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#11 [TIE]: MAMOMO - (Night Tide) [mamomo #4]

https://s-mamomo.bandcamp.com/track/--48

Nominator: @FL81 (1/20)
Source: mamomo album (1/13)

Initial Score: 100 [#1] {1}
Revised Score: 100 [#12] {12}
Third Score: 100 [#20] {20}
Fourth: 100 [#18] {18}
Fifth: 100 [#21] {21}
Sixth: 100 [#3] {3}
Seventh: 100 [#2] {2}

Rating Score: 77 [#11]

(First Thoughts: ...This sort of rainy evening ambiance is cheating, you know.)

Its a bit too soon to declare this the definitive winner since Im not even done listening to everything twice, much less three times, and I have a tendency to change my mind on things constantly...

...but this is so beautiful and I have so much bias towards rain effects that its got a very real chance at it.

[Final Thoughts (Round 3): I still love this song, but Ive cooled it on a bit since the first listen... still, it was unquestionably the winner based only on first impressions, so thats an achievement no other song can boast.

The issue with it is that its very dependent on current mood. If Im in the right headspace, theres enough here that the song can hit incredibly hardthe water effects, like the ocean meeting the beach, alongside the emotional playing... there are solid reasons this song was on a tier all by itself after the first trip through the list.

Unfortunately, I just havent been quite there on any subsequent listen. I know why the song hit so hard and I do love what its doing, but its more something to listen to compliment certain emotional states or flashbacks than something that I can play randomly at any point and get full enjoyment from.]

[Final Thoughts (after tallying all scores): Well, the good news is that i was back to being in a mood where I completely loved this song and it was back at the very top of the list. The bad news is that some of the lower placements from the earlier Rounds result in this song just missing the top 10.

Honestly, its rather sad to cut this one before the top 10, but theres not much I can do about it. This surprise format is explicitly created to reward consistent songs and this songs placement was very, very inconsistent. Still, there is a version of the list where the song won.]

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MAMOMO:

Sea Breeze Island (#2): 50.40 [#458]
ON the Roof of Tanaka (#13): 55.90 [#393]
Sea of Clouds Walk (#5): 66.00 [#269]
First Fight (#3): 73.25 [#177]
Eventually the Night Will Come (#10): 73.48 [#174]
In the Garden of God (#9): 75.33 [#161]
Encounter (#11): 75.60 [#156]
Circumzenithal Arc (#12): 82.90 [#109]
At the Embankment (#8): 83.00 [#108]
On the Main Street of the City in the Morning (#7): 86.40 [#90]
Mamomo #6: 92.00 [#58]
Uncles Forest (#1): 100 [#22]
Night Tide (#4): 100 [#11]

Average Score: 78.02

A very high scoring album filled with the types of ambient music that I love. There are a handful of low scorers mixed in, but its mostly great and featured one of the only songs to come in first on any version of the list.

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Jesse_Custer: 75.6406666666
rwlh: 74.683326
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Snake: 72.2906666666
Murphiroth: 70.2560714285
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Cakophon: 68.4806666666
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Metalmind: 59.3499999999
Bane: 58.1471428571
Steiner: 54.2413311687
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Xeybozn: 53.3525
Hbthebattle: 53.0054545454
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Player_0: 44.991



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#11 [TIE]: THE EIGHTFOLD ROAD - ALFYN, THE APOTHECARY:

https://familyjules7x.bandcamp.com/track/alfyn-the-apothecary

Nominator: The_Mighty_KELP (?/32)

Initial Score: 93.00 [#7] {7}
Revised Score: 101 [#3] {3}
Third Score: 100 [#18] {18}
Fourth: 100 [#9] {9}
Fifth: 100 [#23] {23}
Sixth: 100 [#9] {9}
Seventh: 100 [#8] {8}

Rating Score: 77 [#11]

(First Thoughts: This is so wonderful, and beautiful, and exactly what I wanted that I need to take a break from listening to things for a bit... the next song cant possibly live up to this and I need a bit of distance before I can give it a fair chance.

...also I really dont like Alfyn or his theme, so big congratulations to these guys for doing so perfectly with it.)

I should make this win. I really should. And the entire writeup should just be me yelling HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SAID WE NEED MORE SAXOPHONES???

But seriously, I wanted a very saxophone heavy song and this song is like 90% sax and 10% electric guitar shredding that feels like it came from a Bill & Ted movie. This is definitely something I wanted and is in consideration for first place.

[Final Thoughts: Another consistently very high scoring song that I just cant quite award first place to, but I really wanted a saxophone focused song somewhere in this ranking and this song delivered.

i may look into insaneintherainmusic later, see if they have any other songs remotely on this level.]

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