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Evermore hasn’t even been out for two weeks and it’s already at 22 y’all—
Evermore definitely riding on folklore’s hype. If she released the album during early November, it will make it into many year-end lists alongside with folklore, just similar situation with Sault “Untitled (Black Is)/Rise)” or Big Thief “U.F.OF./Two Hands”
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Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe BridgersBest pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly Hourhttps://www.metacritic.com/feature/music-critics-pick-top-10-best-albums-of-2020
Taylor is about to overtake RTJ4.
ReplyCopy URLhttps://www.metacritic.com/feature/music-critics-pick-top-10-best-albums-of-2020 Taylor is about to overtake RTJ4.
Yeah, I think folklore will overtake RTJ4 in the next update considering they haven’t add Insider and Earbuddy lists.
ReplyCopy URLFor you consideration :
Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe BridgersBest pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly HourI don’t really get what AOTY is doing. If you only want to count the most reputable sources of music journalism, that’s fine. But the lists that they’re deciding to leave off are fairly random. I don’t really love MC’s style of just counting every damn thing. But at least they don’t seem like they’re moving with biases.
RTJ4’s is clearly the hip-hop album critics decided to back this year. There doesn’t seem to be much genuine passion behind it. Which is why it falling is appropriate. However, it’s not gonna go anywhere on AOTY.
ReplyCopy URLI don’t really get what AOTY is doing. If you only want to count the most reputable sources of music journalism, that’s fine. But the lists that they’re deciding to leave off are fairly random. I don’t really love MC’s style of just counting every damn thing. But at least they don’t seem like they’re moving with biases. RTJ4’s is clearly the hip-hop album critics decided to back this year. There doesn’t seem to be much genuine passion behind it. Which is why it falling is appropriate. However, it’s not gonna go anywhere on AOTY.
oh 100%. There are so many reputable publications that have been ignored.
ReplyCopy URLI wouldn’t say that they are leaving out “reputable” sources, but they are including so many random publications that there doesn’t seem to be any consistent criteria. So, some people that they are leaving out doesn’t really make sense. Really, if we’re only including respected publications that people look to for music journalism then maybe only like 70-80 publications should be included in any of this.
ReplyCopy URLYeah it’s kinda strange to compare metacritic with aoty at the moment. Interesting, though 🙂
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Meanwhile on acclaimedmusic.net which is still being updated and probably won’t be finished until mid 2021.
Top 10 so far:
1 | 1 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2 | 3 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher
3 | 2 | Run the Jewels | RTJ4
4 | 4 | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia
5 | 5 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
6 | 7 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways
7 | 6 | Taylor Swift | folklore
8 | 10 | Fontaines D.C. | A Hero’s Death
9 | 8 | Sault | Untitled (Black Is)
10 | 9 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloudhttp://www.acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9344
ReplyCopy URL10. The Otherside — Cam
09. Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa
08. Ugly Is Beautiful — Oliver Tree
07. What’s Your Pleasure? — Jessie Ware
06. After Hours — The Weeknd
05. Rare — Selena Gomez
04. DISCO — Kylie Minogue
03. Only Child — Sasha Sloan
02. folklore — Taylor Swift
01. Fetch The Bolt Cutters — Fiona AppleReplyCopy URLFor you consideration :
Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe BridgersBest pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly Hourfolklore about to surpass RTJ4 on Metacritic anytime soon. The latter still ahead on AOTY but the gap is getting smaller, it will be close competition considering the remaining lists seems favoring folklore more.
ReplyCopy URLFor you consideration :
Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe BridgersBest pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly HourI truly wonder what the metascore/decade end lists would look like had folklore been released by a relatively unknown, niche artist like phoebe bridgers.
Would it do better, since snobbish magazines would be more inclined to rate it highly?
Or would it do slightly worse, since the 180 Taylor pulled really drew in the critical attention?
ReplyCopy URLI truly wonder what the metascore/decade end lists would look like had folklore been released by a relatively unknown, niche artist like phoebe bridgers. Would it do better, since snobbish magazines would be more inclined to rate it highly? Or would it do slightly worse, since the 180 Taylor pulled really drew in the critical attention?
this is something I wonder about often
ReplyCopy URLI truly wonder what the metascore/decade end lists would look like had folklore been released by a relatively unknown, niche artist like phoebe bridgers.
Would it do better, since snobbish magazines would be more inclined to rate it highly?
Or would it do slightly worse, since the 180 Taylor pulled really drew in the critical attention?
i was thinking about this too … on one hand snobbish critics like Pitchfork would have definitely rated it higher if it was by some niche indie artist but Taylor’s genre change drew in a lot of headlines and attention too. it made the record seem more impressive and exciting considering it was an entirely new sound for her and made in a couple of months in isolation, so i definitely believe this has factored into the glowing reviews for folklore.
ReplyCopy URLI truly wonder what the metascore/decade end lists would look like had folklore been released by a relatively unknown, niche artist like phoebe bridgers. Would it do better, since snobbish magazines would be more inclined to rate it highly? Or would it do slightly worse, since the 180 Taylor pulled really drew in the critical attention?
It probably will get higher score. The only critic that I’ve seen tend to give good score for the sake of Taylor’s name is Rolling Stone although they don’t hesitate to give lower just like they did for Red.
But many critics always put their expectation higher when it comes to Taylor’s albums. The New York Times dragged folklore, saying it wasn’t pop enough lol. Some critics unhappy with her new direction but just wait when they start switching their opinion for upcoming years.
ReplyCopy URLFor you consideration :
Album of the year : folklore
Record of the year : Don't Start Now
Song of the year : cardigan
Best new artist : Phoebe BridgersBest pop vocal album : folklore
Best rap album : Alfredo
Best alternative music album : Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Best progressive R&B album : Ungodly Hour
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