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End of an Era should be top 5. I too don’t love it as much as I initially did but it, Maria and the 3 singles remain clearly ahead of the rest

I like his version of Love Thy Will Be Done of the songs he wrote for others

Voulez Vous is my second fave of the ABBA tracks but it's quite a long way behind my favourite

Wildcard:

Pet Shop Boys my favourite of the new entries this time, albeit it's not a track I'm particularly huge on.

:lol: I actually do though so I’m still leaving it.

Only 56 left now so it’s definitely not lasting much longer

360 vs. 360 (featuring robyn & yung lean) - I do love the remix too though and have them combined on my version Club classics vs. Club classics (featuring bb trickz) Sympathy is a knife vs. Sympathy is a knife (featuring ariana grande) I might say something stupid vs. I might say something stupid (featuring the 1975 & jon hopkins) Talk talk vs. Talk talk (featuring troye sivan) Von dutch vs. Von dutch (a. g. cook remix featuring addison rae) remix is so good though Everything is romantic vs. Everything is romantic (featuring caroline polachek) Rewind vs. Rewind (featuring bladee) So I vs. So I (featuring a. g. cook) - both so different but the original just edges it still atm Girl, so confusing vs. Girl, so confusing (featuring lorde) Apple vs. Apple (featuring the japanese house) B2b vs. B2b (featuring tinashe) Mean girls vs. Mean girls (featuring julian casablancas) - love both versions though I think about it all the time vs. I think about it all the time (featuring bon iver) 365 vs. 365 (featuring shygirl) Guess vs. Guess (featuring billie eilish) It's a tie!

I think the best compliment I can give this is that I've listened 3 times today and it has felt more like a normal album than a remix album, it really feels like the featured acts are being allowed to completely remodel everything rather than just be features. I love how confident it is to let others loose on your songs like this and let them put their own twist on them, but also be prepared to work with them to create their take on it. Faves for me so far are I might say something stupid, Talk talk (grown on me lots today), Rewind, So I, Apple, Mean girls and I think about it all the time

OMG the results are like a night being soundtracked by a 60 year old straight white man who has spent the past 40 years unhappily married and regretting all of his life choices And Girls Aloud.

I don't like this as much as the original but I do still like it, it's a decent enough version of the track and it does feel like it could be pretty successful for them

Heavenly Action isn't great tbh, and agree the video doesn't help. The song is okay but definitely the weakest of the early material.

I’ll definitely enter over the weekend ^_^

I Could Fall in Love With You That era was the last one I paid a lot of attention to and I remember being really surprised that the lead single was that strong - I mean it’s not career defining or anything obviously but it was a return to a strong melody and fun synths and it worked really well for me, I listened to it a fair bit at the time This! Although tbh I ignored several other eras before it too (looking at you Cowboy and Loveboat)

#4 is bugging me, I can't work out what it is they are saying at the slowed down pace at all. Mr D* is so sick of hearing it, he's told me it freaks him out because it sounds satanic.

Surprised that Happy For You didn't do a bit better than that. It's a nice enough closer, although I agree that it leaves you feeling like it just needed something else

I'm looking forward to this too - will be listening on the train to work tomorrow ^_^ Slightly argh that this is going to be coming for yet another #2 peak isn't it, bloody Coldplay!

Yes! We're only just on our way through season 1 but the second one is out there and is getting some amazing reviews

A bit off topic but I've just started watching Alma's Not Normal and I absolutely love it, Sophie Willan is great

I've always thought the UK version of this was a track tailor made to soundtrack a ride on a travelling fairground waltzer.

Me too - I loved how different it sounded to other synth tracks and the sparse nature of it seemed quite daring, but it's never really grown on me any more since that initial listen. My favourite of theirs by some distance is Quiet Life.

We haven’t even heard those tracks yet have we?

Ooooo great to see the fabulous Party Fears Two making the top 10, it's by far my favourite in that top 10 :wub:

30 Working Men's Club - Widow 29 Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year 28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf 27 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) 26 Florence & the Machine - Free 25 Jamie xx - Kill Dem 24 Adele - Oh My God 23 Caroline Polachek - Billions 22 Weeknd - Less Than Zero 21 Jessie Ware - Free Yourself 20 Metric - Doomscroller 19 Beyoncé - Alien Superstar 18 Röyksopp (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Stay Awhile 17 Rina Sawayama - Frankenstein 16 Harry Styles - As It Was 15 Young Fathers - Geronimo 14 Rosalía - Saoko 13 Rina Sawayama - This Hell 12 Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down The Line 11 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Spitting off the Edge of the World 10 Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 09 Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl 08 Grum - Look To The Light 07 RAYE (feat. 070 Shake) - Escapism. 06 Caroline Polachek - Welcome to My Island 05 Jockstrap - Concrete Over Water 04 Arcade Fire - Lightning (I + II) 03 Daniel Avery - Higher 02 Rosalía - Candy 01 Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil

I think I was possibly too generous to Moon and the Sky, I'm not sure it actually deserved points over a few that I left out. Storm in a Teacup definitely did though, it's got a really lovely melody to the chorus and I really like the lyrics about Andy's mum.