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#29: BRING ME THE HORIZON - OH NO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWg7DruyA0&list=PL1djAjAZEwIaB0KaDGDu8uF99OV2Q4FA4&index=14

Nominator: @BlackDra90n (2/21)
Source: Live at Royal Albert Hall (2/14)

Initial Score: 73.09 [#83]
Revised Score: 99.74 [#23]
Final Score: 99.74 [#29]

(First Thoughts: Aww, you gave me an anti-dance song & it even has a saxophone solo! You know how I always say this topic needs more saxophones and Ive needed an anti-dance song for a while now.

*fake cries in an intentionally overacted fashion* Its everything I ever wanted!!

....and yet youre still only getting 73 points. Repeats itself too oftenworks in context as a parody of songs that do that, but holds the score back a bit. Still, great way to close the album.)

Still not quite my favorite song of the album, but it fills a specific niche that Ive wanted filled for a while now and it does so while throwing in a saxophone, so Im obligated to give this a high score.

Not going to accuse you of witchcraft on this one though. My dislike of dance music and bias towards saxophones was already established prior to this topic, so its not like you were giving me something I asked for before I asked for it like a certain warlock. This is just a happy coincidence.

[Final Thoughts: Nothing else to add.]

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#28: THE DEAR HUNTER - IF ALL GOES WELL:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0BDTL1YJglYEd0OfTY4m6I

Nominator: NBIceman (2/22)
Source: Act IV: Rebirth in Repose (1/15)

Initial Score: 71.57 [#107]
Revised Score: 52.57 [#400]
Final Score: 59.13 (upgraded to 99.80) [#28]

(First Thoughts: A fine followup to King of Swords (Reversed). I may flip their positions around on a relisten.)

A song that really needs other songs on the album to really shine. I was invested in this part of the story, so I was excited to hear each part of it and they were getting good scores... but I find that I have no interest in listening to this song by itself, which is awkward at an individual song ranking. Im almost tempted to treat King of Swords (Reversed) and this track as one song for ranking purposes, but if I didnt do that for History Repeating Parts 1 & 2, Im certainly not going to do so here.

...Though the score would almost certainly be helped if I did.

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: Going to move this up to 59 points for the moment, see how I feel about it when we get to that point.]

[Later: Lets try....mid-60s? Its definitely getting closer to where I had it originally...]

[Still Later: Ive had this stuck in my head for quite some time and this feels well beyond everything at the 60 level, so lets try moving it back up to its original placement.]

[Later: I actually didnt remember this song when I looked at the title, but as soon as it started, I was like Aww man, its this song! Whatcha doin this low on the list, mate, didnt we like move you up to the 80 point tier like a month ago??

Not... not really sure why my inner voice talked like that in response to this song... but either way, Im not just moving this up to the 80 point tier, Im skipping it directly up to the 90 point tier. Whee!]

[Final Thoughts: No idea why this song dropped so far on the second listen, but its skyrocketed to the top of the charts now.]

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ACT IV: REBIRTH IN REPRISE:

Rebirth: 44.34 [#518]
Remembered: 44.80 [#512]
At the End of the Earth: 50.60 [#452]
The Bitter Suite Vi: Abandon: 66.30 [#265]
The Old Haunt: 66.50 [#262]
Ouroboros: 67.66 [#244]
Is There Anybody Here?: 68.05 [#237]
The Squeaky Wheel: 68.75 [#223]
A Night on the Town: 69.60 [#213]
Waves: 69.90 [#207]
Wait: 69.9999 [#199]
The Line: 74.20 [#169]
King of Swords (Reversed): 88.90 [#76]
The Bitter Suite IV & V: 99.25 [#31]
If All Goes Well: 99.80 [#28]

Average Score: 69.8433266666

One of the better albums. Some of the songs from the stolen identity portion of. the story didnt really connect (though it did have its moments), but things largely picked up once we shifted to political ambitions and a fall from grace.

(Incidentally, Im still half curious about Act III and might go back & listen to it, though Im not officially adding it to the list. Thats a...Ill click on it if I want to thing than an obligation.)

I think this was probably the album with the most chaotic placements, as most songs bounced up and down the list pretty drastically. Bitter Suite IV & V was, I think, the only one that got an incredibly high score and maintained it through all three versions of the list.

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