Introduction:
Last year (2013) introduced or welcomed back a slew of musical duos.
These acts made a considerable impact on music or they at least debuted with promising material.
But what really stood out were the new Male/Female Duos: AlunaGeorge, Skin Town, MS MR, and IO Echo.
Musically each duo brings something different to the table but they all have a heavy pop influence. Publicly they've all experienced a decent amount of spotlight whether it be on blogs, radio, magazines, your favorite band's tour, late night TV or with music critics.
Now they're here to share the spotlight and gun for the #1 song, #1 Album and #1 Duo in the M/F Duo Debuts of 2013 rate,
A Ministry of Secondhand Rapture with Body Music in the Room.
The Rate:
Each participant will send me,
Giliap a private message with their scores. Participants should send in a list of their scores for each song on each album and use the scoring system 1-10 (.5's are okay). Participants should also use the 1-10 scoring system to send in an additional score for each duo. So along with your scores for each song/album, input your score for the duo themselves beside the name of the duo. Just copy and paste the collapsed text in the content section.
Your PM should look like this
Duo Name - 5
Album Title
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
Song Name - 5
*Scores are due 4/30*
By the end of the rate the averaged scores will obviously tell us the #1 song but we'll also learn who had the best album according to your scores and who is the best duo according to your scores.
The Content:
AlunaGeorge
Body Music
1. Outlines
2. You Know You Like It
3. Attracting Flies
4. Your Drums, Your Love
5. Kaleidoscope Love
6. Bad Idea
7. Diver
8. Lost & Found
9. Best Be Believing
10. Superstar
11. Just A Touch
12. Body Music
13. Friends To Lovers
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IO Echo
Ministry of Love
1. Shanghai Girls
2. When the Lillies Die
3. Ministry of Love
4. Stalemate
5. Outsiders
6. Tiananmen Square
7. Ecstasy Ghost
8. Draglove
9. Addicted
10. Berlin It's All a Mess
11. Forget Me Not
12. Eye Father
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Spotify
MS MR
Secondhand Rapture
1. Hurricane
2. Bones
3. Ash Tree Lane
4. Fantasy
5. Dark Doo Wop
6. Head Is Not My Home
7. Salty Sweet
8. Think of You
9. Twenty Seven
10. BTSK
11. No Trace
12. This Isn't Control
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Skin Town
The Room
1. 2Nite
2. The Zone
3. Slidin'
4. Ride
5. Ice Crystal Palace
6. Rain
7. Throwin' Shade
8. Hit Down
9. Midnight Lover
10. Abyss
11. The Room
Grooveshark |
Spotify
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The Results:
Duos
1. Skin Town
Averaged Score: 79
2. MS MR
Averaged Score: 79
3. AlunaGeorge
Averaged Score: 78
4. IO Echo
Averaged Score: 77
Albums
1. MS MR - Secondhand Rapture
Averaged Score: 78
2. AlunaGeorge - Body Music
Averaged Score: 77
3. IO Echo - Ministry of Love
Averaged Score: 77
4. Skin Town - The Room
Averaged Score: 75
Songs
1. IO Echo - Shanghai Girls (94)
2. MS MR - Bones (92)
3. MS MR - Hurricane (91)
4. AlunaGeorge - Your Drums, Your Love (91)
5. IO Echo - Stalemate (90)
6. AlunaGeorge - Diver (90)
7. AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It (90)
8. Skin Town - Slidin' (89)
9. MS MR - Ash Tree Lane (88)
10. AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies (86)
11. AlunaGeorge - Outlines (85)
12. IO Echo - When The Lillies Die (85)
13. IO Echo - Outsiders (84)
14. Skin Town - The Zone (82)
15. IO Echo - Ministry of Love (82)
16. IO Echo - Forget Me Not (81)
17. MS MR - Dark Doo Wop (81)
18. MS MR - Fantasy (81)
19. IO Echo - Addicted (81)
20. AlunaGeorge - Just A Touch (80)
21. Skin Town - 2Nite (80)
22. Skin Town - Ice Crystal Palace (79)
23. Skin Town - Hit Down (78)
24. MS MR - BTSK (78)
25. Skin Town - Midnight Lover (76)
26. MS MR - Think of You (76)
27. Skin Town - Rain (76)
28. MS MR - Head Is Not My Home (75)
29. IO Echo - Draglove (75)
30. AlunaGeorge - Bad Idea (74)
31. AlunaGeorge - Friends To Lovers (72)
32. Skin Town - Ride (71)
33. AlunaGeorge - Best Be Believing (71)
34. AlunaGeorge - Body Music (70)
35. Skin Town - Abyss (69)
36. IO Echo - Tiananmen Square (69)
37. AlunaGeorge - Kaleidoscope Love (69)
38. MS MR - Twenty Seven (68)
39. Skin Town - Throwin' Shade (68)
40. IO Echo - Ecstasy Ghost (67)
41. MS MR - No Trace (67)
42. MS MR - Salty Sweet (67)
43. MS MR - This Isn't Control (66)
44. AlunaGeorge - Superstar (65)
45. IO Echo - Eye Father (63)
46. AlunaGeorge - Lost & Found (62)
47. Skin Town - The Room (56)
48. IO Echo - Berlin It's All A Mess (53)