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Old 12-14-2020, 08:08 PM   #1
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2020 Ants Album of the Year Voting (Due: Dec 30th)

It's the most wonderful time of the year again, friends!

A rookie in the pilot seat this year. I'm taking over after Grace_2 and our founder, TheStand.

My only addition to the list is item 5, which clarifies some previous questions about eligibility:

1. Please order your lists with #1 being your favorite album of the year. Please be sure to spell correctly and number your lists! This is a huge timesaver for me.

2. Please PM your lists to me. If my PM box is full, get cranky with me in the comments.

3. Lists are capped at 100, with a minimum of 10.

4. Scoring will be the same as we've done for years past.
- #1 album will be worth 100 points for every list
- The #2 album will be worth 100 - (100/size of list) and so on...
- Example: A list with 100 albums will be (1. 100 points, 2. 99 points, 3. 98 points, etc...
- A list with 10 albums will be (1. 100 points, 2. 90 points, 3. 80 points, etc...)
- After calculating the total points, each album will be weighted as follows: Total Points * (Lists Appearing/2)

5. Albums and EPs are eligible. Singles and taper recordings are not.

6. Comment below if you have any questions.
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  • Old 12-14-2020, 08:14 PM   #2
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    Re: 2020 Ants Album of the Year Voting (Due: Dec 30th)

    Our gallery of past winners:

    2010s (and the #1):
    2019 Bon Iver - i,i
    2018 Beach House - 7
    2017 The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
    2016 Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    2015 The Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird Is Home
    2014 The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
    2013 The National - Trouble Will Find Me
    2012 Grizzly Bear - Shields
    2011 Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver
    2010 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

    2000s (and the #1):
    2009 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
    2008 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
    2007 Radiohead - In Rainbows

    Albums of the Decade (and the #1):
    2000s Radiohead - Kid A
    2010s The National - High Violet
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    Old 12-14-2020, 08:15 PM   #3
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    Re: 2020 Ants Album of the Year Voting (Due: Dec 30th)

    Mods, can we please sticky this and unsticky the Ants Album of the Decade Voting! 2010-2019 thread?
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    Old 12-14-2020, 10:31 PM   #4
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    Of course I can sticky & unsticky!
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    Old 12-15-2020, 03:37 AM   #5
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    thanks so much, nick!!!
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    Old 12-15-2020, 03:48 AM   #6
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    2010 was a monster of a year
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    Old 12-15-2020, 09:23 AM   #7
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    I only like 3 albums that came out in 2020
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    Old 12-15-2020, 09:38 AM   #8
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    I only like 3 albums that came out in 2020
    Folklore, Evermore and ... ?
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    Old 12-15-2020, 09:39 AM   #9
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    thanks so much, nick!!!


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    2010 was a monster of a year
    So stacked. Safe to guess that your favorite from that year is High Violet?
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    Old 12-15-2020, 09:42 AM   #10
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    Folklore, Evermore and ... ?


    Future Nostalgia
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    Old 12-15-2020, 09:50 AM   #11
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    There are still albums I enjoyed this year, but overall it felt pretty weak as far as depth. Can't think of too many instant classics other than Taylor.
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    You’d think this year would be the year I listen to more music than normal. I can think of only a few albums I listened straight through.

    What the hell did I do all year??
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    Old 12-15-2020, 11:59 AM   #13
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    Future Nostalgia
    Hell yeah

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    There are still albums I enjoyed this year, but overall it felt pretty weak as far as depth. Can't think of too many instant classics other than Taylor.
    There's about 10 records I really enjoyed

    We'll see how those hold up over time

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    You’d think this year would be the year I listen to more music than normal. I can think of only a few albums I listened straight through.

    What the hell did I do all year??
    Cope with existential dread?
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    Old 12-15-2020, 12:07 PM   #14
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    I spent way too much time listening to political podcasts instead of music this year. I guess that was my preferred method of dealing with the existential dread. Looking forward to more music in 2021 now that politics may become relatively boring again.
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    Cope with existential dread?
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    I spent way too much time listening to political podcasts instead of music this year. I guess that was my preferred method of dealing with the existential dread. Looking forward to more music in 2021 now that politics may become relatively boring again.
    I definitely was more into politics than any other election year, too.

    But my podcasts were murder podcasts, nothing like hearing about how someone was hacked up to realize your life isn’t so terrible.

    Also, a lot of video gaming to escape this year.
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    I'm not sure I'll ever be a podcast person

    I almost always look at the running time and think I could listen an album in that amount of time

    So when I do listen to the ones I like, you might not be surprised to learn I also am that person who speeds them up
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    Old 12-15-2020, 12:18 PM   #17
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    So when I do listen to the ones I like, you might not be surprised to learn I also am that person who speeds them up
    I do this too. I'm oversubscribed and it bugs me to not finish them all so I listen at up to 3x speed depending on the natural voice of the host. Takes some getting used to, but now they all sound like molasses at normal speed, hehe.
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    Normal speed podcasts are for the birds
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    So stacked. Safe to guess that your favorite from that year is High Violet?
    high violet was my #5

    1. local natives- gorilla manor
    2. wild nothing- gemini
    3. kanye -mbdtf
    4. vampire weekend- contra
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    Old 12-16-2020, 02:06 PM   #20
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    Re: 2020 Ants Album of the Year Voting (Due: Dec 30th)

    First submission is in!

    My plan is to tabulate on NYE and have results New Year's Day *fingers crossed*

    We'll see how that pans out
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    Old 12-20-2020, 04:58 PM   #21
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    Two lists in now!

    Two albums tied for the extremely early lead
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    This may be a dumb question, but is Live Drugs eligible? I know it’s old performances, but I didn’t know if live albums counted or not. And does Black Pumas count since the deluxe edition was released this year, or is it considered a 2019 release?

    Also, I must have low standard because I thought there were a lot of really great releases this year. It’s not like there were any Deeper Understandings or High Violets, but I think there was a lot of worthwhile stuff.


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    Old 12-21-2020, 01:40 PM   #23
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    This may be a dumb question, but is Live Drugs eligible? I know it’s old performances, but I didn’t know if live albums counted or not. And does Black Pumas count since the deluxe edition was released this year, or is it considered a 2019 release?

    Also, I must have low standard because I thought there were a lot of really great releases this year. It’s not like there were any Deeper Understandings or High Violets, but I think there was a lot of worthwhile stuff.


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    I'm leaning toward Live Drugs is eligible but Black Pumas is not

    And hopefully coming up with a consistent answer here for why: We'll go with the first time the title was available

    I can think of arguments either way, so feel free to tell me I'm wrong (you and others ITT). I'm open to hearing other arguments

    I also like a lot of records this year, but there's only one that feels like a classic for me

    Edit: Maybe two? Yeah, I'd be comfortable calling my top two classics

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    Old 12-21-2020, 02:43 PM   #24
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    i usually submit mine on the last day, sorry nick!!!
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    Old 12-21-2020, 03:03 PM   #25
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    i usually submit mine on the last day, sorry nick!!!
    Take your time! I'm just excited 🤓
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    just checked in to see if this is still going on! glad you're keeping it going nick

    hope to be around the aotd thread more this year, i miss it!
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    just checked in to see if this is still going on! glad you're keeping it going nick

    hope to be around the aotd thread more this year, i miss it!
    Hey!

    You hadn't been around for a bit, so I decided to run with it

    Hope you're healthy and well and all that good stuff!
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    Midnight Wednesday, friends! Get in those under-the-wire, last-second listens before the sand runs out in the hourglass!
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    trying to think if I listened to 10 albums this year

    I'll try to get a list to you soon
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    Plan on submitting one, hope to get it done by the 30th.
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