Wednesday 23 March 2016

Recent Rankings of Things and Things

I'm going to do something blunt and dull, but still quite fun. I'm just going to give a score out of 10 to every film of recent years and album of recent years I can remember seeing or listening to. What's more valuable than reducing two years of your own experience and several years of many people's creative endeavour to a series of arbitrary numbers?

Going back to the start of 2014 ...

 FILMS

 Mostly what I've seen at the cinema, a few at home. I might have missed a few of the latter ...

The Wolf of Wall Street 7
Begin Again 7
Pompeii 3
Pride 8
Locke 7
Boyhood 9
Edge of Tomorrow 8
12 Years a Slave 8
Inside Llewyn Davis 9
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 4
Nebraska 8
American Hustle 7
August: Osage County 4
Dallas Buyers Club 8
Her 8
The Grand Budapest Hotel 9
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 8
20,000 Days on Earth 8
Gone Girl 5
’71 7
Nightcrawler 8
Mr Turner 6
Interstellar 6
Cold in July 6
The Drop 7
The Imitation Game 7
St Vincent 7
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 5
Paddington 7
The Monuments Men 5
Under the Skin 7
Birdman 8
The Theory of Everything 9
2 Days, 1 Night 9
Foxcatcher 9
Whiplash 8
Wild 8
A Most Violent Year 8
Inherent Vice 7
American Sniper 6
Selma 8
Into the Woods 6
Far from the Madding Crowd 6
Mr Holmes 6
Amy 6
While We’re Young 7
Southpaw 5
X+Y 6
Mad Max: Fury Road 7
Man Up 5
Legend 6
Sicario 9
Suffragette 6
Jurassic World 6
Spectre 5
Brooklyn 7
Black Mass 6
Carol 9
Bridge of Spies 7
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 8
Trainwreck 7
Mistress America 7
Slow West 8
Diary of a Teenage Girl 5
Love and Mercy 8
The Lobster 8
Creed 7
The Big Short 8
Spotlight 8
The Revenant 5
Hail, Caesar! 6
The Program 4
The Intern 2
Guardians of the Galaxy  7
The Lego Movie 6
The Fault in our Stars 6
Ex Machina 8
Inside Out 7
The Martian 8
Joy 6
Girlhood 7
Steve Jobs 7
Hell or High Water 8
Supersonic 6
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 7
Paterson 7
Captain Fantastic 7
Swallows and Amazons 5
I, Daniel Blake 7
God Help the Girl 5
Four Lions 8
Room 7
La La Land 9
Everybody Wants Some!! 6

ALBUMS
Every Open Eye - Chvrches           7
Have You in My Wilderness - Julia Holter               7
What Went Down - Foals              7
Benjamin Clementine – At Least for Now               7
American Interior – Gruff Rhys   8
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance - Belle and Sebastian  5
Shedding Skin - Ghostpoet           5
Return to the Moon - El Vy           5
Apocalypse, Girl - Jenny Hval       5
Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams           6
Sukierae - Tweedy           6
Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit - Courtney Barnett            7
Star Wars - Wilco              7
St Vincent – St Vincent  8
From Scotland with Love – King Creosote              8
Stay Gold – First Aid Kit  7
Crush Songs – Karen O   2
Divers - Joanna Newsom              8
Burn Your Fire For No Witness – Angel Olsen       5
This is my Hand – My Brightest Diamond               5
Black Hours – Hamilton Leithauser           6
Lost in the Dream – The War on Drugs    6
If I Was - The Staves        8
Kablammo! - Ash              8
The Race for Space - Public Service Broadcasting                8
Carrie and Lowell - Sufjan Stevens            9
Into the Lime – The New Mendicants      3
Universal Themes - Sun Kil Moon              3
The Classic – Joan as Police Woman         4
Paul Weller – Saturns Pattern     7
In Colour - Jamie xx         7
Primrose Green - Ryley Walker   6
LP1 – FKA Twigs                8
Are We There – Sharon Van Etten             8
Small Town Heroes – Hurray for the Riff-Raff       8
Bleeds - Roots Manuva  7
Benji – Sun Kil Moon       8
Night Time, My Time – Sky Ferreira          6
I Love you, Honeybear - Father John Misty            7
New Basement Tapes – Costello, James, Goldsmith, Giddens, Mumford  7
Fresh Blood - Matthew E White  6
Short Movie - Laura Marling        6
One Breath – Anna Calvi                4
Divide and Exit – Sleaford Mods 4
Rooms with Walls and Windows – Julie Byrne     4
Heigh Ho - Blake Mills     4
Natalie Prass- Natalie Prass          8
At Best Cuckold – Avi Buffalo      7
Morning Phase - Beck     6
Trouble in Paradise – La Roux     7
Divide and Exit – Sleaford Mods 4
Shadows in the Night - Bob Dylan              7
On Your Own Love Again - Jessica Pratt   7
No Cities to Love - Sleater-Kinney             8
Vulnicura - Bjork               8
Way Out Weather – Steve Gunn 4
Singles – Future Islands 4
Uptown Special - Mark Ronson  4
The Magic Whip - Blur    8
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar       9
Commontime – Field Music 6
Untitled - Kendrick Lamar 7
Love Songs for Robots - Patrick Watson  7
All your Favourite Bands - Dawes              6
Currents - Tame Impala 6
Get to Heaven - Everything Everything    6
Coming Home - Leon Bridges      7
1989 - Ryan Adams 4
Second Love – Emmy the Great 7
Painting With – Animal Collective 6
Y Dadd Olaf – Gwenno 5
Pleasure Boy - Hannah Cohen     4
My Love is Cool - Wolf Alice         4
Salad Days – Mac DeMarco          5
Royal Blood – Royal Blood 5
Pom Pom - Ariel Pink      5
You Were Right – Brendan Benson           5
Total Strife Forever – East India Youth     5
Post Tropical – James Vincent McMorrow             6
Everybody Down – Kate Tempest              6
Lost Domain – Tim Wheeler        5
After the Disco – Broken Bells     5
First Mind – Nick Mulvey              6
DEAD – Young Fathers   6
Seven Dials – Roddy Frame          6
Upside Down Mountain - Bright Eyes 5
Brill Bruisers – New Pornographers          6
Present Tense – Wild Beasts        5
Mug Museum – Cate Le Bon        7
Lazaretto – Jack White   6
Rips – Ex Hex     7
My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall          7
Bonxie - Stornoway         6
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World - The Decemberists          6
Hollow Meadows - Richard Hawley           5
The Light in You - Mercury Rev   5
Courting the Squall - Guy Garvey               5
Modern Blues – The Waterboys 5
The Embers of Time - Josh Rouse              5
Blood - Lianne La Havas 6
Sermon on the Rocks - Josh Ritter             6
Everything Ever Written - Idlewild             6
Goon - Tobias Jesso        6
Marks to Prove It - The Maccabees           6
Poison Season - Destroyer           6
The Lake Poets - The Lake Poets 6
Sprinter - Torres               6
Black Messiah - D'Angelo              6
Wildheart - Miguel          6
The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society – James Yorkston           7
I Never Learn – Lykke Li 7
Futurology – Manic Street Problems        7
Popular Problems – Leonard Cohen         7
The Take Off and Landing of Everything - Elbow  7
Eska - Eska          6
Cradle to Grave - Squeeze            6
Pray for Rain - Pure Bathing Culture         6
Grey Tickles, Black Pressure - John Grant               6
Matador - Gaz Coombes               6
Art Angels - Grimes         6
Multi-Love - Unknown Mortal Orchestra                6
Lateness of Dancers – Hiss Golden Messenger    7
Carry on the Grudge – Jamie T    7
I Can't Do Without You - Caribou               7
My Favourite Faded Fantasy – Damien Rice          7
The Voyager – Jenny Lewis          7
Everyday Robots – Damon Albarn             7
The Midwest Farmer's Daughter - Margo Price 7
Dear Satellite - Mull Historical Society 6
A Sailor's Guide to Earth - Sturgill Simpson 8
The Hope Six Demolition Project - PJ Harvey 6
Singing Saw - Kevin Morby 7
Distance Inbetween - The Coral 6
Anti - Rihanna 7
Lemonade - Beyonce 10
The Life of Pablo - Kanye West 5
Crab Day - Cate Le Bon 6
Something More than Free - Jason Isbell 8
Side Pony - Lake Street Dive 7
Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead 7
Blackstar - David Bowie 8
The Colour in Anything - James Blake 6
Hopelessness - Anohni 6
Konnichiwa - Skepta 6
Fallen Angels - Bob Dylan 6
Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul - Dexys 6
Good Times! - The Monkees 7
Love You to Death - Tegan and Sara 7
Stranger to Stranger - Paul Simon 8
Love and Hate - Michael Kiwanuka 8
Why Are You OK - Band of Horses 6
Patience - The Invisible 6
case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs 8
Meet the Humans - Steve Mason 7
Nice as Fuck - Nice as Fuck 6
The Bride - Bat for Lashes 7
The Dreaming Room - Laura Mvula 8
Night Thoughts - Suede 5
Freetown Sound - Blood Orange 6
Light Upon the Lake - Whitney 7
Eyes on the Line - Steve Gunn 6
Furnaces - Ed Harcourt 7
Blonde - Frank Ocean 5
Schmilco - Wilco 7
Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave 9
No Mind No Money - Beach Baby 7
Astronaut Meets Appleman - King Creosote 6
Future Echoes - The Pictish Trail
Mangy Love - Cass McCombs
Foreverland - The Divine Comedy 5
Trick - Jamie T 6
Here - Teenage Fanclub 7
My Woman - Angel Olsen 7
We Move - James Vincent McMorrow 5
Seat at the Table - Solange 7
Joanne - Lady Gaga 6
Le Chaleur Humaine - Christine and the Queens 8
The Divine Comedy
Dawes
You Want it Darker - Leonard Cohen 7
Views - Drake
Ruminations - Conor Oberst 8
American Band - Drive-By Truckers 7
Bon Iver
Remember Us To Life - Regina Spektor 6
Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop
Leonard Cohen
Jamila Woods
Drive-by Truckers
Mark Eitzel






 Easypeasy, this reviewing business. If in doubt, give it a 6.

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2 comments:

  1. alexf12 April 2016 at 08:36

    I'm sad there are no 10s (mostly because it means you've found nothing new to really love in film or music lately), and also a dearth of 9s.
    Numbers can be so cruel.

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  2. David12 April 2016 at 21:00

    I suppose they can. I was thinking about the lack of 10s. I'm really not sure what I would give a 10 if I haven't given some of these 10. Really, some of these 9s are more like 97/100 - just an indication that they didn't fulfil all possible human needs. Nothing to be sad about!

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