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I'm not surprised Lovestory was a Top 10 or Bottom 5 album for most of us.

Perhaps the best part of the album is that it turned me on to the Future Funk style of music. I know I shared this at the time of the track ranking, but this (space after "playlist"), https://open.spotify.com/playlist/ 37i9dQZF1DXbjGYBfEmjR5?si=7b017af482384e17, Future Funk playlist popped up in my Spotify and has been something I've gone back to many, many times when I want some easy listening.

More specifically, I found Young Bae (space after "artist") (https://open.spotify.com/artist/ 30FDJPN3RtwJZ20g5YGCRX?si=uWPRON3BQe6-HMpy9NTkFw) to put out some really great music in that Future Funk style. So if you liked Lovestory, I heartily recommend giving him a listen. His first 5 albums (Bae 1 - 5) are all good (and short), with 4 and 5 being the best of the group. His more recent albums, Groove Continental A and B, are good as well but have more hip-hop and modern styling that doesn't quite hit the same.

#15 - Desired - Lovestory
Average - 14.29
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 14.20
Rank without outliers - 14 (1 higher)

6 - Seanchan
7 - Fluttershy_Pony
8 - Sheep007
16 - HBJDubs
20 - MaxGalactica
20 - FoolFantastic
23 - Johnbobb

Songs of the Cycle - 6 votes for 4 songs from 3 rankers:
1. Sunshine Aerobics - Seanchan, Sheep007
4. In Love - Fluttershy_Pony
5. Excuses - Fluttershy_Pony
6. Broken Heart - Fluttershy_Pony, Sheep007

Seanchan - I had a hard time trying to find the right spot for this album. It's such an easy listen, with a sound that appeals to me. At the same time, that's almost a negative too, as there's not much substance here. At the end of the day, I enjoyed this album and I've come back to it, so it's deserving of a high ranking for me.

Fluttershy_Pony - I'm still surprised this album managed to get picked... in theory, we were supposed to cover "What Up, Dog?" with its two top ten hits & wide variety of styles and topics, but I greatly overestimated how popular my "popular compromise" pick would be & this little album inexplicably won. Either way, I do still kinda love this album, but it's a victim of my tendency to play music I love on repeat until I'm sick of it... there was a time when I was listening to this album, in its entirety, multiple times per day. Now, I'm a little over it... I still enjoy it and I'm giving it a good placement--higher than it deserves if I'm being honest--but its days of being "10/10, my current favorite album EVARRRRR" are way behind it.

Seanchan posted...

Well shit Ill check to see what I messed up tomorrow.

Okay, minor data problem fixed. That did have an appreciable affect on Crash Kings ranking though.

Just to be accurate, I've deleted the old post. Here's the correct #16, rather than a tie for 15.

#16 - Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion
Average - 14.57
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.40
Rank without outliers - 18 (2 lower)

1 - Fluttershy_Pony
10 - Sheep007
11 - Johnbobb
16 - MaxGalactica
18 - FoolFantastic
22 - HBJDubs
24 - Seanchan

Songs of the Cycle - 4 votes for 3 songs from 2 rankers:
2. The Way - Fluttershy_Pony
5. Leviticus: ****** - Fluttershy_Ponym Johnbobb
11. A Tear and a Smile - Fluttershy_Pony

Fluttershy_Pony - Honestly, the only album that I could possibly give first place to this topic. The raw power and emotion on display rather destroys everything it was up against this cycle; it does lose a bit of a steam towards the end as it feels a bit more "typical love song"-y at times, but even its most forgettable tracks are still good. I actually had five songs from this album in my Top Songs list before adding my self-imposed three song limit.

Seanchan - I just didn't care for this album.

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MaxGalactica posted...

@Seanchan Just so you know, I ranked Crash Kings at 10, not 20. So it should rank higher overall.

Well shit Ill check to see what I messed up tomorrow.

King

Stay positive. Breathe. Make sure to take care of yourself as best you can (eating well, sleeping, etc.). Most of it is out of your hands, other than offering the support that you can.

Okay, Im pretty sure I didnt do that. I know I did quite a bit of it but not with everyone.

Hades was just a super fun, addicting game to play. One of the few where I wanted to play more even after the credits. Eventually I reached that satisfaction point though.

Its too expensive to take a chance on dealing with motion sickness, especially when the games are not cheap too.

Bring the price down to even $400 and that rumored PC support and Id start thinking about it. But no one should jump on a sinking ship.

It takes ten clears to get the true final endingif I remember that right.

But you should definitely try to at least clear it with each weapon, just for the experience.

A tie for 15th!

#15 - Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion
Average - 14.57
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.40
Rank without outliers - 17 (2 lower)

1 - Fluttershy_Pony
10 - Sheep007
11 - Johnbobb
16 - MaxGalactica
18 - FoolFantastic
22 - HBJDubs
24 - Seanchan

Songs of the Cycle - 4 votes for 3 songs from 2 rankers:
2. The Way - Fluttershy_Pony
5. Leviticus: ****** - Fluttershy_Pony, Johnbobb
11. A Tear and a Smile - Fluttershy_Pony

Fluttershy_Pony - Honestly, the only album that I could possibly give first place to this topic. The raw power and emotion on display rather destroys everything it was up against this cycle; it does lose a bit of a steam towards the end as it feels a bit more "typical love song"-y at times, but even its most forgettable tracks are still good. I actually had five songs from this album in my Top Songs list before adding my self-imposed three song limit.

Seanchan - I just didn't care for this album.

#15 - Crash Kings - Crash Kings
Average - 14.57
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.60
Rank without outliers - 18 (3 higher)

2 - Seanchan
6 - Fluttershy_Pony
12 - Johnbobb
19 - HBJDubs
20 - MaxGalactica
21 - Sheep007
22 - FoolFantastic

Songs of the Cycle - 8 votes for 5 songs from 4 rankers:
2. 1985 - Seanchan, Fluttershy_Pony, MaxGalactica
3. It's Only Wednesday - Seanchan
6. 14 Arms - Johnbobb
7. Raincoat - Fluttershy_Pony, MaxGalactica
10. My Love - Seanchan

Seanchan - Easily my favorite new (to me) album of this ranking cycle. I immediately took a shine to this and it has not gone away since, despite listening to this at least a dozen times since we initially covered it. It's just catchy piano pop with fun instrumentation and great singing. There's tons of earworms here, so I'm at least glad it got some love on the song level from the rest of the group.

Fluttershy_Pony - I... don't remember this, but I have vague memories of kinda bopping to it? Something about a raincoooaaaatttt, a yellow raincoooaaa~ttttt? *goes back to click a few songs* Ah, yes. Pretty fun album, even if it never leaves a lasting impact. There's still something to be said about something that's fun and fleeting. [Later: I've had 1985 and Raincoat stuck in my head for days now, so I'm redoing my submission to add them to the Songs of the Cycle list & move this album up a few rankings.]

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#17 - Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Average - 14.71
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 14.60
Rank without outliers - 15 (2 higher)

6 - MaxGalactica
10 - Seanchan
12 - FoolFantastic
15 - Fluttershy_Pony
17 - Johnbobb
19 - Sheep007
24 - HBJDubs

Songs of the Cycle - 2 votes for 2 songs from 1 rankers:
1. O Tannenbaum - MaxGalactica
4. Linus and Lucy - MaxGalactica

Seanchan - A better, more interesting album than I ever expected it to be. Not something I'm going to listen to outside the winter holidays but I'll definitely be coming back to this one in the future. Nice to see O Tannenbaum get a song vote, as it really sets the table well for the rest of the album.

Fluttershy_Pony - I hate Christmas and jazz doesn't usually score well with me, but in the words of Mr. Burns "I know what I hate, and I don't hate this". It's not something I'm likely to ever go back to, but it's an easy listen and an oddly enjoyable look at some music styles that I don't encounter often. I'm glad we covered this one, even if I'm giving it a rather mid placement.

FoolFantastic posted...

I don't know why you would expect 21 to finish over Franz Ferdinand. The latter is one of the most acclaimed rock albums of this century and this forum very clearly likes rock.

I didnt get the impression from the track ranking week that it was particularly loved.

#18 - Adele - 21
Average - 14.86
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.20
Rank without outliers - 16 (2 higher)

7 - Sheep007
8 - Seanchan
11 - MaxGalactica
16 - FoolFantastic
20 - HBJDubs
21 - Fluttershy_Pony
21 - Johnbobb

Songs of the Cycle - 5 votes for 3 songs from 3 rankers:
1. Rolling in the Deep - Seanchan, Sheep007
3. Turning Tables - MaxGalactica
11. Someone Like You - Seanchan, MaxGalactica

Seanchan - I am utterly shocked this album is ranked this low! Great singles, great singer, good instrumentation, a cohesive theme...I really thought I'd be one of the low rankers. Instead, I'm one of the highest! Personal feelings aside, I'm gobsmacked that this is lower in a group ranking than Desired, Nekomata Master, Franz Ferdinand, and A Charlie Brown Christmas. And inserting personal feelings, Meshell Ndegeocello, FKA twigs, and maybe The Cars too.

Fluttershy_Pony - Sorry, I'm just not in an Adele mood today. I had this album up around fifth place when we started, but I just... don't want to listen to this right now. I'm not going to go insane (well... anymore insane...) and drop it all the way down the list because this album is stacked with hits and I did enjoy it, it's just not what I want to hear right now. [Later: Oof. I'm moving this one further down after all, I'm afraid. I wasn't trying to be funny by having this in 21st place, that's just where it wound up in the end.]

#19 - Madonna - Like a Prayer
Average - 15.00
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.60
Rank without outliers - 18 (1 higher)

2 - HBJDubs
11 - FoolFantastic
13 - Fluttershy_Pony
15 - Sheep007
17 - Seanchan
22 - MaxGalactica
25 - Johnbobb

Songs of the Cycle - 3 votes for 2 songs from 2 rankers:
1. Like a Prayer - Fluttershy_Pony, Sheep007
11. Act of Contrition - Fluttershy_Pony

Fluttershy_Pony - I know some people don't like doing multiple albums by the same artist, but I hope we get a chance to cover another Madonna album at some point This was a good choice, but I just couldn't really get into it... I have a bias towards the older, more refined style from "Bedtime Stories" (which has my two favorite Madonna songs), but even some of her earlier work feels catchier--like "Open Your Heart" would probably be my personal pick for peak 80s Madonna. This album is... good, but... I'm not sure I'd put anything from it in my top ten Madonna songs, which makes it feel a bit disappointing. Though I'm being too harsh; the title song is still great and I like how oddly experimental "Art of Contrition" feels.

Seanchan - Just an okay album for me, despite usually liking most of the female pop albums we've covered. It's got some bit hits like Like A Prayer, Express Yourself, and Cherish, but the rest of the album doesn't reach that level.

FYI, Sade should have marked as #21 above.

#20 - Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina
Average - 15.43
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.60
Rank without outliers - 18 (2 higher)

7 - MaxGalactica
10 - FoolFantastic
13 - Johnbobb
15 - Seanchan
20 - Sheep007
20 - Fluttershy_Pony
23 - HBJDubs

Songs of the Cycle - 3 votes for 2 songs from 2 rankers:
1. Tudo Que Voc Podia Ser - Seanchan, MaxGalactica
12. Paisagem Da Janela - Seanchan

Seanchan - I originally had this album ranked a few spots higher but moved it down lower on my last relisten. I think there's quite a bit to enjoy here but I think it just ended up carrying on a bit too long. That said, I did pick a few songs from the album, as I felt like I needed to recognize some of its best parts.

Fluttershy_Pony - Not my type of music, but I'm glad we covered something as different as this. Now if only Spotify would stop suggesting I listen to every single song from this album ever day for the rest of my life...

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Bumbling Biden - Social media erupts over Presidents latest verbal gaff

I read there are appeals that can happen with that ruling. And that Trumps side is naturally going to do so.

#22 - Sade - Love Deluxe
Average - 16.57
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 15.80
Rank without outliers - 21 (no change)

13 - Sheep007
14 - MaxGalactica
14 - FoolFantastic
16 - Fluttershy_Pony
17 - HBJDubs
18 - Seanchan
24 - Johnbobb

Songs of the Cycle - 0 votes for 0 songs from 0 rankers:
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Fluttershy_Pony - Smooth soul that I dig the sound of, but there aren't any individual tracks that I'm really into. It's all just "good music". Which is obviously good, but I tend to be far more biased towards albums that have at least one song that I fall in love with and there's nothing here that I'm likely to seek out... still, from an objective standpoint, this should be a few spaces higher than I have it as I did enjoy everything here. Just... not as strongly as I might have liked.

Seanchan - I agree with Fluttershy's take. A good album when you're listening to it but lacking anything that truly stuck with me. Based on everyone's ranking and the lack of song selections, that seemed to generally be where everyone landed.

FYI, I'm going to be out of town for the next week or so, so the drops may not come as fast as I'd like. I'll try to do at least 1 a day though.

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#22 - Simple Plan - Get Your Heart On!
Average - 17.00
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 17.80
Rank without outliers - 22 (no change)

5 - Fluttershy_Pony
11 - Seanchan
13 - HBJDubs
21 - MaxGalactica
22 - Johnbobb
22 - Sheep007
25 - FoolFantastic

Songs of the Cycle - 3 votes for 3 songs from 2 rankers:
1. You Suck at Love - Fluttershy_Pony
3. Jet Lag - Seanchan
10. Last One Standing - Fluttershy_Pony

Fluttershy_Pony - Fun bops. I never remember this album after it ends, but I always enjoy myself while it's playing. I originally only had one song from this on my "favorite song" list, but I'm probably going to try to cut some stuff to make more room... I refuse to leave "You Suck at Love" off my list at the very least. Just a consistently fun album.

Seanchan - "I never remember this album after it ends, but I always enjoy myself while it's playing" is a damn good way to sum up this one. I've a soft spot for the easy listen-ability of pop punk, so no surprise that I'd enjoy this more than many of the more artistically reaching albums. Given the feedback from its Rank the Tracks week, this is probably about as high as this album could realistically hope to get.

In hindsight...maybe I shouldn't have picked any SotC from this album? But also, I seriously considered "Anywhere Else But Here" because despite how vacuous it is, it's a pretty fun bop.

1. Dorset Perception
2. Around the World in a Tea Daze
3. My Head Feels Like a Frisbee
4. Star Shpongled Banner
5. A New Way to Say 'Hooray!'
6. Once Upon the Sea of Blissful Awareness
7. Shpongleyes
8. Room 2
9. Flute Fruit

A fairly arbitrary ranking due to the nature of the challenge, though I'm feeling pretty confident about first and last.

There's two questions I ask myself at the end of each week. Would I listen to this again? and Would I listen to something else from this group? With Shpongle, the answer to both is definitely yes! It's certainly hard to place this album, with it's EDM-ish bits, the samples, and the general bits of weirdness that reminded me a tiny bit of Rusted Root. But it all managed to come together!

Hadn't heard of taking magnesium before. I looked and I get 100mg in a multi-vitamin I take.

Turns out Costco's got it on sale this month: https://www.costco.com/kirkland-signature-magnesium-citrate-250mg%2c-270-softgels.product.4000106829.html

...might just pick that up. My DOMs have been pretty minimal lately since I'm not able to really stress the lower body, and it was the quads/hams/glutes that were the issue most of the time.

I think I'd die if I did heavy squats twice a week. I take it you're managing the overall workload so that the DOMs are manageable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0SDS69BV3s

I think there's a large portion of urban and suburban people who would love to have the magical combination of big single family home with a nice sized yard, that's also somehow within very short (5-10 minutes max) walking distance of lots of amenities (grocery store, gym, coffee shop, restaurants, etc.).

Unfortunately, that's simply not a reasonable reality for a very large swath of the country. You can have the home you want, but you've got to drive for the amenities. Or, you can have the amenities but you have to settle for a apartment/condo/townhouse/rowhouse.

Bizarrely, I live in one of those few areas where that magical combo is possible and the prices are fucking astronomical (think $1.5-2+ million for a SFH). They're trying to build out more "missing middle" types of housing (think duplexes, triplexes, etc.) but there's so much pushback from the NIMBY home owners who "got theirs" and also complain about taxes being too high because their land is now worth a fortune.

#23 - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
Average - 17.71
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 18.60
Rank without outliers - 23 (no change)

7 - Johnbobb
14 - HBJDubs
17 - Fluttershy_Pony
17 - FoolFantastic
21 - Seanchan
24 - Sheep007
24 - MaxGalactica

Songs of the Cycle - 2 votes for 2 songs from 2 rankers:
1. Peter Piper - Johnbobb
9. You Be Illin' - Fluttershy_Pony

Fluttershy_Pony - I want to hear some more classic hip hop (and modern hip hop for that matter), but there wasn't much that I could get into on this album. "You Be Illin'" is catchy enough that it's been stuck in my head all week and funny enough that I don't mind it getting stuck... but I really need at least two songs that I'm into to say I really liked an album and sadly, this just has the one. Still, getting a song onto my "top songs" list is more than most albums managed and I'm glad we covered something *like* this album, even if I'm not that into it in practice.

Seanchan - Another album I wasn't a particular fan of. There are some classic of the rap genre on here, like It's Tricky and Walk This Way, but I found myself getting tired of the album as a whole.

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PKs, naturally

#24 - Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End
Average - 18.71
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 20.80
Rank without outliers - 24

2 - Fluttershy_Pony
10 - Johnbobb
23 - FoolFantastic
23 - Sheep007
23 - Seanchan
25 - HBJDubs
25 - MaxGalactica

Songs of the Cycle - 4 votes for 4 songs from 2 rankers:
1. Smells Like Nirvana - Johnbobb
9. Airline Amy - Fluttershy_Pony
10. The Plumbing Song - Fluttershy_Pony
11. You Don't Love Me Anymore - Fluttershy_Pony

Fluttershy_Pony - This album rose quite a few places from where I had it originally, down towards the middle of the pack. I think my problem with the album is that all the songs I don't like are placed at the front, causing it to start off on the wrong foot; I really dislike the first three tracks and may even kinda hate the Nirvana track that opens it... but if I just skip down a few tracks, it's one of the most delightful albums we covered this cycle. Is it cheating to give high marks to an album where I refuse to listen to half of it? Probably. Do I care? No. These rankings are based only on where I *want* to place each album and I definitely got enough enjoyment out of this to place it rather high up. [LATER: I had this in fourth place, but I'm really feeling like putting it into second. "You Don't Love Me Anymore" is my favorite song of the cycle & everything after the polka is great. Were it not for the first four songs on this album (I do like the Polka, just not nearly as much as everything that follows), this might actually take the top slot... but, as is, I'll settle with it in second. Which is not even remotely an objective score, but again, I don't care.]

Seanchan - Another album I'm personally glad ranked low...but I'm slightly surprised as a group it was this low? I guess I expected a bit more love for Al? For me, I'm just not a big fan of his whole parody shtick, especially a whole album worth. It's not terrible but it's also not something I was looking forward to relistening to.

Not sure if I'm rooting for or against Arsenal in extra time...

Deadlifts felt damn good today. Only 280x5 for the heaviest but there was more in the tank if I had wanted it. My hip/glute issue thankfully was very quiet today, likely owing to taking it easy on squat day. It's nice to know that I can continue to progress with heavy deadlifts.

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With the song list, I initially had almost 40 selected. It was some tough calls to cut it down to 25. Felt bad about quite a few of them. In a different world I would have selected both renditions of Lovesong (The Cure and Adele).

Also, I forgot to put the Songs of the Cycle for Disco Volante!

3. Carry Stress in the Jaw - Johnbobb
6. After School Special - Johnbobb

No surprise that its top ranker would pick some of the songs.

Rodri is such a great player, and carries on the recent tradition of City midfielders anchors from Gundogan, Fernandino, and Yaya Toure. Not all were the same level of being defensively minded but their presence just calms everything down and allows all our attacking talent to do their thing. They also all had the innate ability to step further forward score a killer goal when need be.

Something I always have to keep in mind is that I'm 5' 6'', ~150lbs.

I'll watch some videos on Youtube and see guys doing 200 pound OHP for reps. But most of those dudes are 6+ feet tall and 220+ pounds. Everyone's always talking raw numbers and not strength to weight.

This one guy did something like a 220 lb OHP and mentioned that he's recovering from injuries and that's not yet a body weight rep. Granted, this motherfucker is built like a house and 100% objectively stronger than me by any measure. But it puts things in perspective. There is literally no way on Earth I will ever OHP 220 pounds. But I should be proud that I'm able to OHP 95% of my bodyweight, not dejected that it's only 65% of what this big ass dude is doing.

#25 - Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Average - 20.14
Average without outliers (removing best and worst score) - 22
Rank without outliers - 25

6 - Johnbobb
19 - FoolFantastic
21 - HBJDubs
22 - Fluttershy_Pony
23 - MaxGalactica
25 - Sheep007
25 - Seanchan

Fluttershy_Pony - Oof. I had this album in third place on my preliminary rankings, but I'm just... aggressively not in the mood for this right now. There are times when I love what this album is doing (see: the week we actually covered it and I was almost ecstatic about it), but right now I'm just.... not. I'm sorry. Try asking me again in a few months and this album might reclaim some of its former glory, but right now it's near the bottom.

Seanchan - Very happy to see this come in last. Easily my least favorite album of this cycle. And actually my least favorite of all the albums we've covered in the 150+ weeks of Rank the Tracks. An aggressively annoying album that I found hard to listen to. I honestly have no idea who this is supposed to appeal to.

Here's the average results:
6.14
6.29
6.57
6.57
9.14
10.86
11.00
11.57
12.29
12.43
13.00
13.43
13.57
14.29
14.57
14.57
14.71
14.86
15.00
15.43
16.57
17.00
17.71
18.71
20.14

Pretty close between the top 4! My guess when this started was that Muse or Adele would come out the winner but we shall see. I've not spoiled the results for myself yet, so I genuinely don't know.

With the Songs of the Cycle, every single album except 1 got votes, which was Sade - Love Deluxe. On the other side, only 1 album got votes from all 5 who submitted song lists, but I'll save that reveal for later. Also, every album except Love Deluxe had at least 2 different songs selected, with 2 different albums maxing out at 7 songs.

In total, from the 125 song votes, there were 88 different songs selected. Or to put it another way, 28.5% of the 309 total songs garnered votes.

The results for Rank the Albums 6 are now upon us!

As ever, huge thanks to FoolFantastic for running the weekly track ranking for these albums, without which this would not be possible. If you'd like to participate in the ongoing Rank the Tracks, the latest is here, https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80715150v, or search the board for the newest topic.

The 25 albums, in the order we covered them in Rank the Tracks:
Desired - Lovestory
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Madonna - Like a Prayer
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Rusted Root - When I Woke
The Cure - Disintegration
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!
Sade - Love Deluxe
FKA twigs - Magdalene
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Cars - The Cars
Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges - Clube da Esquina
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell
Simple Plan - Get Your Heart On!
Crash Kings - Crash Kings
Weird Al Yankovic - Off the Deep End
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Adele - 21
Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nekomata Master - Follow Slowly

We had 7 of Board 8's most illustrious users submit ranking lists, with 5 also giving me their Songs of the Cycle (i.e., their favorite 25 songs from those albums):
Seanchan (that's me!)
Fluttershy_Pony
Johnbobb
FoolFantastic
Sheep007
HBJDubs
MaxGalactica

A big thank you to every one of you!

Nice to see someone making progress!

On squat day I skipped back squats after I felt my usual right hip/glute discomfort even at very low weight. Instead I substituted a bunch more low weight Zercher sets. Max was 10 reps at 125. I'm kind of enjoying the very different feel of the Zerchers at the moment. Also did some leg press, which I'm not really a fan of, but it's better than nothing.

OHP went really well on its day though. My shoulders were feeling the best they've felt in weeks with no soreness. Was able to do 2 singles at 142.5. First single felt really good and strong, just not enough in the tank for another rep. Took a brief rest and then was able to get another.

Maybe it's just my age and not growing up with and playing them over and over (like I did with 3 and World), but I have no recollection of any stages/worlds from the "New" games. I generally enjoyed them at the time, but it's really only the general look of the games that stuck with me.