggs (#5)

Critics' Rank: #40

YouTube Link

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18 | Girls | Honey Bunny



Score: 98.9 points (9 votes)

Biggest Fans: Rocky Raccoon (#4); Brad (#5)

Critics' Rank: #99

YouTube Link

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17 | Destroyer | Kaputt



Score: 105.9 points (9 votes)

Biggest Fans: Honorio (#1)

Critics' Rank: #20

YouTube Link

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16 | The Roots feat. Bilal & P.O.R.N. | The OtherSide



Score: 108.4 points (12 votes)

Biggest Fans: Michel (#5)

Critics' Rank: Unranked

YouTube Link

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15 | Radiohead | Codex



Score: 110.2 points (12 votes)

Biggest Fans: antonius (#2); Gillingham (#3); Honorio (#4)

Critics' Rank: #462

YouTube Link

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14 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues



Score: 110.3 points (12 votes)

Biggest Fans: Honorio (#2)

Critics' Rank: #15

YouTube Link

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13 | Wilco | Art of Almost



Score: 113.8 points (13 votes)

Biggest Fans: Depeche Mode (#3)

Critics' Rank: #101

YouTube Link

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12 | Bon Iver | Holocene



Score: 115.9 points (11 votes)

Biggest Fans: John (#1); Stephan (#4)

Critics' Rank: #6

YouTube Link

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11 | Tyler, The Creator | Yonkers



Score: 123.5 points (8 votes)

Biggest Fans: Nick (#1); Vanillafire1000 (#2); Nassim (#3); BillAdama (#4)

Critics' Rank: #4

YouTube Link

Great to see the Otherside that high, it suffered on the critic list from being released in December and not being a single.

I would have bet that Helplessness Blues, Holocene and Yonkers would make it to the top 10.

Fleet Foxes suffered a great spreading effect
Once again, DanM, thanks for the great presentation !
I have no clue about which songs are left, but I'm happy that Ry Cooder made the top 20 in albums and songs. It's a great performance for a country rock artist.

I would have thought Holocene and Yonkers were locks for the top 10. I really don't know what's going to make it outside of a few songs (though it looks like my number one has a few other fans). I would guess Midnight City for the top spot, but something tells me that will be a surprise too.

10 | Lykke Li | I Follow Rivers



Score: 126.2 points (10 votes)

Biggest Fans: Dan M (#1); Henrik (#3)

Critics' Rank: #21

YouTube Link

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9 | James Blake | The Wilhelm Scream



Score: 135.5 points (14 votes)

Biggest Fans: antonius (#4); Charlie Driggs (#4); Dan M (#5)

Critics' Rank: #5

YouTube Link

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8 | Adele | Rolling in the Deep



Score: 142.3 points (13 votes)

Biggest Fans: Henrik (#1); Rocky Raccoon (#1); Nick (#3); Zorg (#4)

Critics' Rank: #3

YouTube Link

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7 | TV on the Radio | Second Song



Score: 147.1 points (12 votes)

Biggest Fans: Stephan (#1); Rocky Raccoon (#3); Jackson (#4); John (#5)

Critics' Rank: #314

YouTube Link

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6 | M83 | Midnight City



Score: 149.7 points (14 votes)

Biggest Fans: Slick (#1); Jackson (#2); Nick (#5)

Critics' Rank: #1

YouTube Link

Wow.....I, like many other forum members, would have thought that "Holocene" and "Yonkers" were definitely going to make top ten. And after they didn't I was sure that "Rolling in the Deep" and "Midnight City" would make top five. Now I really have no clue who's going to win. "Vomit"? "Video Games"? Who knows?

I can assume what are the top five songs but I have no idea what song will be the number one

5 | Girls | Vomit



Score: 167.8 points (12 votes)

Biggest Fans: Brad (#1); Depeche Mode (#1); Charlie Driggs (#2); Zorg (#2); Jonah (#5); Rocky Raccoon (#5)

Critics' Rank: #22

YouTube Link

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4 | PJ Harvey | The Words That Maketh Murder



Score: 178 points (16 votes)

Biggest Fans: Jackson (#1); Brad (#2); sonofsamiam (#3)

Critics' Rank: #32

YouTube Link

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3 | Lana Del Rey | Video Games



Score: 183.4 points (14 votes)

Biggest Fans: antonius (#1); Michel (#1); Romain (#1); Nick (#2)

Critics' Rank: #2

YouTube Link

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2 | PJ Harvey | The Glorious Land



Score: 199.1 points (13 votes)

Biggest Fans: Charlie Driggs (#1); BillAdama (#3); Brad (#3); Honorio (#3); Michel (#3); Henrik (#4)

Critics' Rank: #1113

YouTube Link

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1 | The Black Keys | Lonely Boy



Score: 249.8 points (17 votes)

Biggest Fans: beefsupreme (#2); Dan M (#2); John (#2); Otisredding (#2); Rocky Raccoon (#2); Romain (#2); Zorg (#3)

Critics' Rank: #23

Yeah !!
What a pleasant surprise !

I didn't even hear Lonely Boy until after the year was over. I have to think that this might be the first time that a song or album finished #1 in one of our polls without anybody actually voting it #1. I was thinking about giving it #1 over Holocene but it ended up #2. Fantastic song though.

Great show again, Dan! Thank you!!

Our polls get more and more surprising. But what I really don't get is how the critics could leave out so many of these songs from their lists. Some of the songs are album tracks but only a few of the critics lists are songs-only nowadays so that shouldn't be much of a hindrance actually. And what about "The Glorious Land"? Number 2 in our poll, number 4 at RYM and the critics put it at 1113...

The critics need to get into shape or the continuation of AM is in danger!!!

What is the 8 songs who don't make the 100 ?
Thanks.

Nice work as usual, Dan. Nice to see a kick-ass rock song win.

I think a lot of people would agree that this is the most unpredictable list we've had in a while. Seeing two of my top three songs ("Second Song" and "The Words That Maketh Murder") reach the top 10 when they were more-or-less ignored by critics is really encouraging.

Lonely Boy caught me completely off guard as the winner. If I had to guess before the poll, I would have thought it would have finished around 20. But I'm not at all disappointed to see it win.

Awesome presentation, Dan. Very very elegant, with all the pictures exactly the same size. And an excellent selection of pictures!
And great list, much better than the critic's one! Glad to see "The Glorious Land" in its deserved placement. It was my favourite song from the album since I heard the drum sample that opens the song (taken from The Police's "The Bed's Too Big Without You"). Congratulations everyone...

Great presentation!! What a lot of #2 votes!!

Very neat presentation (like Honorio said, the pictures are done beautifully, but also the layout in general) and (mostly) nice surprises. Thanks Dan.

1) Many thanks to Dan M for his work and its timeliness: he has complied with the timing that was committed

2) The best of these results is that they are unpredictable. In other polls, when we reached the top five, and there is no uncertainty.

3) Lonely Boy goes up and up and up to each listener. The video fills you with joy

4) My only disappointment. The song Marvin's Room (Drake) is my number one but it was only number 86 in the survey. = The forum does not appreciate too the black music: sophisticated, elegant, exciting, "heart and soul."