Perhaps this shouldn't have been unstickied since it's not finished yet.

Heh, well I dont need to tell them, because the site keeps all sorts of statistics of the rating, but I doubt theyll be too impressed, cause there are already 692 people who finished the whole list. (Which is confusingly 1089 albums long - I think it covers different editions of the book.)

Also 465 divided by roughly 3 years (actually its more like 2,5 I think?) is clearly not actually one album a day because I frequently have to skip a day.

There is a book called 1001 albums to listen to before you die. Someone made a site: https://1001albumsgenerator.com/ that generates an album every day to listen to and rate between 1 and 5 stars. For the past 3 years or so I have been slowly working my way through this. Currently on 465 albums rated.

(Unfortunately there are quite a lot of albums on the list that you don't really need to hear before you die at all. Apparently the author really likes c-tier britpop bands nobody outside of the UK has ever heard of and c-tier dated 60s psychedelic nonsense. Oh well)

My album for today was Simply Red - Picture Book. Would not recommend. It's bland, cheesy and it contains a disgustingly awful Talking Heads cover.

Quote from: Mximo Malt on December 27, 2025, 09:18:31 PMBeethoven's Moonlight Sonata

I have been slowly learning how to play the first two movements. I can sort of get through them ok now. (The third one Im not even gonna bother tbh)

Just an additional clarification: the finals are six separate contests, with separate winners, so we are looking for separate votes on each (or some) of the categories, rather than a combined list for all of them.

Ugh, unfortunately I made a mistake in the French category. Obviously the final should include Voyage Voyage instead of Le Vent Nous Portera. Obviously if anyone wants to correct their vote as a result that will be accepted.


(I will accept any changes to votes before the deadline regardless)

Quote from: xpb on March 01, 2026, 07:19:56 PM

Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on February 25, 2026, 07:40:29 PMHowever the Spotify idea would help get a idea of the music the station would play?

@Glüc and @Sir Ian should have data from TMT
Talossan Music Top (various years numbers genres)

There is actually a spotify list of every regular edition tmt nomination: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HlnZVMlpgAXNhzkqHg9gY

Shamelessly tagging the people who participated or commented in the 2025 special edition threads to hopefully boost turnout:

@þerxh Sant-Enogat @Gjermund Higraff @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be @Iason Taiwos @King Txec @Sir Ian Plätschisch @Sir Lüc @Erschéveþ da Schir @xpb @Ràed Al-Hasàn @Barclamïu da Miéletz @Vitxalmour @Danihel Txechescu

Apologies for my (this time very long) absence again. Talossa hasn't really been on my mind lately if I'm honest.

However, I still think we should finish this, so we shall have our six category winners.

The new deadline is april 1st. There are six finals. Everyone is welcome to vote on their favourite songs in each final.

closed

GROUP 3
Chapell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! - 3
KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu - 2
Prisma - Lost - 1
I enjoyed the Blur reference in Night of the Hunter

GROUP 4
VÆB - Róa - 3
Viagra Boys - Man Made of Meat - 2
Ásgeir - Sugar Clouds - 1



GROUP 5
Joost Klein - Europapa - 3
Joost Klein - Luchtballon - 2
Madi Diaz - Worst Case Scenario - 1

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

Voting will last 96 hours (4 days) or until there are at least three voters. The top two songs from each group advance to the Final.

GROUP 3
KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu
Honey Revenge - Recipe for Disaster
Chapell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Prisma - Lost
The Libertines - Night of the Hunter


GROUP 4
Lost Dog Street Band - Hubbardville Store
Viagra Boys - Man Made of Meat
Muscadine Bloodline - Hittin' My Stride
Ásgeir - Sugar Clouds
VÆB - Róa


GROUP 5
Dagny - Jupiter
Joost Klein - Europapa
Madi Diaz - Worst Case Scenario
Against the Current - Silent Stranger
Joost Klein - Luchtballon




Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- 24-hour tiebreaker round
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Closed

GROUP 1
The Cure - Endsong - 3
Electric Callboy - Tanzneid - 2
Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back! - 1


GROUP 2
Lucio Corsi - Volevo Essere Un Duro - 3
Jon Ranes - Verdens beste menneske - 2
AJR - Steve's Going to London - 1

Apologies for the delay. Admittedly I had forgotten for a bit. I hope we can still finish this edition. Would be nice if we could get some additional voters for the finals. (Tbf, there isn't much of a hurry anymore)


2025 Talossan Music Top 20 Special Edition: Songs released on or after February 2nd, 2023

Many thanks to everyone who nominated songs. Of course, people who did not are still very welcome to participate.

Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs.

Voting will last 96 hours (4 days) or until there are at least three voters. The top two songs from each group advance to the Final.

GROUP 1
Sigrid - Two Years
Monica - Jeg har aldri lært å elske
The Cure - Endsong
Electric Callboy - Tanzneid
Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back!



GROUP 2
Pvris - Good Enemy
Jon Ranes - Verdens beste menneske
Lucio Corsi - Volevo Essere Un Duro
AJR - Steve's Going to London
Ocie Elliott - Wild Rose





Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- 24-hour tiebreaker round
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

Our practice rink is outdoors, uneven, full of rocks, does not contain any water -let alone ice-, and may or may not be on top of explosives from WW2, so you have to cut us some slack here. We're trying.

Hmm, it might be time to start paying some attention if the Zambonis are to defend their title.

Ooh. 4 votes!

Closed. Will post first groups for the last category soonish

Quote from: Glüc on November 30, 2025, 01:43:13 PM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on November 30, 2025, 11:50:03 AMif it's not too late :

GROUP 1
2- Stromae - Formidable
3- Pascal Obispo - Superflu
2- Serge Gainsbourg - Vu de l'extérieur

Not too late, but did you mean to give 2 to Stromae and 1 to Gainsbourg or the other way round?

@þerxh Sant-Enogat

Two groups with a TCAT song

Amsterdam - 3
Tour de France - 2
Fils de joie - 1

Balance ton quoi - 3
Les Champs-Elysées - 2
Le temps de l'amour - 1