[Achilles.]

Originally posted by Ace Reject

Baby, Quicksand is hosting the Rebel Heart/M...IAMTEC/Kiss Me Once/I Look to You rate. It opens this month boo boo! You snooze you lose.

Next: THE ULTIMATES.

Not Madonna's incredible album against that noise.


Could Closer to the Truth be added, or has it been used?

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by JakeKills

Not Madonna's incredible album against that noise.


Could Closer to the Truth be added, or has it been used?

I don't even know what you're saying.

Oh wait, that's that Cher album? I want you to post that Madonna/Nicki gif and hang your head in shame for suggesting such a thing.

BUT.

Girls, the ULTIMATES series is kind of struggling? You can help! As of now, we've only done fur or five successful ones (I'll take full blame for letting Ultimate 80s Ladies die, and will revive it before April is over!)

I want:

Ultimate Women of Country - two separate rates, of ten artists/six songs each. One 60s - 80s, one 90s - 2015.

Ultimate LEGENDS: A rate I was developing with supa, Mikal and TheGreatestThing. Two rates, ten songs, six artists each. Something like:

1) Barbra/Aretha/Dionne/Diana/Donna/Cher

2) Dusty/Bette/Judy and Liza as a combo/Tina/Carole/Carly

ULTIMATE KINGS and PRINCES: A revamp of what I'mRihannaFan started, but similarly to Neptunes' iconic ICONS rate. MJ/Usher/Prince/JT/George M./Bruno singles, but divided into:

1) #1s (US only)
2) Top Tens
3) Top Forties
4) Everything Else

Plus, obviously ULTIMATE 90s and 00s girls.

And ULTIMATE FEMME FATALES: Female led bands, seven singles each? Pretenders/Paramore/Blondie/Hole/Garbage/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/No Doubt/and ... Gladys Knight & The Pips? Just for contrast?

I want all of these started, and I want hosts for them! Rates only ATRL can do.

[Achilles.]

Ultimate Women of Country - two separate rates, of ten artists/six songs each. One 60s - 80s, one 90s - 2015.

6 songs each from 10 different artists? So... Different from the country top 10 female hits rate I proposed a long time ago?

Would 90s-present be: Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Reba, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Jo Dee Messina, Kacey Musgraves, Gretchen Wilson, Martina McBride, Sara Evans?

That's 11... So take out Kacey because she's newest and doesn't even have 6 singles?

ALSO. I'm assuming we're excluding Dixie Chicks because that's not a solo act, but we can work them in if you'd prefer. Although a rate of country music groups may be something worth considering.


I'd definitely be interested in doing this.

[supaspaz]

Another fun series that's sadly been on hiatus: the ATRL top 50 rates. We've only revisited 2005 so far.

[Achilles.]

Originally posted by supaspaz

Another fun series that's sadly been on hiatus: the ATRL top 50 rates. We've only revisited 2005 so far.

I don't think I've ever done a top 50 rate. What is it?

[jpow]

Originally posted by Ace Reject

And ULTIMATE FEMME FATALES: Female led bands, seven singles each? Pretenders/Paramore/Blondie/Hole/Garbage/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/No Doubt/and ... Gladys Knight & The Pips? Just for contrast?

I want all of these started, and I want hosts for them! Rates only ATRL can do.

What about HAIM and/or Florence & the Machine for these too?

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by JakeKills

6 songs each from 10 different artists? So... Different from the country top 10 female hits rate I proposed a long time ago?

Would 90s-present be: Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Reba, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Jo Dee Messina, Kacey Musgraves, Gretchen Wilson, Martina McBride, Sara Evans?

That's 11... So take out Kacey because she's newest and doesn't even have 6 singles?

ALSO. I'm assuming we're excluding Dixie Chicks because that's not a solo act, but we can work them in if you'd prefer. Although a rate of country music groups may be something worth considering.


I'd definitely be interested in doing this.

Reba's a legend, so she goes in the FIRST rate.

60s - 80s: Dolly/Emmylou/Patsy/Reba/Loretta/Barbara/Bobbie/Tammy/Tanya/Extraneous Tenth

Past 25 Years: Trisha/Lee Ann/Leann/Shania/Faith/Martina/Carrie/Miranda...

As much as it pains me, Gretchen. And, to make things interesting, Lucinda Williams for the tenth.

Taylor was in the ULTIMATE POP GIRLS rate, remember? (fersty and edgey hosted it.) No double dipping!

Lmao Jo Dee Messina. And we try to act like that other thingy you mentioned doesn't exist!

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by jpow

What about HAIM and/or Florence & the Machine for these too?

HAIM would go into an ULTIMATE GIRL POWER rate - all female bands.

HAIM/Dixie Chicks/Go Gos/Bangles/Sleater-Kinney and possibly L7/Belly/Runaways? The bigger acts would get eight singles, the smaller ones 2-4.

[Achilles.]

Originally posted by Ace Reject

Reba's a legend, so she goes in the FIRST rate.

60s - 80s: Dolly/Emmylou/Patsy/Reba/Loretta/Barbara/Bobbie/Tammy/Tanya/Extraneous Tenth

Past 25 Years: Trisha/Lee Ann/Leann/Shania/Faith/Martina/Carrie/Miranda...

As much as it pains me, Gretchen. And, to make things interesting, Lucinda Williams for the tenth.

Taylor was in the ULTIMATE POP GIRLS rate, remember? (fersty and edgey hosted it.) No double dipping!

Lmao Jo Dee Messina. And we try to act like that other thingy you mentioned doesn't exist!

I do not remember Taylor being in the pop girl rate and I think She should be double dipped because She's practically had two different careers in two different genres.

But I'd still love to host 90s-on regardless of Her presence. So how are the songs chosen? Biggest hits? Popular demand? Host's preference?

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by jpow

What about HAIM and/or Florence & the Machine for these too?

Florence & The Machine was in arguably the first ever power rate - my New Sound of the UK rate. (@michael hosted the lesser editions!!) Since it was so ATRL iconic, I would prefer the five artists to stay encased in that rate. (Except for Adele - she was in the ULTIMATE POP GIRLS rate, because she couldn't not be)

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by JakeKills

I do not remember Taylor being in the pop girl rate and I think She should be double dipped because She's practically had two different careers in two different genres.

But I'd still love to host 90s-on regardless of Her presence. So how are the songs chosen? Biggest hits? Popular demand? Host's preference?

I basically have the list for Faith/Shania/Carrie/Miranda - the six (arguably) most important or signature songs for them, songs that frame a trajectory of their careers thus far - and have pieces of LeAnn/Lee Ann and Martina. We can work on the rest. PM me!

[Kyle.]

Originally posted by Ace Reject

And ULTIMATE FEMME FATALES: Female led bands, seven singles each? Pretenders/Paramore/Blondie/Hole/Garbage/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/No Doubt/and ... Gladys Knight & The Pips? Just for contrast?

this would slay

[supaspaz]

Originally posted by JakeKills

I don't think I've ever done a top 50 rate. What is it?

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=503011

[supaspaz]

Originally posted by Ace Reject

Florence & The Machine was in arguably the first ever power rate - my New Sound of the UK rate.

Wha? The first-ever power rate was the first-ever rate. You can't get bigger than Britney vs. Beyoncé vs. Gaga on ATRL.

[Achilles.]

Has Joni Mitchell ever been included in any rates?

Originally posted by supaspaz

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.php?t=503011

So it's the top 51 songs of 2005, as decided by ATRL in 2005, and ranked in the rate? Interesting.

[supaspaz]

Originally posted by JakeKills

Has Joni Mitchell ever been included in any rates?

Wasn't someone planning a Joni vs. Björk vs. Fiona vs. Tracy rate—all albums with single-hue covers?

So it's the top 51 songs of 2005, as decided by ATRL in 2005, and ranked in the rate? Interesting.

Exactly. An opportunity to revisit the year-end countdown and re-rank with the wisdom of time.

[Quicksand]

Ace, I thought you approved MDNA, Aphrodite, and Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel for my rate?

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by JakeKills

Has Joni Mitchell ever been included in any rates?



So it's the top 51 songs of 2005, as decided by ATRL in 2005, and ranked in the rate? Interesting.

Firstly, PRAY for Joni.

Secondly, She can def be added to the legends rate!

[Ace Reject]

Originally posted by Quicksand

Ace, I thought you approved MDNA, Aphrodite, and Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel for my rate?

RIGHT.

Didn't you or someone else suggest the RH/MIAMTEC/KMO rate, and I approved it because I liked K&M being with Madge and not Shakira and J. Lo like in conseeded's rate? Who was that poster?

[Quicksand]

Originally posted by Ace Reject

RIGHT.

Didn't you or someone else suggest the RH/MIAMTEC/KMO rate, and I approved it because I liked K&M being with Madge and not Shakira and J. Lo like in conseeded's rate? Who was that poster?

It was in this post where the rate was suggested:

http://atrl.net/forums/showthread.ph...41142#26741142