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Cursed Night is pretty good. I first heard it on one of the two streams of hers that I actually sawa fairly recent one that opened with her performing her own songs and then spent most of the rest of the time doing covers of the Shrek soundtrack.

Ill add Kingslayer & the ETiD album to the list.



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67: MASSIVE ATTACK - UNFINISHED SYMPATHY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmrfgj0MZI

Nominator: Djungelurban (4/15)

Initial Score: 59.80 [#264]
Revised Score: 58.31 [#318]
Final Score: 59.20 (upgraded to 89.80) [#67]

(First Thoughts: Shes a very strong vocalist and I want to hear more from her, but this track isnt doing a lot for me.)

I like that this is somehow technically a dance anthem, in spite of it being very subdued with a string orchestra and some almost ghostly vocals, but Im never really drawn into the song. Parts of the song come close to hitting the mark:

Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
Im missing every part

Thats....almost the type of thing I want to hear. Like the entire song is almost exactly what I want. I can easily praise the singer, the orchestra, the genre, parts of the lyrics, but when it comes down to it... I dont think its quite a 60 point song, Im sorry.

[(Not Actually) Final Thoughts: I think the extended outro is whats dragging it down. The song does everything right, then it runs out of lyrics and just... keeps going aimlessly for almost half the songs runtime. In a way, it makes the song sound unfinishedso credit if thats the idea were going with (considering the song title, it probably was), but it hurts my enjoyment of the song. Im here mostly for her singing (remind me to look into one or two of her solo songs later) and once shes done singing, Im rather done with the song.

...Really tempted to move it up to 60 points anyway because the first half the song is certainly good enough to justify it, but its not quite there.]

[Later: ....Alright, alright, I do like it enough to get to the next tier. The outro is still holding it back, but the first half of the song is good enough that Id say theres at least 60 points of things to like here.]

[Still Later: Actually, Im going to jump this all the way up to 80 points.]

[Final Thoughts: Its on the edge of greatness, but the prolonged outro still drags things down a bit for me.]

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66: POPPY - SICK OF THE SUN:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3TCBgc1XYKqNOr0FBhb1WX

Nominator: Murphiroth (2/21)
Source: I Disagree (More) (1/14)

Initial Score: 80.549 [#44]
Revised Score: 88.19 [#72]
Final Score: 89.90 [#66]

(First Thoughts: Another song that almost perfectly hits the sad, but not soul-crushing area. The bridge is the best part, its really short but captures the feeling of drowning in a sea of despair for about ten secondsits powerful, but really short which might be for the best?)

That bridge is so marvelous, like slowly sinking into the ocean... if it managed to keep up that type of ambience throughout more of the song, it would have been an easy 100. As is, the song is still pretty great, but the lyrics repeat themselves a bit too often and my favorite part is incredibly short... still the best song on the album and one that I highly enjoy, but not quite perfect.

[Final Thoughts: So very, very close to being absolute perfection. The subject matter, lyrics, singing, and instruments are all wonderful... but it repeats itself a bit too much for me to honestly place it on the top tier.]

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POPPY - I DISAGREE (MORE):

Bleep Bloop: 58.05 [#376]
Sit / Stay: 58.16 [#369]
Bloodmoney: 61.10 [#313]
If It Bleeds: 62.29 [#293]
Bite Your Teeth: 62.94 [#280]
I Disagree: 63.60 [#277]
Nothing I Need: 68.90 [#219]
Khaos x4: 69.43 [#217]
Dont Ask: 73.50 [#173]
Anything Like Me: 78.30 [#132]
Dont Go Outside: 83.80 [#103]
Concrete: 89.50 [#103]
Fill the Crown: 89.60 [#69]
Sick of the Sun: 89.90 [#66]

Average Score: 72.0764285714

A very high scoring album which had more variety to it than expected. Ill probably try looking into some of her earlier, poppier albums at some point. I cant think of anything else i want to say here, so hopefully the high average score can speak for itself.

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65: TAYLOR SWIFT - THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN DYNASTY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5xdY6MCeI

Nominator: @Snake5555555555 (3/15)

Initial Score: 52.79 [#335]
Revised Score: 88.37 [#71]
Final Score: 89.95 [#65]

(First Thoughts: Its not a bad selection, but I dont care about Rebekahs life story or the history of Taylor Swifts mansion. I do like the ending of the song:

Holiday House sat quietly on that beach
Free of women with madness, their men and bad habits
And then it was bought by me

Nice lines, but they come in a bit too late because I have no feelings, positive or negative, towards Rebekahs life. Lets say... 50 points for the main part of the song and a few bonus points for the parts where Taylors singing about herself?)

After so many other songs, its rather nice to have a subdued song thats just Taylor Swift narrating her mansions history for under four minutes. Its soothing, she has a good enough voice to sing about whatever she wants, and the lyrics are...good enough. Theyre not exactly my favorite, or particularly complicated, but they tell a complete story.

[Final Thoughts: No further comments. The Initial Score was ridiculously low, but the high 80s feel like a good fit for this track.]

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64: LIVE - PILLAR OF DAVIDSON:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0KiEGRpu6ugyEivgry3HLE

Nominator: azuarc (5/28)
Source: Throwing Copper (3/15)

Initial Score: 44.79 [#478]
Revised Score: 56.14 [#349]
Final Score: 89.99 (upgraded to 89.99999) [#64]

(First Thoughts: [this space intentionally left blank])

Kupo.

I actually really like the singers voice & the bands performance here (outside of the chrous)its a very subdued type of pain and I think my ideal song (at this exact moment in time) would probably be done in this general style. But theres a lot here that Im not fond of: I have no real connection to any of the lyrics (as much as I like the way he sings them), I dont like how the song extends itself by repeating verses, and I dislike the chorusthe song and singing increases in intensity and goes away from the softer feeling I liked.

Im kinda torn between high 40s and low 50s for the score here. It does enough that I like that I could say I like the song, but theres enough I dislike that I could say I dislike it as well... right now, Ill say the strength of his voice on this track pushes it more towards like.

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: His vocal performance on these verses is so perfect... you know what, Im actually jumping this directly to the 70 point tier.]

[Later: Im in love with his voice in the verses on this track... you know what, Im immediately jumping this another tier.]

[Final Thoughts: High 80s is as far as Im willing to take it. With no connection to the lyrics or much interest in the chorus, I just cant honestly say the song should be in the 90s. Perfect voice, perfect delivery, but... not quite at the next tier.

Though it is really close... eh, lets add some more 9s onto that score because it amuses me to do so.]

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Which means weve finally reached the 90s!
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