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AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Before revealing the songs, that qualified for the second round in this year's AM Pazz & Jop Songs poll, first I present you some general facts:

1) In total 26 people nominated each 20 songs, which makes a total of 520 nominations.

2) In total 325 different songs were nominated. The distribution of the nominations is:
1x nominated: 229 songs
2x nominated: 51 songs
3x nominated: 22 songs
4x or more nominated: 23 songs

3) That means, following the rule of the song at spot #30, that all songs with 3 or more nominations qualify, i.e. 45 songs!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

And some correlation facts:

1) Maximum number of matches is 5. The following pairs agreed each on 5 nominations:
Andre & Stephan
Andre & Henrik
VanillaFire1000 & Stephan
pop elton & Stephan
Michel & Harold Wexler
Penguin & Stephan
sonofsamiam & Henrik
Henrik & ako

2) Lowest and highest correlation (average # of matches):
VGRD: 0.60
John: 0.64
Moonbeam & Tim: 0.68

Harold Wexler: 1.64
Henrik & Honorio: 1.68
Andre & Stephan: 2.08

3) Everybody will see at least 2 of their nominated songs in round 2, and 12 at the most.

Already getting curious and impatient? Good ... more results coming up after I had a good night rest

Good night!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

OK, well ... here we go with a small start.

The following 5 songs have been nominated 3 times and go through to the next round:


Discover Amadou & Mariam!


Amadou & Mariam - Sabali: nominated by sonofsamiam, Henrik and Andre

Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You: Penguin, Nassim and Greg Rumpff

Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer: nicolas, Greg Rumpff and AJackson

Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened: Fred, Michel and Hharold Wexler

Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains: pop elton, Jonah and nicolas

And this time for real: Good night!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Why am I always on lowest correlation list? It's not like my tastes are out in left field.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

LOL- you and me both, John! I didn't get my edited list in before the deadline. :(

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Sorry about that, Moonbeam. Did you send me an updated list? Didn't get one.

Greg Maurer, I got your list ... but as you already wrote ... too late. As a comfort: Your list would not have changed the list of 45 qualified songs. I will include your list, when all individual lists are posted.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

And as you might already have noticed in the deezer playlist above, the following songs also got 3 nominations and will be heard again in the second round:

Fleet Foxes - Your Protector: Nominated by Henrik, John and ako

Femi Kuti - You Better Ask Yourself: sonofsamiam, nicolas and Honorio

Portishead - Machine Gun: pop elton, Henrik and ako

R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious: Rocky Raccoon, Penguin and Toni

Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes: Rocky Raccoon, Michel and sonofsamiam

Santogold - Lights Out: pop elton, Michel and AJackson

Spiritualized - Soul On Fire: BillAdama, Penguin and Honorio

T.I. - Live Your Life [feat. Rihanna]: sonofsamiam, John and AJackson

Rokia Traoré - Dounia: Henrik, ako and Honorio

TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose: BillAdama, Fred and Michel

TV On The Radio - DLZ: Michel, Harold Wexler and AJackson

TV On The Radio - Golden Age: Rocky Raccoon, sonofsamiam and Harold Wexler

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [2007]: pop elton, Stephan and Honorio

Lil Wayne - Mr. Carter [feat. Jay-Z]: Nassim, John and Toni

So, Nassim was right. It was Mr. Carter, not Dr. Carter (that song only got your nomination, Rocky Raccoon...)

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

And 3 more songs got 3 nominations, but I couldn't find in Deezer. Some YouTube links instead:

Drive-By Truckers - Perfect Timing: Nominated by nicolas, Greg Rumpff and Honorio

Goldfrapp - Clowns: Moonbeam, pop elton and Honorio

The Tallest Man On Earth - The Gardener: Stephan, nicolas and Greg Rumpff

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Before we go to the songs with 4 nominations, another fact:

Rocky Raccoon presented the results of the Pazz & Jop albums poll here.

All 25 artists listed there got at least one nomination in this songs poll!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

So, 22 qualified songs revealed, 23 still to go.

The following 11 songs each got 4 nominations:

Beck - Chemtrails: Nominated by VanillaFire1000, VGRD, Michel and Jonah
Bon Iver - Re: Stacks [2007]: pop elton, Penguin, Stephan and Andre
Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why: Penguin, Jonah, Miguel and Toni
The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis: Rocky Raccoon, nicolas, Toni and Honorio
M83 - Kim & Jessie: BillAdama, VanillaFire1000, VGRD and Honorio
MGMT - Electric Feel: VanillaFire1000, Penguin, Stephan and ako
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!: Michel, Harold Wexler, John and Honorio
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Midnight Man: BillAdama, Michel, nicolas and Harold Wexler
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home: BillAdama, VGRD, Nassim and Andre
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma [2007]: Rocky Raccoon, Stephan, Harold Wexler and Toni
The Week That Was - Scratch The Surface: Mitchell Stirling, Henrik, Greg Rumpff and Andre

I added 3 YouTube links, the other 8 songs are now in the Deezer playlist. For your convenience, here it is again:


Discover Amadou & Mariam!


For the remaining 12 qualified songs, I'm gonna wait until the Americas are awake. Later!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Excellent presentation, André. Sadly we can only get a preview of 30 seconds of some of the songs on Deezer (Blitzen Trapper, R.E.M., Santogold, T.I.).
Anyway great songs so far. The Top 10 is going to be awesome (I’d like to see some Shadow Puppets on it, but since I’m the only one who voted for them on the album lists I’m afraid not).

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Oh, did not know about these 30 seconds ...

I do have YouTube links to all 45 qualified songs, will post an overview later.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Before continuing our journey in nomination land, here's another fact for you.

Let's talk about the ultimate losers in this poll ... the following 4 artists each had 4 songs nominated, but none of these songs qualify: Elbow, Neil Halstead, The Dodos and Kanye West.

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Honorio, it is now time for the top 10!


10th Place - 5 Nominations

The following 3 songs each got 5 nominations, and share the 10th place:

Coldplay - Viva La Vida (nominated by VanillaFire1000, Penguin, Stephan, Toni and Honorio)

Vampire Weekend - A-Punk [2007] (VanillaFire1000, Rocky Raccoon, Nassim, nicolas and Andre)

Vampire Weekend - M79 [2007] (Tim, Fred, pop elton, John and Andre)

The Deezer list got updated as well (see above).

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7th Place - 6 Nominations

The following 3 songs each got 6 nominations, and share the 7th place:

Duffy - Mercy (nominated by Moonbeam, Miguel, Stephan, Henrik, Toni and Andre)

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos (Mitchell Stirling, VGRD, sonofsamiam, Henrik, ako and Andre)

MGMT - Kids [2005] (pop elton, Michel, Penguin, Stephan, AJackson and Andre)

Deezer list updated again (see above).

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I am sad to see Elbow get the short end.

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Yes, but to me "The Seldom Seen Kid" is an album with all good songs, no real outliers. Perhaps that's why it scores better in the album poll than the songs poll.

FYI: "One Day Like This" and "Grounds for Divorce" each got 2 nominations, "The Fix" and "The Loneliness Of A Tower Crane Driver" each 1.

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4th Place - 7 Nominations

The following 3 songs each got 7 nominations, and share the 4th place:

Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (nominated by Fred, VanillaFire1000, Miguel, Nassim, Stephan, nicolas and Andre)

Hercules And Love Affair - Blind [feat. Antony] (Mitchell Stirling, BillAdama, Fred, sonofsamiam, Nassim, Henrik and ako)

Portishead - The Rip (Mitchell Stirling, Fred, Michel, sonofsamiam, Harold Wexler, AJackson and Honorio)

Deezer list updated again (see above).

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Great show, Andre!

I think I also nominated MGMT's "Electric Feel", which should move it up to 10th place with five nominations.

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I guess you are right Andre. It is a great album with more then a few good songs.

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Honorio and Henrik, thanks for your compliments!

And oops, I just checked and indeed, Henrik, you nominated Electric Feel, not another certain MGMT song that might still pop up in the top 3 ...

Thanks for this correction! I have changed it in my 'administration', and this means Electric Feel shares the 10th place with Viva la Vida, A-Punk and M79.

If anybody finds any more errors (which I sincerely hope will not happen), please let me know asap.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

And this single correction also changed the correlation numbers:

1) Maximum number of matches is 6: Henrik and ako agree on 6 nominations!

2) Lowest and highest correlation (average # of matches):
VGRD: 0.60
John & Moonbeam: 0.64
Tim: 0.68

VanillaFire1000 & Harold Wexler: 1.60
Honorio: 1.68
Andre & Stephan: 2.08

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Mmm, maybe two Fleet Foxes and a MGMT on the Top 3?

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Interesting choices. I'm thinking MGMT's Time To Pretend and Kids are still unaccounted for and I think that makes the other of the three still remaining songs "This Wind". I'm pretty sure that got at least 3 nominations.

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Oops, nevermind Kids. Then I don´t know which song is left in the top 3. Purgatory Line maybe? I remember there were 3 people who said it was the best song of the year at a certain point.

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1st Place - 26 Nominations

The following song was nominated by everyone and thus the ultimate winner of the 1st round:

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Well done, ako!

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I guess you're right Honorio. 2 Fleet Foxes & Time to Pretend.
It would be a huge surprise if White Winter Hymnal didn't make the list.
But I expected to see House Jam in the list.
And didn't anybody listen to Slush's suggestion Clockwise Witness. What an amazing song. And none of my recommandations are here either.
After all great choises everyone.
Ragged Wood and Time to Pretend are for sure in the list (they must be).

Oh, I forgot that one Andre. 26 votes. That's amazing.

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OK, that's becoming a tradition in our polls now, but nevertheless .. what a great performance and beautiful vocals!!!

So, three more songs left and due to the Electric Feel correction, these 3 songs all end in 1st place.

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1st Place - 8 Nominations

The following 3 songs each got 8 nominations, and are the winners of the first round:

Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood (plead guilty unanimously are Tim, VanillaFire1000, pop elton, Jonah, Miguel, Stephan, Toni and Andre)

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (held responsible for this misery are Rocky Raccoon, Jonah, Miguel, nicolas, Greg Rumpff, Harold Wexler, Toni and Honorio)

MGMT - Time To Pretend [2005] (really ashamed of themselves should be Moonbeam, VanillaFire1000, pop elton, Penguin, Jonah, Nassim, Stephan and Harold Wexler)

Deezer list updated again:


Discover Amadou & Mariam!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

And here are all the 45 qualified songs again, sorted by nominations first, then by alphabetical order:

* 8 nominations
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
MGMT - Time To Pretend [2005]

* 7 nominations
Fleet Foxes - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Hercules And Love Affair - Blind [feat. Antony]
Portishead - The Rip

* 6 nominations
Duffy - Mercy
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
MGMT - Kids [2005]

* 5 nominations
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
MGMT - Electric Feel
Vampire Weekend - A-Punk [2007]
Vampire Weekend - M79 [2007]

* 4 nominations
Beck - Chemtrails
Bon Iver - Re: Stacks [2007]
Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why
The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis
M83 - Kim & Jessie
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Midnight Man
TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma [2007]
The Week That Was - Scratch The Surface

* 3 nominations
Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Drive-By Truckers - Perfect Timing
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Fleet Foxes - Your Protector
Goldfrapp - Clowns
Femi Kuti - You Better Ask Yourself
Portishead - Machine Gun
R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes
Santogold - Lights Out
Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
T.I. - Live Your Life [feat. Rihanna]
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Gardener
Rokia Traoré - Dounia
TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose
TV On The Radio - DLZ
TV On The Radio - Golden Age
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa [2007]
Lil Wayne - Mr. Carter [feat. Jay-Z]

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

oh boy, the selection is really mouth-watering...

hey, Andre, is it possible to join the 2nd round even if I haven't participated in the first one?

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André, you made an excellent work here. And the results were (as always) very interesting. The only choice that had puzzled me a little was the Bon Iver one. I expected “For Emma” (that’s the one I voted for), “Lump Sum” or even “Skinny Love”. But “Re: Stacks” surprisingly got more votes.

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What the.. where'd "This Wind" go.

When The Gardener showed up I expected it to be real high, but only 2 nominations? Damn..

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I can't believe I forgot to nominate Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. Good thing it made it in.

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Thanks for a round one Andre. I am looking forward to go through all of the 520 nominees. For sure it will make a great playlist. But first focus will be on the 45 songs for round 2.

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hey, Andre, is it possible to join the 2nd round even if I haven't participated in the first one?

Of course, netjade. I was already missing your votes in round 1 ...

This applies to everybody: Feel free to join and submit your votes in the second round!

It's about time to announce it ... I mean, the second round.

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I've got a lot of listening to do!

I'm glad Estelle didn't make the list!

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And Katy Perry as well, I reckon

Some further stats on round 1, just to finish off this busy weekend:

* Top 5 artists with most nominations
41 - Fleet Foxes
21 - Vampire Weekend
19 - MGMT
18 - TV On The Radio
13 - Portishead

* Top 5 artists with most nominated songs
8 - Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio and Vampire Weekend
5 - Bon Iver, Deerhunter, Goldfrapp, The Hold Steady and Portishead

* Top 5 artists with most qualified songs
7 - Fleet Foxes
4 - TV On The Radio and Vampire Weekend
3 - MGMT
2 - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Portishead and Santogold

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I just can't get enough ...

* Most unlucky voters (= nominated the least # qualified songs)
2 - Tim
3 - Moonbeam
4 - Mitchell Stirling and VRGD
5 - Miguel and John

* Most lucky voters (= nominated the highest # qualified songs)
10 - pop elton, Michel and nicolas
11 - Stephan and Andre
12 - Honorio

OK, work ahead of us. Good night!

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Hello Andre!

Aaron Parks...has he three votes? and is he counted? I remember correcting my first list to include that fine song "Nemesis"

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

No...probably just "Sonofsam" and me...two votes. Sorry.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Fred, in my effort to keep the Freddie Knuckles remix addition in the post of your individual list, I forgot to include your two changes. Will correct it in the other thread accordingly. Thanks for the correction!

And yes, only two votes ... sorry.

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Cool stuff.

That Black Kids song is 2007 as well btw.

Re: AM Pazz & Jop Songs of 2008 - Round 1 Results

Right, the song was already released on the "Wizard of Ahhhs" EP. Thanks, Mitchell.