Slugy

We Cry Together was a bit of tough to listen to but I assume that's the point. The song is fantastic when they go from talking to switching up flows and Taylour Paige should I say out shines Kendrick here, she is fucking great. I am guessing as many others, this will most likely be a skip for me but knowing Kendrick the song is there for a reason.

N95 and Baby Keem's family ties are cut from the same sample or am I hearing things? I know Kendrick in the past said that Keem used one of the samples he was gonna used and was blown away with what he done with it, maybe N95 was that?

As Matt said above way more digestible than TPAB but without the big singles. Plenty of songs here that slap and I think will translate well live though. The deep moments though, just wow. I don't think it will knock GKMC of the top spot for me but it's up there.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... what's that you hear? 1hr and 13 mins of goat noises.

With pretty much every one of my favourite artists there is a little bit of creeping doubt about dropping a stinker. There is no an ounce of doubt in me on this one, he can't miss. Even if he goes all Kanye and thinks his god like mentioned above he will drop some sure fire bangers of biblical proportions.

Got 6 for o2. Yea the price rise sucks but its going to be the new norm at this point especially when most bands make their money through tours now and its Arcade Fire, so I was always gonna pay it but as Hugh said above with how high arena's set their prices now it makes festival and even day festivals seem like an absolute bargain now. The National at All Points East for £70 quid is a steal!!!!

Because of your short controversial opinion with attempt to join the discussion. I won't post another Google definition but I'd imagine it would be close to the above and still wouldn't say being called a troll is an attack.

Not really an attack though is it? People are just interested in to why you have your opinion, that differs so heavily from the populas, when you really gave nothing in your short "I listened, I don't like" post.

Finished with my 3rd listen now. End of The Empire I-III and WE were great this time though, still not 100% behind the The Lightning but I think that stems from it being quite similar in tone to Everything Now and my mother in law slayed that song and still continues to every time I go round with about between 4 to 10 plays in a standard evening. So its really just Sagittarius A* that misses the mark for me.

I very much enjoyed the album but I went with the mind set it won't be like the early stuff as EN showed us the turn and The Lightning reaffirmed their new direction whether it is intentional or not. I too think the subject matter and lyrical delivery can be a little grating but they leaned into it a little on Reflektor but was blended a tad better between the guise of love songs. I purposely avoided any other contact with this album other than The Lightning and I have to say I really think there are some real top quality tracks on this record. I enjoyed the middle section but the flaws of their previous miss steps are very evident but I think End of Empire 1-111 has a Bowie kind of build I think will grow with time but Sagittarius A to Lightning 2 are the lows. On the other hand I think Age of Anxiety, Rabbit Hole, Lookout Kid, Race & Religion are up their with the highlights of EN and Reflektor and that is on first/second listen. Its obviously not Funeral but it was never going to be but I really think we have 4 or 5 songs here that could stick about and hang out with their best in set lists to come.

Always forget to vote on the weekend, that's like 70 juicy points for Elton. Ah well D Punk more than suitable winners!

Daft Punk 100Depeche Mode 15 (-10)Elton John 82 Kate Bush 93

There is still time!

Daft Punk 95 Depeche Mode 100 Old Regg 50 (+10)Kate Bush 105 Nick Cave 40

Daft Punk 90 Depeche Mode 65 Elton John 70 (+10) Talking Heads 35Kate Bush 111 Nick Cave 70 With the above corrections.

Daft Punk 80 Depeche Mode 85 Elton John 55 (+10) Talking Heads 55 Kate Bush 80 Nick Cave 45

Daft Punk 80 Depeche Mode 85 Elton John 45 Talking Heads 55 Kate Bush 80 Nick Cave 45 Scores on the doors from the incorrect correction earlier.

Losingmyhair took 10 off 2 pages later though because of Eddie/Yeabutnobut. (In the post I quoted)

Hang on unless I am mistaken, Yeabutknowbut voted down Dua Lipa not Elton and just left Eddies -10 on Elton. REF REF REF!!! Elton needs those 10 points back!

Daft Punk 90 Depeche Mode 90 Elton John 60 Rage Against the Machine 80 Talking Heads 60Kate Bush 100 (-10)Nick Cave 100Dua Lipa 50

Daft Punk 100 Depeche Mode 110 Elton John 95 (+10) Rage Against the Machine 111 Pearl Jam 80 Talking Heads 99 Kate Bush 100 Taylor Swift 30 Nick Cave 95 Dua Lipa 100

Daft Punk 100 Depeche Mode 110 Elton John 85 (+10)Rage Against the Machine 100 Pearl Jam 90 Talking Heads 105Kate Bush 100 Taylor Swift 70Nick Cave 95 Dua Lipa 95

Daft Punk 112Depeche Mode 107Elton John 80 (+10) Rage Against the Machine 110Pearl Jam 114 Talking Heads 89Kate Bush 90Taylor Swift 51Nick Cave 105 Dua Lipa 90 The Jam 10

Daft Punk 100Depeche Mode 97The Strokes 39Led Zeppelin 40 Elton John 80 Rage Against the Machine 110 Pearl Jam 104 (-10)Talking Heads 92Kate Bush 80 Taylor Swift 65Nick Cave 95 Dua Lipa 75 The Jam 65 Lady Gaga 20

Daft Punk 80Depeche Mode 80The Strokes 49 Led Zeppelin 59Eminem 40 Elton John 100Stone Roses 25Rihanna 55Red Hot Chilli Peppers 30 (-10)Rage Against the Machine 65Green Day 60The Weeknd 50Pearl Jam 84Talking Heads 82Kate Bush 70Taylor Swift 101 Nick Cave 90Dua Lipa 80 The Jam 60Lady Gaga 65