🎵 How Good Are They Really 🎵 Joanna Newsom

Right, let’s do this one

[sanctioned official HGATR thread approved by @anon19035908]

Here's the table so far
Artist Rating
Aretha Franklin 4.64
Nina Simone 4.57
Neil Young 4.48
Miles Davis 4.42
Talking Heads 4.39
R.E.M. 4.38
Beastie Boys 4.36
Otis Redding 4.34
The Velvet Underground 4.33
David Bowie 4.31
The Beatles 4.31
Pixies 4.30
Leonard Cohen 4.30
The Cure 4.28
Boards Of Canada 4.28
Björk 4.27
Mogwai 4.24
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 4.22
Marvin Gaye 4.21
Tom Waits 4.20
Aphex Twin 4.18
PJ Harvey 4.17
Stevie Wonder 4.17
Nirvana 4.15
Joy Division 4.15
Radiohead 4.13
The Supremes 4.13
Pavement 4.12
Prince 4.11
Wu-Tang Clan 4.11
Nick Drake 4.10
Elliott Smith 4.09
Pulp 4.08
Public Enemy 4.08
Sonic Youth 4.08
Sleater-Kinney 4.08
Kate Bush 4.07
OutKast 4.07
Portishead 4.03
Super Furry Animals 4.03
Black Sabbath 4.03
Simon & Garfunkel 4.02
MF DOOM 4.01
Run The Jewels 4.00
Bob Dylan 3.97
Kendrick Lamar 3.97
Low 3.96
Robyn 3.96
The Beach Boys 3.93
Jimi Hendrix 3.93
LCD Soundsystem 3.92
Joni Mitchell 3.89
Massive Attack 3.89
Frank Ocean 3.86
Bruce Springsteen 3.84
Deftones 3.84
Underworld 3.82
The Kinks 3.82
The Clash 3.77
Dolly Parton 3.77
Pet Shop Boys 3.76
Modest Mouse 3.76
Blondie 3.73
Bright Eyes 3.71
Rage Against The Machine 3.71
The National 3.68
Paul Simon 3.68
The Ramones 3.67
ABBA 3.66
Kanye West 3.65
Arcade Fire 3.64
Blur 3.61
Beck 3.59
Elvis Costello 3.59
The Smiths 3.57
Beyoncé 3.54
Yeah Yeah Yeahs 3.54
Eels 3.52
Carly Rae Jepsen 3.51
The Chemical Brothers 3.49
Bob Marley & The Wailers 3.48
Jeff Buckley 3.47
The Flaming Lips 3.46
Hot Chip 3.44
Idlewild 3.42
George Michael 3.41
Madonna 3.40
Manic Street Preachers 3.39
Fleetwood Mac 3.39
The Notorious B.I.G. 3.37
Toots & The Maytals 3.35
The White Stripes 3.34
Supergrass 3.32
Hole 3.31
The Smashing Pumpkins 3.30
Suede 3.30
Steely Dan 3.29
Elton John 3.28
The Pogues 3.28
Kylie Minogue 3.27
The Specials 3.26
Sugababes 3.22
Thin Lizzy 3.22
Hall & Oates 3.21
Rihanna 3.19
The Prodigy 3.18
Led Zeppelin 3.16
Ash 3.16
Pink Floyd 3.15
Taylor Swift 3.14
Jay-Z 3.14
Arctic Monkeys 3.14
Interpol 3.12
TLC 3.12
Los Campesinos! 3.10
The Rolling Stones 3.09
Iron Maiden 3.06
Destiny’s Child 3.05
Primal Scream 3.04
Shower Cans 3.04
The Strokes 3.03
Elvis Presley 3.02
The Bee Gees 2.99
Weezer 2.97
Amy Winehouse 2.95
Girls Aloud 2.93
Frank Sinatra 2.92
2Pac 2.91
Elbow 2.91
The Stone Roses 2.90
The Doors 2.89
Franz Ferdinand 2.89
Ariana Grande 2.88
Lizzo 2.86
Belle And Sebastian 2.85
Britney Spears 2.85
Metallica 2.81
Green Day 2.81
Madness 2.80
Slipknot 2.80
The Jam 2.75
Basement Jaxx 2.75
Oasis 2.71
Whitney Houston 2.69
The Verve 2.67
Slayer 2.65
The Sex Pistols 2.63
Lady Gaga 2.61
Queen 2.60
Billy Joel 2.57
Foo Fighters 2.57
U2 2.55
Justin Timberlake 2.52
Biffy Clyro 2.48
Dire Straits 2.43
The Beautiful South 2.43
Bloc Party 2.41
Cher 2.40
Michael Jackson 2.39
Eminem 2.38
Mariah Carey 2.32
Coldplay 2.31
Rancid 2.26
Guns N’ Roses 2.26
The Killers 2.22
The Who 2.22
Blink-182 2.21
Muse 2.20
Robbie Williams 2.20
Adele 2.05
Kings Of Leon 2.01
The Libertines 1.99
Red Hot Chili Peppers 1.90
The Spice Girls 1.81
Stereophonics 1.74

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0 voters

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Album poll

  • The Milk-Eyed Mender
  • Ys
  • Have One On Me
  • Divers

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It’s Menless Monday, try not to be sexist, alright? This includes using highly gendered pejorative terms like “shrill”.

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I’m not sure I could have pressed 5 quickly enough.

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Never knowingly heard a note. 1/5.

Abstain, obviously

Just realised I have never listened to Divers.

Still a 5

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  1. One of the very, very best.

Still not on Spotifybook, and the TV hates her so I don’t get to play the records enough!

Look out Aretha…!

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I don’t think that Divers is as good as what came before. Still a 5 though.

Also, any opportunity to post this song. When I first heard it I got stuck in a loop of listening to it on repeat. It’s stunning.

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Never really clicked, which is a shame as it’s right up my street. Have tried countless times and got nothing.

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@anon89873996 do you temporarily have the power to ban anyone?

She’s the best lyricist of our generation, combined with being an extraordinarily clever and inventive songwriter and arranger, and a world-class musician technically.

All her albums are brilliant.

5/5

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Can’t stand her stuff but at the same time she’s clearly a massive talent so it’s an abstain for me.

You newsome fans are all the same

a gbol. I really would like to enjoy her, and it’s clear she’s a massive talent, but it’s never worked for me :frowning:

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FIIIIIVE

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she’s my favourite musician of the current century
5/5

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Unbearable plinky plonky nonsense

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As much as I love Joanna, the range of opinions I have read about her music means this is very optimistic :slight_smile: I think we’re looking at somewhere around a 4 though.

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No temporary powers for me, but I have sympathy with Rich’s position. There’s always artists who on paper you should love but for some reason it just won’t work (Bjork for me)

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Reckon the vote split is going to be split heavily between the fives and the ones which will drag her down (can’t imagine many people voted one for Aretha)

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3 I think, there are moments in her stuff that are absolutely sublime ('81, Sawdust and Diamonds) but the bits I don’t like seem to go on for an eternity. Not sure I’ve ever made it all the way through Have One On Me.