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Was ready to vote for the Dutchies here but it's going to be Golden Beat early front runners Super Kids!

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Another great group, another one for the opener. Might give "The Rain" a bonus - a much more propulsive track than the slow jam I misremembered!

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Much like Group A1, four all-timers and yet an easy vote for the opener.

Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Working fine for me! In the past I've sometimes had to "change country" for links to playlists made by Job, swapping out the /nl/ for /gb/ to make them work - don't know if some sort of geo restriction is going on here

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Most TV is just this now.

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ah well, that one's trickier, as Swedish long o is in between English -oo- and -oh-, neither is quite right. As long as it's not a short o as in "Ron" or Eng. "ton" (to rhyme with "fun") I wouldn't call it wrong per se :)

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is of some professional interest to me - I assume the barbarians are pronouncing the <verk> part as vurk (-ur as in fur), whereas you are correctly pronouncing it as vairk (-air as in hair)? (In that sense it's the same as Ger. Kraftwerk, but I think that ship has sailed for English speakers)

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hello! Here's mine: MAIN Real Sounds (of Africa) - Tornados vs Dynamos (3-3) [86] And also: Inner City - Big Fun [88] Young MC - Bust A Move [89] Urban Dance Squad - A Deeper Shade of Soul [89] Thanks!

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here we gooo #5debutalbumsfinal 1. REM - Murmur [5pts] 2. De La Soul - 3 Ft High and Rising 3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines 4. The Stone Roses - s/t 5. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy [1pt] Apologies to Big Star - #1 Record and all the rest!

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good to see my people are out re-ranking things.

Screenshot from the Ranker website, showing rerankings of the NYT Best TV shows of the 21st Century list. How To With John Wilson is - correctly - at #1.

But the best thing is that they made these four wonderful albums (+1 EP) and then called it quits, never to be heard from again, nothing to sully their reputation. That’s how you do it!

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I love Bossanova, but then it was the first one I heard/owned. Still think it’s great, possible their best album-album. Love it when they lean into the Californian surf fantasia or their alien landing stuff. (Down to the Well is the only skip)

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I gave myself chills walking back from the shops earlier today, not even listening to the album, but just hearing in my head: WHYYYYYY DO CUPIDS AND ANGELS CONTIN UALLY HAUNT her dreams like memories

Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've long argued that the proper ranking of their albums is 4>3>2>1, which has seen me barred from all Pixies fan spaces.

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"Instead of researchers being questioned about their companies’ habit of plagiarizing academics’ work or using customer data to train models without consent, the public’s imagination is redirected to fears about what the future might hold upon the arrival of fictional superintelligent machines."

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Chemical Brothers, Saint Etienne, Ladytron, Underworld, Sugababes, NERD, the superior Missy Elliott album... and that's the bigger names. If only I could get people to nominate Club 8, Girlsareshort, Charlene, Future Bible Heroes, Casino Vs Japan, Dot Allison...

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

*except for the 122 (incl 87 in the tournament) I like better. But more importantly, the Best Album of 2001 brought new delights - these are 11 albums I'm happy to have discovered/rediscovered - the top 4 enough so to have bought a physical copy since. Thank you, @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social !

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Ik ook natuurlijk, maar niets mis met daarnaast een evoluerende lijst, denk ik. Al was het maar omdat ik nu 4x zoveel albums uit 2001 gehoord heb.

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 17/09/2026

Nee, al heb ik die wel gehoord dus ik zou hem ertussen kunnen zetten. Hmm, beter dan Wilco, minder dan Death Cab. 100e of zo :) Maar jouw lijstje is van destijds toch? Ik denk dat ik toen Strokes en Dntel ook in de top-3 had, maar dan aangevuld met New Order's Get Ready (nu #59) 😎

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new cat just dropped!!! www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

a photo of a little tiny leopard like cat
NBC news headline: New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say

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The Microphones is my #50, Roots Manuva #52, Shins #60, Destiny's Child #71, Low #78, SFA #121, and Aaliyah #143.

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For the purposes of this tournament, yes. It's also in my 2001 list, because I'm not Australian, but I took it out for this post (it's 17)

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I don't do prep - I nominate the albums I know and like, and assume others will do the same, so there'll be enough new stuff for me to explore in the actual tournament. My full ranking of 2001 albums listened to is now also up to 164. Good enough!

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So somehow the best album of 2001 is also the 4th Best Album of 2001. Oh well. Here's my current, i.e. post-tournament Top 20 (green were in the tournament):

My top 20 albums of 2001 - Strokes - Is This It?, Fennesz - Endless Summer, Ladytron - 604, Bran Van 3000 - Discosis, Royksopp - Melody AM, DNTEL - Life is Full of Possibilities, Ballboy - Club Anthems 2001, Spearmint - A Different Lifetime, Roger Sanchez - First Contact, v/a - Kompakt: Total 3, Figurine - The Heartfelt, Felix da Housecat - Kittenz and thee Glitz, Andrew WK - I Get Wet, Lali Puna - Scary World Theory, Four Tet - Pause, Kylie Minogue - Fever, Daft Punk - Discovery, Fischerspooner - #1, Orbital - The Altogether, Club 8 - Club 8. Strokes, Fennesz, LAdytron, Royksopp, Andrew WK, Four Tet, Kylie and Daft Punk were in the Best Album tournament.

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This track is the highlight when you use my trick of playing the instrumental version at 1.25x speed!

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Really scraping the barrel now as my #82 and #88 face off... After 5 consecutive votes against, here's the first FOR Björk. I've also finally found a way to enjoy the album: there are instrumental versions of all the tracks on YouTube! Set the playback speed to 1.25x and they really come alive.

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Björk Hidden Place Instrumental

YouTube video by Instrumental Fan

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Koen Sebregts @dorsalstop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That’s what I’ve been saying!